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Do you know what, for example, Macaulay Culkin, Britney Spears, Galileo Galilei and maybe Antonio Salieri have in common? There is one unobvious detail that unites them all. At different times, tons of public condemnation fell upon these people, literally reaching hatred - although in reality, none of them, of course, deserved such feelings at all.

Nevertheless, it is obvious that society needs not only role models, but also targets for negativity, and it does not matter where this negativity is poured out - in the marketplaces of the Middle Ages, in the aristocratic salons of the 19th century, or in Reddit threads. And, unfortunately, history knows a lot of such people who completely undeservedly received mass hatred.

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30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Brendan Fraser, after the trailer for The Whale was released the fat acceptance movement had a go at him.
Fat activists went on and on about how fatphobic it supposedly was that he was wearing a fat suit instead of gaining the weight for the role.
They tried to "cancel" the movie and said that as he was a "small fat" he shouldn't have played a role that was made for a "super fat" actor.
The way I see it, Brendan Fraser is one of the few unproblematic celebrities who got the opportunity to make a come back after years of not acting, he made this comeback after being open about being a victim of abuse, and he doesn't deserve to be welcome with more hate and more abuse, especially from people who could make the choice to change themselves instead of moaning a out everyone who happens to be slimmer than them.

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Jungle Empress 85
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My aunt was obese due to water retention caused by the hep C that eventually killed her. "Fat activists" can just STFU.

S Mi
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As someone who would certainly qualify as super fat, I wouldn't want anyone to gain that kind of weight to play a part. It is literally hazardous to our health. Brendan Fraser would have a great deal to draw on for the character in regards to size, being a larger person in Hollywood and with his own health issues.

deanna woods
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am fat myself and I have never understood these fat acceptance activists. No one deserves to be made fun of for their weight, but being overweight is something that can be fixed. Unless, you have some sort of medical condition that stops you from losing weight. Either way, shaming an actor that has already been through so much sounds absolutely ridiculous.

over it already
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. This. I am fat, am struggling currently (without success) and would NEVER say that the answer is to just love the fat you and accept it and expect everyone else to get on board.

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Nikki Sevven
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While I absolutely believe no one should be mistreated because of their weight, this is getting ridiculous. Obesity is unhealthy, period.

Rocky Mom
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Definitely backhanded. Down vote me. Idgaf. Pandas are extremely judgemental. It isn't anything new to me to expect this reaction on this topic. "This is getting ridiculous" has me believe fat obese ppl. shouldn't be able to find peace with themselves because you deem it unhealthy, regardless what you actually know of the person. Idk how y'all can be so sure there's no way to be healthy and big. We seriously all have such personal experiences and different bodily reactions. There are constant accounts of the longest living person doing this and that all their life. Yea, it can happen.

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Adam Belaire
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wonder if they tried to cancel Austin Powers 2/3 because Michael Myers didn't gain weight for his role as Fat Bastard.

StrangeOne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor. For a bunch of the characters.

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DennyS (denzoren)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Brendan Fraser is such a great person and he deserves everything good that's happening. I'm fat and I see nothing wrong with it. Where was the uproar for Thor? He didn't really put on weight. Colin Farrell was the penguin too, not a fat guy.

JessieJ&LilyLovebug
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Believe it or not, there was an uproar similar to the one for The Whale, for both Thor and Penguin. They were just drowned out by more sensible people, plus those movies weren't awards darlings, with the attention on it that comes with.

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AspieGirl88
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, they’d rather he either put his heart at risk or give the role to a person who is genuinely/seriously obese (& possibly put THEIR health at risk too, due to the workload being a potential strain on an unhealthy heart & body in general)?? That makes NO sense! 😑🤦‍♀️

Lambda Omegamoo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is Exactly what they want; for movie makers to hire those that already live like the character they're hired to act out. I have not read a single complaint that doesn't describe that very mentality. It wouldn't be "acting" then. Baffles the daylights out of me.

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Phoenix the Frog
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Small fat" wtf does that mean, also he is trying to lose weight and 600 pounds is an unhealthy weight. I love Brendan Fraser stop picking on him.

Neuropotathy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fat activists XD mundus idioticus, who's next narcolepsy sentinels? asthma whistleblowers? cataract watchmen?

zak
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Asthma Whistleblowers are opening for Cataract Watchmen at Coachella this year, should be an amazing concert🤘

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Wintermute
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A few disgruntled people making noise for internet clicks are not a legitimate cultural voices until you give them the time of day, usually by repeating their nonsense for more internet clicks. Outrage culture has become a commodified, toxic cycle that needs to be broken.

Frando Bone
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So typical of 'fat activists.' They'd rather the person put their own health at risk to appease the minority.

Orillion
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's one thing to say fat people are beautiful. Everyone is beautiful is someone's eyes. It's quite another thing to act like there are no health concerns with being fat.

eame
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The whole POINT of acting is to do something that ISN'T a normal part of your character.

Stephen Smith
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I want to start a campaign to make sure that in future Hulk movies only a green guy can play the part.

Joshua David
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These people need to take several seats with all of this. It's called acting, get tf over it.

Lily from England
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ve put on my weight due to my antidepressants. I used to have abs and was a diver! 😂 Nobody should be judged on weight, only by actions. Brendan shouldn’t have received s**t for not wanting to put on a significant amount of weight. It’s his real life body as well!

J. Maxx
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm fat, 383lbs. and I want to tell these "Fat Activists" to GFYS. I'm sick to death of these so-called "activists" speaking for folks. These paid busybody's are doing nobody any good by butting in and starting s**t with our allies. They are agents provocateurs hired to get folks riled-up and divide us.

Loverboy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Brendan Fraser is a great man who has been through far more than he should've had to, he doesn't need that b******t. I'm glad to see him back after all this time.

The Original Bruno
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He "only" got an Academy Award. Brendon Frasier is great, and he HAS been a victim of Hollywood cancellation (for suing a producer), but this ain't it.

Jennifer .S
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The character is literally supposed to be fatally overweight. There aren't any actors available to do that

Amy Semenov
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fat activism is insane. Theyre trying to convince the world it's ok when they're really trying to convince themselves.

SweetCheesySpaghetti
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Should have been played by an actual [fill in the blank attribute here] actor!" Well, maybe there wasn't one that was right for the part?? Are we just going to hire people just for the way they look? Oh... wait.... we do that to good looking people... and they get sh!t on for it.

Boatswain Bill
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the one hand, the fact that there are "fat activists" is pathetic. On the other, I don't think well see them actively get up and protest. Too much work fr too much girth.

Ricardo Ferreira
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was a phase that I learned some days ago: "What you think of me is not my problem." And I think this sentence is perfect for these activists. So, my dear activists: What you think about Mr Fraser is not his problem. Or our, by the way.

D Peterson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If everyone would stop being mean, life would be better. Brendan Fraser was an easy target. Glad he won Oscar!

LesAnimaux
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw the movie last week. It's phenomenal, heartwrenching and absolutely amazing performance by Brendan.

D. Pitbull
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Leave. Brendan Fraser. The F***. ALONE. G***amn people who TRY to find things to b**h about for the attention (if it was an indie movie with an unknown actor... think anything would've been said?) - Mr. Fraser is one of the FEW celebrities who is f**king GOLDEN. Geezus.

Dawnieangel76
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've been fat all of my life, and I don't give a damn that he wore a fat suit. He played that role with a believable pathos that a lesser actor would have struggled to meet. Brendan Fraser deserves NO MORE HATE in his lif!

Binky Melnik
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of COURSE he should have risked a heart attack and other life-threatening ailments for a part! Damned sissy couldn’t be bothered and did it the easy way, in a fat suit! I don’t see why they couldn’t have cast one of the many, many Oscar-winning “super-fat” actors to play the role! Seriously, what the hell is wrong with people?! These days, we apparently hafta be irate about EVERYTHING, whine about it, and demand that everyone be “canceled.” SMFH.

Danish Susanne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also he might not even be able to grow fat enough. It is in great part genetic.

Erick (he/him)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate "fat activists", the body positivite moviemente is a moviment really important to the fat people WITHOUT medical problems that hate their body's, being fat ≠ being obese

Wad Ofbees
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What I personally take issue with is that the movie got an Oscar for makeup despite the fact that a majority of it was cg.

Niall Mac Iomera
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"you didn't put your health at risk and shorten your life span for me"

Mystery Egg
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How can you advocate a condition that literally causes diseases and premature death? One that you actually have within your power to change? It is baffling to me.

censorshipsucks
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw it and thought it WAS a fat acceptance movie, I really felt empathy for him and could understand through his performance how a person in that condition could be trapped in it. I felt less judgy of fat people afterwards. So.... no. It was a fat acceptance movie. They must STFU.

Tarryn Louise
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If there is something positive in the world, there will always be an activist group right there to bring misery back. Activism in an unproductive way should be banned, and to hell with your free speech.

starsailor (they/he)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"fat activists" are saying that it's fine to be 500 pounds, but that's not true. being chubby or a little overweight is normal-nobody is perfect and we should love ourselves! having a bigger body is fine! but when it starts to be a health problem, then it's not fine. also, it's not fatphobic to wear a fat suit instead of gaining an unhealthy amount of weight! it's actually, probably, maybe... better, might i say?

Emmanuelle Mimieux
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not Brendan Fraser’s fault but the movie was veeeery fatphobic. I tried to understand what they were trying to do but I just couldn’t ignore it.

censorshipsucks
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

nah, I came out of it thinking I must be less judgy of fat people. I think it supported the cause of greater understanding.

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Don’t Call Me Otto
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I met him with my young daughter. Furry Vengeance was her fav film. When she went up and politely introduced herself and said she loved his film...he rolled his eyes and walked away without saying a word. Did this to a little kid. She was in tears. F*K BRENDAN FRASER

Ryan-James O'Driscoll
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fat activists went after Public Health England and the NHS for saying that being overweight increases the risk of other conditions. I'm sure the majority are all body positivity and anti-shaming, which I am on board with. But some of them are delusional.

Marno C.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am going to quibble with this. First, Brendan Fraser's big issues weren't with this movie. He's being well-recognized and rewarded for a suberb acting job. His issues were that in his earlier career, he was being typecast as a goofy comedian/ light action hero. He was being denied the respect and opportunity of more serious roles. Meanwhile, he was struggling with physical and mental health problems due to ill-treatment and that was largely hidden from public view. Instead, his career just seemed to fade away suddenly and people acted like he was another flash in the pan. Second, there may be a kernal of something to some of the complaints about the movie (not Brendan). Often, movies about a marginalized people say their purpose is to arouse sympathy and compassion, but they do so by making the protaginist suffer and die. E.g. When gay characters became mainstream protaginists in the 80s/90s. it was through making them AIDS patients who died (e.g. Philadelphia).

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He was sexually assaulted but the "mentoo" people are only interested in falsely accusing women of what men commit far more often. Whatever gender the victim, the attacker will overwhelmingly be male. The peers that be in forms of media are male. No, it's not 50/50.

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    #18

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Linkin Park, but more specifically, Chester Bennington.

    He was bullied severely in high school for being skinny. He was also sexually abused as a child, so he wrote about his feelings. He was addicted to several drugs before he even turned 17. He did so much for his fans like even with a broken hand he continued to perform, but then the band changed genres went a little less heavy more softer instruments, but the lyrics were just as deep. The loudest fans didn't care they hated it. They bullied the band intensely. In 2006, Chester had a cyberstalker who wouldn't leave him or his family alone, the reasoning she gave when she got caught? "I was bored," she tortured Chester, put him on edge even after she was caught

    QuestioningMIL , Chris Parker Report

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    Luke Branwen
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All Linkin Park music is damn perfect. Chester was and will always be a legend.

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    #19

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Salieri. Pretty chill dude. Mozart's biggest supporter. Lent him his libretista so he could write Figaro. Took care of Mozart's kid after he passed away.

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    #20

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Amy Winehouse. Once “rehab” hit and she became that pinup girl with the drug problem icon, it was all but over. Media played her out like Britney or others, but in reality she was a talented musician who wrote all her own songs and brought a modern style of jazz to what was otherwise pop b******t at the time. Didn’t help her father and partner used her for all she was worth till the end.

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    Wondering Alice
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember watching an episode of never mind the buzzcocks with her on a panel. At first, she came across as very intelligent and funny but as the show went on it was clear she was drinking on set. All the other panelists found this hilarious, and pushed her to drink more and do more crazy things. They were all men (some of which I usually like) who were a lot older than her - some old enough to be her father. It was before the big public addiction thing came out. I didn't see the end, because I had to stop watching. The whole thing seemed abusive and not remotely funny. I wanted to cry for her. I hope they felt ashamed.

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    #21

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Marie Antoinette.

    A well meaning, polite teen with next to zero knowledge of a world she wasn’t let near (by those who made the decisions for her). And then she was killed.

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    Sonja
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was a scapegoat. Whatever she did was criticized and slandered. If she bought jewellery and new clothes she was accused of wasting money, when she posed for a portrait in simple clothing she was accused of not caring for french craftsmanship and denying the royal tailors a wage. She was the symbol of royal depravity and everything she did was used to fire the rebellion despite her having next to none influence. When she didn't get kids because her husband didn't know how to duck her, she was blamed. Having girls, blamed for that too, having a boy, still not enough. And she was so young! Her husband too. They were almost still children.

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    #22

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Tara Reid. She did not drive drunk. She did not kill anybody with her car. She did not get arrested. She partied a lot and her boob fell out. That’s it. Also, if memory serves, she was treated horribly by Carson Daly.

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    #23

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread The guy who played Kid Anakin

    He was bullied so hard that it ruined all the love he had for Star Wars.

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    Luke Branwen
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The list of bullied Star Wars actors is miles long. From the top of my head: Ahmed Best, Kelly Marie Tran, John Boyega, Moses Ingram, Daisy Ridley. It's also not a coincidence most of them are women and/or people of color. Star Wars fandom is awful and I say that as a MASSIVE Star Wars fan.

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    #24

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Lindsey Lohan- overworked and pimped out by her parents

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    #25

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Sulli
    She was a k-pop idol who was driven to [taking her own life] by from malicious netizens who hated her for being outspoken in a conservative society.
    When she passed people even said she was just too weak.

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    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The dark side of Kpop and Korea that many fans/koreaboo's ignore. A good chunk of Koreans are OBSESSED with their beauty standards (often hypocritically so to be brutally honest). Bullying is rife in their media and in their schools. Things are slowly getting better, but it's very slow progress, and you still see a lot of bullying, and a lot of sexism in some areas. :(

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    #26

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Fatty Arbuckle. He went to prison for years when the DA tried him for death of a starlit. Later found innocent he was no longer welcome in Hollywood.

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    cadena kuhn
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She died from a botched abortion but they claimed he crushed her. It was awful

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    #27

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Guy Fieri. People dog on him for no reason. He has a fun tv show and I've heard he does a lot for charity.

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    Lisa H
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He may be annoying to some people, but I've heard that he's a really nice person. No reason to bully him.

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    #28

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Rebecca Black. Got ROASTED hard at 14 years old for the song Friday. Patrice Wilson was the producer and got paid by both Black’s mom and a good chunk of the proceeds but he flew under the radar from the abuse. Granted, it’s a dumb song, but the hatred was immense for a 14 year old kid.

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    #29

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Michael Phelps - IMO, he could have denied that picture of him smoking marijuana was actually him since it was unclear. At the end of the day he didn’t deny it and lost some serious endorsements if I remember right.

    Not a big deal.

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    Lauren W.
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you kidding me? Shame on the person who put Phelps on this list. This guy is a repeat offender of drunk driving and was once arrested in a town where I used to live. He damn near ran over a good friend of mine who was about to cross the street when she saw his vehicle coming down the road, somwhat erratically, and at a high rate of speed. Because of this, she chose to wait until he passed and this decision almost certainly saved her life as he ran right through the stop sign. Thankfully, police pulled him over soon after before he could kill himself or someone else. And he didn't learn a thing from this incident because he's gone on to do it again while hypocritically lecturing kids on the dangers of DUI. But, because he is who he is, he regularly gets away with a slap on the wrist. Phelps should not be on this list. He should not be celebrated. He should be in jail. *Edited for clarity

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    #30

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread The guy who played Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson)

    EDIT: if this is untrue then i'll be more than happy to be downvoted, that guy played his role to perfection.

    vashmeow , Veronica Paz Report

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    MotherofGuineaPigs
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actors that can make you hate the character that much have to be very good at their job.

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    #31

    30 Famous People Who Received Public Condemnation Even Though They Did Not Deserve It, As Pointed Out In This Online Thread Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan. They weren't told until after they had already signed the contracts and spent an advance from the record label on new clothes and hair extensions for their promo shoots that they wouldn't be singing on the album. They couldn't afford to pay back the advance so they said they would stick with the label until they made enough money to pay them back. When the lipsync scandal went down they got all the blame for it.

    stephers85 , Alan Light Report

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    Adam Belaire
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The rest of the story is they weren't rejected because they were caught lipsyncing. Many artists lipsync. It's the fact they were credited as the performers of the song and won the new artist Grammy in 1990. If anyone would've rejected the nomination, they would have been fine. But yes, the last sentence is true. They got all the blame for it.

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