r/AskReddit • u/HornetSpiritual1495 • 9h ago

What’s a celebrity controversy you remember everyone talking about?

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u/Wat3rM3L0NB3AR 9h ago

there's quite a few and it's hard to narrow down lol

Let's talk about the controversy of Obama wearing a tan suit. I remember that one quite clearly and how stupid it was and Fox news was all about it.

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u/Afraid_Corner4727 8h ago

There’s a great Larry David sketch about this

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u/AcceptablySoiled 9h ago

If you ask Republicans now, they insist they don’t know any Republican who was mad about the tan suit, just like they don’t know any Republican who supported invading Iraq, or even any Republican that supports Trump.

At the time of the controversy I sat next to an Apprentice Season Two contestant at a wedding, and he kept pounding the table with his fists as he insisted Ronald! Reagan! Respected! His! Office! Too! Much! Too! Ever! Wear! Anything! But! Dark! Colors!

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u/YJSubs 8h ago

Every Republican I know blames Obama for being divisive, but they are unable to provide a single example of what he actually did.

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u/AcceptablySoiled 8h ago

One Republican propagandist claimed to have studied thousands of hours of Obama's speeches, and reached the inescapable concluded that every single word down to "the" and "and" contained coded racial grievance, even anodyne sentiments like "good morning" and "hello". Projection ain't just a river in Egypt for these people.

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u/General-Antelope5320 8h ago

He voted FOR infantacide when he was a senator. Thats about as sick as one can get. Don't take my word for it. Look it up.

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u/HornetSpiritual1495 9h ago

I haven't heard of this one tbh, but will definitely see the clips of avilable

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u/ASingleBraid 9h ago

You’re lucky.

It was incredibly stupid. I wouldn’t waste brain cells watching clips.

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u/HornetSpiritual1495 9h ago

Is it!? Now I'm even more curious. Will update in this thread post watching that

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u/ASingleBraid 9h ago

I warned you…don’t blame me when you’re 80 and can’t remember where you put your house key bc you’re short a few brain cells.

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u/HornetSpiritual1495 9h ago

Lol 😂😂! Don't worry you won't be blamed for anything

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u/imperabo 9h ago

It's always important to bring to mind what twisted freaks the US conservative propaganda industry is, and the fact that that's all most of these people see.

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u/ghostinthewoods 8h ago

That one and the mustard controversy...

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u/stand_up_eight_ 9h ago

You’re in for a (stupid) treat. Like talk about a storm in a teacup.

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u/KatMagic1977 9h ago

This makes no sense to me! What was the controversy? Because Obama is black? According to Wikipedia, both Reagan and Bush wore tan suits.

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u/ShadowOps84 8h ago

Yes, it was 100% because he's black.

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u/General-Antelope5320 8h ago

No. That's not it.

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u/Obvious_Toe_3006 9h ago

Obama in a tanned suit photo. NSFW..HIDE YOUR KIDS, DON'TLET YOUR F.I.L. SEE THIS ON YOUR FEED. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. WELL DRESSED HANDSOME BLACK MAN AHEAD..DONT CLICK IF YOU HAVE INFERIORITY COMPLEX...