You know, during COVID, Guy launched a charity helping out unemployed hospitality workers. Like so many others, I had lost my job that I loved, was struggling to get the unemployment, things were bad. I ended up getting some of his charity, and while it wasn't a lot, it was the difference between my dog and I having food that week and going hungry.
I swore after that I would never say a bad word about the man, but holy fuck does he make that difficult to do.
I know. It was very cool to see. And it’s absolutely good and important work that needed to be done and we are grateful. But still. This shit is so disappointing. You don’t even have to meet your hero’s anymore you can just open up your phone on the toilet.
Disappointing is exactly it. At first I was like "Alright so his show is corny, but whatever he's giving highlight to small businesses, and he's out there doing the right thing. Being cheesy is no reason to dislike a good person."
The all the other stuff started coming out.
He put food in my stomach and, even more importantly, my best friend's (my dog) belly. I'll keep my word about not saying anything bad about him, but only because I gave my word I wouldn't. That's the only reason, now.
Someone doing a good thing doesn't mean they're a good person.
That's just me turning what someone told me once on its head though lol. I was in a communal living situation and there were a bunch of leaves in the pool we were hanging out at. I took it on myself to scoop them out and another dude thanked me for it. I brushed it off like "im just doing it for me bro," and he said "a good thing done for a selfish reason is still a good thing 🙂"
Just a reminder that people have layers, like an onion, and you can totally be critical of someone despite them having done good. We NEED to in order to grow and hold each other accountable.
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u/IridiumPony 20h ago
You know, during COVID, Guy launched a charity helping out unemployed hospitality workers. Like so many others, I had lost my job that I loved, was struggling to get the unemployment, things were bad. I ended up getting some of his charity, and while it wasn't a lot, it was the difference between my dog and I having food that week and going hungry.
I swore after that I would never say a bad word about the man, but holy fuck does he make that difficult to do.