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Celebrities it's okay to hate
SirMickTravis
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Why is it okay to hate certain celebrities for no obvious reason. I'll come to my examples in a minute but if someone behaves like Katie Hopkins then fine, hate them. People who do terrible things like Jimmy Saville fine. But why are these people hated:
1)Piers Morgan - yes I now Piers 'the man they love to hate' Morgan. But consider that's part of Piers' persona, so if you go along with it you're helping to contribute to his success. He may have been a tabloid editor and a bit of an arse, but is he that bad? Remember he stood up to Blair over Bush (rest of the media?) and he's a member of the establishment who doesn't like the Tories, which is always good by me.
2) Ben Elton - whether or not you like the work he has done over recent years, why is he hated? Has he committed any crime? Yet if anyone wants a cheap gag then bash Ben Elton.
3) Louis Walsh - Everyone likes having a pop at Louis. Is he really so bad?
4) Phil Collins - Often it's the music which is okay. If you don't like his music so be it. But it also seems personal. Has he done much to deserve it?
1)Piers Morgan - yes I now Piers 'the man they love to hate' Morgan. But consider that's part of Piers' persona, so if you go along with it you're helping to contribute to his success. He may have been a tabloid editor and a bit of an arse, but is he that bad? Remember he stood up to Blair over Bush (rest of the media?) and he's a member of the establishment who doesn't like the Tories, which is always good by me.
2) Ben Elton - whether or not you like the work he has done over recent years, why is he hated? Has he committed any crime? Yet if anyone wants a cheap gag then bash Ben Elton.
3) Louis Walsh - Everyone likes having a pop at Louis. Is he really so bad?
4) Phil Collins - Often it's the music which is okay. If you don't like his music so be it. But it also seems personal. Has he done much to deserve it?
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- Kerry Katona
- The TOWIE crew, especially Joey Essex, Lauren Goodger and Gemma Collins
- Tina Malone
- Denise Welch
- Denise van Outen
- Carole Vorderman
- Jeremy Clarkson
- Peter Andrea
- Phillip Schofield
People like this bring all the dislike they get upon themselves, not least because most of them are talentless morons who have nothing to offer apart from their ego.
I don't mind any of them. Would call myself a fan either but I don't understand the hate they get - especially Piers.
Don't like most of these but I do like Carol and don't mind Kerry or Peter.
I won't say I hate anyone, I need to know them in person to do that.
Katie Hopkins is a cupid stunt who is paid to say the things she does. Otherwise she is just a boring no body. I do hope sometimes she gets hit by a bus crossing the road. Mercy killing.:D
Helen Wood (worst winner of BBUK history utter vile excuse of a woman)
Danniella Westbrook (complete mess and despicable woman)
Carl Froch (more of a celeb than a boxer now, although he did KO George Groves in front of 80,000 people at Wembley, utter dick!!)
Kardashian/Jenner family (famous for doing absouletly nothing)
Katie Hopkins
Jeremy Clarkson
That's about it, unless I can think of anyone else.
Lenny Henry seems to be disliked, I thought his acting was good in The Syndicate and yes, I have seen him to stand up and he was funny.
Helen Flanagan, yes she's ditzy but she hasn't a malicious bone in her body. She's harmless in my opinion but seems to be as unpopular as Kym Marsh.
Edited as I missed out Vanessa Feltz, she's a very competent broadcaster and very well educated. She had a blip on CBB but her husband had dumped her, probably had a mid life crisis, so what if she fibbed about her dress size, they all do that!
Does Josie Cunningham count?
IMVHO, Lenny is nowhere near as funny as he likes to think.
Flanagan is just so interminably dim and can't seem to do anything for herself - hopefully a baby will be the making of her.
Feltz - I like her; incredibly clever and always erudite. She does need to stop claiming to be a size 12 though:D
My list - Kerry Katona: Just a disaster.
Peter Andre: Fame hungry and sly
Beyonce: If the woman could eat herself she would - a ridiculous egotist.
Ditto this. None of them are worthy of hate but those whose career revolves around flogging every fart and having their personal pap on speed dial every time they go to Starbucks are deserving of every bit of mockery that they get
The entire point of showbiz is to have a reaction to it.
Hate is so strong. That's why in my previous post I deliberately didn't use that word. I think that is the problem we have as a society. We love/hate people we don't really know. The lines are so blurred now.
I think my thread has been a little misunderstood. I was thinking primarily of the 4 people I named at the top. I wasn't seeking a list of all the celebs people hate, I maybe should have titled it better. I'm not really interested in Katie Hopkins as it's perfectly obvious why people hate her. Jeremy Clarkson is obviously marmite. I'm more interested in those who get a lot of vitriol (and sometimes cheap laughs) when it isn't obvious why.
As for the word hate, I'm using it in a showbizzy/bitch about famous people way. I don't mean to say that people truly believe they are satan.
Tbh, the only one of your four who seems to generate levels of 'hate' is Piers Morgan. The others I don't see as being especially loathed.
Though I wouldn't necessary call them celebrities, just annoying has-beens.
He seems okay as rich music stars go. Its his bandmate Tony Banks who seems more pompous. Then again he isn't as famous.
Ben Elton had a hand in writing The Young Ones, which I love and I liked him on telly in the eighties (Friday Night Live was it? Can't remember, he wore a sparkly suit)
Piers Morgan comes across as rather smarmy in interviews and seems a bit of a prat and I am really REALLY intrigued to find out why he hates Madonna so much, she apparently threw a bread roll at him but why? If anyone can shed any light on this it would be most appreciated!
I don't really know about Louis Walsh as I have never watched the X factor!
But I don't hate or dislike anyone really.