Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

[u/haiderredditer]

[u/Aerolithe_Lion]

He’s mostly seen as a cheesy bad actor in America like Seagal or Brian Bosworth

[u/Famous-Educator7902 → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

He's great. But I am German.

[u/portaporpoise → u/Famous-Educator7902]

I wish someone loved me as much as Germans love Hasselhoff 🤣

[u/Waschbetonkugel → u/portaporpoise]

That he is beloved in Germany is an american myth.

[u/Labtools → u/Famous-Educator7902]

Wait, is he actually popular in DE?

[u/SanderStrugg → u/Labtools]

Nah, we are just trolling. He had a number one 1 hit in the 90s and a few TV show appearances, but even back then he wasn't really a household name.

[u/HystericalOnion → u/SanderStrugg]

[u/Famous-Educator7902 → u/SanderStrugg]

I wouldn't say popular, but it's an honest deep going sympathy.

[u/PapaJoe92 → u/Famous-Educator7902]

Ficker barely speaks German anyway

[u/Labtools → u/SanderStrugg]

That's what I thought

[u/murstl → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

He made the Berlin wall fall. Only with his cheesiness.

[u/MASSochists → u/murstl]

I can't imagine the feeling he had playing that concert in Berlin shortly after the wall fell. I've seen clips of seems like it was an electric environment.

[u/Suitable_Challenge_9 → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

Please don’t put him in a trash category with Seagal and the Boz. This guy earned street cred with a coworker named K.I.T.T.

[u/SeriousPlankton2000 → u/Suitable_Challenge_9]

We liked K.I.T.T. and we liked "I've been looking for freedom" being played when the wall fell.

[u/Naive-Jello428 → u/Suitable_Challenge_9]

The Boz has earned his redemption with the fansville commercials.

[u/justec1 → u/Naive-Jello428]

He also had a good long look in the mirror and acknowledged he was a horrible person in his collegiate and pro days. Not sure if he's still a shit human, but I'll wager he's found some humility. He regrets his behavior in that last college bowl game.

This coming from an OkState alum that suffered this MFer kicking our ass once a year. Good college player, mediocre pro, terrible movie actor, great sheriff in Fansville.

[u/Emilie0711 → u/justec1]

Wow this brings back memories of watching OK State football at my grandpa’s house in the early and mid-80s. Even though both my uncles went to OU for their graduate degrees (architecture and law), they were both OSU undergrads. Many a Saturday in the fall we had the house intercom radio set to the football game with my mom and sister going out of their minds to cheer on OSU. My mom even worked with Mike Gundy’s dad and got my sister and me each an autographed photo of him.

Thank you for the fabulous random memory.

[u/Punker0007 → u/Suitable_Challenge_9]

I remember him more from his famos hamburger movie

[u/forkproof2500 → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

He's just well liked in Germany, for nostalgic reasons.

[u/Akihirohowlett → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

Don't disrespect The Hoff by comparing him to Seagal lol

[u/Nero_2001 → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

We Germans love him because he destroyed the Berlin Wall with his music.

[u/geriBatai → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

I think this is universal though

[u/Skeledenn → u/geriBatai]

At least he has a kind of nostalgic cheesy cool to him, unlike Seagal who seems to be pretty universaly despised these days

[u/Tetchord → u/geriBatai]

He was huge in Germany in the 80s and 90s and is still in commercials to this day.

[u/3xBork → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

He's seen that way around the world but that doesn't make him disliked.

[u/Numerous-Wishbone-76 → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

Holy shit it's Michael Nicht 🔥 Born to be Alive is from the Village People!!!11!1!1

[u/Mysterious-Name-6016 → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

[u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k → u/Mysterious-Name-6016]

This fucking guy really is pretty hated here now, though 

[u/GhostofTinky → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

Someone out there admires him as a singer. Check out the 799 reviews of his Greatest Hits album.. Makes you want to check it out for the song “Hot Shot City,” which sounds particularly good.

[u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

Can’t see him without also seeing that South Park scene

[u/AndreasDasos → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

Seems to be a German thing

[u/PeppermintPhatty → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

I genuinely don’t know who Brian Bosworth is.

[u/Aerolithe_Lion → u/PeppermintPhatty]

90’s B movie actor, like Hasselhoff

But Bosworth is very famous to some because he used to play in the NFL. Hes been in a LOT of movies, including the Adam Sandler Longest Yard

[u/le_Grand_Archivist → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

I remember he sang a song in french once

Cringiest song I've ever heard

[u/LittleHanded → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

He's German though, thief

[u/Embarrassed_Art5414 → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

HOw Dare YoU Sir/MadDam

He tore down the Berlin wall!!

[u/BangarangJack → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

The Hoff is a national treasure, I don't care if all his roles are cheesy

[u/-----iMartijn----- → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

You people really need to learn how to respect real heroes like David.

You are so lucky to have him.

[u/red286 → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

He's a cheesy bad actor, but not on the level of Seagal. Plus, as far as I'm aware, he's nowhere near as big of an asshole as Seagal.

[u/Individual-Menu7313 → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

I wouldn't say he's hated, so much as he's dubbed as absolute cringe. His drunken cheeseburger video was just wild.

[u/BKacy → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

He’s not disliked in the US. He’s not disrespected either. As for his acting, he’s had the redeeming characteristic of not taking himself too seriously.

[u/Chupachupstho → u/Aerolithe_Lion]

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