People with Careers They Don’t Deserve

My, my, isn't someone a SOURPUSS!!!!

Rashida Jones is a great straight woman--she showed so both on The Office and Parks & Recreation. I was surprised to find out her parents were famous.

I like her. She's got moxie.

You are just a loser.

Anya Taylor Jones. Rich, bland and unappealing brat. Terribly miscast in the chess show.

John Mayer. Only became famous because mid 2000s music was so bad that he had no competition. Ugly voice and terrible melodies.

Can you imagine how tiny and shrivelled a soul must be to have a Tales of Two Cities list inside your head of everyone you think doesn't deserve success and good things?

I love Rashida. Beautiful, talented.

Being a great straight woman or straight man requires genuine comic talent: see George Burns, Jane Curtin, Margaret Dumont, Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore.

I guess to all the YASSSS KWEENs that now infest Datalounge she is “Stunning & Brave!”

R7 exactly, a smug smirk is not enough. She’s a bore.

I dont remember her from anywhere, I guess she has the career she deserves. John Mayer can play the guitar, he is pretty good at it and is generally well respected even by the rock and roll community for it. His songs and singing are blah, but he deserves whatever he has gotten.

Jones obviously got her foot through the door thanks to her parents, but she's done solid work.

My greatest objection to Rashida Jones is that she shut down Quincy's loose lips a couple of years ago. I doubt we'll ever get another tell all interview from him.

She looks like Zoey Deschanel.

Margot Robbie

Timothee Chalamet

Leonardo DiCaprio

Bradley Cooper

Adam Driver

Brie Larson

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Aniston

Kerry Washington

Reese Witherspoon

Zoe Kravitz

Tom Holland

Michael B. Jordan

Jonah Hill

The truth is the vast majority of actors are overrated and don’t deserve their careers.

Bob Chapek

Lady Gaga

Jennifer Lopez should not have a twenty year recording career.

Who does then, r14, who’s currently working. Give us your deserving list.

kelly osbourne owns this thread,

oh how judgmental we all are. It must be nice to know that you are the authority of who deserves and who doesn't.

Gay white liberal men know what's best for everyone, R20, so just accept that and do as you are fucking told and you will be happy.

Can we blame gay white liberal men for Tyler Perry's oeuvre?

Yes, R22.

Hunter Biden. How many no show jobs did he get just because his name is Biden?

Can we blame straight black men for the careers of Ryan Murphy, Rob Marshall, and Greg Berlanti?

Hunter Biden, author, speaker, artist...crack addict with kiddie porn on his hard drive.

R26: Deplorable, fatass, gullible buffoon projecting his own sicknesses onto the families of progressives because he's an anti-white anti-male bigot.

R27 Troll. Bye!

[Quote] Yes, [R22].

Phew!

Chelsea Clinton.

R28: Still projecting as usual.

Bye, bitch!

Every child of a politician. Especially the Bush girl on NBC.

Thank you, R19.

R32 ugh yes. Imagine the nice paycheck she’s getting.

Alyssa Milano

Kirk Cameron

I like her. I find John Mayer insufferable, but many Deadheads have accepted him as worthy of playing with the remaining members, which means something. I haven’t gone to see them since Jerry died.

I agree with R4. John Mayer's guitar playing is good, but he should hire someone else to write songs for him. And he should hire someone else to sing those songs. Other than his guitar playing, his music is very dull. But, his ego won't let him do that because he wants to be the star.

Chelsea Clinton is a good choice. Not because of her role on her parents' foundation. But because some network (NBC?) hired her as a correspondent or something straight out of college, and I don't believe she studied journalism. Same with Hunter Biden. You can't really point to the Trumps, because they work for their dad. It will be interesting to see where new grad lawyer Tiffany lands.

Kelly Osborne. She has no talent, despite trying at showbiz for 20 years now. Her mommy got her all of her gigs, but her mommy's power in this town has just recently expired.

The Kardashians. Their lawyer dad supported one of the most notorious criminals of our lifetime. The one of them made a sex tape, and now suddenly the family's TV show was wildly successful. And they became hugely rich though they had no discernible talent.

Bruce Jenner in any field

I think the worst cases of "undeserved careers" are nepotism kids: Lourdes, the Pinkett Smith kids, Chet Haze (though that's more notoriety), Jude Law's kids. Margot Robbie may not be your cup of tea, but she's a good actress & the current "it" girl. Celeb kids tend to be the people who receive extraordinary career breaks based on little or no merit

R21, I guess self-hating gay conservatives like yourself are the ones who know better, huh? Are you busy masturbating to pictures of Ted Cruz?

R40: You're the conservative one projecting your own self-hate onto others in order to push a hoax.

Does Kelly Osborne still have a career?

R37 thinks Ivanka and Jared were qualified to work at the White House. Hee!

You gave yourself away by mentioning Chelsea but not Meghan McCain, Jenna Bush Hager, etc

R41, you conservatives are the one pushing a hoax. Still think Trump won the election?

Chelsea's why the rest of those deadbeats were able to get those jobs they were similarly underqualified for in the first place.

R44, you're the conservative one calling progressives "right-wing" and thinking we are too stupid to tell the difference. That's more projection which is the only weapon you have left in your feeble arsenal. Literally everything you accuse me of describes you and not me.

I'm sure Chelsea Clinton is very qualified, she went to Standford University. But she is just too ugly for TV.

Dakota Johnson wins this thread

[quote] I'm sure Chelsea Clinton is very qualified, she went to Standford University.

So did Danielle Pintauro.

[quote]But she is just too ugly for TV.

See above.

Meghan McCain

JImmy. Fucking. Fallon.

Rosanna Arquette 2.0

[quote]Meghan McCain

Now, she's a perfect example of this; she has no accomplishments of her own, so she has to throw out "my family/MY FATHER/our military heritage, etc." because on her own merits, she's got nothing. Add to that, she's got a sour piggy face & a rotten personality. Kellyanne is loathsome, but that woman has done shit (bad shit, mostly), but would actually have her own experience to draw upon in discussions & arguments. She might be a nightmare of a person, but she has actual accomplishments.

Miss Piggy McCain has none of that. Just Dear Dead Daddy

Meghan McCain might be the winner. Didn't she land an internship on SNL during or shortly after college. She's the most humorless person on the planet, and didn't she major in something like Art History? That internship could have gone to someone who studied TV production or creative writing.

Will and Jada’s kids. Kristen Stewart - no range Cara Delevingne - dead eyed Shia LaBeouf - transformers to tortured toxic artist who keeps getting roles Sandra Bullock - she has an Oscar while Glenn Close none Mark Wahlberg - great ck model, but music and acting are thrash Marilyn Manson — he makes me glad that rock is dead, so that his kind can never rise again

It used to be teen idols faded away to oblivion, Fabian, Shaun Cassidy, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, NKOTB.

But with social media, Biebs, Selena Gomez, Lovato, Miley continue to linger on and torment us.

In other words, r27: defacturd.

Priyanka Chopra. She married a Jonas. She thinks she's "dark-skinned". She promoted skin bleaching products. She is mediocre looking. Of all the beautiful women in South Asia, THIS is the one who gets good roles?!

All the Osbournes minus Ozzy.

Adam Levine and Chris Martin

Avril Lavigne

[quote] oh how judgmental we all are. It must be nice to know that you are the authority of who deserves and who doesn't.

Stop, everybody.

Thread now closed.

All the Latina stars of today: JLo, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello, Selma Hayek. If they weren't Latina, none of them would have a career today.

Kaia Gerber. She's downright ugly, but because of her parents she has a career.

The Smith children.

R53, Miss McCain for the win. Can't stand that broad.

If the category were celebrities who were just dang lucky to have such successful careers because despite their not being that good looking and/or having minimal talent I nominate Keanu Reeves.

Leslie Jones

R67: Based on that criteria, I’d nominate heterosexual Bradley Cooper.

Tori Spelling

I agree that Rashida seems like a complete rich asshole. That movie she did with Andy Sam berg? Fuckin gag me. Self satisfied rich bitch.

Laura Dern

John Mayer's music stinks but to get to his level of playing requires tens of thousands of hours of practice, a level of work and determination that would be unheard of to scions of celebrities such as Lourdes, The Beckham kids, The Smith children, Demi Moore's daughters, or the Osbourne clan.

Pete Davidson, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, the Smith kids, The Kardashians, Jessica Simpson, Jessica Chastain, The Osbournes, Malia Obama, Donald Trump, ANY of the Trump, and all reality "stars." Reality TV was the worst thing to ever happen to TV.

R58 - as I say every time she's mentioned, I think Priyanka Chopra is stunningly beautiful.

Agreed, R75, and it’s still funny when people imply there’s Deepak nepotism involved. That chick has been a self-promotion machine from day one.

R47 “Standford University”

Oh, dear.

Carly Simon.

Dad was a record exec.

R75 why does every woman have to get a nose job?

[quote] I think Priyanka Chopra is stunningly beautiful.

I don't think so at all. My alma mater had a ton of South Asian people. There were loads of South Asian girls there way more attractive than Chopra. And at least 95% of them didn't have any plastic surgery on their noses. And they didn't promote any skin bleaching products.

I don’t find Priyanka gorgeous, nor talented. Also, she doesn’t look right next to Nick. Are they an actual couple?!

R81, I agree, they don't make sense as a couple and it is probably a case of bearding or something along those lines

I loved Rashida in Angie Tribeca. She has a Mary Tyler Moore vibe -- great "straight man" but can still pull off a funny line.

R79 Everyone gets the same nose too! Tragic!

R78 No, he was the Simon in Simon and Schuster. Book publishing. But yes, rich and powerful.

R77 Especially when proclaiming how smart Chelsea Clinton is. I’m sure she got into ‘Standford’ on her own steam.

At least Rashida is pretty.

[quote][R77] Especially when proclaiming how smart Chelsea Clinton is. I’m sure she got into ‘Standford’ on her own steam.

While she obviously got into Stanford because of her parents, both of them are smart people (he was a Rhodes Scholar) - he got into Georgetown and Yale Law while she got into Wellesley and was on the editorial board of law review long before their names mattered.

It's not really that hard to imagine that she inherited some smarts from the both of them.

R88 No I get it, and agree. But the point is, if not for her parents, Chelsea would have about as much of a chance as any other girl from a well-off, very well educated family.

[quote] oh how judgmental we all are. It must be nice to know that you are the authority of who deserves and who doesn't.

You seem to have wandered onto the wrong web forum by mistake somehow.

It sounds like this would be more your speed.

To be fair, that article about Harry possibly being “shocked” was merely the speculation of some royal “expert.”

I like Jenna Bush on the Today show. I cannot stand Megan McCain.

I still marvel at the fact that Jenna Bush has a career, knowing how loathed and despised her father was. Yes,kids, as much as Trump, just without Twitter.

I'm don't think that Miss Kay Lenz deserves her Superstar status, given how seldom she works.

If Selena hadn’t been assassinated, then nobody would know or care about Jennifer Lopez.

Tori Amos and Barbara Streizand both deserve to be stripped of at least a hundred million dollars. They have some talent - but the collective consciousness went through some mass hysteria that they should become so successful? Tiny little flutey voices and singing all songs exactly the same way.

Both are obsessed with some personal sense of being abused and abuse their public in return. And both are incredibly disloyal to the people who help them along the way.

Tori at least admits she's an asshole. But she still thinks she's fucking Mozart. She's not as talented as Jewel to be honest. And Barbara's name is never mentioned among the great voices or actresses. Not in modern times. I don't get her at all. No one knows who Barbara or Tori are but a few thousand die hard fans. Streizand thought she ruled the world. But nobody likes how she murdered so much music or subjected people to such ugly films.

Tori and Barbara should form a support group for the undeserving and forgotten.

If Keanu Reeves hadn’t been in his underwear in the movie [italic]Parenthood[/italic], then he would be forgotten today.

R97 Oh Honey, it’s what he did in the casting interviews out of his underwear that got him a career.

I fucked Keanu Reeves off the rocks of Kew Beach one whole summer in his ASS.

R99 we need the full story

You did not, R99, you big FAT liar!

[quote]easy to do for a Trustfund baby who never had a problem their entire life.

OP thinks rich kids never have any problems.

see Biden, Hunter

There is even a book you can read! (and photos!)

Well yeah, I did R101. Many times. It was the summer of 2000. I was 17 and I guess K was 35 or so? I fucked him many many nights off the rocks of Kew Beach in his ASS, deep in the water on whole summer and september. He was always clean inside and came looking for me at night. After a few weeks he got spooked so we started going to The Seahorse Motel, down the west end beach. Cheap place by the highway with a beautiful view. He had a pet name for my magic. I didn't understand it then, but I do better now.

He bought me some things, but took some things from me too.

R96 Add Stevie Nicks to the Tori Amos pile. Keeps writing the same two chords songs over and over to silly new age lyrics. She's been doing the same thing for 40 years. People are so up her ass they're high on cocaine.

How about people who deserve more recognition? Neko Case makes all your favorite divas look like shit.

R105 start a thread

Neko Case, Bettye LaVette, Jazmine Sullivan, Beth Hart and Heather Headley all deserve MUCH more glory.

This whore, stealing jobs from actual models.

R89 absolutely - and let’s face it she has never had the charisma or yes looks to be any kind of TV “personality.”

R92 I’m with you on that. Obviously JB would never have gotten anywhere near that job sans nepotism but I like her on it all the same, so I’m fine with it. McCain on the other hand...

Did we mention the Hadids yet?

R108: Like mother, like daughter.

Uh, more from the Keanu guy, please. What was he like? What do you mean he took things from you? What was your nickname?

Louis Tomlinson who was in One Direction. Can't sing yet is worth $50m. His solo career was a disaster and he's been without a record label for ten months.

Tiffany Haddish. She's pretty. That's all there is. She's not funny just cute.

R103 I know the Seahorse Motel! Great place. What gifts did Keanu give you and what exactly did he take from you?

Another vote for the disgusting Megan McCain, the entitled offspring of loathsome trash John and Cindy.

Wow, seven insults in your post, OP! Way to stack up those misogyny bombs right on top of each other! What would we do without you? I suppose someone else would have to start a thread on a female celebrity with absolutely no value as a human being.

That could also apply to Kendull Jenner, r108.

Heterosexual white female privilege is the root cause of misogyny.

OP, everything you say about Rashida Jones applies even more to Maya Rudolph.

Nell Carter's sitcom raised the minimum standards of Blackness exponentially. You also have to be Gay, Jewish, AND a Republican, too.

Rashida may or may not deserve the career she has, but her niceness is not an "act". People who know her have only good things to say.

r122 Didn't Tavi Gevinson strongly imply that her husband Ezra Koenig raped her? I wonder what, if anything, will come of that.

When I was referring to Maya Rudolph, I meant the famous parents/little talent. She could be very nice for all I know and of course she's been through some shit with losing her mom young. She's still not funny, though.

[quote]Reality TV was the worst thing to ever happen to TV.

This is what you get for giving both Tony Danza and Scott Baio their own shows.

R123 Here's the article. She says she was in a relationship where an older celebrity used his status to exploit her sexually, but she consented to it. I didn't feel bad for her. She was 18 and trader her dignity to be in a relationship with a celebrity. That was a choice.

Rooney Mara. How that big, dull nothing of an actress was nominated for an Oscar is ridiculous. She has absolutely nothing going on behind her eyes. She's like a Stepford robot.

Miss OP hunny you must have some tea on Rashida