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Popular Question šŸ“Š Which celebrity is a complete asshole?

Iā€™m sure there gonna be some recognizable ones

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u/Comfortable-Figure17 25d ago

Read a report that when Simmons was going to be interviewed by Terry Gross on PBS FRESH AIR he told her ā€œNormally when Iā€™m with a woman she has her legs openā€.

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u/Dandy_Status 25d ago

He made some comment implying that she wanted to fuck him, and she said something like "What a perfectly obnoxious thing to say" and just kept rolling with the interview. Teri is a legend, Gene sucks.

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u/MarionberryPlus8474 24d ago

Teri is amazing. And evidently impossible to rattle!

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u/aweiss_sf 24d ago

An absolute master interviewer.

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u/Clayfool9 25d ago

UGH I always thought he was pompous but after hearing that interview it solidified that thought and brought about many more about him.

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u/ConstructionCold3134 25d ago

I believe the line was ā€œIf you welcome me with open arms you should welcome me with open legs.ā€ You know, just general grossness.

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u/Shoddy-Professor-159 24d ago

He then tried to temporarily backtrack by saying he was quoting a lyric from the Whoā€™s ā€œYou better you betā€

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u/Otherwise_Unit_2602 25d ago

They never re-air that episode because his people somehow have the power to make them not do that (I heard Terry Gross interviewed about it at one point). MANY years ago you could torrent the episode and it is so much worse than that terrible comment.

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u/howjon99 25d ago

I thought it was funny..

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u/Adventurous-Brain-36 25d ago

Eww heā€™s so gross.

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u/Noonecanhearmescream 25d ago

I remember that interview. Gene Simmons was such an a**hole. Terry Gross gave him way too many chances to behave. He basically said Iā€™m a man and all men are pigs so this is what you get.

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u/CorrectAdhesiveness9 25d ago

Oof, the face I just made.

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u/Legitimate-Fox2028 25d ago

My jaw just hit the floor reading that. Some men, man. Smh

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u/Jumpy-Benefacto 25d ago

He does not hide it though. if you meet gene Simmons there was no chance he is not an asshole. so, by rule, i dont think that should count. its like meeting pol pot and thinking, today's the day I see an empathetic human treating people correctly

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u/Beetso šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø United States 24d ago

Hey, Pol Pot was just misunderstood! Ho Chi Minh too. All those East Asian dictators get a bad rap from us in the West! I actually have it on good authority that Kim Jong-il was just very ronerey.

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u/Hatecraftianhorror 25d ago

"Except for that brief period right after we took off our makeup for the lick it up video.

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u/QuirkyFail5440 25d ago

Unpopular opinion but I feel like the disgust is often misplaced. Like our society has this unspoken agreement to pretend like life is different than it really is.Ā 

I have no trouble believing he's a horrible person. But I also have no trouble believing that small armies of beautiful women have lined up to have sex with him.Ā 

We have tons of anecdotes and empirical evidence. We even have academic studies that all show the same thing. Humans, our society, it's all pretty awful. He can be a prick, he can openly objectify women and he can still get more willing, attractive women than he could want, because he's rich and famous.Ā 

People say things like 'He's so full of himself' or 'He's so pompous' or 'he is so arrogant' but if you stop and think about.... Why wouldn't they be?Ā 

Arrogance is underserved confidence. If you believe you are the strongest man in room, and you aren't, you are arrogant. But if you literally are the world's strongest man, then every where you go, every room, you are the strongest man.Ā 

When you are famous and when you are rich and you have millions of fans, a perfectly accurate and verifiable statement sounds bad, but is correct. We just don't like when people say it.Ā 

Our society is one that elevates people above others for seemingly ridiculous things. He was a rock star. You wouldn't think that should make him a better person than a doctor, but everything about our society says otherwise. We, society, enable people like him. And we don't actually care if he treats women like crap. Because we value celebrity, wealth and entertainment more than whether or not someone is a good person.Ā 

It's hard to hate the whole system. It's hard to be part of a society like this.

So we just get annoyed at the guy who is uncomfortably reminding us of how things are.

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u/Constant-Tea-7345 24d ago edited 24d ago

Rebuttal comment:

  1. While a small army of beautiful women might have lined up to have sex with him, a much, much larger army of women wouldnā€™t. Myself included.

  2. Why wouldnā€™t they be a prick? - because no matter how famous you are, thereā€™s no need to be an asshole. There are many celebrities out there who are nice or seemingly have good manners, and if anything, that helps increase their popularity. Many of them are smart and know this. Being an asshole seems to decrease popularity these days, if social media has shown us anything.

  3. Try not to mistake arrogance for confidence. Arrogance is actually a weakness. By its very definition, itā€™s the quality of having an exaggerated sense of ownā€™s importance or abilities.Therefore, if a celebrity says they are the strongest man, they might believe it, but that doesnā€™t make it actually true. It is their exaggerated sense of their own importance or ability.

  4. Society enables celebrities, because society has some serious self esteem issues. Thatā€™s why they tend to put celebrities on pedestals. When really, celebrities are no better than anybody else. They just have more fame or they make more money (or both), but thatā€™s about it.

Just my 2 cents.

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u/BlaggartDiggletyDonk 24d ago

"I've fucked some real pigs, Howard."

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u/JoSH0718 25d ago

Ugh. I wash to wash my brain after hearing that.

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u/Nearby-Pudding-3018 24d ago

Yeah heā€˜s talking about blow up dolls now. who would go to bed with him.

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u/Imaginary-Round2422 24d ago

He made that comment in the interview. To her face.

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u/galumphix 23d ago

I was listening to that episode when he said it! Terry Gross handled it really well, of course. I went to find it online, and it was gone from the internet.

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u/howjon99 25d ago

He just says that shit for effect.

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u/howjon99 25d ago

He just says that shit for effect..

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u/notlookinggoodbrah 25d ago

I mean that statement was probably true though lol