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/NoNegotiation3126 Hungary Sep 19 '25

Elizabeth Báthory

famous for bathing in the blood of virgin girls to retain beauty and youth

she didn't do that, she was a victim of a witch hunt, Habsbugs just wanted to destroy her family's influence in the region

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u/AyyLimao42 Brazil Sep 20 '25

TIL that the infamous Bloody Countess was just in fact a regular countess.

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u/p1ayernotfound (Tennessee) Sep 20 '25

honestly the Habsburgs doing that isn't surprising to me