Famous People Who Always Seem (or always seemed) Unhappy

I almost said Johnny Carson, but I would describe him as someone who doesn't feel comfortable in general, not necessarily unhappy.

I agree OP about Johnny Carson.

It seems that he lost his joie de vivre when he died.

Rosie.

Susan Sarandon

Jerry Lewis, and not in a sad clown way, just moody and ready to cut you down at a moment's notice to make himself feel/look better.

Marlon Brando always had an "unhappy" air about him.

Morrissey built his entire career on being a miserable cunt.

Meghan McCain

Christina Aguilera always seems secretly unhappy, trying to mask it with snideness or fakeness.

Sean Penn

OP, I disagree. Compare all those people to Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Linney, Viola Davis, or Benicio Del Toro.

Most celebrity are deeply unhappy. The worst thing is whatever you said or did that was rediculous would still be remembered by the public even after decades. Whitney Houston is still mocked for her Diane Sawyer interview a DECADE after her death. That's awful. Being famous is not worth it.

Olson Twins and Sean Penn.

Kelly Osbourne

This guy.

I don’t think it’s just his schtick.

Good point, R13. It’s almost like Elizabeth Olsen found and devoured a storage container full of joy and charisma that Mary-Kate and Ashley left in their mom’s uterus when they were born.

Oscar Levant

Sean Penn

Bill Cosby

Lady Gaga

Lucille Ball

Debra Winger

Janis Joplin

You could feel the emotion in each note she sang. She spent her whole life wanting to feel loved and like she belonged somewhere, and tried to use drugs to numb that pain.

R23, Whole life? She died at 27.

Britney Spears (and is it any wonder?)

R24 Yes, she did. And why do you think that is?

Aretha

Keanu Reeves

Richard Lewis always seems down and depressed, but also like it brings him joy to be that way…

Anthony Bourdain

Jon Hamm

Mary Todd Lincoln

Amy Winehouse

Barnabas Collins. This man needed help. Of course being locked in a coffin for175 years may have had something to do with it.

George Harrison

Faye Dunaway

Warren Beatty

*didn't

Thanks R2

Rose McGowan

Leonardo DiCaprio

Eeyore

Stephen Fry

Tim Allen

John Cusack

The reason why Mary Todd Lincoln was unhappy was because she was a battered wife.

R21 Totally agree on LB. Kibd of ironic because she was so funny in her shows but in interviews and rl footage she just seems very serious and seems a tad bitter for some reason.

Academy Award nominee Kristen Stewart.

David Letterman

Demi Moore. No matter how large the implants or how large and white the veneers...not happy.

Justin Bieber

Chris Brown

Aaron Rodgers

Most of the people listed seem to be bitter. I'm unsure whether that is the same as "unhappy" or if bitterness is the reason for their unhappiness.

WHAT ABOUT MY PRECIOUS ATTITUDE, bitches?

Julia Roberts

Denzel Washington.

Larry David

Yes, R24, she died at 27 and she was miserable her whole life..

Brando has been described as being "bratty" which is being discontented.

Jimmy Fallon and his fake laugh isn't fooling anyone.

I don't know. Saying all celebrities seem unhappy is not strictly true. I think to be human there is a melancholy about it. It's a struggle to be happy for most I believe. Maybe that need for mass love celebrities need could cause unhappiness to be more prevalent.

R54 I think Brando was more insane than unhappy, I’ve read that he was relatively normal and sweet in the start of his career and then something shifted and he became a monster around the time of his Japan trip.

OP’s list is spot-on, I think Joaquin and the Olsen twins are more moody or introverted than unhappy, which is why they come off that way since they’re public figures and public figures need to always be a lighter mood.

Whenever I've seen Jimmy Fallon in person, he's always been drunk off his ass.

r17 Holy crap! You must be really old!

A better (at least shorter) thread would be which celebrities seem truly happy?

Leonardo DiCaprio always looks tense and sad nowadays.

Victoria Beckham and Lisa Bonet (neither of which has anything to be unhappy about)

Joaquin doesn't seem to enjoy acting. He does it because he's forced to support the whole Phoenix clan.

Prince Harry Dumbfuck

... though he's more disgruntled than unhappy.

Monty Clift

Marilyn Monroe

Anna Wintour

Alec Baldwin

And, try as she might to act otherwise, Alec Baldwin's wife

Did you ask if I'm okay?

Bianca Jagger

Did Abraham Lincoln ever smile?

We've never seen his teeth.

(And I don't mean that Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin are unhappy now that he's killed someone. Each of them always seemed unhappy in general. Now that he's killed someone, they actually seem not at all unhappy, sociopaths that they probably are.)

Lou Reed

Dick Cavett

Happiness is fleeting and ebbs and flows. It's really hard to tell how "happy" someone is by external indicators. There's acutely happy - in the particular moment, and there's broader "happiness" which I think is better described as "contentment" or "well being." You could be a stable, very content person overall and still have terrible days or weeks where you're very unhappy.

r74 = Laurie Anderson, after reading r72

Larry David

Johnny Depp

John Malcovich

Tom Hardy

Alec Baldwin

Madonna

James Brown

Jim Carrey

Bill Maher

Whoopi Goldberg

Ye

Jane Fonda seems like the type that would go ape shit if you left a glass in the sink.

Aaron Rodgers looks like the type that would get upset if someone sat on his couch with a snack,

Jeffrey Tambour (rage in addition to the low level depression)

George Michael - post Wham. He seemed happiest around Andrew Ridgeley.

Harrison Ford. King of perpetual constipation.

Donald Trump OWNS this thread.

I've never had the impression that Laura Linney is bitter or miserable. Quite the opposite.

Not surprised Jane Fonda was unhappy , she was married to Ted Turner back in the 90's

Victoria Beckham

Matthew Broderick for the last thirty years has perpetually seemed on the verge of ending it all. Just a very mopey, hangdog expression on his mug, always.

I actually have met Laura Linney twice in social settings in NYC. Both times she seemed very lovely and happy--not the least bit neurotic. She also comes across as very intelligent, btw.

Beyonce.

Joan "Sourpuss" Cusack

Demi Lovato. Great singing voice but seems deeply troubled, like someone who will never really be at peace.

Sinead O'Connor

Roseanne

Toni Braxton

Jane Fonda? All wrong

Markle

Prince Harry (nonstop since he met Markle)

Billie Holliday

Yeah, I don’t see Laura Linney as unhappy and miserable at all. She’s in that group of actresses who seem good natured, professional, friendly—Amy Adams and Julianne Moore come to mind. Of course I could be wrong, and they are all major cunts.

Madonna, for sure, seems unhappy.

Johnny Depp. Keeps wasting money on lawsuits. Lots of people probably would have given him the benefit of the doubt without him trying to prove, in court, that he's not a domestic abuser.

Harry and Meghan. Keep wasting money and suing people as well.

Ben Affleck.

A-Rod

Taylor Dayne

Edith Piaf

R56 "I don't know. Saying all celebrities seem unhappy is not strictly true. "

I didn't see the posts where people said all celebrities seem unhappy. It's "not strictly true?" What is your native language?

Chloe Sevigny

Rebecca De Mornay

Lana Del Rey

Robert Downey Jr.

Jessica Alba

[quote]Taylor Dayne

R100 What?? Why?

Lisa Bonet OWNS this thread.

Viola Davis has NO place on this thread.

Karen Carpenter

Connie Francis

Johnny Ray

Bette Davis

i love Taylor Dayne too but i am disheartened by her Trumptard behavior.

R111 She's a Trumptard? That's news. Any receipts?

R17 I remember him from the old Jack Paar show!

112 She performed at Mar a lardo on NYE 2021...

Penny Marshall

Tyler Perry. Not just unhappy but seething.

Donald Trump likes to PRETEND that he owns this thread, but he never actually held the title to it, he defaulted on his mortgage on it, declared bankruptcy and left his creditors in the dust, is in arrears on the property tax bill for it, will never pay a dime of that, has 347 liens on the thread and was found to have 11 health code violations which still haven't been mitigated, and is currently on the phone with his lawyer planning to sue your ass in court just to delay this thread until the statute of limitations runs out.

Robin Wright formerly of Penn

Natalie Wood had such sad eyes.

Michelle Williams

R114 Thanks, but I'm so disappointed.

Jennifer Anniston.

^don't agree.

Matthew Perry

R121 I was too. It sucks because i was a fan.

Please tell me what I'm looking at @ r124??? Yikes.

[quote]Dick Cavett

I know he's been open about struggling with depression, but Dick Cavett didn't *seem* unhappy, per se. He was upbeat and interested as a talk show host, and he had a good sense of humor - self-deprecating, dry, and never mean-spirited. He smiled and laughed a lot, and it seemed natural and genuine.

Lauren Bacall, Lee Radziwill, Princess Diana, Princess Margaret. Olivia Colman always looks clinically depressed. YSL, Elton John, Shitley MaClaine

I don't think Joan Rivers was ever happy,

Sharon Osbourne

R127 Interesting comment. Dick Cavett seemed like a rich, privileged dick to me. I never understood how he got a talk show or how he got the most interesting guests.

Cavett's parents were both teachers, he certainly wasn't born rich or privileged

Kate Middleton and her husband. Both look painfully unhappy.

R131 Have you ever watched the show? Guests were actually able to speak at length about their lives and careers and to give their opinions on various issues of the day. It wasn't just a plugfest.

Paris Hilton

Taylor Swift

R134, The David Frost Show was another good one, as he would often devote the entire 90 minutes to a single guest.

RFK, Jr.

Bridget Moynahan never smiles

Khloe Kardashian

Kylie Jenner

R139-That's because she's a cunt to everyone around her, and so they treat her in similar fashion.

[quote] I don't think Joan Rivers was ever happy,

Because she had to deal with POKAH PLAYAHS!! None of them have last names!

You'll never know what someone is like from their TV appearances or magazine interviews. Patricia Arquette frequently tweets about political stuff or social injustice that annoys her like many of us did in our free time during the Trump administration.

I got to spend some time backstage on Chelsea Handlers E! show. She always seemed friendly and relaxed. The atmosphere was upbeat which is uncommon since putting on a live show is stressful. Staff liked being there.

[quote] I don't think Joan Rivers was ever happy,

Maybe not very happy, but I think she got to enjoy her money, living in her Marie Antoinette apartment. She seemed like she had a decent relationship w/Melissa and a good relationship with her grandson. She did date, apparently. She traveled and hung out with Judge Judy and Cindy Adams. Those 2 women may not be your cup of tea (not mine), but she did have friends on her level (rich).

No mention of Fucker Carlsbitch?

Joan was a very angry and embittered woman--it came out more and more in her later years. She behaved really badly a lot of the time and was not in control.

All the Marie Antoinette furniture and chandeliers in the world could not hide her rage at the world or her fears of growing old.

Queen Victoria's mother was said to always be in an unhappy mood.

[quote]Cavett's parents were both teachers, he certainly wasn't born rich or privileged

I'll ask again. How did he get a talk show?

I liked his show because he would devote the entire show to one guest (his show with Truman Capote is exceptional, as is his interview with Alfred Hitchcock), but I don't understand how he got the show.

Charlie rose always seemed like a miserable cunt.

Todd Palin

Nathan Lane

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Meg Ryan.

Markle. This is a woman who’s never, ever satisfied, always in a “fight”, constantly tense and ruinously insecure. As a result, she’s miserable and so is anyone she comes into contact with, especially her dolt of a husband.

Richard Burton

G. Because, G.

Princess Di

Unhappy or just a sociopath?

Ellen DeGeneres.

Jamie Lee Curtis. She always comes across as standoffish. Good thing she got sober, I bet she was a really mean drunk. Not sure why. If I had a dick and vagine, I'd be happy as a clam fucking myself all day.

Who would be the opposite? What celebrities are really happy mostly all the time?

Dolly Parton, Dick Clark, Regis Philbin, Mario Lopez?

Grouchy Smurf

Dick Van Dyke always seems happy, Reba McIntyre too, Barbara Eden, Goldie Hawn, Martin Sheen, Betty White

Elaine Stritch and Bea Arthur were always grumpy bitches

Valerie always struck me as honest about her insecurities. I don’t necessarily equate that with general unhappiness.

People all belong to one of the four humors: choleric, sanguine, bilious, and melancholic.

[quote] Angelina Jolie - tries to fake it, but doesn't seem to actually enjoy being around fellow earthlings

Well put.

Jamie Rose

[quote]Valerie always struck me as honest about her insecurities. I don’t necessarily equate that with general unhappiness.

Honest and open, yes. But I'm still going with unhappy.

Trying it again...Not sure why her Tweet didn't post correctly.

Lisa Bonet is a good one.

Liam Nielsen.

Clint Eastwood

Tori Spelling

Joan Rivers

Wonder if Valerie and Eddie Van Halen's son inherited an addictive personality.

I don't know if if describe it as unhappiness, but Leo is without a doubt one of the top grossing actors who can do pretty much whatever he wants, yet he seems very sour. Brad Pitt, for all his personal troubles, always seems like a human version of a golden retriever - smiling & jovial even in what appear to be candid moments - but Leo seems like he's never having fun, even though he lives a rock star life

This thread is made for Elliot Page. Miserable as a woman and just as miserable now.

No one's mentioned Jada Pinkett yet?

R172, did you see Eliot at the Oscars). I didn’t realize what a petite man he is. I mean it as a compliment: he looks like a teenager in this photo.

Will Arnette

Margot kidder

Madonna.

"...did you see Eliot at the Oscars). I didn’t realize what a petite man he is."

Some people never have the slightest hope of passing, and that includes little tiny transmen. At best, they get a few years as a boy, and then they turn into gnomes. And Page waited until any hope of boyishness was gone.

R176 Margot sometimes seemed like a hoot--super lively and animated--but I agree, there was always an underlying sense of discontentment there. She was famously diagnosed as bi-polar, so it's no big surprise. I always appreciated her no-bullshit attitude. She was the type who truly said what she meant and meant what she said. It bums me out that her life ended in suicide.

Jada

The smile on photos is bullshit.

Chyna Phillips. Krustey Alley. Tami Cruise.

[quote]Famous People Who Always Seem Unhappy

Ron DeSantis

Liz and Dick...Cheney

Jason Patric and his whiney custody bullshit. Seems like a cuck.

Oprah, the black hole of needy worship

[quote]Olson Twins

I'm still not convinced that the Olsen twins can't merge into one larger form that is Elizabeth Olsen, and Elizabeth seems very happy.

R71 Maybe he just needed to get it out of his system.

Ezra Miller

Deeply Unhappy: The Asshole Rock Star Edition: Eric Clapton; Van Morrison

Deeply Unhappy: Addict Edition: Gregg Allman; Matthew Perry; "Pigpen" McKernan, Keith Godchaux, Brent Mydland, and Vince Welnick (all 4 snakebit Grateful Dead keyboardists)

Azalea Banks

Nia Long

Madonna

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Attila the Hun. And Sarah Jessica Parker in the decades since she turned 40.

The dour Cara Delavigne (however you spell it). She looks like one of the masks from that Twilight Zone episode.

River Phoenix

Marilyn Monroe

Judy Garland

Montgomery Clift

Frances Farmer

Kurt Cobain

Jim Morrison

Amy Winehouse

John Belushi

Truman Capote

John Lennon

Barbara Hutton

Christina Onassis

Brenda Frazier

Michelle Branch

Mariska Hargitay.

Miserable.

Asta Nielsen

^ Those hands!

Most lesbians, actually.

Every cast member in Euphoria.

Victoria Beckham. The Queen of The Unhappy Face.

Michelle Obama

As far as who seemed happy, Rosemary Kennedy seemed happy after that operation.

Bea Auther always seemed to be unhappy. Bill Maher is not unhappy at all. Watch him on club random, he seems pretty happy and content. Always laughing and loves his work. He also revealed why he really doesn't want to get married. He said he was a total loner and liked to be by himself too much and that is too hard on a relationship. Speaking of Jon Hamm, he is going to be a regular in season 3 of the morning show as a CEO.

Valerie Bertinelli's strategically timed unhappy twatter posts appear whenever she has a money-making project to promote. New book, horrid TV show/movie, or dead ex-husband to exploit. I wouldn't read too much into it.

How did you forget about ME, bitches?

-- Vivian Vance

Michael Stiple and

I must spell it that way, it's what we call him in our house

Cara Delevigne

Joe Jonas

Posh Spice, especially after Ginger quit, & she became the worst singer in the group.

Debbie Reynolds

Lou Costello

James Gandolfini.

Buddy Hackett

I just finished the George Michael bio. What a deeply conflicted, sad, and self-destructive man.

Michelle branch hasn't had a hit in years unless you count her husband's face.

R204

Viv, you have sufficient