Celebrities you loved as a kid that you can't stand today

[WI_DEM]

You know you loved watching them as a child, but as you grew up you wondered--What was that all about?

[terrya]

1. Charleton Heston

I liked his early movies...yes, including "Ben Hur"

But then he turned into a right-wing, gun loving creep.

Of course, he now has Alzheimer's, so maybe I should cut him some slack.

[WI_DEM]

7. I can relate to that

when I found out that he was a right wing gun nut--the illusion went. On the plus side he did march for civil rights in the 1960's.

[dajoki]

23. me too...

can't watch a thing he's in anymore.

[Parrcrow]

24. me three

It must have been the chariot race and telling off that dirty dammed ape.

[WCGreen]

2. Kukla.....

That little bastard had it in for Fran and Ollie all the time....

[Horus45]

3. National Lampoon's P.J. O'Rourke

I loved reading all his stuff in Lampoon when I was a teenager.
Now what do I think about him?
He is a complete asshole!

[underpants]

8. Even in his "Parliament of Whores" days he was still funny

These days he is just yet another professional talking points reader with nothing new or interesting to offer.

[Horus45]

13. AND he's a Neocon!

[LynneSin]

4. Tony Orlando

I had the biggest crush on him


Now, I find that cheesy mustached look kinda creepy

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

5. Madonna

[jeff30997]

6. Tom Cruise and John Travolta.

I used to like them both.Not anymore.Guess why.

[Horus45]

11. Same goes for Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger

[RFKHumphreyObama]

32. Bruce Willis isn't that bad IMO

He campaigned for Bush Snr but hasn't been one of those celebrities blindly lining up behind * Jr and I've heard that he expressed reservations about the second Gulf War. I think Willis is much more politically rational than he's been portrayed

I agree about Schwarzenegger though -the only good thing about him becoming Governor is that people are now seeing him for what he really is

[RFKHumphreyObama]

31. I'll second that

I loved both of them during my childhood but Tom Cruise is just creepy and sanctimonious now and my liking of John Travolta has also diminished over recent times. I remember I always used to like Tom Cruise better than Nicole Kidman but now the opposite is true

[Initech]

9. Tom Cruise

Top Gun was one of my favorites as a kid (and more recently he's made some good movies like Collateral and Minority Report), but after that stint he pulled on Dateline or whatever the fuck show it was, he just turned into a complete douchebag.

[momophile]

36. me too

I loved him in the Outsiders, but now he makes me ill.

[underpants]

10. ARchie Bunker

I never could understand why he never won an argument...now I get it.

[CBHagman]

12. Chad Everett.

I absolutely HATE myself for that one. :banghead:

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. Ricky Schroder

[LynneSin]

15. ewww....you know he spoke at last years RNC convention

:puke:

Or maybe it was the 2000 convention - but yucky just the same

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Didn't know that, but that convinces me that I was right not to like him

now.

[tigereye]

17. Mark Spitz

although there really isn't anything I can't stand about him now.

Nevermind. I just got sick of looking at his poster with all the medals. (swimmer envy)

[kwassa]

19. I shook his hand once .... at a sports expo

He is really pretty small. He seemed depressed and had a very limp handshake.

I also met Steve Timmons, one of the gold medalist volleyball player at the same event. He was very tall!

[LostinVA]

18. Kristy McNichol

Like, wtf??? My taste now runs to Kate Winslet and AShley Judd.

[Left Is Write]

20. There must be someone, but I can't think of anyone.

[kwassa]

21. Robert Blake

I really did like Baretta.

[kwassa]

22. O.J. Simpson

[Lochloosa]

25. Donald Duck

Loved him. Now he just sounds like a pissed of repug uncle.

[Felix Mala]

26. Jerry Lewis

He's seems to be the phoniest, pretentious "entertainer" out there.

[Debbi801]

27. Willie Aames. Especially now that he is Bible Man.

:puke:

[El Fuego]

28. Martin Short

[flvegan]

29. I had a Kiss lunchbox. Now, Gene Simmons can kiss my ass.

[Tony_Illinois]

30. Michael Jackson

[donheld]

33. Tony Orlando

:puke::crazy: what was i thinking?

[astonamous]

34. Gene Wilder... n/t

[ThatsMyBarack]

35. Bob Barker

He's a Repuke! :mad:

He had me fooled, with all that anti-fur stuff and everything.

[devilgrrl]

37. KISS

Jesus! What was I thinking?

[momophile]

38. Benny Hill...

Gross. Pig.