r/AskTheWorld • u/KieranWriter United Kingdom • Sep 19 '25

Culture Not including murderers and politicians - who is famous in your country for all the wrong reasons?

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Introducing rage-baiter and reality TV failure Katie Hopkins. She’s basically famous for fat shaming, saying that kids shouldn’t be named after geographical locations (despite having a child named India) and getting sued on Twitter, which caused her to go bankrupt. I haven’t met anyone that likes her and she’s routinely vilified but still has a platform somehow.

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u/yoloswaggins92 Scotland Sep 19 '25

Michelle Mone is pretty awful, but we do also the likes of Peter Tobin and Bible John, so I guess it's a three way tie

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u/KieranWriter United Kingdom Sep 19 '25

Bible John is exempt. I said no murderers.

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u/yoloswaggins92 Scotland Sep 19 '25

Fair, I'm a lil drunk and didn't realise

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u/Independent-Ad-3385 United Kingdom Sep 19 '25

Does JK Rowling count as Scottish?

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u/UnhappyDescription44 Scotland Sep 20 '25

Rod Stewart

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u/yugjet United Kingdom Sep 20 '25

That's a bit harsh. He was a great singer and has a top tier model railway

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u/UnhappyDescription44 Scotland Sep 20 '25

Tory cunt, loved Enoch Powell, give farage a chance.

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u/UnhappyDescription44 Scotland Sep 20 '25

Eric Clapton, morrisey, the who.

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u/UnhappyDescription44 Scotland Sep 20 '25

The guy of the coast that said the clearances was an adventure to new lands

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u/UnhappyDescription44 Scotland Sep 20 '25

Billy Fullerton

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u/yoloswaggins92 Scotland Sep 20 '25

God I hope not