Ugh!: Actors, Hosts, And TV Personalities You Just Can't Stand

[danderson400]

Dick Clark on Pyramid was like that too, telling the audience to be very quiet, when 100,000 was on the line.

[cpcathy]

On 11/21/2020 at 7:12 PM, Blergh said:

Let the record show that after it was revealed that   others confirmed that the performer Rick Shroeder evidently did something more appalling in recent days than the   allegations of domestic violence against a onetime companion in 2019, I was DONE with him. I'll let others draw their own conclusions as to what the more recent action may have been. 

I was done with him when he pronounced “idea” as “idear” on Silver Spoons.

Jason Bateman was always the superior child actor on that show, anyway.

 

[Blergh]

16 hours ago, cpcathy said:

I was done with him when he pronounced “idea” as “idear” on Silver Spoons.

Jason Bateman was always the superior child actor on that show, anyway.

 

A grammatical annoyance that likely was the scriptwriters' fault rather than the young performer's  is far less heinous IMO re the deed Mr. Shroder has done as an adult (and has gone on to self-justify what he did ). 

[danderson400]

On 11/25/2020 at 2:19 PM, bmasters9 said:

You bet-- whereas Patrick would have overplayed Thom McKee's eventual downfall to then-to-be-champ Erik Kraepelien, Wink Martindale (upon Erik giving the correct answer [SLA, Symbionese Liberation Army] to a question about Patricia Hearst's kidnappers, a radical political group), simply said, "You win! We have a new champ," with extended applause in tribute to Thom's long run and Erik's conquest thereto (the category was The 70s).

Category selection, question, Erik's victory, Wink's reaction and applause all start at the 10-minute mark of this clip of Thom McKee's final show:

 

Dick Clark had the same reaction on The Challengers in 1990 when Larry Caplan became the first Ultimate Challenge winner, taking down the original jackpot for $60,000 Dick simply said "you're right!" and the crowd went wild. 

[Katy M]

4 hours ago, Blergh said:

A grammatical annoyance that likely was the scriptwriters' fault rather than the young performer's  is far less heinous IMO re the deed Mr. Shroder has done as an adult (and has gone on to self-justify what he did ). 

or just accent. As a native New Englander, I can tell you that a lot of people pronounce it idear.

[blueray]

Yesterday I put on "chopped" because there was nothing else on as usual. And it was some comfort food version which you'd think would be a fun watch. Anyhow the one judge Tiffani Faison was horrible and I couldn't stand her. She just messing with the constants like tell one that "it was the worst she ever had" only to go on and say she liked it. Then at one point (after the first round I believe) she asks the contestants who they "think" should be chopped. It was like she was trying to drama and conflict that otherwise wasn't there at all. Instead of having a fun in what should be a fun episode she wanted to make it cut throat. Then another thing that bothered me may have been taken out of context.  The one ingredient was mac & cheese Turkey, which Maneet Chauhan (who was another judge) rightly admits that looks gross.  Tiffani responded something like "well that is American" in a sarcastic way almost as if she was making fun of Maneet and calling her "not American". While I'm sure I took it way out of context, it kind of bothered me. That comment with her behavior toward the constants made me hate her and hope she stays far away from normal Chopped. 

[Irlandesa]

1 minute ago, blueray said:

She just messing with the constants like tell one that "it was the worst she ever had" only to go on and say she liked it.

I think she did the really old (stop doing this judges) trick of "This wasn't good......It was GREAT" verbal trickery.

2 minutes ago, blueray said:

That comment with her behavior toward the constants made me hate her and hope she stays far away from normal Chopped. 

She has already been on normal Chopped quite a few times.

But Tiffani is interesting.  She was on Top Chef's first season way back in the day and came in 2nd.  She wasn't really liked all that much.  But then she has made a rebound with many fans of the show.

I'm in between.  I still have some lingering first season feelings about her but logically, that was a very long time ago so I've tried to like her more--especially since she has been better in recent public appearances. 

But yeah, I hate those cutesy judge tricks that they do on those cooking shows.

[Spartan Girl]

Mathew Morrison, and mostly because his character on Glee was so skeevy. And seeing him in the NBC Grinch musical? BLECH.

[Blergh]

Poles apart  Miss Parton's uplifting,thoughtful posts on Twitter has to be Kirstie Alley's rants.  Talk about a mindless loose cannon but with less intelligence than said cannon. I'll let others do the legwork to see for themselves what I'm talking about but how unoriginal  and stupid to compare a magazine's current salute to one it had done (before the Second World War) of Hitler. Yes, Hitler! UGH!!!

[GaT]

17 hours ago, Blergh said:

Poles apart  Miss Parton's uplifting,thoughtful posts on Twitter has to be Kirstie Alley's rants.  Talk about a mindless loose cannon but with less intelligence than said cannon. I'll let others do the legwork to see for themselves what I'm talking about but how unoriginal  and stupid to compare a magazine's current salute to one it had done (before the Second World War) of Hitler. Yes, Hitler! UGH!!!

Scientology. She's a good little puppet.

[Robert Lynch]

7 hours ago, GaT said:

Scientology. She's a good little puppet.

This is what happens when you throw your career under the bus and never recover from the sham. It's her fault, anyway. They gave her a chance on Dancing With The Stars, plus a sitcom, Jenny Craig commercials, and look what happened recently. Just a sad loose cannon with a few loose screws.

[MadyGirl1987]

I am sure I will get flack for this, but it has to be said; I find Meryl Streep annoying and overrated. Every thing I see her in becomes “The Meryl Streep show” and not in a good way. Like in Big Little Lies. You don’t see “character,” but rather “Meryl Streep playing character.”

[GaT]

13 minutes ago, MadyGirl1987 said:

You don’t see “character,” but rather “Meryl Streep playing character.”

That's exactly how I feel about Tom Cruise.

[Spartan Girl]

Nicholas Brendon. I know I’m biased because I always hated Xander but even before I knew about his personal life, he struck me as skeevy. 

[Annber03]

I only know him from "Criminal Minds"-he played Garcia's longtime boyfriend on that show. I liked his character on there, but yeah, knowing what I know about his life off the show, he definitely qualifies for this thread. 

[juno]

6 hours ago, MadyGirl1987 said:

Like in Big Little Lies. You don’t see “character,” but rather “Meryl Streep playing character.”

I mentioned this many times in the Big Little Lies forum. She wrecked the season for me. She was unwatchable.

[Dancingjaneway]

13 hours ago, MadyGirl1987 said:

I am sure I will get flack for this, but it has to be said; I find Meryl Streep annoying and overrated. Every thing I see her in becomes “The Meryl Streep show” and not in a good way. Like in Big Little Lies. You don’t see “character,” but rather “Meryl Streep playing character.”

YES! This is exactly how I feel when I watch her in movies.  The adoration she gets from the Oscars always baffles me. 

[Shannon L.]

6 hours ago, Dancingjaneway said:

YES! This is exactly how I feel when I watch her in movies.  The adoration she gets from the Oscars always baffles me. 

I think she's deserved some of those wins and nominations over the years, but I've also thought it was ridiculous how often she was nominated. She can be very good, but you'd think just her presence in a movie is enough for the Academy to nominate her.  I've rolled my eyes a time or two over the years.

Edited December 15, 2020 by Shannon L.

[jah1986]

1 hour ago, Shannon L. said:

I think she's deserved some of those wins and nominations over the years, but I've also thought it was ridiculous how often she was nominated. She can very good, but you'd think just her presence in a movie is enough for the Academy to nominate her.  I've rolled my eyes a time or two over the years.

I agree with this. I am a fan of hers in general, but she has made some real duds over the years. And, yes, I thought quite a few of her nominations were just laziness on the Academy's part. I couldn't get through season 2 of Big Little Lies mainly because of her.  

[methodwriter85]

19 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

Nicholas Brendon. I know I’m biased because I always hated Xander but even before I knew about his personal life, he struck me as skeevy. 

I really wish they had killed his character off before killing off Tara or Anya. 

[Spartan Girl]

7 minutes ago, methodwriter85 said:

I really wish they had killed his character off before killing off Tara or Anya. 

And Kendra.

[Wiendish Fitch]

Kirk Cameron. Now, I realize I've pissed and moaned before about my hatred of Mike Seaver from the '80s sitcom Growing Pains, so it may come off as biased, but you know what? Even looking past that, Cameron just comes off as a smug, loathsome human being. Whether it's getting Julie McCullough fired from Growing Pains because she once posed for Playboy (the wimpiest, most PG-rated of pornography), exploiting cheap labor for his horrible movie Fireproof, or bragging that he won't kiss anyone onscreen who isn't his wife (which actually suggests that he can't be trusted with other women).

And now there's a new reason to hate this sanctimonious, untalented hack:

https://abc7.com/kirk-cameron-growing-pains-the-way-of-master-ministry/8804720/

 

[Spartan Girl]

15 minutes ago, Wiendish Fitch said:

Kirk Cameron. Now, I realize I've pissed and moaned before about my hatred of Mike Seaver from the '80s sitcom Growing Pains, so it may come off as biased, but you know what? Even looking past that, Cameron just comes off as a smug, loathsome human being. Whether it's getting Julie McCullough fired from Growing Pains because she once posed for Playboy (the wimpiest, most PG-rated of pornography), exploiting cheap labor for his horrible movie Fireproof, or bragging that he won't kiss anyone onscreen who isn't his wife (which actually suggests that he can't be trusted with other women).

And now there's a new reason to hate this sanctimonious, untalented hack:

https://abc7.com/kirk-cameron-growing-pains-the-way-of-master-ministry/8804720/

 

Oh my God. I shouldn’t be shocked but my disgust is bottomless.

[Blergh]

6 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:

Oh my God. I shouldn’t be shocked but my disgust is bottomless.

Agree but I definitely am NOT surprised re Mr. Cameron. He's come across as rather cavalier and selfish for quite sometime!

[BlackberryJam]

Just exercising his God-given liberty to be a dick.

...but God doesn’t give liberty, asshole. Governments grant rights. Go live in North Korea and try to exercise some God-given liberty.

[ifionlyknew]

On 12/15/2020 at 9:00 AM, Shannon L. said:

I think she's deserved some of those wins and nominations over the years, but I've also thought it was ridiculous how often she was nominated. She can be very good, but you'd think just her presence in a movie is enough for the Academy to nominate her.  I've rolled my eyes a time or two over the years.

I read a book by two casting directors and they said any part that is for a woman between the ages of something like 45-75 always goes to Meryl Streep first.  If she says no then other actresses are considered.    

I like her in some roles but other's I find her miscast.  And now that I know she always gets scripts first I now understand.  

As others have mentioned MS didn't have to be play that role in Big Little Lies.  It wasn't like they needed a big star. They already had Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman.   MS is a very good actress but I think for a lot of movies her casting overshadows the entire project.

[Shannon L.]

1 hour ago, ifionlyknew said:

I like her in some roles but other's I find her miscast.

I said in the UO movie thread that I thought she (and the others) were terribly miscast in Mama Mia. 

[ifionlyknew]

Just now, Shannon L. said:

I said in the UO movie thread that I thought she (and the others) were terribly miscast in Mama Mia. 

I have never seen Mama Mia but I knew it had been a play and when I saw that MS had been cast I thought WTF?

I also thought she was the wrong choice for Postcards From the Edge.  And don't get me started on It's Complicated. She was playing Alec Baldwin's character's ex.  MS is nine years older than AB. Which yes age is just a number but I didn't buy them as a couple at all.

[BlackberryJam]

I’m fine with a woman playing the ex wife a man nine years younger. Women are always playing the exes of older men. Women play the mothers of men just a decade younger. 

I’m not a huge MS fan, but I loved her in BLL. She made my skin crawl. She hits as many clunkers as Al Pacino.

Edited December 17, 2020 by BlackberryJam
Because I type BLM so often I accidentally did that instead of BLL.

[DearEvette]

2 hours ago, ifionlyknew said:

I read a book by two casting directors and they said any part that is for a woman between the ages of something like 45-75 always goes to Meryl Streep first.  If she says no then other actresses are considered.    

I like her in some roles but other's I find her miscast.  And now that I know she always gets scripts first I now understand.  

As others have mentioned MS didn't have to be play that role in Big Little Lies.  It wasn't like they needed a big star. They already had Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman.   MS is a very good actress but I think for a lot of movies her casting overshadows the entire project.

I am not surprised.  But find it really lazy to cast that way.  I agree Meryl is talented but she is not appropriate for every role and it is a disservice to constantly cast her. And it does increasingly become a case of rather than seeing the character you always see 'Meryl Streep' instead. 

As for Big Little Lies, it did not need a season 2 at all, imo.  I didn't watch it because I thought it was superfluous and I hated all the drippy fawning over the casting  "Ooh look!!!  Hollywood royalty!!! Kidman and Streep!!  Meryl Streep!!"  gack. 

Edited December 17, 2020 by DearEvette

[ifionlyknew]

5 minutes ago, BlackberryJam said:

I’m fine with a woman playing the ex wife a man nine years younger. Women are always playing the exes of older men. Women play the mothers of men just a decade younger. 

Another Nancy Meyers movie Something's Gotta Give paired Diane Keaton with Keanu Reeves and I thought that couple worked. Until of course DK went back to Jack Nicholson's character.

5 minutes ago, DearEvette said:

As for Big Little Lies, it did not need a season 2 at all, imo.  I didn't watch it because I thought it was superfluous and I hated all the drippy fawning over the casting  "Ooh look!!!  Hollywood royalty!!! Kidman and Streep!!  Meryl Streep!!"  gack. 

The first season of Big Little Lies was damn near perfect.  I was actually looking forward to a second season if only to see more of the characters.  And I do think some of season two worked but overall I have to agree it would have been better off leaving it at one season.

[BlackberryJam]

5 hours ago, ifionlyknew said:

Another Nancy Meyers movie Something's Gotta Give paired Diane Keaton with Keanu Reeves and I thought that couple worked. Until of course DK went back to Jack Nicholson's character.

The first season of Big Little Lies was damn near perfect.  I was actually looking forward to a second season if only to see more of the characters.  And I do think some of season two worked but overall I have to agree it would have been better off leaving it at one season.

Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves were hot. Why any woman would want Jack Nicholson is beyond me. He is the anti-sexy. It never made sense that Diane’s character would go back to him.

As to BLL, I agree, it didn’t need a season 2, but it wasn’t Meryl that ruined it. I loved S1’s NK playing “NK: The Scientology Years.” She was great. 

You know who I can’t stand? Eric Braeden. I haven’t watched Y&R in decades, but I’m at a bar for lunch and it’s on and the very thought of Victor Neumann still creaking around Genoa City annoys me. 

Edited December 17, 2020 by BlackberryJam

[Zella]

7 minutes ago, BlackberryJam said:

You know who I can’t stand? Eric Braeden. I haven’t watched Y&R in decades, but I’m at a bar for lunch and it’s on and the very thought of Victor Neumann still creaking around Genoa City annoys me. 

😂😂😂

My mother was a big Y & R fan, so my dad, brother, and I were very familiar with 90s Y & R, whether we wanted to be or not. I ended up catching some episodes a few years ago for the first time in decades, and I was shocked how many faces I still recognized nearly 20 years later, including Victor. I called my dad and brother to alert them to this fact, and both of these good ol' boy rednecks immediately asked, "Is Victor still there? Why is Victor still there?!" We probably all need therapy to work through our Y & R issues. 

 

[ifionlyknew]

11 minutes ago, BlackberryJam said:

You know who I can’t stand? Eric Braeden. I haven’t watched Y&R in decades, but I’m at a bar for lunch and it’s on and the very thought of Victor Neumann still creaking around Genoa City annoys me. 

I watched Y&R for years till I gave it up over 10 years ago. Don't like Eric Braeden and don't like Victor Newman.  I could never figure out why the character was treated like a hero and the less I say about the actor the better.

[BlackberryJam]

12 minutes ago, Zella said:

😂😂😂

My mother was a big Y & R fan, so my dad, brother, and I were very familiar with 90s Y & R, whether we wanted to be or not. I ended up catching some episodes a few years ago for the first time in decades, and I was shocked how many faces I still recognized nearly 20 years later, including Victor. I called my dad and brother to alert them to this fact, and both of these good ol' boy rednecks immediately asked, "Is Victor still there? Why is Victor still there?!" We probably all need therapy to work through our Y & R issues. 

 

My mother still watches it, so occasionally she gives me some update about Victor impregnating another woman or marrying Nikki for the 15th time. The only good thing I could say about EB is that he’s got more sex appeal than Jack Nicholson. But then again, I’ve seen piles of garbage with more sex appeal than JN.

[Zella]

1 minute ago, BlackberryJam said:

My mother still watches it, so occasionally she gives me some update about Victor impregnating another woman or marrying Nikki for the 15th time. The only good thing I could say about EB is that he’s got more sex appeal than Jack Nicholson. But then again, I’ve seen piles of garbage with more sex appeal than JN.

I couldn't get over how wooden and stiff his screen presence is. Not something I noticed as a kid, but definitely something I noticed as an adult. Especially when he was in a scene with one of the better actors on the show. (I thought Kristoff St. John and Christian LeBlanc both had some actual acting chops.)

[ifionlyknew]

43 minutes ago, Zella said:

(I thought Kristoff St. John and Christian LeBlanc both had some actual acting chops.)

I would add Peter Bregman to that list. Well at least when I was watching.

[Zella]

6 minutes ago, ifionlyknew said:

I would add Peter Bregman to that list. Well at least when I was watching.

Yeah, I agree! The last time I was watching, he was trapped in a pretty stupid storyline (even by soap standards), but he acquitted himself nicely. It wasn't his fault the writing was trash. 

[Bastet]

3 hours ago, ifionlyknew said:

She was playing Alec Baldwin's character's ex.  MS is nine years older than AB.

The horror!

[BlackberryJam]

I miss One Life to Live. I miss Original Recipe Todd/Blair. I miss Vicki’s 16 personalities. I miss Asa Buchanan. Dorian and Nathan Fillion’s Joey had hot chemistry for days. Yeah...I want some good soapy goodness back, unpopular or not. It’s 2020 and I need escapism. 

[Katmai]

7 hours ago, ifionlyknew said:

I watched Y&R for years till I gave it up over 10 years ago. Don't like Eric Braeden and don't like Victor Newman.  I could never figure out why the character was treated like a hero and the less I say about the actor the better.

I hate to think of all the years I wasted time watching Y&R, but at least I broke that habit a very long time ago. lol Y&R follows the local news that I have on most days and if I'm not paying attention, when Y&R comes on, I can't change it fast enough. BUT with all that said, the bits I've been seeing of EB/Victor...good Lord he mumbles! Yes, he always has, but I don't tolerate it like I did. In fact, we call him "Mumbly Pegs" around here and we imitate him by using our graveliest, lowest possible sound and making unintelligible grunts.  

[ifionlyknew]

All this talk about Meryl Streep got me thinking about Sarah Paulson.  It's not that I don't like her but Jesus can there be a project she isn't starring in? This year alone she has been in Mrs. America, Ratched and Run. Next year she is going to be playing Linda Tripp in the new American Crime Story and I think the next season of American Horror Story.  It would be nice to see some other actresses get roles in A list projects.

[jah1986]

3 minutes ago, ifionlyknew said:

All this talk about Meryl Streep got me thinking about Sarah Paulson.  It's not that I don't like her but Jesus can there be a project she isn't starring in? This year alone she has been in Mrs. America, Ratched and Run. Next year she is going to be playing Linda Tripp in the new American Crime Story and I think the next season of American Horror Story.  It would be nice to see some other actresses get roles in A list projects.

I don't disagree with you, but it seems like it's her time. She's a hot property right now and she has to take advantage of her window of opportunity..

[ifionlyknew]

2 minutes ago, jah1986 said:

I don't disagree with you, but it seems like it's her time. She's a hot property right now and she has to take advantage of her window of opportunity..

I know but it seems like every time I hear about something it has her attached.  I can't help but think her again?  And I say this as someone who loved her as Marcia Clark and think she is perfectly cast as Linda Tripp.

[Ohiopirate02]

On 12/18/2020 at 11:38 AM, ifionlyknew said:

All this talk about Meryl Streep got me thinking about Sarah Paulson.  It's not that I don't like her but Jesus can there be a project she isn't starring in? This year alone she has been in Mrs. America, Ratched and Run. Next year she is going to be playing Linda Tripp in the new American Crime Story and I think the next season of American Horror Story.  It would be nice to see some other actresses get roles in A list projects.

 

On 12/18/2020 at 11:46 AM, ifionlyknew said:

I know but it seems like every time I hear about something it has her attached.  I can't help but think her again?  And I say this as someone who loved her as Marcia Clark and think she is perfectly cast as Linda Tripp.

As long as Sarah is Ryan Murphy's muse, she will continue to get these roles.  

[catlover79]

On 12/16/2020 at 12:49 PM, Wiendish Fitch said:

Kirk Cameron. Now, I realize I've pissed and moaned before about my hatred of Mike Seaver from the '80s sitcom Growing Pains, so it may come off as biased, but you know what? Even looking past that, Cameron just comes off as a smug, loathsome human being. Whether it's getting Julie McCullough fired from Growing Pains because she once posed for Playboy (the wimpiest, most PG-rated of pornography), exploiting cheap labor for his horrible movie Fireproof, or bragging that he won't kiss anyone onscreen who isn't his wife (which actually suggests that he can't be trusted with other women).

And now there's a new reason to hate this sanctimonious, untalented hack:

https://abc7.com/kirk-cameron-growing-pains-the-way-of-master-ministry/8804720/

 

He's at it again!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

https://deadline.com/2020/12/kirk-cameron-maskless-caroling-shopping-mall-protest-1234661065/amp/

[Spartan Girl]

I really hope there's a hell.

[catlover79]

Maybe 2020 has brought out the cynic in me, but the ignorance, arrogance and utter disregard for the already completely overwhelmed medical workers he shows don't seem very Christ-like to me. Just saying...

[Wiendish Fitch]

For crying out loud, I'm a better Christian than Kirk Cameron... and I'm an atheist!!!

Cameron uses his wife as a stand-in for kissing scenes in his shitty, barely-count-as-movies, maybe she ought to use a stand-in for him once all this is through...

[Blergh]

18 hours ago, Wiendish Fitch said:

For crying out loud, I'm a better Christian than Kirk Cameron... and I'm an atheist!!!

Cameron uses his wife as a stand-in for kissing scenes in his shitty, barely-count-as-movies, maybe she ought to use a stand-in for him once all this is through...

I think likely that the co-kissers are relieved rather than upset that it's Miss Noble instead of Mr. Cameron with  whom they must do that   before the actual filming. 

Edited December 24, 2020 by Blergh