Celebrities who've had the biggest fall from public favour.

Ralf and Florian · 19-09-2015 12:07am

MrsD007 wrote: »

Chris De Burgh's career in Ireland after nanny-gate.

His daughter is doing her best to follow him down the black hole of popularity.

darkdubh · 19-09-2015 9:47am

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Billy Connolly never recovered from his 2004 joke about the upcoming beheading of Kenneth Bigley.

Yeah he diden't do himself any favours there at all.There was that thing as well a couple of years ago when he called a female photographer a c**t at a show in Killarney.His main problem though is that he hasn't been funny in about thirty years.

StringerBell · 20-09-2015 2:12am

L1011 wrote: »

Has barely worked in years, had a brief boost when he went nuts and that was it.

He is filthy rich, he has no need to work. Besides, is show after Two and a Half Men, Anger Management only finished airing in the US in December. Not like he is a pariah!

If and when he wants to work he will. As I said, he is hugely popular, he went from starring in the biggest sitcom on TV to another starring role (after he went nuts as you put it) which broke records and did 100 episodes

StringerBell · 20-09-2015 2:15am

callaway92 wrote: »

Making more money now on beIN Sports & Talksport now than he ever did with Sky Sports and is still loved by football fans.

I'm delighted he is gone and so are the majority of football fans I would come in contact with, he was absolutely headwrecking! Couldn't give a toss about his personal views on things, related to football or not. He was great years and years and years ago before he disappeared up his own arse

darkdubh · 20-09-2015 6:22pm

Heather Mills,you could argue that splitting up with someone as revered as Paul Mccartney is bound to draw vitrol but the public hatred of her is harldly unjustified.She seems to be a compulsive liar with loads of embelishments about her early life and supposed charitable work that have been proved to be BS.Being engaged to or being the mistress of various slimeball oligarch types in her twenties,appearing in porno mags and generally coming across as very untrustworthy and insincere.

Ursus Horribilis · 20-09-2015 6:44pm

It deprive us of a lot of one - legged jokes though

FortySeven · 20-09-2015 6:45pm

Ian Watkins of lostprophets.

syklops · 20-09-2015 10:57pm

L1011 wrote: »

Has barely worked in years, had a brief boost when he went nuts and that was it.

Has barely worked in years? Are you thinking of the same Charlie Sheen?

Paully D · 20-09-2015 11:53pm

Tiger Woods
Aaron Hernandez

darkdubh · 21-09-2015 2:29pm

Paully D wrote: »

Tiger Woods
Aaron Hernandez

Had to Google him to find out what he did,complete headbanger!

flazio · 21-09-2015 4:28pm

There was also the case of the You Bet and Stars in Their Eyes presenter Matthew Kelly, cleared of all charges and left SITE on his own terms but hasn't been seen since.

johnny osbourne · 21-09-2015 7:53pm

did nybody say twink?

darkdubh · 24-09-2015 12:45am

Jonathan King,who was convicted of molesting teenage boys.He comes across as a right creep who insists he did nothing wrong,instead of keeping a low profile as you'd expect he seems to still try and reclaim his former place in the spotlight.He was rearrested recently over seperate claims.

Wedwood · 26-09-2015 6:47pm

Woody Allen, Roman Polanski

darkdubh · 26-09-2015 9:37pm

Trying to think of an Irish example of a celebrity whose reputation plumented (Twink is more regarded as a bit of a joke than vilified I think).Michael Cleary,the so called Singing Priest fits the bill I reckon.He really was a celebrity of sorts in the 70s and 80s.He was harldy ever off The Late Late,especially if they had any kind of debate about religion or social issues and he had a colum in the Sunday Independent and a phone in radio show.Its not so much the fact that he had a secret mistress with whom he'd two children while he was preaching about moral issues to the public (even though it kind of creepy that she was 17 and he in his mid 30s when it started,more the fact that he refused to acknowledge them right up to his death.

GuessWhoEh · 26-09-2015 9:42pm

callaway92 wrote: »

My answer for this is Justin Lee Collins btw.

I totally forgot about him!

Ralf and Florian · 26-09-2015 11:48pm

GuessWhoEh wrote: »

I totally forgot about him!

Was he supposed to be representing Ireland in the Eurovision at one point?Vaguely remember him on talking about it with Tubridy or am I mixing him up with someone else?

darkdubh · 03-10-2015 11:57pm

Dana,confirmed she is a muppet of the highest order during the presidential campaign and her alleged interference in the (alleged) sexual assault case involving against her brother hasen't done her reputation any favours.

GuessWhoEh · 04-10-2015 4:32pm

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Was he supposed to be representing Ireland in the Eurovision at one point?Vaguely remember him on talking about it with Tubridy or am I mixing him up with someone else?

He used to present with Alan Carr

darkdubh · 07-10-2015 10:29am

Forgot about Chris Brown.Before the Rhianna thing he had this kind of clean cut image,careers never really recovered since then.All you hear about him now is when hes having another meltdown,getting into girly scuffles in nightclubs or crashing his car.

Exclamation Marc · 07-10-2015 10:45am

Gary Glitter
Oscar Pistorius
Mel Gibson maybe? He seems to have disappeared altogether aside from a few small projects.

Thomas998 · 09-10-2015 12:33am

Pistorius, by far.

NotInventedHere · 09-10-2015 12:50am

Lance Armstrong

darkdubh · 09-10-2015 9:09am

Sports is riddled with minor figures who've gotten into trouble, premership football players or NFL,basketball players going on trial for rape,assault etc.But yeah Pistorious and Armstrong are the two who really stand out as monumental figures in their field whose reputations have been totally laid low.Armstrong has been exposed as a total sham,and a not very likeable,arrogant individual to boot who tried everything he could to smear those making the allegations.From an Irish context Michelle De Bruin is someone who for a while after the wins was a national hero,and even though she technically still has the medals shes become an embarrasment,the nation would rather forget her.

Ralf and Florian · 10-10-2015 9:33am

Ronnie Pickerings standing in the international world of celebrity has taken a major blow with this video,I don't think his reputation will ever recover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dcv6GKNNw

take everything · 10-10-2015 1:44pm

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Ronnie Pickerings standing in the international world of celebrity has taken a major blow with this video,I don't think his reputation will ever recover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dcv6GKNNw

That's priceless.

"Ronnie Pickering!"
"Who?"
"Ronnie Pickering!!"
"Who?”
"RONNIE PICKERING!!!"

The accents and name-calling make it.
I love how the woman in the passenger seat is so calm throughout.

Ralf and Florian · 10-11-2015 10:50am

This is probably stretching the definition of celebrity a bit,this guy is best known for playing Random Task in the first Austin Powers movie,its probably the only thing most people would know him from.Now hes going to spend the rest of life in jail most likely.

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

ohnonotgmail · 10-11-2015 11:08am

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

This is probably stretching the definition of celebrity a bit,this guy is best known for playing Random Task in the first Austin Powers movie,its probably the only thing most people would know him from.Now hes going to spend the rest of life in jail most likely.

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

i remember him when he fought in UFC 4. His opponent punched him in the nuts repeatedly until he submitted.

darkdubh · 10-11-2015 6:58pm

Leslie Grantham aka Dirty Den from Eastenders.He was always going to be skating on thin ice being an ex con who had served a sentence for murder.Hes pretty much disappeared off the scene since he was fired for masturbating on a webcam and slagging off fellow cast members though in fairness I thought it was pretty unfair the way he was set up by the red top that did the "sting" on him.

Exclamation Marc · 10-11-2015 10:47pm

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

This is probably stretching the definition of celebrity a bit,this guy is best known for playing Random Task in the first Austin Powers movie,its probably the only thing most people would know him from.Now hes going to spend the rest of life in jail most likely.

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

Christ, that is a serious fall from grace. Absolutely shocking.

darkdubh · 22-11-2015 11:51pm

L1011 wrote: »

John Leslie, not convicted of anything in the end and only got back on to paying radio regularly last year.

Hes back in trouble again.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-34894465

Ralf and Florian · 31-12-2015 1:45am

One of the actors from Glee has been arrested for downloading child porn.I have never actually watched it so never heard of him prior to this but seeing as it was a big show up to a few years ago fits here.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3377888/Glee-actor-Mark-Salling-arrested-possessing-child-pornography.html

Unknown Soldier · 31-12-2015 8:11pm

Skylar Julius Deleon of Power rangers fame.

In fairness, being a power ranger seems to be a bit of a curse.

darkdubh · 01-01-2016 1:33am

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

Skylar Julius Deleon of Power rangers fame.

In fairness, being a power ranger seems to be a bit of a curse.

Now thats stretching the definition of celebrity very thin.He was an extra in Power Rangers.

Edit:Didn't spot the second link.Slighty more cleb credentials,just about.

Robsweezie · 01-01-2016 4:33am

Phil Collins
Chris Brown
Jimmy Saville
Jade goody RIP

darkdubh · 01-01-2016 5:05pm

Robsweezie wrote: »

Phil Collins
Chris Brown
Jimmy Saville
Jade goody RIP

Could you elaborate?

Robsweezie · 01-01-2016 5:24pm

darkdubh wrote:

Could you elaborate?

Not as big a fall from grace as others I listed, but got a lot of stick for his music, alleged tax dodging, political views. Google "phil collins hate.

darkdubh · 01-01-2016 8:38pm

Robsweezie wrote: »

Not as big a fall from grace as others I listed, but got a lot of stick for his music, alleged tax dodging, political views. Google "phil collins hate.

I think if hes guilty of anything its just going out of fashion.Also Jade Goody didnt exactly have much of a fall in public opinion really.Its not like she had a great public image to begin with.

PressRun · 02-01-2016 1:42am

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

One of the actors from Glee has been arrested for downloading child porn.I have never actually watched it so never heard of him prior to this but seeing as it was a big show up to a few years ago fits here.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3377888/Glee-actor-Mark-Salling-arrested-possessing-child-pornography.html

If I remember correctly, wasn't Glee a sort of child-friendly programme too?

darkdubh · 02-01-2016 10:08pm

PressRun wrote: »

If I remember correctly, wasn't Glee a sort of child-friendly programme too?

Was a kids programme,or at least teenagers.

whatismyname · 02-01-2016 10:24pm

PressRun wrote: »

If I remember correctly, wasn't Glee a sort of child-friendly programme too?

It was a musical-comedy type programme, probably targetting all ages (although probably more young people as it's based on s high school), but child-friendly would be accurate alright

darkdubh · 03-01-2016 2:00am

Michael Thomas aka Kramer from Seinfeld was mentioned briefly at the start of the thread,its worth having a closer look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoLPLsQbdt0

Its interesting to compare it with the time Eric Clapton made a similar racist outburst at a concert in 1976.It wasn't recorded or filmed and a lot of people aren't aware of it,the transcript of what he said(not thought to be exact but very close) makes for pretty grim reading.

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/eric_claptons_disgusting_racist_tirade

alan partridge aha · 03-01-2016 7:20pm

Loved Kramer in Seinfeld, made that show great.

fiachr_a · 14-01-2016 7:23pm

Lots of successful bands and singers have fallen into obscurity by releasing a rubbish second album e.g. Terence Trent Darby.

darkdubh · 14-01-2016 9:51pm

fiachr_a wrote: »

Lots of successful bands and singers have fallen into obscurity by releasing a rubbish second album e.g. Terence Trent Darby.

Don't think that quite equates with child abuse/rape/etc.

darkdubh · 21-01-2016 11:29pm

Don Mclean in trouble over alleged domestic abuse.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/don-mclean-s-wife-files-restraining-order-following-domestic-violence-a6826361.html

jvrk · 22-01-2016 4:16am

johnny lewis.
Bruno Fernandes de Souza.

oliviablond · 22-01-2016 8:38am

Mel Gibson
Tom Cruise
Michael Richards

Exclamation Marc · 22-01-2016 10:35am

oliviablond wrote: »

Mel Gibson
Tom Cruise
Michael Richards

Tom Cruise???

Did I miss something?

Call me Al · 22-01-2016 10:40am

Eamonn Casey. Spirited away to South America after the 90's "scandal" of his relationship with a woman and poor treatment of his son from that relationship.
As if that was the biggest problem they had!.

Celebrities who've had the biggest fall from public favour.

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