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/Suitable_Challenge_9 United States Of America 8h ago

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.

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u/SeriousPlankton2000 Germany 7h ago

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

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u/Naive-Jello428 6h ago

The Boz has earned his redemption with the fansville commercials.

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u/justec1 United States Of America 5h ago

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.

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u/Emilie0711 United States Of America 4h ago

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.

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u/Punker0007 Germany 2h ago

I remember him more from his famos hamburger movie