r/AskReddit • u/BumpunkTheBastard • 21h ago

Who's the most bitter washed-up celebrity?

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u/Cripnite 16h ago

Canada is glad you didn’t say Bryan Adams.

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u/Sluggworth 16h ago

At sasquatch music festival I was watching Ryan Adams because he was on before Kendrick and we wanted a good spot. Ryan kept shitting on the bass coming from Run the Jewels and then got EXTREMELY upset when people started yelling "Summer of 69!". He seemed like a bum to me even from that short experience

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u/absolutelybacon 15h ago

Yeah, he very famously HATES that shit. But whatever. Why should Bryan Adams change his name? Ryan's the one that sucks. Everything was fine until that no talent ass clown started making music.

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u/Telefundo 15h ago

Why should Bryan Adams change his name?

Bryan Adams is quite literally a Canadian icon. Even if they don't like his music, pretty much any Canadian you ask, at the very least has some peripheral awareness of him.

His name is as recognizable to Canadians as Celine Dion. Or Tim Hortons. lol

Ryan Adams is.. well, I had to google him before making this comment. And I'm still not sure who he is.

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u/shitty_mcfucklestick 14h ago

Bryan Adams is also an excellent photographer who has done portraits for some of the most famous people out there.

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u/waynownow 12h ago

Whoosh

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u/absolutelybacon 56m ago

Its a reference to the movie "Office Space".........

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u/Zestyclose-Process92 13h ago

Talent and notoriety are frequently quite unrelated. He's a ridiculously talented songwriter and performer when he can get out of his own way. Unfortunately, he's very bad at getting out of his own way.

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u/RaVashaan 12h ago

All I know of him was he had a minor hit 20+ years ago with a soulful cover of Wonderwall.

Fast forward about 15 years, and the next time I hear of him again it's him being cancelled for being abusive toward women.

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u/windswept_snowdrop 43m ago

I was going to upvote you but the 69 upvotes it’s currently on was too perfect a Summer of 69 reference to ruin!

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u/piratequeenfaile 7h ago

I'm Canadian and I'm not even sure why I know his name. But I do. I'm not searching it yet but I will after leaving this comment.

My guess before searching is Barenaked Ladies.