Ever since awards season began, one of the biggest hot-button issues has been everyone’s overwhelming vitriol for “Les Misérables” actress Anne Hathaway.
Everything about Hathaway—her acceptance speeches, her looks, her interview quotes, her body language, her fashion choices—has been widely criticized and, after nabbing the Best Supporting Actress Oscar this past Sunday, the public’s backlash against the seemingly harmless star became more pointed than ever.
This isn’t the first time a famous person has experienced severe cultural backlash stemming from little else than the fact that they’re simply a little annoying. A good example: Canadian rock band Nickelback.
While never critically acclaimed (or particularly good, for that matter), the band has sold millions of records and have achieved commercial success. Still, they can’t seem to catch a break, becoming reduced to little else than a punchline during the last few years. Have they done anything truly offensive? No. They’re just lame, which is hardly reason enough to bear the brunt of society’s hatred.
Obviously, people are always going to have opinions about celebrities (they are celebrities, after all) and often, the public’s overwhelming distaste certainly is justified. Take, for example, Chris Brown. It’s not hard to see why society views him in a such a negative light: he was convicted of assault after beating up his on-and-off girlfriend Rihanna, who has since forgiven him (and that’s the abridged version of events!) Now, there’s a legitimate reason to really hate a celebrity—but not liking someone’s “horse mouth” just isn’t.
In honor of the Hathaway hatred that’s infiltrated the zeitgeist, we’ve compiled a slideshow of 10 of the most irrationally hated celebrities today—and shared why people seem to feel this way.
Click through the slideshow above to see who made the cut!
you forgot the biggest one, TAYLOR EFFING SWIFT.
well for starters, Nickelback, is a pretty decent band. They are slammed by the media cuz they are not doing rap or “new country”. over the last several yrs. that is all that gets any radioplay or media acclaim, have you watched the music awards shows ? Hard rock, although still popular …( yes it is). gets no play and is widely dismissed by the media. What passes for top 40 these days pretty much requires little or no talent and is everywhere. Taylor Swift, although cute and all that has done nothing original, ever.Really. How about Slipknot, there is a talented band, they write and perform their own music, have any of you been at one of their shows ? . . .
Do you hear them on the radio ? No. Do people like them ? Yes . . . Nickelback I would not change the station if they were played on the radio, Taylor Swift, I will crawl across the room to change the station if I have to. Bieber, Swift, Rihanna, Gaga, and others like them, the truth is, they suck and that crap is everywheres, I am sick of fakes like them getting airplay when actual musicions who have sweated and paid their dues by playing bar gigs and clubs cannot even get on the radio. I am sickened by the way this crap is mass marketed, Many young people today are not even aware of any other music then this drivel that is shoved down their throats. I have to give props to a few of the younger talents like Gwen Stefani, she toured the country, broke and hungry for a few yrs. she worked for it, she stuck with her band, even when offered an easier path to success . . . . These fake stars like from “American Idol” are nothing, when they are all marketed out, they will be like used up child stars from bad 80s sitcoms. people do yourselves a big favor… dig through the crap, find some real music. look and listen, protest your local “top 40″ stations, they are not playing what is good. They play what they are PAID to play. They know it sucks, I know this because I know a cpl. of DJs who work for clear channel broadcasting, I won’t say who or where, cuz I don’t want to get a friend or two fired. But the article above I read pissed me off. The writer is obviously very biased and would not know good music if he or she (whatever) were to hear it … which is not very likely if they are around radios much.
Nickelback and SlipKnot are on the radio all the time. Nickelback are a pop rock band, and are just as lacking in quality as all the other pop musicians you named.
It’s interesting to me that these people are mostly successful women – only Nickleback is made up of men. When will the war on women end? Give them a break and live your own life instead.
Women fight the war against women. It is called a CAT FIGHT.
Say what? Sorry, there is nothing irrational about hating Nickelback.
um…i think you miss the point about why people hate nickelback. hatred for them is totally rational. that is, if you don’t equate ‘good music’ with ‘millions of albums sold’.
There is nothing irrational about hating Nickelback.
Cain makes a moronic parenthetic swipe at Nickleback: “While never critically acclaimed (or particularly good, for that matter)…” C’mon! Sounds like he’s equating “good” with “critical acclaim.” But who are the critics. Would Cain like receiving praise for his writing more from musicians or fellow literary luminaries?
Nickleback is a band loved by musicians whose respect their talents have earned. Besides, even if you go with popularity as a guide, far more folks in the US and Canada know Nickleback for their talents than Spencer Cain for his!
Oops!! I take it all back. I was mixing up Nickleback with Nickle Creek. I can’t believe I even wrote “Nicleback” in my reply and still didn’t realize the mixup. Must be getting too old
For all I know, “Nickleback” may actually stink…or not. I’ll have to check ‘em out.
Haha! You like Nickleback!
Hating Nickelback is not at all irrational. I used to think their songs were catchy, but I realized it was just the melodies. Try re-reading their lyrics without all the bass and drums in the background. For example, the song “Someday”:
Someday, somehow
We’ll make it all right but not right now.
I know you’re wondering when.
Dafuq? Sounds like an angsty 15 year old wrote those lyrics, meant as really bad poetry. However, in my opinion, hating Anne Hathaway is irrational. What did she do, exactly?
In regards to Hathaway, I think it’s just because she always seems like a phoney. Whenever she’s being interviewed, it always seems to be an act. She just seems phoney to me. And yes, Nickelback deserves all the hate they get.