Name 3 people you admire for their talents, but who have serious character flaws

Mellotron mania wrote:

1. Jimmy Page. Incredible guitarist/musician, songwriter, producer and all around legend in 20th Century music. His work in Led Zeppelin is unparalleled. Which is why it breaks my heart that he overly indulged in stereotypical 70's rock excesses of drugs and groupies. Heroin, among other substances, left him rail thin by the 1977 Presence tour. His antics with groupies would have made Jeffrey Epstein blush. Hoping those days are long behind him.

2. Chris Farley. Unbelievably funny, talented and by all accounts was a dear friend to those close to him. Unfortunately he could not shake the double life he was living with addictions of drugs and food. Dead at only 33...could you imagine his continued legacy if he could have got clean?

3. Alberto Salazar. 'Nuff said.

LRC

well since everyone has flaws, almost ever artist, actor, and politician, would be under consideration.

I was just watching a movie with Kevin Spacey in it the other day and was just thinking of how awful it is that he is a sexual predator. That alone is vile, but given that he is truly a master class actor who becomes his characters, it becomes tragic as well.

Mike Tyson

BILL COSBY

I listened to his stand-up on cassette tapes made by grandpa from the original LPs. I fell asleep to these tapes every night as a kid in the 80s, to the point I had every routine memorized. Such a wonderful story teller. Funny, educational, clean. Bought all of them over again when I started to drive and needed CDs. Reinvigorated my love and enjoyment of stand-up comedy, clean or explicit, it didn't matter. Such an enjoyable time in my life discovering more stand-ups, who have their own flaws (Louis CK, anyone?)

Absolutely heartbreaking when his private evils were exposed.

The Unabomber.

Brilliant guy...but rather poor judgement.

1/2 of the NBA.

Tiger Woods: Revolutionized the game of golf. Tremendous champion who saved golf from a major decline in popularity as all the stars of the Nicklaus era faded with no real stars to take their place. Seemed like all the pressure, fame and family issues (parents' death) caused him to seek out affairs as a way to self medicate.

Louis CK: Brilliant comedian and even showed some promise as an actor and writer. Similar to Woody Allen, the insecure character he played was nothing like who he was in real life. Louis CK was actually more of an alpha and abused his power in the comedy scene to take advantage of women.

Michael Jackson: Fame also destroyed his life. His obsession with having no. 1 hits/album and getting awards at the Grammy's and Billboard drove him away from the fun and free R&B that he did on Of the Wall to his crossover pop starting with Thriller. It always seemed like his music from that point on became just a product and ruined him personally.

1) Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino

2) Prince Andrew

3) Jussie Smollett

I think it’s easy for the 99.9% of us to pass quick judgment on Tiger Woods, but when you have $1B, the world loves you, and women pursuing you every day, that’s got to be tough to say no all the time. That said, he did have quite the volume of affairs.

Lance Armstrong - I forgive the doping in that era, but not the actions to others who tried to bring him down.

R Kelly - He has some damn good music. We know the rest.

In no particular order...

Living

Elon Musk.

Pete Rose

Christian Bale

Dead

Ty Cobb

JFK

Steve Jobs

Wow. I see no murderers or rapists. What did your living three do?

Go play ball wrote:

Wow. I see no murderers or rapists. What did your living three do?

Are murder and rape the only things that qualify as character flaws to you?

Sean Penn

Kobe

Robert Downey Jr

How do you know someone you never met well enough in order to judge their character?

1) My uncle. An artist with his work but a mean and evil alcoholic.

2) Very well liked teacher in high school who turned out to be a child predator.

3) A former boss with a phd who ended up being a cheat and liar.

No. but if someone asks you to name 3 fast runners, you probably name world class runners or NCAA champs or national class HS runners. You probably don't list your top 3 as your 5 year old daughter and your neighbor and your running buddy.

I only have one wrote:

I was just watching a movie with Kevin Spacey in it the other day and was just thinking of how awful it is that he is a sexual predator. That alone is vile, but given that he is truly a master class actor who becomes his characters, it becomes tragic as well.

What did Kevin Spacey do? You mean when he was in a bar and tried to pick up a young man?

Jerry Sandusky

Bruce Jenner

Michael Jackson

All incredible talents who were unable to suppress their homosexual urges and allowed their deviancy to overshadow their accomplishments.

1 JK Rowling. The biggest author in the world. But has come across very badly with trans rights and is arguably transphobic.

2. Chris Morris. Probably the funniest comedian in the world. His work is pure genius. But his immoral work in the weasel fighting industry is disgusting.

3. Ian Botham. One of the best all rounders of all time. A hero to millions growing up. Turns out he's a right wing nationalist. Nobhead.

4. Bonus! John Terry. At his peak was one of the best footballers in the world. But he's SUCH A BELLEND.