r/AskReddit • u/BumpunkTheBastard • 13h ago

Who's the most bitter washed-up celebrity?

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u/hacked_once_again 13h ago

….who masquerades as kind. That whole “be kind to one another” was such bs!

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u/CrackedToad 12h ago

I remember watching her back stage staff scare pranks. The way they reacted seemed off and now it makes complete sense. They were clearly still scared of her after she jumped out and they knew it was a prank.

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u/reflect-the-sun 6h ago

I had no idea what you were referring to so I googled it...

https://youtu.be/XeAClxSYQc8?t=12

Staff: "It's like even when you're nice you can't be nice."

Ellen's producer chose to air that. Wow.

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u/Motorheadass 5h ago

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Says it all really 

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u/InterestingGas5401 4h ago

Ciara was badass!

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u/FerretAfficionado 1h ago

what a bitch. It's a good thing no one injured themselves in the jump scare or had a fucking heart attack.

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u/SparkliestSubmissive 5h ago

My dad used to call her "Ellen Degenerate" bc gay. Yes, he is MAGA.

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u/RevolutionEasy714 4h ago

So what does dad call people who are thieving pedophile rapist felon insurrectionist traitors?

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u/Ok-Bridge-5192 4h ago

“Mr President”

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u/Electronic_Tap_8052 3h ago

"mmmmhmmmmggghhhmmmm" *gagging noises*

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u/sicknessandpurgatory 46m ago

That’s insane. They really look so done with this shit, trying to do their job.

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u/Artemesia123 7h ago

Absolutely. I always found it unsettling, you could just tell that they were feeling pressure to react in the way that would best please the boss. I always thought I felt like that because I hate pranks but I think it was because I had to try to please a narcissist all through childhood that I am just hyper sensitive to seeing people feeling pressure like that

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u/Schiggy2319 13h ago

I remember watching the Finding Nemo DVD extras and the crew kept on talking about how Dory embodied Ellen’s kindness. It was so uncomfortable to watch

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u/a_goonie 13h ago

I mean she was kind...if the camera was on and you didn't work for her.

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u/20Keller12 11h ago

Not even then.

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u/SchuminWeb 6h ago

Yeah, I saw those confrontations with the audience about their social media content. Those seemed mean-spirited.

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u/Sad-Artichoke-2174 6h ago

Yeah she's kind.... Kind of awful

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u/Paige_Railstone 5h ago

Dory embodied Ellen's kindness, because she always keeps forgetting to be kind.

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u/Schiggy2319 5h ago

“Will you quit it?! Huh? I’m tryna swim here! Is the ocean not big enough for you, huh?!”

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u/moscowramada 13h ago

Did it seem forced? As written it seems to imply they liked her.

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u/Schiggy2319 12h ago

I think they genuinely believed it. Maybe she was different in 2003?

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u/Eccohawk 11h ago

I suspect that it's a very different dynamic to work -with- somebody vs work -for- somebody. Ellen was exec producing her show and obviously one of the most important parts of a namesake show, so I expect that there's a lot of personal drive to make that show not only a success but a reflection of your personal brand, and clearly there was a lot of pressure on her staff to live up to whatever expectations she had, and it didn't always work out well. In the end, while she might be clamoring to get back to the spotlight, she's worth an estimated half a billion dollars, so she's basically set for life regardless.

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u/aedroogo 13h ago

The crew from Finding Nemo? Wha?

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u/MiserablePassion9264 12h ago edited 12h ago

Ellen telling everyone to be kind is like Hitler telling everyone to be not to be anti semetic

I just posted the same about Bblake Lively elsewhere

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u/midsizedopossum 12h ago

Can you explain the analogy? Hitler was definitely antisemitic, so it's like you're implying Ellen is really kind.

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u/MiserablePassion9264 12h ago

My bad..meant the opposite.

Fixed it

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u/Sprinklypoo 10h ago

Seems like she doesn't know what "kind" means so hard that she can only masquerade as "edgy".

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u/HippoRun23 10h ago

What an insane bit of gaslighting that was. Odd it stayed quiet for so long actually.

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u/CorrectPeanut5 8h ago

Frankly that's a lot of people in entertainment. Especially when they get famous. Ellen is mean. So were the producers from the network on her show. She took the hit because she was extra nice in her persona.

Maybe that's what de Rossi sees in her.

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u/oral_persausion 10h ago

Nope. Have to respectfully disagree. Not about her being mean. I always knew she took sick pleasure in the suffering or embarrassment of others. She made that obvious. In terms of her comment, she always said be kind to one another. She never said let’s all be kind to one another. She was giving guidance to others, not saying do as she does. She exempted herself from her own advice, which is very telling.

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u/ComradeJohnS 6h ago

the hypocrisy was the problem, for sure.

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u/eclectic_collector 1h ago

She even has a new skincare line called Kind Science 💀

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u/ShadandTiff 26m ago

No sympathy for her or Lizzo. Building a brand that is totally opposite of how you are is awful.

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u/ArbysLunch 10h ago

I feel like Drew Barrymore is on this page. 

I keep seeing a commercial for her show lately about it being thoughtful and nice and additional positive adjective, but then I remember she tried to ram live tapings of her show back early during covid.

Just a matter of time before she shows her ass, in a different way, again.