Please help me make the ultimate list of the legendary pieces of shit that have the biggest reputations for being dicks. I'll start:
Chevy ChaseMike Love
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:19 (three years ago)
Van Morrison
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:20 (three years ago)
Eric ClaptonMorrissey
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:20 (three years ago)
relieved that this thread is different than what I originally feared from the title
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:21 (three years ago)
Hitler
― ok what the fuck is happening in the uk (rain) (wins), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:21 (three years ago)
I'm not going to defend that guy, but Mussolini was a much bigger asshole, afaik.
Tossing in Jesse Helms, to get that ball rolling.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:26 (three years ago)
Mr Hand
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:27 (three years ago)
Piven (maybe he's mellowed)
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:28 (three years ago)
PIVEN WILL NEVER MELLO!
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:29 (three years ago)
"Chris Martin from Coldplay and Michael Stipe, they're nice people, they don't think it's all about them. They know they're entertainers and they're providing a service. But Richard Ashcroft is a pompous dick."- Wayne Coyne
― ledge, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:29 (three years ago)
Buddy Rich
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:31 (three years ago)
Wayne Coyne
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:37 (three years ago)
i hear he's very generous with his coke though!
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:37 (three years ago)
Jay Leno
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:38 (three years ago)
Dan Snyder
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:42 (three years ago)
xp - Coyne deserves to be on the list solely for the shit he pulled on Erykah Badu, let alone some of the other stories
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:43 (three years ago)
― ok what the fuck is happening in the uk (rain) (wins), Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:21 PM
― sarahell, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:47 (three years ago)
Allen Funt (my dad worked on Candid Camera for a couple years, so I have direct testimony)
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:50 (three years ago)
Daryl GatesWilliam H Parker
― sarahell, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:50 (three years ago)
Mike Love
Murry Wilson
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:51 (three years ago)
Enoch Powell
― sarahell, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:52 (three years ago)
J. Edgar Hoover
xxxxp
Mr. Hand was a dick, not an asshole.
― henry s, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:53 (three years ago)
Red House Painters guy
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:54 (three years ago)
roger ailes
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:54 (three years ago)
the drummer Jesse founding member of Zao
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:55 (three years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Legendary_Hearts_%28Lou_Reed_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg
― Davey D, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:56 (three years ago)
I don't know if he's really known for this, but I get kick about how in both his IMDb bio and quotes there's stuff about what a prick Rudy Vallée was.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:57 (three years ago)
lol are we going to poll these at some point, where notorious rapist Marilyn Manson gets pitted against notorious racist Orval Faubus
― sarahell, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 21:57 (three years ago)
Scooby Doo
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:03 (three years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLudtTgXIAYpm_h?format=jpg&name=small
sir kieth stauner
― calzino, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:03 (three years ago)
Frank Sinatra
― bad milk blood robot (sleeve), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:04 (three years ago)
ted cruz
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:06 (three years ago)
Jerry Lewis
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:12 (three years ago)
Michael Gira
― bad milk blood robot (sleeve), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:16 (three years ago)
Peter Grant
― calstars, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:17 (three years ago)
Martin Shkreli
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:23 (three years ago)
Debbie Harry has a story about Buddy Rich following her home when she lived in New Jersey.
She was 12 years old at the time.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:25 (three years ago)
Henry VIII
― since dozzell was a fixture (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:27 (three years ago)
Jef Whitehead
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:28 (three years ago)
goatse
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:28 (three years ago)
thread delivers
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:29 (three years ago)
Steven Seagal
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:44 (three years ago)
"Mr. Hand was a dick, not an asshole."
Ahem: "...legendary pieces of shit that have the biggest reputations for being dicks"
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:45 (three years ago)
Everyone ignoring the orange elephant in the room huh
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:47 (three years ago)
Rahm Emanuel
curt schilling
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:49 (three years ago)
Michael Jordan Jennifer Lopez Gerard DepardieuEllen Degeneres Thomas Edison
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:50 (three years ago)
Cilla Black
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:51 (three years ago)
Henry FordSean Penn
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:53 (three years ago)
Bob Kane
Greg Ginn
Zappa
― gjoon1, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:54 (three years ago)
James BrownAkira Kurosawa
― chip? (Matt #2), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:56 (three years ago)
Joss WhedonDave MustaineJohn LennonJared LetoJohn McEnroeAlec Baldwin
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:58 (three years ago)
Ray Kroc
Warren ZevonStephen Stills
― gjoon1, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:58 (three years ago)
Marge Schott
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:59 (three years ago)
Glenn DanzigAlfPeter Steele (well not that he was a dick but I'm thinking about the cover of Origin of the Feces)
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:00 (three years ago)
Fela KutiJoe JacksonIke Turner
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:00 (three years ago)
Morton Downey Jr
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:01 (three years ago)
Bob Fosse
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:03 (three years ago)
wait where's Lou Reed? Gotta have Lou in here
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:05 (three years ago)
Ron Jeremy
― chip? (Matt #2), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:05 (three years ago)
seems weird nobody's mentioned Insane Clown Posse yet
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:05 (three years ago)
lol I get the reference, but those dudes seem to be pretty consistent about proving themselves to be not be assholes iirc
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:14 (three years ago)
What did Cilla Black do!? ICP seem like good guys !
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:14 (three years ago)
Varg
Nicholas van Hoogstraten
― since dozzell was a fixture (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:17 (three years ago)
what did kurosawa do?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:18 (three years ago)
He imitated John Ford
John Ford
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:18 (three years ago)
This thread is full of assholes.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:19 (three years ago)
I interviewed ICP and they were really chill and fun to talk to, both gregarious (Violent J) and reserved by way of being incredibly baked (Shaggy 2 Dope)
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:20 (three years ago)
lol i was trying to call back the ICP meme from that one other thread, nothing more
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:21 (three years ago)
There's a whole bunch of film directors to be named: Abdellatif Kechiche, Roman Polanski, Werner Herzog, Cecil B. DeMille.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:21 (three years ago)
feel like someone should mention that your mom has a legendary asshole, hehe
― snarl self own (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:22 (three years ago)
:(
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:22 (three years ago)
buncha actors too. though theatre/cinema are industries that breed assholes (just look at yrs truly)
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:23 (three years ago)
Kelsey Grammer
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:24 (three years ago)
xp Yeah it's very tough, although the documentary industry is much less ego-centric and I find myself not losing my mind nearly as much.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:25 (three years ago)
Not your mom VHS! I meant the collective Your Mom, our mom even
― snarl self own (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:26 (three years ago)
I do think we should draw a distinction between legendary assholes (i.e. a long, storied reputation) and just general assholes like greg abbott
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:26 (three years ago)
I met Cilla Black once - she sat at a table I'd reserved and refused to move. Her spiteful arrogance was astounding. pic.twitter.com/AY86JjznfH— BeCo (@BeCo74) August 2, 2015
A long time ago there was an amazing thread on a forum for flight attendants detailing asshole celebrities, she featured heavily
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:28 (three years ago)
― snarl self own (Karl Malone), Wednesday, February 16, 2022 5:26 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
mother gaia's butthole
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:30 (three years ago)
xpost - morrissey learned well from his idol
Don Arden, not to mention his daughter
― chip? (Matt #2), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:32 (three years ago)
Kurosawa more of a legendary grump I believe
― chip? (Matt #2), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:33 (three years ago)
https://www.cracked.com/article_16534_11-baseball-legends-who-were-legendary-assholes.html
i don't vouch for this article, which was written in 2008 and is on cracked.com, but it does feature a list of baseball's legendary assholes
― snarl self own (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:35 (three years ago)
Prince Andrew, legendary for being an arrogant turd even before the recent claims
― chip? (Matt #2), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:36 (three years ago)
stone phillips
― snarl self own (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:39 (three years ago)
Rex Harrison.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:39 (three years ago)
(not really on stone phillips, but for a split second it's fun to imagine him being a total asshole?)
Al CappPhillip Roth
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:41 (three years ago)
L. Ron Hubbard
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:42 (three years ago)
Jack Warner
― brimstead, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:42 (three years ago)
I learned about Ty Cobb’s legendary asshole status from Field of Dreams Worked with a girl who was stuck in an elevator w a drunk Jose Canseco alone for a few floors. Apparently he got real creepy real fast. Luckily it wasn’t that tall a building.
― concentrating on Rationality (the book) (will), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:44 (three years ago)
Rickey Henderson was an asshole to batboys, according to a batboy who wrote an article in SI for Kids in the late 80s. saying he threw his helmet into the dirt in a rage, then yelled at the batboy because it had a speck of dirt on it afterwards, despite the kid trying to clean it.
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:13 (three years ago)
that's pretty low on the baseball asshole totem pole though.
on the other hand, he's not an asshole, but this was from his asshole: https://thecomeback.com/mlb/david-ortiz-farts-in-the-red-sox-dugout-fans-it-so-everyone-smells-it.html
how the FUCK did Babe Ruth not make that Cracked list
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:15 (three years ago)
Patricia Highsmith
― ian, Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:21 (three years ago)
Andy Dick
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:29 (three years ago)
Beatrix Potter
― chip? (Matt #2), Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:32 (three years ago)
Truman CapoteNorman Mailer
― chip? (Matt #2), Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:34 (three years ago)
No DJT, no credibility.
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:34 (three years ago)
Naomi Campbell
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:41 (three years ago)
Mel Gibsonall of the Eagles
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:43 (three years ago)
Say it ain't so, Joe (Walsh)!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:44 (three years ago)
Ben Roethlisberger, even ignoring the sexpest stuff
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:46 (three years ago)
Ted NugentKid RockDick ManitobaLee Greenwood (well in that he pissed off conservatives once for cancelling a show for vets over a contract dispute, which would make me love him kinda if he didn't write "God Bless the U.S.A."
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:54 (three years ago)
G.G. Allin
― ian, Thursday, 17 February 2022 00:58 (three years ago)
double word score
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:02 (three years ago)
Dave Sim
― Duane Barry, Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:07 (three years ago)
Isaac AsimovArthur C Clarke (...possibly)
― Duane Barry, Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:16 (three years ago)
Harlan Ellison
― chip? (Matt #2), Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:48 (three years ago)
Philip K Dick Richard WagnerApparently Chinese pianist Fou Tsong to his students
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:48 (three years ago)
Good call on Al Capp
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:49 (three years ago)
Cornelius
― Duane Barry, Thursday, 17 February 2022 02:01 (three years ago)
from Hello, Dolly!?
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 February 2022 02:05 (three years ago)
Has anyone mentioned Hitler yet?
― sarahell, Thursday, 17 February 2022 02:19 (three years ago)
Danny Kaye (although did great charity work)Ward BondMarlo Thomas (although does great charity work)Faye Dunaway (although does great charity work)Mandy Patinkin (although does great charity work)
― Josefa, Thursday, 17 February 2022 02:20 (three years ago)
Wanna say Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young but not sure if Nash has ever qualified to be an asshole
― Josefa, Thursday, 17 February 2022 02:47 (three years ago)
Is Young an asshole? How so?
― dow, Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:04 (three years ago)
I mean sure, he lead a mass departure from Spotify in heroic fashion, but one time he said something wrong about GMOs, so...asshole
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:06 (three years ago)
Allen KleinColonel Tom Parker
― thewufs, Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:07 (three years ago)
Neil Young is absolutely an asshole, us fans know that better than anyone
― thewufs, Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:09 (three years ago)
I just read Shakey and it seems to me Young has been a passive-aggressive asshole at many times in his past. He does seem wiser and maybe more self-aware now in his old age. Nash has claimed Young isn't really an asshole, he just "follows his muse." OK whatever.
― Josefa, Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:09 (three years ago)
Frank Zappa
― thewufs, Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:10 (three years ago)
LARS ULRICH
― thewufs, Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:13 (three years ago)
Jenny McCarthy
― Ye Mad, Putin? (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:14 (three years ago)
Billy CorganKanye WestR. Kelly
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:21 (three years ago)
Yeah, I think this list is and should be about public behavior, aholes so flamin' no need to go behind closed doors (Get back, Charlie Rich)
― dow, Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:25 (three years ago)
could somebody do daft punk “teachers” but with this thread
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 17 February 2022 03:29 (three years ago)
thurston moore
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 17 February 2022 05:17 (three years ago)
more like Thirstin'
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 February 2022 05:18 (three years ago)
zeusodysseuslokiareshera
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 February 2022 05:41 (three years ago)
His followers are assholes who thrive on being assholes and elected him because they wanted a guy who was the most asshole to the most people 24/7. It's the real definition of American Exceptionalism.
But I think he transcended mere assholery. He's a cunt.
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 17 February 2022 05:57 (three years ago)
I don't think those insults are tiered like that
But I do look forward to a future where "he's the trump of [x]" becomes as common an expression as "he's the Hitler of [y]"
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 17 February 2022 09:03 (three years ago)
Brett Easton EllisToby YoungKeith Allen
― fetter, Thursday, 17 February 2022 10:19 (three years ago)
James Corden
― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2022 10:23 (three years ago)
Giles Coren
― ledge, Thursday, 17 February 2022 10:28 (three years ago)
Two nominations for Zappa. Is that mostly cause he spews shitty lyrics? A coworker of mine served Lars Ulrich and his kids. This should come as no surprise but he said Lars was being a smug and inconsiderate lump of ass butter, while his kids ran around and made a mess of the shop.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 17 February 2022 10:30 (three years ago)
Ginger BakerJack BruceEric Clapton
A "full cream" contingent of assholes
― chip? (Matt #2), Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:39 (three years ago)
ha, "Groups whose every member is an asshole" would make a good ILM thread
― fetter, Thursday, 17 February 2022 13:01 (three years ago)
Johnny Ramone
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 February 2022 13:44 (three years ago)
James Watson
Alfred Hitchcock (and probably most film directors, but few on old Hitch's scale)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Thursday, 17 February 2022 14:16 (three years ago)
Whitney Houston
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 14:19 (three years ago)
Eric Bristow
― Ste, Thursday, 17 February 2022 14:22 (three years ago)
Damon Albarn once pushed me over in a club because I was unwittingly blocking the VIP area entrance, so I'll add him here for personal reasons
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 February 2022 14:41 (three years ago)
People love Adele but her interviews always project extreme asshole energy IMO
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 February 2022 14:42 (three years ago)
Young Paul Weller had that same energy in interviews.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 14:45 (three years ago)
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, February 16, 2022 8:49 PM (yesterday)
I didn't know of the depths of his assholiness until reading a short bio on him this past year. Geeeeez. The comicsindustry seemed (seems?) to breed some of the nicest creative folks as well as prime assholes.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:31 (three years ago)
Warren Ellis?
Both asshole and . . . not?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:35 (three years ago)
I'm glad this thread isn't on TMI
(look if everyone else gets to make variants of this joke, I do too)
― castanuts (DJP), Thursday, 17 February 2022 17:19 (three years ago)
Dennis Miller Pierce BrosnanTricky
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Thursday, 17 February 2022 17:33 (three years ago)
Badly Drawn Boy
― fetter, Thursday, 17 February 2022 17:35 (three years ago)
It seems like every celeb who had a coke habit was an asshole for awhile at least.
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Thursday, 17 February 2022 17:37 (three years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUmUKyym1wk
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 February 2022 17:43 (three years ago)
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 February 2022 17:44 (three years ago)
It's fine, I missed the Legendary Hearts album cover way upthread
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 17 February 2022 17:52 (three years ago)
― fetter, Thursday, February 17, 2022 8:01 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2011/10/30/arts/30REED/30REED-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Thursday, 17 February 2022 17:56 (three years ago)
Ehh, Kirk Hammett is kind of a dork but he seems ok
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:03 (three years ago)
Dennis Leary
― symsymsym, Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:05 (three years ago)
Pierce brosnan?
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:28 (three years ago)
Jim Davidson (yeah, big surprise, right?) everyone I know who has met him in any kind of customer service capacity said he was an arsehole.
Oliver Reed, according to a relative who was hired to look after his horses.
But I think he transcended mere assholery.
I'm going to co-opt a quote from Lou Reed (who said this to Lester Bangs): "You've gone beyond assholism into some kind of urinary tract."
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:54 (three years ago)
I don't think Lester Bangs was an asshole.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:55 (three years ago)
Lou Reed did!
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:58 (three years ago)
Anyway the quote fits Trump.
I thought Pierce Brosnan wasn't an asshole?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:59 (three years ago)
Likewise I thought Kelsey Grammar wasn't? Or is he one of the cocaine entries?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:00 (three years ago)
Seconded. A former prof of mine worked on a film that he was in once (don't remember which; I don't remember if she ever even specified) and she said he was stoned pretty much the whole time, but nothing about assholish behaviour.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:00 (three years ago)
MadonnaTony BanksScottie PippenMiles Davis
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:10 (three years ago)
Noel GallagherLiam Gallagheralmost every Brit-pop star from that era ("cocaine entries")
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:13 (three years ago)
Rand Paul
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:17 (three years ago)
I've heard several hilarious Pierce Brosnan stories. Usually involving him flipping people off. James Corden told a story about him shoving him at a concert too.
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:24 (three years ago)
Can confirm (as if it needed it) Liam Gallagher from direct experience
almost every Brit-pop star from that era ("cocaine entries")
Except Louise Wener apparently (not really a "star" I suppose)
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:31 (three years ago)
"If James Corden ever tells a story that makes someone else out to be an asshole, you can be doubly sure that James Corden is in fact the asshole." - Raylan Givens
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:36 (three years ago)
People I’ve heard were assholes via friends who worked / dealt with them:
Richard GereDavid Byrne ( or more like really effing weird borderingon a-hole)
Person I’ve met who you’d think was one but was actually really chill :
Colin Farrell
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:58 (three years ago)
I've heard Bernard Sumner was (and is) a real twat.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:59 (three years ago)
But I’m straying from the “legendary” title here
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 17 February 2022 20:01 (three years ago)
My friend's wife showed me a great pic of her and some friends with David Byrne. She said they were just standing around after seeing him perform, and bam he rides up to them on his bicycle. He asked them how they liked the show, thanked them for coming, etc. He's got a big smile on his face in the pic.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 17 February 2022 20:02 (three years ago)
I think this is it?who are your nicest celebs?
― Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 17 February 2022 20:13 (three years ago)
I wish I could find the story about Whitney being on an airplane and refusing to speak to the flight attendants. Bobby had to explain that Whitney didn't talk to "the help."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 20:31 (three years ago)
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, February 17, 2022 8:41 AM (five hours ago)
Same but Kim Gordon at a YLT show trying to reach the backstage. Crashed right into me with her extremely large purse like I was Nardwuar.
― KPH, Thursday, 17 February 2022 20:36 (three years ago)
Oh, and let's not forget Michael Jordan.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 20:38 (three years ago)
xpost yes that looks like it. 4th post:
Cilla Black - she should be shot - quite possibly one of the most unpleasant individuals I have ever come across.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 17 February 2022 20:44 (three years ago)
The most assholish MJ anecdote I've come across:
Back when they used to shoot a lot of commercials, Jordan's security team would wait for him in his trailer while he was on set. A woman named Linda cooked Michael's meals, and he loved cinnamon rolls. She'd bake a tray and bring it to him. When it came time to film, he'd see the guards eyeing the cinnamon rolls and he'd walk over and spit on each one, to make sure nobody took his food.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 17 February 2022 20:45 (three years ago)
That's some Stephen Miller level assholery.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 20:47 (three years ago)
Gimme some of that DNA.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 17 February 2022 21:01 (three years ago)
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, February 17, 2022 3:31 PM bookmarkflaglink
read that as *Whiney* at first
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 February 2022 21:08 (three years ago)
MJ inviting his high school coach to his HOF induction just to tell him "you were wrong" and repeat the lie that he was 'cut' from his high school team was what sealed it for me, even though I knew he was a dick before that.
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 February 2022 21:09 (three years ago)
The man was the greatest of all time, and yet he's still an insecure little schmuck.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 21:14 (three years ago)
Pierce is cool! Used to come in and buy bongs at the head shop i worked at in the early 00's.
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 17 February 2022 21:47 (three years ago)
iirc there were some stories on here about natalie merchant
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 February 2022 22:06 (three years ago)
Klaus KinskiJerry Lee Lewis
― MrDasher, Thursday, 17 February 2022 23:06 (three years ago)
Martin Hannett
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 17 February 2022 23:18 (three years ago)
He was no ... Phil Specter!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 February 2022 23:21 (three years ago)
Paul Simon, often!
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Friday, 18 February 2022 00:11 (three years ago)
Can’t believe no one’s mentioned that Velvet Underground guy. Lou Reich?
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Friday, 18 February 2022 00:16 (three years ago)
Jackie Mason, especially in old age (1990s on)
Loving the Cilla Black stories in the flight attendant thread. She eventually had to address those comments in the UK press. The flight attendants also don't like Michael Winner or Naomi Campbell. Not thrilled with Bob Geldof and divided on Geri Halliwell.
― Josefa, Friday, 18 February 2022 00:28 (three years ago)
and divided on Geri Halliwell
aren't we all?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 18 February 2022 00:34 (three years ago)
Insane Clown Posse
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 18 February 2022 00:46 (three years ago)
I heard Sally Struthers on a recent podcast intimating, without naming her, that Rita Moreno is an asshole. I need to investigate this further. So far there's only sparks, not a fire.
― Josefa, Friday, 18 February 2022 00:51 (three years ago)
I think Rita Moreno is very direct, which some may interpret as assholique
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 18 February 2022 00:57 (three years ago)
But I've never heard of her as a bossy diva or anything like that
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 18 February 2022 00:58 (three years ago)
ICP gets a mention upthread, with objections...
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 18 February 2022 00:59 (three years ago)
I was just doing the "repeat canonical example" schtick from the bands-with-a-subculture thread
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 18 February 2022 01:03 (three years ago)
lol yeah me too
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Friday, 18 February 2022 01:04 (three years ago)
Sally Struthers was in The Odd Couple with Rita Moreno in the '80s, that's the source of the beef. Sally was basically playing the Felix role and Rita the Oscar role. Sally suggests that Rita had the pick of which role she wanted but then got upset that Sally's character got all the laughs.
― Josefa, Friday, 18 February 2022 01:07 (three years ago)
^on Broadway, I should have said
― Josefa, Friday, 18 February 2022 01:09 (three years ago)
That sounds like a very specific showbiz relationship rivalry rather than legendary assholism
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 18 February 2022 01:10 (three years ago)
I heard one or two other things, but I'm not prepared at this moment to say Rita Moreno is an asshole
― Josefa, Friday, 18 February 2022 01:11 (three years ago)
Not surprising, but maybe try to look at it this way: she dated Marlon Brando for many years (not sure if it was ever mentioned on the other thread), that could turn anyone.
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 February 2022 02:34 (three years ago)
Or maybe a self-selecting group.
J Mascis
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 18 February 2022 07:38 (three years ago)
citation needed, i always imagined him as more of a crank and barlow the asshole. this is based entirely on song lyrics.
― adam, Friday, 18 February 2022 13:00 (three years ago)
yeah, I might agree.
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 February 2022 13:51 (three years ago)
Lou has always been a nice guy in my interactions with him. Have seen a few on-stage meltdowns (though long in the past now).
― bulb after bulb, Friday, 18 February 2022 14:33 (three years ago)
Take me a split second to realize you meant Lou...Barlow.
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 February 2022 15:34 (three years ago)
I knew nothing about Al Capp except that he wrote that comic, just read up a little and...... wow
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 18 February 2022 16:52 (three years ago)
I knew enough just from hearing Dick Cavett talk about him along with the John and Yoko stuff.
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 February 2022 16:57 (three years ago)
It kinda feels wrong to label both Lennon and Capp with the same pejorative when you see that footage of them together. Capp is an asshole an a whole nother level.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 18 February 2022 17:21 (three years ago)
There should be a German word for the type of asshole that Miles Davis and Prince were, where its like, they don't suffer fools but are mostly forgivable because they are cool and funny and geniuses
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 February 2022 17:30 (three years ago)
You think Prince would’ve been an anti-vaxxer? I’m like 90% sure he would’ve been.
― frogbs, Friday, 18 February 2022 17:33 (three years ago)
See also YMP's recent double contribution to rejected JBR screen names.
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 February 2022 17:38 (three years ago)
Prince would have come out with his own vaccine, which would have been a vial of love.
and it would have been called
I Won't Die 4 U
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Friday, 18 February 2022 17:50 (three years ago)
Boyd Rice
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 18 February 2022 17:57 (three years ago)
Lol, Neanderthal
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 February 2022 18:04 (three years ago)
Boyd Rice is more an idiotic provocateur, which is asshole-ish enough in itself but apparently he's a personable enough guy when he's out of character. Hardly compares with, say, John Noakes.
― 200 degrees, that's why they call me mr barrow-wight (Matt #2), Friday, 18 February 2022 18:08 (three years ago)
Nah he's an asshole
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 18 February 2022 18:10 (three years ago)
Has anyone been to his tiki bar?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 February 2022 18:11 (three years ago)
Probably already posted multiple times way upthread buthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc2iLAubras
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 February 2022 18:12 (three years ago)
Gary Panter agrees
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FL5fA_GVEAAfr2p?format=jpg&name=medium
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 18 February 2022 18:13 (three years ago)
Love Gary.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 18 February 2022 18:23 (three years ago)
Noch ein Arschloch
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 21 February 2022 02:58 (three years ago)
Uberarsch, natch
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 February 2022 02:05 (three years ago)
John Cale
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 16 November 2023 20:10 (one year ago)
i've always assumed he wasn't on account of not being Lou Reed but i guess they both could be
― Tyler Perry's Cystitis (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 November 2023 20:13 (one year ago)
yeah but next to Lou Reed he pales
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 16 November 2023 20:14 (one year ago)
whats he done now the scamp
― mark s, Thursday, 16 November 2023 20:19 (one year ago)
that chicken was no angel
― buzza, Friday, 17 November 2023 02:02 (one year ago)
old news, just reading his 1993 autobiography for the first time & was unprepared for the violent unrepentant misogyny scattered matter of factly amidst his thoughtful ruminations on art & music
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 November 2023 05:49 (one year ago)