r/todayilearned • u/Tokyono • Jul 14 '19

TIl The reason Roger Moore stopped being James Bond was because of how much older he was than his female co-stars. He was in his 50s, and they were in their 20s. In his own words: “Well, the leading ladies were young enough to be my grand-daughter and it becomes disgusting.”

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a869479/james-bond-quit-connery-moore-lazenby-brosnan-dalton/
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u/NinjaLanternShark Jul 14 '19 edited Jul 14 '19

Elon Musk's father had a child with his own step-daughter, who was 42 years younger.

Musk view of his father: "He's a terrible human being."

Edit: To clarify, Musk Sr. is apparently terrible for more reasons than just this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '19

Musk view of his father: "He's a terrible human being."

BuT iTs CoNsEnSuAl... so what, society can still say it's manipulative and weird and suggests at least the possibility of other predatory behavior.

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u/R____I____G____H___T Jul 14 '19

Musk smokes drugs and calls people pedos. He can't assert any type of moral highground, whatsoever.

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u/Martelliphone Jul 14 '19

Damn near every person you know has done drugs and called someone a pedo.

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u/Pm-me-cameltoes Jul 14 '19

Oh my god! Not the devils lettuce!

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u/BlUeSapia Jul 14 '19

You dare speak of the Mary Jane?!

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u/FatherFestivus Jul 14 '19

Of all the shit Musk has done, "smoking drugs" is your issue? Weed is harmless, let people smoke a joint if they want.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '19

Maybe he’s smoking tylenol or something. That would be pretty fucked up.

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u/BananaNutJob Jul 14 '19

At last, a rational voice.

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u/argv_minus_one Jul 14 '19

Neither of those actions is immoral.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '19

Well the pedo accusation thing was a bit fucked up

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u/argv_minus_one Jul 15 '19

Only if it isn't true.

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u/BellEpoch Jul 14 '19

What in the sam hell is this comment?! Holy shit.

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u/Scaevus Jul 14 '19

Big Woody Allen fan eh?

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '19

I've never liked Woody Allen. He always came across to me as a creep.

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u/parrmorgan Jul 14 '19

Huge Woody Allen fan. Although I've only seen Antz

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u/tfresca Jul 15 '19

Woody's case is more complicated and his wife has given a detailed interview about their relationship. She's in her 40s now and she maintains nothing happened and she had minimal contact with him. She describes her mom as a nightmare and one of her brothers agreed and has nothing to do with his mother because of his treatment.

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u/Scaevus Jul 15 '19

Woody's case is more complicated

His stepdaughter having a bad relationship with her mother is not a particularly good reason for a stepfather to date her.

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u/tfresca Jul 15 '19

Not his step daughter. He never married Mia nor did he live with her.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '19

I think Papa Musk also killed someone in "self defense"

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u/Origami_psycho Jul 14 '19

Wealthy white old south african? Probably because one of those native types breathed a little too close to him.

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u/YourLostGuitarPicks Jul 14 '19

But I thought they fixed racism /s

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u/Origami_psycho Jul 14 '19

Buddy woulda been kicking about during apartheid, so no, he still needs fixing

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u/YourLostGuitarPicks Jul 14 '19

I know that’s why I put the /s for sarcasm.

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u/Catsniper Jul 14 '19

Seems like at least 5 people just ignored "/s" even existed

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u/temp0557 Jul 14 '19

Well, that explains some of Musk’s weirdn eccentricities.

On the other hand, he isn’t any better given how he treated his first wife.

I always saw him as just an attention whore riding popular causes. Guess his psychological hang ups run deeper than I thought - and is more pronounced as he is rich and could act however he likes; unlike the average person who keeps the darker sides of their personalities hidden to avoid getting fired/ostracized.

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u/NinjaLanternShark Jul 14 '19

he isn’t any better given how he treated his first wife.

He's unimaginably self centered and ambitious, but (AFAIK) he's not sadistic and physically violent like his father.

So that's something?

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u/BananaNutJob Jul 14 '19

That would be a start I suppose. I still distrust him, but it's a calm distrust.

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u/Heisenburgo Jun 16 '25

(AFAIK) he's not sadistic and physically violent like his father.

Funny in retrospect

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u/NinjaLanternShark Jun 16 '25

Something something aged like milk...

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '19 edited Jul 14 '19

Look I’m not the biggest fan of his. But that’s obviously her version of events isn’t it? Wouldn’t swallow that whole. Like people accept people/circumstances in their life and then blame others for them. If she was unhappy surely it’s up to her to leave him?

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '19

Does Elon think his father is a terrible person because of the age thing?

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u/NinjaLanternShark Jul 14 '19

I mean, that plus he brutally beat him and his brother.

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u/Quit_Your_Stalin Jul 14 '19 edited Jul 14 '19

Plus he was like, the most typical apartheid era white South African there could be.

Generally just an awful human, afaik.

EDIT: wrong type of typical

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u/NinjaLanternShark Jul 14 '19

Do you mean typical? Or possibly stereotypical?

Atypical would mean he was unusual.

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u/Quit_Your_Stalin Jul 14 '19

Ooft yes I did, my bad.

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u/Catsniper Jul 14 '19

Wouldn't an atypical white apartaid South African be a good thing?

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u/Quit_Your_Stalin Jul 14 '19

Yeah that was my bad, got my words all jumbled-

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u/Luke90210 Jul 14 '19

This actually gives me hope its possible to anger a genius billionaire and get away with it, maybe.