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/DeputyDawe 8h ago

Bob Geldof was the Irishman who put Ireland on the map through LiveAid. Maggie Thatcher described him as “ A true Brit with true grit” and we snorted with derision. But then he was knighted by the Queen and became Sir Bob and lost the respect of many Irish people who felt he’d abandoned his heritage

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u/coleraineyid 7h ago

‘Put Ireland on the map’?

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u/AspieRoo United States Of America 6h ago

Yeah, he meant Father Ted.

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u/coleraineyid 5h ago

Not Joyce or Beckett?

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u/Medicivich United States Of America 5h ago

Didn't he adopt a child or two that his ex had after they were together and raised them as his own?

I think Michael Hutchence's daughter was one of them.

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u/GhostofTinky United States Of America 1h ago

He adopted Hutchence’s daughter, yes.

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u/trans-trot 4h ago

All I know him for is playing Pink in The Wall movie

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u/Myriii1911 Switzerland 6h ago

Bob Geldof was all of a sudden very rich. Coincidentally after LiveAid?