• itisileclerk@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    WTF!!! Superstar??? Russel Brand was mediocre … Actor? Guitarist? Singer? Director? What was he? Can’t really remember.

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      6 hours ago

      Actor. Quite funny back in the day actually. Much my type of funny and eccentric. Intellectual seeming, to me at least.

      Still is an eccentric and interesting personality IMO. Shame about all of this. Shame on him.

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    21 hours ago

    Superstar? Is this a humorous community? Shitpost community? WTF. The Guardian article doesn’t use that term, it is OP’s own.

    Have we been manipulated? Was it a ploy to get comment engagement?

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        When I think of superstar, I think of Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lawrence, Tom Holland or something. Russell Brand at his peak was nowhere near this but always kind of on the fringe as C±tier and something of some weird cult-leader wannabe from my perception. Idk, I don’t really pay attention to pop culture tmz stuff.

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          16 hours ago

          I think it’s a relative term. I can obviously see disagreeing with it, but if people in several countries watched your movies, I don’t think “superstar” is a big stretch. At least not at his peak.

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      6 hours ago

      Or seeing other women come forward and be believed has made these new parties feel safe enough to speak up. It was not that long ago that these women would be shamed out of the room for reporting abuse like this. Hell, you’ve just tried to do it now.

      Comments like this remind me goes far we have to go as a society.

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    23 hours ago

    I will not stand by while these lies keep propagating.

    Tap for spoiler

    He is not and never was a “superstar”. There. J said it.

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          15 hours ago

          I learned today (on the latest episode of the podcast Maintenance Phase) that Will Smith is a conspiracy theorist, specifically an HIV/AIDS denialist.

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            6 hours ago

            You know, I always knew he was very good at acting smart. I could just tell. He was good at acting wise.

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                One band member was the main proponent; but the band did a show for the benefit of some AIDS deniers and listed them as one of their charities on their website for some time.

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    17 hours ago

    Nevermind superstar, who thought misconduct was a good word??

    He’s not accused of shouting loudly outside a pub.

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    They say it’s the ones you least expect, but I always thought this guy was creepy.

    And yeah, superstar? Nah, at best he’s just some eccentric Internet personality. He may have done a couple films, but he’s more just some character than anything else.

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      21 hours ago

      He was in a handful of somewhat known movies in the 00’s. He has never been anything special.