Why the hate for Denzel Washington?

He’s apparently homophobic. And black.

Arrogant. Sore loser. Which his reaction when he loses the Oscar to Casey Affleck compared to win he loses to Gary Oldman (where he knew he didn't stand a chance. )

Uncle Tom

R2 Casey is obviously a skeevy dude, but I couldn’t believe Denzel was actually crying when he lost. I understand Fences was his passion project, but it’s not like he won every award up until that moment and then lost a la Glenn Close. Plus he already has 2 Oscars.

R2 He was a good sport about losing the Oscar he should’ve won for Malcolm X to Pacino in Scent of a Woman.

We think he's marvelous!

Cheated on his wife with Julia Roberts.

This isn't the entire answer, but in the early 1990s, Will Smith approached Denzel Washington about whether or not to do a scene in Six Degree of Separation requiring him to romantically kiss another male actor. Washington advised him to refuse doing the kiss (even though Smith had signed onto the role knowing full well what it entailed). Apparently, Smith now regrets following his advice.

He knew he'd lose that one. Malcolm X wasn't the critical and box office powerhouse it was thought it was going to be (no Best Picture nominations etc.)

And Pacino had never won.

did he really cry when he lost for Fences? (off to youtube.)

When asked how he feels about Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage, Washington avoids taking a stance.

At first he responds with, “What did he say about it?” Then, when told what the president said, he asks, “What does that mean?” Ultimately, Washington opts to stay out of the fray on the subject: “You know, I think people have the right to believe what they want to believe. And people have the right to disagree with it.”

Speaking of politics, Washington defines himself as an independent.

“In some ways I'm liberal, and other ways I'm conservative,” he says. “We get so locked in on ‘you have to be this or that.’ It's ridiculous.”

Wow he does seem to have some tears in his eyes. Surprising. He's won and lost so many times you think he'd be used to the experience.

BTW I don't believe Brie Larson in her reworked woke attitude that her not clapping for Affleck "spoke for itself." She smiles at him real nicely and then hugs him. I think she just forget to clap since she was onstage and in a sense a performer. The audience claps not the people on stage.

Later on when Affleck wasn't asked to present the next year during #metoo she seemed to allow the people who were speculating to continue thinking she was making a conscious protest. (Also BTW she's such an odd non-descript actress. She could knock on me door tonight and I wouldn't know who she was.

R10 But it’s possible he’s changed his views. One of his daughters is a butch lesbian and he seems supportive of her.

He did advise Will Smith not to do a gay kiss in Six Degrees of Separation.

He also admits to cheating on his wife. (Why announce it? Poor woman.)

He’s the worst. Religious but a cheater.

Didn't he play the bitch in 'Philadelphia'? And now he has the audacity to pretend to be Macbeth. I shall be avoiding that!

He played the lawyer in Philadelphia.

The name "Denzel" is a Cornish name.

I blame Ellen Pompeo.

He's getting fat in the face.

He's getting doughy.

R16 he was better than Hanks in that movie.

[quote] that movie.

Yes, a lousy movie. Antonio Banderas should not have been in it.

Because he took the red pill?

Bronson Pinchot said he was one of the most awful people he ever worked with. I believe it. He seems like an asshole.

Casey Affleck winning that Oscar was a complete fucking joke.

He hit me in the head with a fondue pot.

Yes, R20.

Denzel should have won for that.

He’s a homophobic asshole and should be cancelled.

Pentecostal creep, arch conservative asshat.

Didn't he vote for Trump???

He’s a good actor. But he’s kind of an asshole. It’s kind of evidence in his interviews.

He’s not hated any more than any other celeb is hated. And DL hates everyone except for probably the Golden Girls.

He has the trifecta of being ugly, arrogant and overrated.

St. Elsewhere was the show that made him a star and he was on for the entire run. Yet when the cast had a reunion a few years ago, he thought he was too good to show up. Even if he didn’t want to attend, he could have at least done a little video clip or given a little statement considering the show gave him his start.

He seems like an arrogant asshole.

Seems to be a run of the mill asshole.