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Post by Burst on Mar 10, 2015 8:45:37 GMT -5
The thread about the most dated episode of the Simpsons mentioned a Mel Gibson episode, lest we forget there was a time when he wasn't just a bigot and a punchline. What other celebrities/athletes/public figures can you think of whose images are pretty much irrecoverable at this point?
Just off the last few years, we've got: - Bill Cosby - Lance Armstrong - Tiger Woods (definitely not as much as the others, but he definitely lost his 'wholesome' image) - Mel Gibson
And going much further back, we have: - Roman Polanski - Gary Glitter - Jimmy Saville - Phil Spector
And Benoit, obviously.
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Eunös ✈
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Mar 10, 2015 8:48:04 GMT -5
Rolf Harris
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Crappler El 0 M
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 10, 2015 8:48:15 GMT -5
OJ Simpson Robert Blake
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 10, 2015 8:48:50 GMT -5
Roman Polanski is still making movies, with A-list stars, and many of them signed a petition supporting him.
It's amazing, considering that he's a child rapist who fled punishment for his crime.
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Post by kidglov3s on Mar 10, 2015 8:53:11 GMT -5
Lawrence Taylor Stephen Collins Jeffrey Jones
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 10, 2015 8:53:38 GMT -5
Tiger Woods can rebound from his scandals. Unfortunately for Woods, he is past his prime as a golfer. As time goes by, people will focus less on his infidelity and more of his golf legacy. This assumes he doesn't do something like OJ was accused of (he was acquitted, for the record) and Benoit.
Roman Polanski's scandal hasn't ruined him.
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Post by Push R Truth on Mar 10, 2015 9:11:35 GMT -5
Joe Paterno was once the shining beacon of honor, integrity and how to run a football program for the betterment of both the kids and the team.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Mar 10, 2015 9:13:03 GMT -5
Joe Paterno was the shining beacon of honor, integrity and how to run a football program for the betterment of both the kids and the team. They actually still believe that in Pennsylvania. That cult mentality, I tell ya.
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Post by blackmegaman on Mar 10, 2015 9:23:22 GMT -5
He's still making hits , but it feels like Chris Brown will always have a certain air about him that makes people unconformable .
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 10, 2015 9:25:38 GMT -5
Roman Polanski is still making movies, with A-list stars, and many of them signed a petition supporting him. It's amazing, considering that he's a child rapist who fled punishment for his crime. Yeah this still pisses me off to this day. He confessed and then jumped bail. What an asshole.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Mar 10, 2015 9:27:47 GMT -5
Fatty Arbuckle isn't going to have a career revival. Plus, he's been dead for 50+ years.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 10, 2015 9:33:07 GMT -5
Fatty Arbuckle isn't going to have a career revival. Plus, he's been dead for 50+ years. He got to continue working under a pseudonym for some major studios and worked with some big stars of the day like William Powell and (perhaps ironically) Marion Davies, who was the longtime romantic partner of William Randolph Hearst, the media tycoon who helped take down Arbuckle. I think history looks back sympathetically at Arbuckle.
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Post by Next Level was WRONG on Mar 10, 2015 9:38:57 GMT -5
Cee Lo Green?
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Post by OldDirtyBernie on Mar 10, 2015 9:43:21 GMT -5
I'd say Glenn Danzig. Along with the internet came the stories of his demands, his assh**e attitude, and then even video of him being knocked out, tarnishing his bad ass image. Plus, afaik, he doesn't have a legacy to harken back to and say "well age caught up with him..." He made some good music back in the day but it's not someone like Rollins or, say, Mike V who have mellowed with age but still have the legacy to back them up.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 9:45:56 GMT -5
If Mike Tyson can rape a woman and build his reputation back, anyone can.
No such thing as a "tarnished" celeb. There'll always be a few that support them.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Mar 10, 2015 10:15:59 GMT -5
Roman Polanski is still making movies, with A-list stars, and many of them signed a petition supporting him. It's amazing, considering that he's a child rapist who fled punishment for his crime. Then those actors are just stupid and deserve to have their careers killed.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 10, 2015 10:32:17 GMT -5
Roman Polanski is still making movies, with A-list stars, and many of them signed a petition supporting him. It's amazing, considering that he's a child rapist who fled punishment for his crime. Then those actors are just stupid and deserve to have their careers killed. Those actors include Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp, Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Ewen McGregor, Ben Kingsley, Hugh Grant, Sigourney Weaver, Christoph Waltz, Adrien Brody, and John C. Reilly. So not going to happen. Some of these are way too beloved to have their careers killed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 10:59:26 GMT -5
Vanilla Ice will always be tarnished but at least he has a whole cult of Juggalos that love him now.
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Post by 4real on Mar 10, 2015 11:24:14 GMT -5
Ian Watkins from Lostprophets
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Mar 10, 2015 11:29:33 GMT -5
Then those actors are just stupid and deserve to have their careers killed. Those actors include Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp, Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Ewen McGregor, Ben Kingsley, Hugh Grant, Sigourney Weaver, Christoph Waltz, Adrien Brody, and John C. Reilly. So not going to happen. Some of these are way too beloved to have their careers killed. Just goes to show, then, just how shady and unethical many actors are. With all the great directors in Hollywood, why would you ever consider working for such a shit-stain of a human being?
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