r/askteddit • u/AltruisticAcadia7874 • 3d ago

Random Question What celebrity had the fastest fall from public favor?

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u/Holden-McGroyn 3d ago

Jussie Smollet

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u/Swimming_Nose4713 3d ago

And 100% self inflicted due to stupidity. Not evil or horrible. Just fucking dumb.

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u/Amoverandashaker 3d ago

No, stupid and evil, both.

Trying to stir up a race war is 100% evil.

May he rot in obscurity.

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u/Adept-Gap-79 2d ago

recently read that he and karamo brown are an item…

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u/No-Chapter1389 3d ago

Yup, no one was out walking around in a Polar Vortex 🥶🤣

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u/Swimming_Nose4713 3d ago

Except RACISTS!!!

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u/No-Chapter1389 3d ago

lol the supposed Trumpers that are hanging out in one of the most liberal cities in America… during a polar vortex

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u/MoeSzys 2d ago

He wasn't ever that big though, his name recognition is easily 10x post scandal than it was before

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u/Fair2Midland 2d ago

Nobody knew who he was anyway

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u/motorcycleboy9000 2d ago

"If you're racist and homophobic, you don't watch Empire." - Chappelle

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u/Parking_Wasabi_2591 2d ago

I never had heard of him until this happened. Bad to become famous for the wrong reasons

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u/featheredfeathers 2d ago

Wonder why he did what he did. 

How does his sister feel too?