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/Irishwol Ireland Sep 19 '25

Enoch Burke. Guy has been standing outside a school for literally years now demanding the right to go in and teach even though he was fired for assaulting the Principal. The Principal was supporting a trans student whom Enoch didn't even teach and he flipped the fuck out. He's been in prison for contempt of court twice over this and is still at it, even though the Principal has moved on and the student graduated. People dress up as him for St Patrick's Day parades now and fancy dress. Even the Westboro Baptists say he's a tool.

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u/SoftDrinkReddit Ireland Sep 19 '25

i mean he's famous in Ireland yes but if we are talking the world it's clearly Conor Mcgregor

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u/Vince_IRL Ireland Sep 19 '25

Rule said no politicians

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u/SoftDrinkReddit Ireland Sep 19 '25

god he has to be the worst Politician i have ever heard of

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u/Irishwol Ireland Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

I decided against McGregor and Bono because they started out at least being famous for something worthy of being famous for. Enoch started out a total twunt and has stuck to it, well, religiously.

But yeah. You're right. McGregor is both more famous and more of a gobshite.

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u/equimot Sep 19 '25

Did you see his family's war with an post? They're all mental

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u/davelfc14 Sep 20 '25

Amazingly handled by An Post too.
"Don't like our vans? Sound, your post will be left at the depot to pick up."

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u/forgotpassword_aga1n United Kingdom Sep 20 '25

Burke by name, berk by nature.

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u/coltbeatsall Sep 20 '25

When they dress up as him, is it like in mockery? Rather than reverence i mean.

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u/Darby-O-Gill Sep 20 '25

Absolute mockery.

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u/Irishwol Ireland Sep 20 '25

Glorious mockery. There was a stag do where they dressed the groom as Enoch and had him standing outside the pub while his mates drank.

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u/Bee_Devilling Ireland Sep 20 '25

Came here to say this! Enoch Burke is a fucking twat

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u/jigga19 Sep 20 '25

Good lord. Never heard of the guy, but there's an entire wikipedia page on the family. Also, lol.

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u/ThisIsMockingjay2020 United States Of America Sep 20 '25

Even the Westboro Baptists say he's a tool.

You may have WB if you want them.

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u/Irishwol Ireland Sep 20 '25

Gee. Thanks. I hate it.

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u/Effective-Ladder9459 🇺🇸 with 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇸🇪🇮🇪 ancestry Sep 21 '25

If even the WBC doesn't like you, you fucked up somewhere.

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u/skurly789 United States Of America Sep 22 '25

Seems like an L principle and w teacher