40 Real-Life Heroes Who Lived Long Enough To Turn Into Villains

Thank you Oprah Winfrey.

My granddaughter is a pharmacist and she has told me that way too often she had people try to convince her or one of her staff that what their physicians had prescribed for them should be replaced by something from Dr. Oz's snake oil stuff. She says that often using his 'magic potion' instead of the prescribed med could be dangerous.

The Oprah syndrome- Dr Phil - Dr Oz - Harry & Megan...🤮

And now he is so desperate to win that he has engaged in a smear campaign against his opponent. He must not have a single good idea if all he (and the PACs supporting him) just spend their time twisting facts.

The only thing with which I disagree is the statement that Oz "Started out talented and accomplished..." Yes he was a surgeon. But was he truly as talented as Oprah and others insisted? From a close family friend who is a very respected cardiac surgeon (as in acknowledged by his peers for expertise) Oz was always a middle of the road, not terribly good surgeon. Regardless, he rapidly fell into being a snake-oil salesman of lousy repute. It's not just because he is a Trump sycophant. he because he has misled and exploited many desperate people with his quackery.

Press conference at Four Seasons Landscaping instead of Four Seasons Hotel. Hilarious.

I was a banquet server for a small meeting he was hosting about 15 years ago. I couldn’t stand him then either.

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As a longtime New Yorker, just here to say that Giuliani was *always* bad (as Jrog pointed out)

Back then I thought "this guy should be president"

Never Ge-nerous after all

So her reputation... degenerated?

Unpopular opinion, this woman still did amazing things for people. I, too, am getting grouchier with age.

You could see it way before the Ellen show. Just something about her was like, it was in her eyes. I never watched the Ellen show.

Years ago the show had some kind of a game where you stood on a trap door and tried to answer questions correctly. Ellen made her shy, admin type, employee get up there and Ellen teased her. The gal begged Ellen not to drop her down from the trap door. Ellen dropped her and she cried. An ugly action.

Donald Trump was "nominated" for the Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination itself is meaningless.

This was disgusting to see unfold. My bio father was and always will be absent in my life, his own choosing. Cosby was my stand-in as a child. The very idea and thought of him comforted me as a child. I'm just sickened at this monster now. We used to play his standup show on our cassette players all the time.

There’s no such thing as a formal “nomination process” for the Nobel Peace Prize. Per their website, “Any person or organization can be nominated by anyone eligible to nominate. There is no vetting of nominations prior to the nomination deadline (…) To simply be nominated is therefore not an official endorsement or honour extended by the Nobel Committee (…).” This year, there are 343 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize. https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nobel-peace-prize/nomination/

I keep making Cosby and trump comparisons. Both of them were very influential, wealthy, important icons in their circle. Also both horrible disgusting perverts. In racist America, one becomes president and the other one ends up serving time. Not defending Cosby at all, he's a rapist. But if he were white, he would be an important figure on Fox news.

He had it all and his ego convinced him he was untouchable. If someone had told me in the 80's he'd be a disgraced r*pist who went blind and went to prison, I'd never believe it.

As a boomer, I have to agree. We honestly thought we would have the better world that we were fighting for. I'm sorry. I hope you will do better, and I'll do what I can to help

As a gen-x'er, I hate every generation, tbh. They all have their issues.

We did make great strides. A lot of pollution was taken care of (my local river was a cesspool, it is now beautiful), protections put in place, more inclusive access to buildings, parking, sidewalks. But all we did was supposed to just be the beginning. It wasn't supposed to stop or go backwards. That makes it such a tragedy. It's why the younger generation needs to keep going. I came of age in the 70s. Spiraling inflation, massive layoffs, huge gas price increases (and some astoundingly bad music). I feel like I have gone back in time.

My parents were 60's hippies. My dad is now 78 years old and still holds the same ideals of wanting to make the world a better place. I feel for him because he's so disappointed in what's become of America. He came from Italian immigrants that came here for a better life, and to give their family more opportunities.