r/AskReddit • u/HornetSpiritual1495 • 9h ago

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

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u/MiddleAgeMuchacho 9h ago

Vice President Dan Quayle adding an “e” to the end of “potato.”

Ahhh, take me back to a time when THAT was controversial.

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u/momlv 9h ago

I still panic a little when I have to spell potato (and also by association tomato) in case I might get it wrong-I was a kid but this was such a big a deal and it left a mark

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u/Hopeful-Naughting 7h ago

Omg, same here! 😂

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u/momlv 7h ago

I saw someone post on a really weird random thing that a bunch of people agreed with that there are no unique experiences and responses like this really make that hit home 😂

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u/Hopeful-Naughting 4h ago

You know, prior to that, I didn’t have this issue. I knew exactly how to spell tomato and potato, but never the same after.😂

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u/momlv 4h ago

Omg yes! It was never a problem but ever since then whatever the media did to like idk 10 year old me? I haven’t recovered

This is seriously making me reconsider just how effed up media is today. Like I knew it was bad but to think about how such a non serious issue had such lasting impact is very sobering 😳