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19 People Reveal What Made Them Forever Change Their Mind About Certain Celebrities
Celebrity culture has become a huge part of modern society. But public opinion isn't fixed, and when you're living under a magnifying glass, thousands or even millions are waiting to judge your every move.
One Reddit thread vividly illustrates just how fast we can change our minds about someone. It started when a person who goes on the platform by the nickname PerspectiveMedical71 asked others, "What's something a famous person has done that just completely changed how you viewed them?"
As of now, they've received over 3.6K replies, so we decided to compile some of the most popular ones and challenge you, dear readers, to scroll through the list and see if it makes you look at these well-known individuals any differently.
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#1
Pretty much everything Keanu Reeves does. Finding out about his kindness and activism made me see him as something other than the "surfer dude" I had in my mind.
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#2
Steve Buscemi was always a talented actor, but his unheralded deeds at Ground Zero humanized him in such a way that I knew at heart he was just a friend who wanted to help people.
#3
During the filming of Matilda, Danny Devito and Rhea Pearlman took care Mara Wilson while her mother was battling breast cancer.
Basically Danny Devito is the complete opposite of Frank Reynolds IRL.
#4
Ashton Kutcher started advocating for trafficking victims. Like hardcore dumped nearly all his life's worth into it and basically continues to pursue his career so he can keep dumping more into it.
He went from a vapid pretty boy narcissist actor to one of my most respected role models nearly instantly.
#5
Ludacris: look up what he did after the earthquake in Haiti. My friend is his pilot, and he flew 14 straight days bringing in relief supplies and medical personnel!
#6
Sinead O’Connor. She had a popular song on the radio. Thought she was going places. Then she tore a picture of Pope John Paul II on stage. I thought she was a nut job. Turns out she was on to something protesting sex abuse cases.
So basically a 360 on her, or two 180s.
#7
ODB saving that little girl who was trapped under a car after an accident, them visiting her in the hospital EVERY. DAY. under a false name so no one would know.
Really humanized him outside his thug-hip-hop persona.
#8
I was a child when the Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton thing happened. I remembered how everyone seemed mad at her, so I just never questioned it.
She did a TED talk about that intense, public scrutiny, and how she eventually learned from it.
That level of continuous strength is so inspiring to me. It definitely reshaped the image I had of her as a child.
#9
Eddie Murphy. The way he denied his child with Mel B and tried to portray her as a stalking groupie. His ex wife was the one who reached out to her so their children could connect. And initially, even after a positive DNA test, he still didn't step up. Lost all respect for him as a man.
#10
Guy Fieri’s extensive charity work. I always thought he’d be an insufferable NASCAR douche but he’s not.
#11
Shaq: I served him many times at a restaurant in downtown Portland. He was so nice to the kids that saw him, he would leave the bar area for signatures since the kids could not come in that part. I saw him run across the dining room to catch/help an old lady get on a bar stool. For comparison sake, I saw Dirk drop a gum wrapper on a table while a family was eating there. That soccer guy pg for lakers(forgot his name) would have 5 young girls with him and hide his face.
#12
JJ Watt. When the city of Houston was devastated by Hurricane Harvey, he started a fund to help the people affected by it. He hoped to raise $200,000, but instead raised $40,000,000. He made absolutely sure that every cent went directly to relief efforts. There was a celebrity telethon that didn't raise nearly as much. Never really thought about him either way, but after that I have an immense amount of respect for the man.
#14
Never was a huge fan of Taylor Swift, but when she gave Ke$ha $150,000 (pretty sure that amount not certain however) to get out of her abusive record deal. Definitely made me look at her differently. Then when Demi Lovato left some petty tweet after the ordeal, made me hate them even more.
#16
Allison Mack. I kinda had a crush on her back in the Smallville days (I was 13 or 14 when the show came out) but she always seemed nice. Then I learned how she was helping traffic young girls into a sex cult. Absolutely bizarre.
#17
When John Mulaney cheated on the wife he acted like he worshipped, I lost complete respect for him.
If he never had held her up as some paragon of perfection, I likely wouldn't have cared so much. But don't act like some awesome catch of a husband and then turn 100% douchey overnight.
#18
while a lot of actors do this, it irks me the most with leonardo di caprio how he only seems to date women 18-25.
#19
Nacy Cartwright. (Voice of Bart Simpson) When I found out she's a Scientologist. Which would explain why The Simpsons never made any jokes about it.
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