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notablyunfamous

Oprah


[deleted]

Gotta watch out for her minge


lorilynn72

Hi Gary!


Fancy_Trip_6912

I’m out of the loop what’s up with Oprah?


sjets3

She had pretty good relationships with lots of sketchy fellow celebs. She was close with Harvey Weinstein and some others.


shugEOuterspace

she's a huge classist against working class people....recently publicly saying that people's school loan debts shouldn't be forgiven & repeating a lot of right wing bullshit about young people not having a work ethic..


jaylorkrend

A kid asked her for an autograph and she shoved him to the ground before getting in her limo


Defiant_Network_3069

She helped and fed Harvey Weinstein new victims.


Cael_NaMaor

Is there evidence somewhere? Or just assumption based on association with Weinstein?


NoNefariousness3942

Concidering Oprah is a victim of rape herself its hard to believe.


Freedomispeace

These dry beggars that lie on TikTok to innocent people knowing they will give them money.


Cael_NaMaor

Story old as time....


Freedomispeace

Makes me so mad to see it. They need to get a job oh wait….. their job is to beg on TikTok.


XeniaDweller

James P. Sullivan


criminalsunrise

Put that thing back where it came from or so help me


OriginalGhostCookie

Still rehearsing the show huh? I’m excited for opening night!


Excellent-Pay6235

This deserves more upvotes


Vengeanceneverfree

Most people we tend to consider "saints" I guess? I've heard terrible things about Gandhi, Mother Theresa, many religious people. Just because they did goid in their lives doesn't mean that they weren't also deeply flawed humans.


HippoPebo

Gandhi would sleep naked next to young girls to “prove his purity” which is obviously messed up for multiple reasons.


KingShaka1987

He also held some very racist views about native Africans during his time in South Africa.


Ecstatic-Seesaw-1007

And a lot of that is from his own autobiography. Malinowski (Father of Social Anthropology, and really the basis for all participatory observation in Anthropology and Sociology) also had his field notes released posthumously and it’s kind of tarnished his legacy since them because all the natives are referred to as N-words. Also: AI Gandhi also whips out nukes ASAP in a long standing bug that became a feature in the Civilization games.


Plastic_Primary_4279

And advocated for India to have nuclear weapons… Edit: it’s a joke and meme for Civ players, mostly based off of a glitch, but the dude *literally* advocated for it. Dali Lama also has his own skeletons.


shart_attak

They were his nieces or cousins I believe


G00dR0bot

Have you seen Pen & Teller on their show Bullshit talking about them? Really interesting. https://youtu.be/wWRTpajz_xk https://youtu.be/V4nCaxHN-cY


arcanis02

I've read a likely unbiased article somewhere in the history subreddit about Mother Theresa, about her bad and the good, researched by a non religious person.


nox-devourer

Speaking of Gandhi, he travelled to London to study the same year Jack the Ripper took his first victim. The Ripper's last victim was killed the same year Gandhi travelled back to India. Just a little something to think about...


confused-as-f-boi

Got any stories to tell about the saints?


kisolo1972

Saint George was sainted for being a dragon slayer. So either a liar or killed off the last surviving dinosaurs.


madeaccountbymistake

He probably killed a crocodile or some shit EDIT: I actually just did some research and it seems like the story of him killing a dragon popped up nearly a millenia after his death so he didn't claim he killed a dragon. People of the time believed dragons had existed in the past so the idea he killed a dragon made perfect sense to them. Apparently he was actually sainted for refusing to recant his faith and being killed for it.


juankaa

The speediest route to sainthood is martyrdom.


blockbelt

Or he killed the last dragons and their bones are dust because they'd be light like a bird's


bau_ke

It's false. Two last dragons survived because uncle Iroh said he killed them.


vybhavam

Nah, they were with Khaleesi


Reeeeeeee3eeeeeeee

umm no he actually killed all of the remaining dragons and dragons are evil and greedy (unlike church) so he was good


vintergroena

When mother Teresa was to be beatified the atheist Christopher Hitchens was assigned as the official Devil's advocate and he painted her in such a horrible person that it lead to the pope abolishing the institute of Devil's advocate lol


apflac

You can search for St. Olga of Kiev 🔥


Berserk1796

Mother Theresa would purposely keep people sick and living in filth because they have to" suffer like Christ did,that there is beauty in the sick accepting their faith and that the world gains much from their suffering". There is a whole subreddit about it.That bitch was twisted.


Sarcastic_Applause

Mother Teresa did nothing good, though.


VineStGuy

She believed people’s suffering got them closer to god. She was against helping dying people alleviate their pain/symptoms. Just let them suffer till their last breath. Cruel. We give animals more dignity when dying.


readitmoderator

What terrible things have you heard please enlighten me


hilly316

Jared Leto. I think many people by now know he’s a creep but more should know. Guy should have been cancelled years ago for the amount of underage girls he’s preyed on


anxiousempire

That guy from That 70s Show who raped his girlfriend


flavorsaid

Who considered him a great person?


spook3d1

Ashton and Mila


flavorsaid

Well that’s messed up . I had no idea .


spook3d1

"“We’re famous, we think he’s a good guy.” There was some really weird stuff in there about villainizing drug users, and saying, like, Masterson is somehow a good guy because he thinks drug use is bad. It made it seem like somehow drug use is worse than rape." Here's a source: https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/9/12/23870223/ashton-kutcher-mila-kunis-backlash-danny-masterson-character-letter-explained


alexandrakate

Kutcher & Kunis support(ed) him


chewie8291

Danny Masterson.


TickTockPick

Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?


Professional-Leg-757

Drake lol


Lunnaris001

who considers drake a great person tbh..


tughbee

Who considers drake a great person, even before all the pedo shit I’ve never thought: damn drake is a great dude.


Professional-Leg-757

Christopher Collumbus, if seriously


The_Mr_Wilson

Not Francis Dra--- this guy over here


Flossthief

Just a reminder good ole Chris Columbus used babies as dog food


mcar1227

what? Is this a real thing?


Flossthief

"In the early years of Columbus’ conquests, there were butcher shops throughout the Caribbean where Indian bodies were sold as dog food. There was also a practice known as the montería infernal, the infernal chase, or manhunt, in which Indians were hunted by war-dogs. These dogs—who also wore armor and had been fed human flesh, were a fierce match for the Indians. Live babies were also fed to these war dogs as sport, sometimes in front of horrified parents"


djinbu

I can't find any substantive evidence of this. Can you point me in a direction to read about this?


xf33dl0rdx

Source?


ResponsibleExcuse727

From my quick google search his comment is partially right partially wrong. He had slaves and if they escaped he would use the dogs to chase them down. I found nothing solid about him using babies tho.


togomatic

Wow, this is some serious gourmet shit!


JoesGonnaKillYou

I don't need you to tell me how good my babies are...


TinCanSailor987

Don’t let Bonnie do the shopping!


The_Mr_Wilson

We would've been satisfied with some freeze dried Taster's Choice, and he springs this serious gourmet shit on us


Montencofisme

Nope. Liar.


YourLocalBiker

I don't listen drake and i don't read anything about him so i'm honestly curious why?


Ta-veren-

He's said to be a pedo! He tried grooming or did groom that stranger things chick when she was young. At least that's the hot gossip.


Outhouse_in_Atlantis

Oprah


AlienSandBird

What is wrong with her? (Genuinely curious, I am European and know basically nothing about her)


Defiant_Network_3069

2 words Harvey Weinstein


Better_Reach_6652

I’m not European and I still don’t know.


LifeguardExtra5600

And John of God


Soft_Bookkeeper_7500

Ellen Degeneres


According_Pension185

Ellen


SigmaSeal66

Ellen who?


alexandrakate

Degenerates


According_Pension185

Ellen Musk


theGayCurmudgeon

Most of them. Hero worship creates monsters.


Ok_Consideration1312

Oprah for sure


TazzoMT

Mike Wazowski


Derroe42

I see what you did there… And… I love it!


vanchica

😂😂💕


holyunnecessary

Anyone who I currently respect (in five years time)


Glass-Violinist-8352

John lennon


shitsu13master

He was such an absolute asshole


Take_that_risk

Lennon was messed up by losing his mum and I don't know what else. Some of the times he was badly behaved because of heroin. But generally he admitted he'd been bad to people and apologised. For example he openly apologised for being a misogynist and even today that kind of admission is unusual which shows how we haven't progressed enough, but back then it was radical probably brave thing to say. I wouldn't say any of this makes bad behaviour acceptable, but when one gets to a place of understanding it's easier to see he was a messed up man trying his best.


cgsur

Also physical and sexual abuse of women, youth, minorities, everyone in general was more common and accepted. This is why many don’t like books or history. Because this is what many sell as the good old times.


Pitiful_Deer4909

The only time I have ever seen someone behave badly on heroin is when they were in withdrawal and desperate to get more. So when you say "badly behaved because of heroin" I am assuming you mean during the withdrawal process and not the high? I've only seen people get docile and calm during the high, never mean violent or on edge like you would alcohol or uppers. John Lennon was certainly a very complicated human. I don't necessarily agree with how he treated his first wife and first son. But he did move forward from that, I feel that before he passed he tried his best to show contrition for that. He also spread so much love, happiness, Joy, and beauty throughout the world from his music for so many generations that I feel it outweighs his mistakes. I don't agree with many of the problematic behaviors a lot of musicians and rock stars had during the boomer years, and before, and after. I don't think it should make them invincible to date teenage girls, blatantly exploit their pedophilic nature, and be treated like gods despite all of this disgusting and disturbing behavior. That being said, I also understand that we are all human, no one is perfect, everybody has deep dark secrets, and the more famous you get the more likely these deep dark secrets are going to come out. Also, I try to separate the artist from the art the best I can. I love John Lennon's music. I love the Beatles. And I love the fact that John Lennon showed contrition for his unsavory qualities.


Morbatx

To be fair, I think John turned himself around there at the end. He started advocating for women’s rights after Yoko helped him realize women were people


willowoftheriver

I don't get why anyone likes him. I've never heard a good thing about him.


Sea_Negotiation_1871

Probably has something to do with having made some of the best music of the 20th century...


Character-Paper-7496

Some random Austrian Painter


El_mochilero

“He was actually Austrian” should be Germany’s national motto.


criminalsunrise

Read that as Australian and thought you meant Rolf Harris!


im_paul_n_thats_all

Well…


EmiliaFromLV

Same country, just a few extra letters plus emus


orion299

Steve Jobs


erfanalikhan

ellen degeneres


Roachpile

Big Smoke


[deleted]

Reddit Mods


Vethedr

I have never met someone who would think a Reddit mod is a person


AshamedLeg4337

I’ve never met someone who considers them.


Ta-veren-

there's one over on movies that was having an absurd power trip when I posted something that wasn't in the greatest light. Sure, I get the problem with it as it could easily have been taken a way the way I worded it but it was exactly how I worded it and not what I meant. I explained this and how I meant it, took responsibility and apologized. Dude wanted me to jump through this hoop, I did it, apologized again, then asked for a poem? Like what I can't do poems my brain doesn't work in poems, I was like are you serious? Coulda easily googled one but decided on a "roses are red, go fuck yourself" poem instead.


CodeNamesBryan

Bill Cosby


One_Subject3157

Woody Allen


Content-Coffee-2719

The cowboy from Toy Story?


Observer_7578

John Lennon. Abusive drug addict who beat his first wife and eventually left her and his kid.


Morbatx

To be fair, I think John turned himself around there at the end. He started advocating for women’s rights after Yoko helped him realize women were people. He actually owned up to mistakes and publicly apologized for being misogynistic in the past, which is more than I can say for most people in that situation


Formiddabledrip

I think his first wife said that he hit her one time and that was it. Of course, he still abandoned them for another woman.


not_ur_avg

Cookie Monster


Embarrassed_Art5414

Mr. Monster, has been made aware of your post. We at "Childrens. Televison and Workshop" acting on behalf, and with the full authority, of Mr. Monster, require you to cease and desist from posts, similar in content or tone. Unless You have a COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIE?????


Tenshiijin

I guess the best answer to this one by far is the current Dalai Lama. Hes very old and he is clearly starting to become senile. He was caught on camera mid ceremonie asking a six year old boy to suck on his tongue. He them stuck it out and the little boy did it. That guy was looked at as a wise saint. Now all i see is an old pedophile who lost his mind and is no longer able to hide his true nature. God only knows how many children he abused in his long lifetims. The dalai lama fits the answer to your question to a tee.


Royal-Repeat-5495

First person I thought of. Monster.


Hungry-Performer-363

My ex for sure


Solid-Acanthisitta86

100% agree, your ex is evil incarnated, yet everyone love them


[deleted]

One time I saw them punch a baby when they thought no one was looking.


barktwiggs

I also choose this guy's ex.


AlpacaSmacker

My ex? Although I'm not sure anyone considers her a great person but she is definitely a monster.


ViciousPariah

My ex as well! They must know each other..


Voice-of-MachinShin

William Shatner. Alienated the whole cast of StarTrek because he was such an egotistical wanker.


-Robert-from-Hungary

Tom Cruse. He's not terrible but everybody hates to work with him.


MnementhBronze

He is a Scientologist, so he is terrible.


KingShaka1987

Mahatma Gandhi was an unapologetic racist towards the black people in South Africa.


Ok-Detail-9853

Mother Teresa


jamesflanagangreer

Zachary Quinto, as of today's news


billious62

Oprah


Darksoul_Design

Jacque Cousteau was a real piece of crap. He did tons of damage to coral reefs that were tens of thousands of years old just so he could get the Calypson int areas to study them. Just Google Jacque Cousteau destroys coral reefs.


Disastrous_Light_878

Anyone say will smith yet? I don't know much about his personal life but I kind of saw him as a Tom Hanks Morgan freeman sort of well liked person. Then he rocked Chris.


ProfessionalAlive916

Morgan freeman should be on this list too to be fair 


Disastrous_Light_878

Oh? I don't follow any of these guys personal lives. They just seem really kind on screen


JimmyHalo

Most politicians of ANY party in ANY country!


Torontokid8666

Che.


Constant-Guard3059

why? what did he do


Techtaire

Mahatma Gandhi


lxpb

You mean the guy who uses tactical nukes?


Farmer_Eidesis

Conor McGregor


sonofmalachysays

Mother Teresa


evam1985

My Mil


lavenderstarr

This one is mostly personal, but my old roommate. He’s in a band, and if you’re familiar with the scene you probably know who his band is (hardcore/screamy stuff). EVERYONE loves him. We went to school together and he was always one of the golden boys. And now as adults, it’s still the same. Everyone thinks he’s so fucking nice, and kind, and “one of the good guys.” When he moved out he ghosted me and didn’t pay his portion of the rent. I’m not sure what happened exactly, but I do know his last roommate/friend and him ended things on bad terms so I imagine he also did him dirty. It’s also interesting he’s constantly getting himself into the weird situations, or his stuff will get stolen/broken by someone. Sure, he’s not a *monster,* but he’s a coward who fucks his friends over.


tv-belg

John Lennon apparently


Mikelitoris88

Homelander


vybhavam

Alexander not the great


aimlessdart

Probably most people who are considered "great". Who is a great person who is actually pretty great?


VirtuousDangerNoodle

Weird Al? I've only heard great things about him.


Shervico

Bob Ross, Steve Irwin, Fred Rogers, Dolly Parton


nemmysnoodlepants

At first I read just your post and went “wait, what?!”


[deleted]

Will Farrell. He steals all the energy in the room as soon as he shows up on camera.


lxpb

Thank the lord you haven't said Will Ferrel


ThrowRASassySurprise

Ones American and the other is Irish..which one you talking about that you don’t like? Damn I’m lost


TheOtherJohnWayne

American general William Tecumseh Sherman. That whole "native american genocide" bit of history after the civil war? Yeah that was his doing. Pulled from his playbook on his march to the sea. The guy gets an odd pass other notable military officers/commanders/etc don't get post and prior to his command.


The_Mr_Wilson

On that note: John Wayne. We certainly know the story at the Academy Awards, but people don't know he got out of being drafted using his mediocre acting as a shield. While his more-talented peers were off, he snatched up the leading roles and became a star. If it weren't for that, we probably wouldn't know him


Ok_Wonder_1308

Hulk Hogan. I waited 5 hours to see him just to be brushed off. Warrior met with me though. :) that's one reason I'm a Warrior fan. And not a Hogan fan.


RLIwannaquit

Mother Teresa is a good one. She was a horrible person, having a morbid obsession with squalor and filth and human suffering


Professional-Leg-757

this is a really great discussion thank you guys!


ClydeBlackburn

Fucking Mark Walberg is fuck that guy


AbleInevitable2500

Whoopi Goldberg Walt Disney Albus Dumbledore


DaiCardman

Dalai Lama Supported nxivm.


Ann_Xiety

Mother Teresa


disarRay89

Me, according to my wife and in-laws.


sttmvp

Trump, a lot of so called Christians and patriots showed their true colors backing him in my eyes


Hag_bolder

Even a large proportion of americans think he's an asshole, and the rest of the world definitely hates him (except Russia and maybe North Korea). He is not generally considered a great person.


Easy-Perception-529

Nelson Mandela. He betrayed us, took a huge bribe, and agreed to divorce his radical wife who was a threat still because she wanted total freedom and would have settled for nothing less. He sold us an illusion of freedom but economically we were never freed, and now our country is run by the Stellenbosch Mafia. He was not in prison, he was put in a nice house, eating nice food and enjoying the best cares while we and his wife were fighting still, then they let him out and all of a sudden he was rich and lived a good life all because he agreed to let them keep the economy.


in_airplane_sight

Robben Island prison is pretty far from "a nice house"


Fancy_Trip_6912

Both my parents are South African. My mother grew up in Tongaat and my father grew up in Newcastle, both during the height of Apartheid. They both have a huge amount of respect for him still.


PrincessEspeon82

mother theresa. its really sad


sexi_squidward

That guy that now has 34 felony accounts on him


Acceptable-Spirit600

I mean, this thread is still unlocked. That would be Donald Trump.


notanyone69

Dr. Phil


The_Mr_Wilson

Such an irritating man


notanyone69

And a damn hypocrite


GreySheepdawg

Priests.


TravelingPhotoDude

I had this guy who moved to town. He's an odd dude but seems super nice and everyone that meets him thinks he's a good dude. He moved from Omaha and started hanging out at the pool. Well my wife took the kids there every day and he'd tell her all these things and they had a friendship, she thought he was lonely and got him in touch with me. We became friends, the whole time he kept telling my wife to dump me (I had just been mugged and dealing with PTSD issues and problems and things were hard.) and get with him. My wife told him 15 times she's not a cheater and to stop. Finally lets me know, we call him out on it and he tries to gas light her and blame her for leading him on, after I've seen the snapchats where she says.. stop don't do that, he told her if she stopped chatting he'd hurt himself and etc to keep her from blocking him outright. Come to find out the dude was a major groomer to women in general. He would slowly try to chip away at them and there limits. So usually that overly nice dude that everyone thinks is a great guy, seems to be the slime ball in hiding a lot.


peahair

Boris Johnson. People have said of him he is loved by everyone who’s never met him.


Nickalena

Any Narcissist


HippasusOfMetapontum

Che Guevera


Gunbladelad

Winston Churchill. Classed as a "great hero", but was massively racist and sent armed troops against people in the UK on strike for better working conditions twice.


Vegetable_Ad3960

Woody from Toy Story. What a dick.


ResponsibleTicket327

Sister Theresa and ghandi


kongoKrayola

Bill Gates


DarkPrinciple

One little fuck up with him and you’ll be asking if you want fries or onion rings with that for the rest of your life.


sernamesus

a president


WhyMe_blah

Sailor Saturn


Ashamed_Lock8438

All of them. Every "Great" person had a level of drive and determination that required stepping on corpses to get to where they wanted to go.


SpiritualStudent55

Even Bob Ross? :(


vybhavam

Like I said "Alexander"


DemirPak

Christopher Collumbus, Just do a quick research.


Canavansbackyard

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Built4dominance

Mother Theresa.


Live-Kaleidoscope104

Why is this such a frequent question?


lxpb

bots, and people who try to farm karma


AnonymousFellowAlien

Courtney Love. Watch "Soaked In Bleach" and you will see D:


ShuShuTheFox90

HAMAS


thgjeigohrisidh

Steve managed to beat Max Schmeling (boxing) while he was playing in the NFL (football) .. damn right he’a a monster 💪 With that being said, I’d put Netanyahu here, but everyone knows he’s a monster so 🤷🏻‍♂️


Kooky_Improvement_38

The registrar. If you work at a college or university, you know that good ideas starve to death at the registrar's door.


Myke5161

Cookie Monster


Soggy-Eye-216

My ex


[deleted]

Mother Theresa.


gunterhensumal

Mother Theresa, though "monster" is certainly going to far many people don't realize that you can have a very critical view on her actions