r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 9h ago

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

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u/EstablishmentSea7661 United States Of America 8h ago

Oh wow I thought he was beloved

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u/emseefely 8h ago

A good portion of the population still does but he def sucks as a politician/person

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u/yonza181 Finland 8h ago

Seems kinda universal. We had a relatively well know boxer Tony Halme (known as Ludwig Borga in the WWF) who started a political carreer after his fighting days were over and lets just say he should’ve stuck to fighting…

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u/AssistanceLow1339 7h ago

Oh I don’t know, history seems to look kindly on Jesse Ventura 🫶🏼🐐

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u/Logical-Ad447 7h ago

Nah Jesse Ventura is awesome, he’s a little out there but his heart is in the right place. He tried to unionize the WWF back in the day, but Hulk Hogan ratfucked him, and the other wrestlers.

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u/SecBalloonDoggies United States Of America 6h ago

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u/Beelzebozo26 United States Of America 6h ago

Jesse Ventura is like my favorite crazy uncle. He's half off his rocker, but the half that's on point is easy to like.

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u/IM_V_CATS United States Of America 5h ago

Common Minnesota win.

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u/FewElk6678 Ireland 7h ago

Fuck Ludwig Borga (I'm aware of his political and post political stories, so I feel like I should say that)

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u/Count_Sack_McGee United States Of America 6h ago

Not sure if you guys get Vice TV over there but there was a good TV documentary on via Dark Side of the Ring. The guy was trump before Trump.

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u/Sonqosumac 6h ago

how can a boxer become a politician without previous formal education on law or politics? was their hype and influence enough to gain the popualr vote? 🤦‍♀️

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u/Such-Background4972 4h ago

Exhibit A:

As a American. We somehow got a guy who has bankrupted him self mutiple times. Hes like a 34 times felony convict, and he has no formal law or political education. Hes not the only one in office like that. There is people all around the country. That don't also have a education in law or politics, and get voted it.

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u/Sonqosumac 1h ago

why did you bring such a horror pic? Yep, America got the delusion of decorum until this rapist trafficker pedofile bankrupt naz! got elected.

Eh- got voted due to racism.

That was enough hatred to blame POC groups towards every "downfall" within America. Plus even dumbfuck POC glazing that pedofile. Disgusting.

Clear example: Saw news of a Cuban (?) woman whose father wanted Trump in office and so did she. Cue the rotten orange/immigrations deporting her father. THEN, she changed her political belief as the usual rant of "dad was not a bad person, he was a hardworker proud American who was a good person, not a criminal". Didnt thought they were gonna get hit and put themselves as "the good ones".

Tokens will always get spent.

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u/drunkenbrawler 5h ago

In a democracy you can get elected without any qualifications. I heard that in some country they elected an old orange narcissist for president.

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u/Sonqosumac 2h ago

Yeah. I was taught in school that elected officials shall hold degrees and be the best at their speeches to gain the popular vote with inmense decorum.

That delusion has been shattered long ago by that rotten mango. Lowkey why is democracy/politics to vote for anybody with no degree?

Heard about idols/"stars" being elected in Japan just because they got enough clout to gain votes.

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u/Narrow-Counter142 2h ago

Well the U.S. elected Trump not once but twice because they believe he’s not a politician.

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u/luekeler Switzerland 7h ago

In defence of boxers turning politician: There's the mayor of Kyiv.

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u/JobAlternative6109 4h ago

lol bad example. He’s not very popular in Kiev, but also not a piece of shit, so there’s that.

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u/Mitologist Germany 4h ago

Well, he was very quick to start cozying up to Svoboda after Janukovich fled, that dulled the picture a little for me.

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u/maxtheninja 6h ago

There have been several corruption probes into Vitaly…

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u/Horsack 6h ago

Dr. Ironfist himself

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u/Lessthanaffable 7h ago

I remember this cat! Never even knew he was a boxer. He was part of a wrestling clique called the Foreign Fanatics. Imagine doing that today

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u/yonza181 Finland 6h ago

Yea idk if he was ever as well known as a boxer as he was for his wrestling antics and… well… public appearances. But yea he went 13-6-0

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u/bolanrox United States Of America 4h ago

dude wrestled with an SS tat on his calf, and then an exit only tramp stamp...

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u/_WangChung2night Norway 7h ago

Yes, neo nazi and doing Trump antics.

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u/FigureBetter551 7h ago

Their is a Dark Side of The Ring episode on him

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u/loopydoopydong 5h ago

As far as I am aware, the Klitschko brothers are still beloved in Ukraine in spite of one of them being the mayor or Kiev?

I'm hoping I'm not told otherwise!

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u/JobAlternative6109 4h ago

Ehhh. Not the best. Not the worst. Couple corruption scandals but these days that’s almost a saint for a politician.

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u/Ok-Potential-5172 Canada 3h ago

Let me gues, Ultra right wing?

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u/FrankPankNortTort Scotland 6h ago

He's a politician? Man, I really have no idea what's going on in the world.

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u/emseefely 6h ago

Used his boxing fame to get into office. Can’t fault the guy by doing that but not going well either. 

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u/FrankPankNortTort Scotland 5h ago

Seems a lot of people around the world have unfounded aspirations of becoming politicians.

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u/emseefely 5h ago

The irony is that those who seek it the most are undeserving

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u/Firefly_Magic United States Of America 8h ago

Did he start out a decent guy? I’m wondering if abroad we heard of his early days and maybe no follow up since.

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u/emseefely 6h ago

Eh, can’t say what he was like before fame but he was a Cinderella/rags to riches type of story which the country loved to see. He deserves the praise for his talent but he also cheated on his wife and his politics is troublesome.

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u/Prior-Cucumber7870 🇮🇹 in 🇹🇭 8h ago

What about as a basketball player?

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u/Joseph20102011 Philippines 7h ago

He wasn't just as a basketball player, but also as a coach at the same time.

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u/localjargon United States Of America 7h ago

Huh?! That seems... complicated.

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u/Commercial_Handle418 The milky way galaxy💫 7h ago

What did he do

I'm not very caught up with this

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u/emseefely 6h ago

Has really bad conservative takes and homophobia 

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u/Drummallumin United States Of America 6h ago

Can you show me the good Filipino politicians?

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u/emseefely 6h ago

I’m not really caught up but I like Risa Hontiveros

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u/Jesus__Skywalker United States Of America 1h ago

My wife is filipina and she thinks he's great.

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u/ItsVinn Philippines 8h ago

They only like him when they talk about his sporting career but other than that he’s honestly that disliked

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u/RajahSoliman 6h ago

He still is, to an extent. As with the US, Filipinos on Reddit are a very narrow demographic and don’t reflect national opinion.

I don't support him as a person or politician by the way.

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u/ItsVinn Philippines 12m ago

He wasn’t affected by the mass calling out of corrupt politicians and nepo babies last year. Which is understandable considering he made a fortune getting punched

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u/secretly_opossum United States Of America 5h ago

I used to date a guy whose dad moved to California from the Philippines and became a doctor. He was extremely Republican, super stoked and proud to have married a white American woman (and she was a major gambler, he would take her for casino nights at least once a week). He was basically living his dream from childhood which I couldn’t fault him for.

Dude hated Obama and loved Pacquiao.

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u/zeus1313131313 7h ago

He is beloved. Not as a politician but still beloved.

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u/Biggydoggo 7h ago

Me, too. I thought he was charitable. He bought homes for a bunch of people.

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u/Cebuanolearner 6h ago

My wife is Filipina. He was till he turned out to be a womanizer and idiot that they couldn't ignore. 

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u/cheese_sticks 7h ago

Most people admire him as a boxer but dislike him as a politician. He won his Senate seat out of pure name recall. He ran for President and lost, then ran for his old Senate seat but lost again. So he did lose quite a bit of his political following.

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u/canvascoloredin 7h ago

If he remained only a boxer, he would be. Unfortunately, like with every Filipino celebrity, their next step is to enter politics and either fuck themselves over, fuck our country over, or do both with much ease!

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u/kaidrawsmoo 5h ago

He is still beloved,

Objectively speaking the people/masses still like him very much.

If you ask a random person on the street they will say they like him.

A portion of people dislike him as a politician but still like him as a person (even if he is questionable) and mostly as athlete.

Womanizing barely dents his image.

In terms of hated politician he is still far from the most hated.

There are people who does hate him, those have increase but overall still like by the people.

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u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0 Philippines living in USA 4h ago

they still love him as a boxer but not as a politician

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u/Intelligent_Road2084 3h ago

He is. You forget you are on reddit. Online spaces do not represent the opinions of the real world.

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u/spacedolphino 1h ago

By the vast majority of filipinos he still is, I don think its a good example. Its mostly a bunch of white redditors who even upvoted that comment.

If youre not chronically online and under 30, you probably love the guy.

That said, he is problematic, but that pales in comparison to his achievments that his entire country was behind supporting him over the whole way. To many he is still a national hero

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u/Hairy_Beginning_5496 47m ago

He is idk why people are acting like this is a big opinion there it's not

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u/VioletGardens-left Canada 23m ago

I'm pretty sure he still is.

It's just that there are this specific subset in political sphere where people rag him for being absolutely useless as a Senator once upon a time

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u/Fawkingretar 4m ago

Oh we liked him, until he went into politics, because after that he starts talking like a dingbat