He’s certainly overexposed but I don’t know if he’s hated?
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I can’t think of many athletes more universally liked than Ken Griffey Jr. Big miss by the Kid to not name The Kid
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Cal Ripken Jr comes to mind as a universally liked athlete.
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I believe @Dmfitz2 might be referring to the reaction to Snoop performing at Trump’s Crypto Ball in 2025 after saying those black artists who perform for Trump are Uncle Toms. He seems to have skated relatively easily on that though, overall. I’m sure we’ll get plenty of Snoop at LA28.
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Kevin Costner begs to differ.
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Sounds about right. I remember something political that had people fired up. That paired with being an Olympic mascot certainly removes him from the “Dolly Zone” solely based on the lack of self respect and selling out. @Randy might need a mea culpa??
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So down!
the right answer is Cillian Murphy. Universally respected and loved. Before him Chadwick Boseman.
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I mean, plastic surgery incidents aren’t UNcommon
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Isn’t the obvious answer to this question Tom Hanks?
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@MerchCzar @Randy - you may want to reconsider your comments about Nigel Farage (not Ferrang) and his recent bi-election win.
I think Neil commented that he didn’t like Count Binface “turning government into a parody”. I think if you do a little research on Farage, you’ll see he forced the bi-election by stepping down from his seat in the face of an investigation into a very dodgy approach to campaign finance and asked “the people of his constituency to judge whether he did right or wrong”. The other main parties, Labour, Conservatives, Lib Dems, all refused to field a candidate in the bi-election as they saw Farage’s approach for what it was - a bunch of bullshit.
The whole bi-election cost taxpayers £250k to run and the investigation into his party’s campaign finance is still going and is getting worse. One might say that it is Farage himself who has turned “government into a parody” by his actions. He’s also a massive scumbag.
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Great pod @Randy & @MerchCzar ! Can’t wait to hear @Tron ’s take on some of the monitoring topics.
If we’re taking submissions for people who are haterless, may I humbly suggest:
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Tony Hawk
- Steve Carrell
- Bill Nye the Science Guy
- @djpie
- Stone Cold Steve Austin
- Ichiro (and would absolutely co-sign the Ken Griffey Jr. nom from @SergioTracker )
- Keanu Reeves
- Morgan Freeman (pending his College Gameday picks)
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when they mentioned Chuck and Shaq, I immediately went to Samuel L Jackson as haterless. Would also add Denzel.
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They said Chuck and Shaq didn’t have haters? What?!
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they did not say Shaq. He was brought up in the conversation about Chuck as being a generally beloved figure.
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I’d imagine all the people Barkley threw through windows aren’t fans.
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@MerchCzar mea culpa time…A Season on the Brink was written by John Feinstein. Your boy David Halberstam did write a few sports books later in his career, but not this one.
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