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Have you ever lost respect for a hero?

DEFTLEFTHAND

I'm a big Eric Clapton fan, but from his autobiography two things stand out.

1. When he was in his early 20s he got a girl pregnant. Instead of taking on his responsibilities he gave her money and ordered her to go get an abortion.

2. He hooked with a young girl when he was in his 40s and got her hooked on heroin. He later got off it, but she died from her addiction.

Another one is Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols. At a house party one night Sid picked up the house cat Charles, he brought him into the sitting room and strung him up from the light fixture with a wire. The cat struggled before finally succumbing and pissing on the carpet.

Nobody did anything to stop this psycho, although all who tell story say they regret not doing so.

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Wang Kerr

DanielODonnell wrote: »

When Rory McIlroy held up the Ulster banner flag to alienate the entire Catholic fanbase of Northern Ireland even though he is Catholic.

What has religion got to do with nationality

DanielODonnell

Wang Kerr wrote: »

What has religion got to do with nationality

Catholics - aboriginals

Protestants - scotsmen

useurowname

Asked a famous jockey had he a tip for a horse in the jacks of a pub in Galway, he told me to cop on, my heart sank .

BettePorter

useurowname wrote:

Asked a famous jockey had he a tip for a horse in the jacks of a pub in Galway, he told me to cop on, my heart sank .

Scarlet for you...... ' to cop on' won that race at 25/1!!

Cameo

twinytwo wrote: »

Define hero though?

Why do people keep saying this? Obviously they mean people you admire and are inspired by.

wylo

I can't even watch Mark Wahlberg after hearing about it his racist violent antics.

Watching him on graham norton being a dick to Michael fassbender sealed the deal.

wylo

Oh and Mel Gibson , that was harder cause I really liked him , both his acting and directing skills.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Clint Eastwood could talk to all the chairs in the world and I'd still love him.

I think Bruce Jenner said that coming out as a conservative in Hollywood was much more difficult than coming out as transgender.

It's a strange world over there.

buried

A good few years ago I met a fairly underground music artist I was a big fan of, a few mates of mine booked him to play a gig so they had to basically look after him while he was here. The most absolute belligerent, ignorant and altogether sad individual I have ever encountered, his work is still brilliant in my eyes and I still enjoy it to this day but it was hard seperate the music I enjoy from the persona who created it. It taught me a very good lesson though, not to put anybody up on a pedestal and eventually get dissapoint

Ferrari3600

A part of my soul died when Alan Partridge left North Norfolk Digital Radio to take the big bucks in Hollywood.

mansize

Floyd Mayweather.

Great boxer. Wifebeater? No thanks.

DEFTLEFTHAND

mansize wrote: »

Floyd Mayweather.

Great boxer. Wifebeater? No thanks.

Seems like a genuinely nasty person in general.

I bet he winds up bankrupt in 10 years.

[Deleted User]

Chris Benoit, pro wrestler who went mad and murdered his wife and son.

Not hero's, but some of my favourite MMA fighters, Werdum and Nurmagomedov I found out they were friends with a dictator.

andekwarhola

Reading Morrissey's autobiography and realizing that being an amazing artist unfortunately doesn't preclude being a bit of a wanker

mansize

Manny Pacquaoi's homophobic slurs/views

Cortina_MK_IV

wylo wrote: »

I can't even watch Mark Wahlberg after hearing about it his racist violent antics.

Watching him on graham norton being a dick to Michael fassbender sealed the deal.

He sprang to mind, not a hero but I liked his movies. He attacked 2 Vietnamese men and was supposed to have blinded one but Johnny Trinh later forgave Wahlberg stating that his eye was gone anyway as he lost it in a grenade attack in Vietnam fighting with US forces.

DEFTLEFTHAND

riffmongous wrote: »

Chris Benoit, pro wrestler who went mad and murdered his wife and son.

Not hero's, but some of my favourite MMA fighters, Werdum and Nurmagomedov I found out they were friends with a dictator.

That was terrible alright.

Benoit was probably the greatest technical pro wrestler of all time.

I can separate his work to what he did though, I can still watch and enjoy Benoit matches on the Network.

[Deleted User]

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

He sprang to mind, not a hero but I liked his movies. He attacked 2 Vietnamese men and was supposed to have blinded one but Johnny Trinh later forgave Wahlberg stating that his eye was gone anyway as he lost it in a grenade attack in Vietnam fighting with US forces.

He was quite young when he did that though right, is he still a racist today? I guess it would be hard to say but he's definitely turned his life around so maybe he doesn't have those views now either

MilesMorales1

Not exactly a hero, but I was gutted when Rolf Harris turned out to be dodgy.

[Deleted User]

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

That was terrible alright.

Benoit was probably the greatest technical pro wrestler of all time.

I can separate his work to what he did though, I can still watch and enjoy Benoit matches on the Network.

Yeah me too, his work is too good to lose, plus that's the 'character of Benoit' I suppose. Still, ever have a look at any youtube videos of his? Full of people who excuse him

eviltwin

Michael Jackson and the allegations of child abuse

mikeoneilly

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Not exactly a hero, but I was gutted when Rolf Harris turned out to be dodgy.

:pac:

Pawwed Rig

I idolized Axl Rose when I was a teenager. By my mid 20s I realised he was a bit of a knob.
Great singer though.

razorblunt

None of my heroes are famous people, but I'll add another for Rolf Harris.

Michael Owen was another person I admired (always thought he was hard done by at Real Madrid) and I didn't mind the move to United as a LIverpool fan, but he's actually an egotistical muppet with a nasty streak as a commentator. He also made a mug of that kid in a sports video.

On a different level, I'm always disgusted by the Munster players that stood by Eddie Halvey after his drink driving manslaughter.

VonLuck

Wang Kerr wrote: »

I suppose Lance Armstrong is an obvious one
Pierce Brosnan not so much

What did Pierce Brosnan do to lose your respect?

Pawwed Rig

Isn't there doubt on Rolf Harris? Were a few of the convictions recently quashed?

housetypeb

I lost all respect for Cuchulainn, when he couldn't beat Ferdia in a fair fight.

[Deleted User]

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Isn't there doubt on Rolf Harris? Were a few of the convictions recently quashed?

I thought I saw that recently too

Phoenix Wright

razorblunt wrote: »

He also made a mug of that kid in a sports video..

Are you talking about this kid? :P It never gets old..

[Deleted User]

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Isn't there doubt on Rolf Harris? Were a few of the convictions recently quashed?

He's serving time for sixteen convictions of sexual assaults on four victims, the youngest eight. Further charges recently resulted in jurors not reaching a verdict on four, and his being acquitted of three.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Harris

Since 2014, Harris has been serving a prison sentence of five years and nine months, at HMP Stafford. Harris was cleared of further charges in February 2017, when a jury acquitted him of three charges and was unable to reach a verdict on four others.