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Who were the five nicest celebrities and who were the five meanest? I can tell you who the meanest one I ever met was. Uh-oh, her name is Ellen DeGeneres. But while all the evidence points to Ellen being awful,
Exploring the five nicest and meanest celebrities, highlighting personal stories of kindness and cruelty from stars like Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, and Ellen DeGeneres.
Key Takeaways
- Celebrity kindness often goes beyond public persona, with some stars showing genuine humility and generosity.
- Some celebrities develop reputations for difficult or mean behavior, affecting their professional relationships.
- Adam Sandler and Steve Buscemi exemplify humility and kindness despite their fame.
- Mike Myers and Jerry Seinfeld have been reported to exhibit mean or diva-like attitudes.
- Public perception of celebrities can be shaped by both personal anecdotes and viral social media stories.
What the video covers
- The video discusses the five nicest and five meanest celebrities based on personal anecdotes and public stories.
- Ellen DeGeneres is cited as the meanest celebrity the creator has met, with multiple negative reports.
- Adam Sandler is praised for his humility and kindness, including personal interactions with fans and staff.
- Mike Myers is described as difficult and diva-like on set, with multiple accounts of poor behavior.
- Steve Buscemi is highlighted for his humility and selflessness, notably volunteering as a firefighter after 9/11 despite fame.
- Jerry Seinfeld is portrayed as having a mean streak with an ego, rejecting fans and paparazzi.
- Post Malone is recognized for his consistently kind and generous behavior toward fans and others.
- The video contrasts different types of celebrity behavior, from humble kindness to diva-like meanness.
- Personal stories from fans, co-stars, and staff provide insight into the celebrities' true characters.
- The video uses a mix of social media posts, interviews, and personal experiences to build its narrative.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Ellen DeGeneres' reputation
- 01:03Adam Sandler's kindness and humility
- 02:07Mike Myers' difficult behavior on set
- 03:01Amy Hill's experience with Mike Myers
- 04:04Steve Buscemi's humility and 9/11 volunteering
- 05:07Jerry Seinfeld's mean streak and fan interactions
- 06:16Post Malone's generosity and kindness
- 07:28Additional celebrity anecdotes and reflections
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Adam Sandler is always highlighted as being incredibly kind. Take, for example, the time he was refused a table at IHOP after the server failed to realize it was Adam Sandler asking. Embarrassed, the server shared the CCTV to TikTok,
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prompting Adam Sandler to meet with the waitress personally while joking about the rejection by stating, "For the record, I only left the IHOP because the nice woman told me the all-you-can-eat deal didn't apply to the milkshakes." Although
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fans were impressed for a slightly different reason. It's very humble of him to not assert that he's a celebrity and ask for special treatment. He acted just like a regular customer and didn't challenge anyone. I respect him for that.
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With his humble attitude extending to wedding photo bombs and that time he randomly appeared for some chicken. "Hi guys, no way, no way, you're joking." He filmed a good chunk of Mr. Deeds in my hometown, and he was simply the nicest
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man ever. He would come out to sign autographs after a full 14-plus hour day of shooting. It didn't matter how long the line was; he made sure every single person got to say hello. He had time for photographs and chats with everyone in
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town, frequented all the local coffee shops, and posed with employees. He seemed to really care and know how excited we all were to have a movie happening and always had a smile. Although Adam's fans aren't the only people to talk very highly
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of him. "You guys love each other, is that fair to say?" "For sure, AB." I hear each of you individually talking about the other in such fond terminology. After Pete Davidson worked with Adam Sandler on Saturday Night Live, Pete went on to
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state, "He's just such a cool, nice guy. I can't explain how wonderful of a person he is, just like caring and sweet and not full of crap, which is very rare to find." But while Adam Sandler's happy onscreen
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mood clearly extends to his personal life, Mike Myers from Austin Powers is apparently much different when the cameras aren't rolling. Twitter users expose Mike Myers as an absolute nightmare to work with. The article referred to a tweet reading, "Mike Myers
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had me fired off the set of The Love Guru because I made eye contact with him," and I was there as his bodyguard. The tweet had been posted by a person named Jay Brody, who then expanded on the
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incident in a podcast. "You'll be basically guarding Mike Myers's trailer. They're like, 'Here's the catch: can't look at him.' But I realize, like, I can't let just anyone into the trailer, so I look up, I catch his eye for a second, I give
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him a nod to let him know I'm cool, and then I look away. And within an hour, I get a phone call letting me know that I'm fired and I have to get off set," prompting others to give their own
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anecdotes about Mike Myers's terrible attitude. "I was an extra in Love Guru and remember being told we can't make eye contact with Mike. When I tell people this, they don't believe me. Thanks for confirming." People always wonder why
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there weren't more Austin Powers movies but never realize how many stories there are like this about him. Basically, no one wants to work with the guy, with one of these other stories coming from the set of The Cat in the Hat, where Mike's
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co-star Amy Hill stated his area was all covered with tenting because he didn't want anybody seeing him. "It was so weird. It was just the worst. I was miserable." Hill also revealed how diva Myers selfishly kept everyone waiting for
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hours overall, the director, and even had someone standing by just holding his personal chocolates in a dish. It was just a horrible, nightmarish experience. Although people have only ever said the opposite about Steve Buscemi. Buscemi worked as a
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New York firefighter before quitting to pursue acting. Although when the Twin Towers were destroyed on September 11, Buscemi walked into his old fire department to volunteer, working 12 hours a day for a week straight in the hopes of finding survivors. He called his old
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firehouse, then receiving no reply, headed to the site where he found his former engine company. "I asked if I could join them," he said, adding, "I could tell they were a little suspicious at first, but I worked with them that day. It was a
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privilege to be able to do it. It was great to connect with the firehouse I used to work with and with some of the guys I worked alongside." Note this was in 2001, after he was already extremely famous from movies such as Fargo. Yet
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according to an independent article on his volunteering, very few photographs and no interviews exist because he declined them. He wasn't there for publicity. Wouldn't you think you were hallucinating if Steve Buscemi helped you out of the rubble? What a great, humble
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guy, with a Reddit comment then offering a slightly more personal story. "I used to serve him all the time and he never once was a diva, always had a smile on his face, and I mean I don't even think he
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once had a complicated order. He always ordered the most simple thing on the menu and always tipped 20 plus percent." Not to mention Buscemi gets extra credit for being close friends with Adam Sandler. However, it seems Jerry Seinfeld was
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left out of the party, given every clip of him I've seen outside of his shows is just him being an unlikable douche with an ego the size of a small country. This sentiment began with a Larry King interview from 2007. "I went off there. I
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was the number one show on television." "Larry, you do you know who I am? 75 million viewers last episode." "What, you tell me?" "Take it so bad." "Well, that's a the big difference between being cancelled and being number one." "Okay, I'm sorry, be
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movie a resume in here for me movie." Although this attitude extends into other moments like the time he rejected Kesha. "I love you so much." "Oh, thanks. Can I give you a hug?" "No thanks, please." "No thanks, a little one." "Yeah, no
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thanks." That was a nice moment. "I don't know who that was." "Yeah, was Kesha." Okay, Jerry then offered no apology for rejecting her. "I don't hug a total stranger. I have to meet someone, say hello. I need to know who you are." And she
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was very nice about it. "We laugh about it." "Did you?" "Yeah." "Did you hug her afterwards?" "No, no." Leading Kesha to change her mind about him for pretty obvious reasons. "What happened with Jerry Seinfeld that time?" "Oh my, my God. Are you friends
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with him?" "I am not." "Okay, we're good." "It was like the saddest moment of my life." Jerry also has a reputation for destroying the paparazzi, the worst place like you bomb. I'm sure go through all the time. Another
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very weak, weak question. And after Lady Gaga was moved to his luxury basketball box for acting rudely at a game, he had this to say: "This woman's a jerk. I hate her. I can't believe they put her in my box, which I paid for. This is
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what you give people to finger and you get upgraded? Is that the world we're living in now?" Hysterical. I love him. Jerry Seinfeld's meanness definitely has a charisma to it. However, if you're wanting a more humble type of charisma,
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then we have to talk about Post Malone, with entire compilations dedicated to him treating other people kindly. There are almost too many wholesome moments to choose from. "Did you draw this?" "This is [Music] awesome." There was that time he went out
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of his way to greet a 21-year-old having his first beer. At that time, he gave his $5,000 guitar to a fan after a concert. "You want a guitar? It's like a $5,000 guitar, so you have to promise me." "You got
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to promise me that." Take care of our Post Malone treats paparazzi in the opposite way to Jerry Seinfeld. "Boss, I want you to know that I really like your music." "Thank you so much, man." "Thank you so much, that means a lot." "Can you say
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hello to Nicole?" "Well, hi Nicole, love you guys." And when this fan somehow made it past security, Post Malone hugs the guy and treats him respectfully before he's taken off the stage. In a different instance, Post Malone let a fan come on
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stage to play the guitar part in "Stay," and it's therefore no surprise that fans hav...
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neighbors and invited them for a barbecue genuinely sounds like an awesome guy I believe this 100% he had a party in an Airbnb or something a few houses down from my group's Airbnb and he legit went around the culdesac
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himself inviting everyone to the party he also spent the entire night moving between groups chatting and generally being a phenomenal host and ensuring everyone had a blast P 10 out of 10 dude but while nobody has anything negative
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to say about post Malone it seems nobody has anything positive to say about Chevy Chase remember when Pete Davidson praised Adam Sandler earlier in the video well Pete had the opposite to say about Chevy Chase stating he's a [ __ ]
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douchebag I hate that dude he's just a genuinely bad racist person and I don't like him Chevy Chase was fired from Community after calling Donald Glover the nword not to mention before the firing Chase was simply difficult to
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work with he was someone that did not want to be there for the hours that we were keeping he sometimes could be in not great moods earlier in his career Chevy Chase had gotten into a fist fight with Bill Murray and while interviewing
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Robert Downey Jr Chase stated didn't your father used to be a successful director whatever happened to him boy he sure died you know he sure went to hell it's therefore no surprise that even will Ferell stated the worst host was
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Chevy Chase yet Chevy Chase foolishly claims that all criticism is just jealousy did you just say that writer writing anything negative is jealous Jey yeah I did what kind of jealousy I'm funnier than them yeah I guess maybe I'm
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considered good-looking yeah there you have it it seems Chevy Chase needs a lesson on humility and who better to teach it than Shaquille O'Neal got to humble yourself it's all about humility and that's why I am where I am now I
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humbled myself I don't look down on people because they're lesser back in 2011 Shaq had hit rock bottom he retired from basketball divorced from his wife and had no idea where his life was going next I was lost 76,000 ft house by
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yourself no kids go to the gym nobody's playing in the gym you go to their room nobody's there it was during this period that Sha's Mom Lucille gave him some advice and then the queen Dr lucil O'Neal said hey man I don't know you no
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more you need to humble yourself and when Mama talk the true man listens afterward Shaq began working on becoming a better person it State the day I killed the narcissist Shack is the day my kids texted me hey Daddy I miss you
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bro when I got one of those text man I actually cried then I didn't know what to say after I got that love from them I said you know what I'm not going to going to be the [ __ ] Shack no more
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cuz I was an [ __ ] and I lost everything the day I released all that me me me me Shack Shack Shack Shack is the day the blessings opened up as a result Shaq's been trying to create a
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fairly unique Legacy talk about legacies I want mind to be one sentence Shaq was a nice guy which has been aided by his random acts of kindness purchasing bikes shoes and laptops for less fortunate children it seems the only people Shaq
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won't give money to are his own kids cuz I believe in respectable nepotism you get all a this next semester you can get whatever you want so he gets all a and I was like go to the dealership and pick
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one then I get a call from Tesla I said man you better take your ass across the street to Honda but while Shack is an obvious choice as a nice celebrity someone you might not expect to be rude is Bill NY
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the science guy I met Bill NY as a kid and he was the biggest [ __ ] I've ever met it was a huge letdown after watching his show so often in class my science teacher from seventh grade told her she
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had an explanation for why she tried to show us as few Bill KN videos as possible I believe she said she attended either a science Workshop or an event for teachers where Bill NY was there and he was completely rude to her and
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dismissed her the whole time Bill's Dark Side becomes pretty obvious when he debates other scientists however it seems he becomes the meanest when talking to his most popular demographic kids Bill NY came to visit my University I was sorely disappointed Bill no relied
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on sexist jokes to relate to the crowd he kept complimenting women's legs and saying weird stuff about how sexy women are he was trying to be relatable but was sorely mistaken as he faced a crowd of driven female and engineers and
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scientists he went on about climate change and basically insinuated that we could be the policy Changers while the real scientists did the real work I couldn't believe how much my views of him were falling apart as I watched him
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Panda to students he clearly didn't care about I later heard that he wouldn't speak with students only professors with this anecdote following the very common theme of Bill no was my hero until I heard him talk although thankfully keano
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Reeves is the perfect balance between good and evil while filming the second two Matrix movies Tiana Reeves chose to give up 75 million worth of his movie earnings instead redirecting the money to the special effects team who he said
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deserved it more even then this might not have been his most charitable act whilst filming as a Reddit user stated a family friend builds movie sets doesn't design is one of the poor dudes that just builds anyways he worked on the set
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for the Matrix and keano heard about family trouble he was having and gave him a $20,000 Christmas bonus to help him out although money isn't the only thing that Keanu has given up in 2011 he was candidly filmed giving up his seat
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on the New York subway and 3 years later in 2014 he waited patiently for 20 minutes in the rain outside the rap party of his own film daughter of God after a mixup because he didn't want to cause a scene he didn't say hey I'm
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keiana Reeves or yo man this is my party once to The Bouncer and the owner of the club was horrified when he found out afterwards that the actor was standing in the rain it's therefore no surprise that there's an extremely popular
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subreddit dedicated to Kean Reeves being awesome although if there's one person who could offset this kindness with meanness it's definitely Ellen degenerous right now we all need a little kindness you know like Ellen degenerous always talks about she's also
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notoriously one of the meanest people alive respond to this with the most insane stories you've heard about Ellen being mean and I'll match everyone with $2 to LA Food Bank this was the tweet that started her downfall as nobody
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could have expected how bad the responses would be when I was 15 the Ellen show was doing a contest a fans making a bust of her and send it to her I worked so hard on this and even wrote
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her a letter weeks later she used it as a prop in a game and gave it away to a random person with $500 attached to the bottom working for her I was instructed that I can't look her in the eye and
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never ever say hi to her first but don't worry she definitely won't be saying hi to you in the first place she creates the most toxic environment for her staff I worked at Real Food Daily served her and porser a brunch she wrote a letter
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to the owner and complained about my chipped nail polish not that it was on her plate but just that it was on my hand I'd worked till closing the night before and this was the next morning almost got me fired Chris pontia stated
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on sto's podcast that he wasn't surprised to hear these anecdotes it's crazy that all this stuff's come out like about Ellen being mean cuz when I met her I thought she was really mean like and she's like so what do I got to
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do and she's just pissed to be there and then she comes out on stage and she's like oh like funny nice Ellen you know like the the person that they think she is and apparently neither were the 10
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employees who came forward 4 months later to expose her terrible working environment toxic phony hypocrite liar that's what she is we were told from the very beginning don't talk to Ellen don't do this you can't go into her office it
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was very nerve-wracking very stressful we all walked on eggshells all the time as a result Ellen took a 14-way kaytis returning with a pretty standard apology sometimes I get sad I get mad I I get anxious I get frustrated I get impatient
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and I am working on all of that however this failed to ensure a returning audience as in May 2022 Ellen's show was cancelled completely
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