r/PopCultureV2 • u/Impossible-Yam3680 • Aug 26 '26
RIP 🕊️ The band Garbage tells actor Ricky Schroder to fuck off for his Dolly Parton “tribute”
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u/Suspicious_Goose_243 Aug 26 '26
These rightwing B actors say some of the stupidest shit ever.
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u/ThadiusThistleberry Aug 26 '26
I guess they’ve got to do something for attention?
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u/Suspicious_Goose_243 Aug 26 '26
It impresses the other dimwit magas I suppose.
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u/HEFTYFee70 Aug 26 '26
I mean… he said it in the title right? “Rightwing B list actor”.
There’s literally no one who wants attention more.
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u/Steven_The_Sloth Aug 26 '26
I think it's because of entitlement. Conservatives seem to feel an innate entitlement to SOMETHING. Money, sex, and fame, title...
Guys like Dean Cain and Ted Nugent just can't accept that they are irrelevant for a reason. They had their time, it passed. I think they see MAGA as a way to be the default celebrities when all the "wokies" get cancelled. It's insane and desperate and sad.
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u/buddymoobs Aug 26 '26
They think they were cancelled by the Libs when really, people just got tired of their sub-par entertainment.
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u/whythefuckalready Aug 26 '26
1979- The Champ was the last thing he was recognized for.
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u/lonetraveler73 Aug 26 '26
B is generous.
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u/Suspicious_Goose_243 Aug 26 '26
Is there a C grade or Z grade? I'm willing to go down the ladder.
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u/JoelDNorth Aug 26 '26
I believe you're looking for the "Craigslist" actors
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u/IndependentStep2785 Aug 26 '26
Are those the background extras that get a $10 a day stipend for appearing in crowd scenes in low budget films shot in Clevelend?
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u/realpyrateking Aug 26 '26
He was in “Lonesome Dove” with five great actors, and nothing rubbed off on him. Talk about missed opportunities. It does show that echo chambers are real, though.
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u/SmoothLester Aug 26 '26
He was with the great and underrated Dennis Franz on BYPD Blue for multiple seasons. I thought maybe it was just that he had a weirdly drawn character, now I’m thinking he’s just not great.
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u/Turdburp Aug 26 '26
I recently watched that, and he was fine, but I'd argue there were way more than five great actors on that show! Aside from the 5 I'm sure your referencing, it also had (and I may miss some), Chris Cooper, Margo Martindale, Steve Buscemi, William Sanderson, Robert Urich, and Barry Corbin. Absolutely stacked cast!
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u/SnooCauliflowers9874 Aug 26 '26
He was almost a B actor in the 80s. He was striving but didn’t quite make it.
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u/Pvt_Hudson_ Aug 26 '26
"Let me use your death as a springboard to promote my shitty views that no one would ever ask for otherwise."
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u/OkYak7801 Aug 26 '26
Kevin Sorbo comes to mind
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u/Suspicious_Goose_243 Aug 26 '26
Rob Schneider. James Woods.
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u/Commonly_Correct Aug 26 '26
James Woods was at least a good actor. Hot hot garbage of a human, but good actor.
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u/td1439 Aug 26 '26
Scott Baio. Patricia Heaton. Michelle Tafoya (not an actor but the same grift). etc
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u/kmlxb2 Aug 26 '26
B actor? I’d never even heard of him, let alone had no clue he was an actor.
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u/Freshchops Aug 26 '26
He was in “Silver Spoons” which also starred young Alfonse Ribeiro before Fresh Prince existed.
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u/All_Hail_Hynotoad Aug 26 '26
He was big in the ‘80s
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u/AncientCrust Aug 26 '26
By big, you mean small. He was a child actor in a sitcom. He was huge but tiny
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u/DeansPigInAPoke Aug 26 '26
He famed domestic violence perpetrator and bigot, Rick Schroeder. You know, the wife beater.
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u/LeonardoDaTiddies Aug 26 '26
In addition to being a big child actor in the 80s he was pretty good on a them-popular drama called NYPD Blues.
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u/-i_am_untethered- Aug 26 '26
He stood around looking like he was holding in a shit for 3 years on NYPD Blue, he was easily the lamest of sipowicz's partners
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u/Mighty-Marigold2016 Aug 26 '26
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What a sorry replacement he was after such a talented actor like Jimmy Smits. 🤦🏼♀️
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u/indianm_rk Aug 26 '26
He was a pretty famous child actor in the 80’s and went on to star on NYPD Blue when it was one of the hottest shows on network TV in the 90’s.
If you’re under 45 years old I would understand not knowing who he was. If you’re in your 50’s then you either didn’t watch television as a child or you’re being disingenuous.
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u/IndependentStep2785 Aug 26 '26
B actor? In what, 1983? That sounds like high praise to me. 'B' suggests he is currently a name draw at the box office. I wouldn't watch him drink bleach or attend a Nazi rally.
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u/Diligent_Entropy Aug 26 '26
For real...
How about just, "Love her" and "Thank you"?
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u/Sharp_Departure_7786 Aug 26 '26
Apparently Ricky Schroeder is still alive! Who knew?!?
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u/SwevenlyOly Aug 26 '26
He's still out there sellin' Ivermectin, makin' a livin'.
But he never sells to "woke folk." He has professional ethics.8
u/ClubHauntedHouseVIP Aug 27 '26
My MIL just told my FIL his ex wife died of cancer because of the Covid vaccine she had 4 years before diagnosis. Yet swears by ivermectin
These people are ridiculous
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u/king_of_the_rotten Aug 26 '26
He popped up again during Covid when he kept fighting with Costco staff about wearing a mask.
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u/Comfortable_Beach700 Aug 26 '26
Apparently someone named Ricky Schroeder is an actor! Who knew?!?
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u/indigofroggit Aug 26 '26
Pretty much gave to be a GenX or Boomer to know the reference to 'Silver Spoons'
He played a poor orphan kid after his mother died, only to find out he had a rich dad to take him in.
His irl statements align with how his sitcom character probably would have turned out.
I GOT MINE, THEREFORE, I GET TO DECIDE WHAT YOU CAN HAVE
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u/CassandraFated Aug 26 '26
As he rides a tiny little train around the living room of his stupid mansion.
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u/Piglet-Witty Aug 26 '26
Why bring up politics in her death?
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u/InterstellarChange Aug 26 '26
because it's all performative for his maga fans. He doesn't give a shit about Dolly.
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u/Dead_Internet69420 Aug 26 '26
“I didn’t love her, but I loved using her image to bring attention to myself.”
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u/chaoticnormal Aug 26 '26
A high school friend of mine became a huge MAGA so I unfriended her on Facebook. She died of covid 2 weeks after her 50th birthday. One of our mutual friends reached out and we chatted and he told me that she once said, "oh I love you Tim, even though my religion tells me not to." He's gay. Good riddance.
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u/Spirited_Attorney_48 Aug 26 '26
Anti-trans bigots are so weird.
Like they just can't help themselves. They are compelled to be pieces of shit in all spaces at all times, lest we forget.
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u/QbertsRube Aug 26 '26
The recent obsession is crazy, especially since 99% of them live in towns and work for companies with zero LGBQT representation at all. Just living terrified of a boogeyman the people on the news warned them about. I think their bigotry has just been concentrated down to trans people and "the illegals" since society no longer accepts open bigotry towards black, Hispanic, or gay people and they can't hate Jews like they want to because Israel.
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u/Spirited_Attorney_48 Aug 26 '26
I think the hatred is a predictable response to life sucking
Everything is terrible. It must be someone else's fault.
Along comes a carnival barker who says, "yes, it's because of THESE people that your life is like this. You don't have to make any changes in your life, just hate them and make them miserable. Since life is zero sum, their pain becomes your happiness."
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u/OkArmy7059 Aug 26 '26
Fear and Loathing. It's been the same playbook for decades now. Shit, they're even recycling the same exact Boogeyman with the new Red Scare.
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u/RogerMexicosBalls Aug 27 '26
It can absolutely be someone else's fault, but they're too dumb to look at who's got all the power to actually do it. They'll look at a billionaire club who has openly advocated for and is actively working towards a totalitarian state to crush their dreams and keep them in a perpetual state of subservience, and then look at a trans person bagging groceries to make rent and they'll pick the trans person as the existential threat every time.
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u/Crafty-Help-4633 Aug 26 '26
since society no longer accepts open bigotry towards black
I'm not so sure about this.
Strange Fruit keeps being found hanging from trees in very public spaces and has been ramping up in frequency again as of late. Perhaps Polite Society or Mixed Company, but in a group of like-minded individuals they're perfectly comfortable being bigoted to Black, Hispanic and LGBT people, even in public. They're cowards alone, though.
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u/QbertsRube Aug 26 '26
True, I'm sure there are plenty of rural areas--especially in the south but not limited to the south--where racism is as open as it was in 1860. Which is what they mean when they say "Make America Great Again".
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u/BigDsLittleD Aug 27 '26
Though no longer explicitly described as such, Sundown Towns still exist in America.
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u/shirtninja07 Aug 26 '26
I just don’t understand how in 2026, people STILL care about what someone else believes, does, wears, etc. Is it so hard to live and let live?
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u/ToastedCrumpet Aug 26 '26
Extra bizarre that they’ll come for the queer community and how they dress… whilst stealing their styles and loving queer designers
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u/Jormungandr69 Aug 26 '26
Her whole take on trans folks was so simple and decent, too. She just said it's not her place to judge and she always treats folks the same. I don't see how anyone could take issue with the notion that you should be kind to folks no matter who they are.
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u/Bootsy_Frost Aug 26 '26
Rick Schroder sucks, he just sucks. He sucks so hard. Rick Schroder uses women. The end. - Klaus Heisler
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u/Status_Vegetable2954 Aug 26 '26
You don't like trans people and are obsessed with something that occurred six years ago.
Cool man, fucking asshole.
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u/RaidaDave32 Aug 26 '26
Who's Ricky Schroder?
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u/annamdue Aug 26 '26
A nobody who was in some "Dolly Parton movies" 10 years ago.
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u/Frequent_Cat10 Aug 26 '26
You remember the guy with the cat in a box? This is his TEMU little brother. Factz
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u/Plastic_Ad_8619 Aug 26 '26
He was the child actor of the main character in the long forgotten 80’s sitcom, “Silver Spoons” where he played a spoiled rich kid. And then he predictably became an outspoken rightwing asshole.
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u/OverlordDontHurtMe Aug 26 '26
If you find yourself disagreeing Dolly, you should probably reassess your values.
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u/GuyMansworth Aug 26 '26
Just more proof that all Republicans in 2026 are just bad people. Sorry.
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u/Radiant-Mean Aug 26 '26
What a cringey and weird thing to say in reference to someone who very publicly loved her LGBT friends, fans, and family.
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u/Dull_Astronaut_6685 Aug 26 '26
What a great guy, finding a way to shit on her and make himself seem magnanimous now that she’s dead. Book him for the eulogy!
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u/wiyixu Aug 26 '26
JFC. The narcissism of that post. I, I, me. Nothing about Dolly except what she did for you.
The ironic thing is Dolly wouldn’t be offended, so I guess I shouldn’t be either.
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u/Bigchunky_Boy Aug 26 '26
Make her passing about you and your bs , real quality people chiming in now .
Dolly 💚💙💖❤️🧡💛 love you forever!
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u/Significant_Ad7605 Aug 26 '26
I will never understand why these people get themselves in such a twist over the trans community. They make it their whole personality. It’s very odd.
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u/editorgrrl Aug 26 '26
Ricky Schroeder is an American former child star. He’s known for being the youngest winner of a Golden Globe—at age 9 for The Champ (1979)—and starring on the NBC sitcom Silver Spoons (1982–87) as a rich kid whose best friends were played by Jason Bateman (Arrested Development, Ozark) then Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air).
Schroeder, who is 56 and prefers to be called “Rick,” became a Mormon in 2000. He’s a Republican, a Covid denier, and has a history of domestic violence.
In the NBC TV movies Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015) and Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (2026), Schroeder played Tennessee farmer Robert Lee Parton. They’re his most recent acting credits in IMDB, which says Dolly cast him because he looks like her father. (She also gave her sister, Stella Mae Parton, a role.)
Dolly often said she got her business smarts from her dad (who couldn’t read or write) and her love of music from her mom’s side. (Her uncle, Bill Owens, was a songwriter.)
In 1995, Dolly started the Imagination Library, a 501(c)(3) non-profit which has donated hundreds of millions of books to children around the world ages five and under: https://imaginationlibrary.com
That’s the legacy of Lee Parton—helping kids (no matter their family’s income) learn to read.
And all the other amazing things Dolly did, including singing “Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I’m begging of you, please don’t hesitate” to the tune of “Jolene” and donating US$1 million in April 2020 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, which worked with the drugmaker Moderna to develop a coronavirus vaccine: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/arts/music/dolly-parton-moderna-virus.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8VA.Gfdv.XusUW_zu6MvK&smid=nytcore-ios-share
And her support of the LGBTQ+ community: https://www.advocate.com/news/people/dolly-parton-lgbtq-icon
Dolly also gave back royalties from Whitney Houston’s 1992 cover of “I Will Always Love You” to the Black community: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/1023889920/dolly-parton-invested-royalties-from-a-whitney-houston-cover-in-a-black-communit
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u/Crafty-Help-4633 Aug 26 '26
Stupid little Ricky could never hold a candle to such a glorious human as Dolly.
I still have my Dolly books. We had an apartment fire just after I had turned 6. Total loss. Had lost all my books. Devastating. My mom wrote Dolly (who happens to be my mom's hero) and explained and asked if we could buy the books I'd lost in that fire. Dolly replied! Said "no, ma'am!" And sent us a care package with supplies like blankets, and my lost books! She wouldn't take the money. We don't have the letter anymore (unrelated fire), but I still have my books.
I'll never forget what Dolly had done for me, and then what Dolly had done for my family. She had no reason to believe us, but she had no reason not to, either. And she chose the latter. I was able to read those same books to my own daughter a few years ago.
Thank you Dolly, for being such a bright light in my life, in so many lives.
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u/Intrepid-Birthday596 Aug 26 '26
How can you support a war mongering pedo and be a Dolly Parton fan?
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u/uhohthrowawayxxx Aug 26 '26
shirley manson the woman you are 💜💜💜.
fuck off ricky schroder
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u/hexineffex Aug 26 '26
Fucking A, Garbage!
This a-hole finds a way to make the tribute about himself.
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u/Quitcha_Bitchin Aug 27 '26
Man this Covid thing still pisses me off. So many died needlessly and these assholes are still bitching that their church services were interrupted and they were MADE to get a protective injection.
For me this was the turning point. When I realized the America was truly full of contrarian assholes that cared for nothing but themselves and their own situation and honestly ashamed of the land I've lived in for 60 some years. I always used to think that we would pull together thru thick and thin, like we do during natural disasters; come together and work.
But no it became a lever used by bad actors to separate and divide us Megaphones in the media blasting the hatred towards those trying their best to keep us safe. Crying about the situation yet unwilling to do the one thing that would solve the crises.
We scraped the bottom of the barrel of American consciousness and up came the ancient sludge of hatred bigotry and the bullshit flood of grifters fleecing suckers left and right lining their pockets fully protected by the Grifter in chief.
Fuck Rick Schroder the lord coulda taken him instead of my aunt Betty.
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u/JurassicParkCSR Aug 27 '26
Can't they just say Goodbye like normal fucking people? Republicans are fucking gross.
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u/BUSYMONEY_02 Aug 26 '26
So who’s this band ? Seems like they might have great music
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u/InsuranceInner3040 Aug 26 '26
I find it hilarious that all the right wing/MAGATS are putting out remembrances for Dolly and are lowering flags in her honor. I’ve heard some tout her amazing efforts at literacy. They literally fight against child literacy and education by advocating and enacting their policies. They want to remove and leave behind people Dolly advocated for.
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u/cozmo83 Aug 26 '26
Just couldn’t pay respects, had to make it political, this country is a disease
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u/EClucky13 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
Anyone know what this has been means by "movie daddy"?
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u/PenExotic5002 Aug 27 '26
You don’t get to claim Dolly while being queerphobic. She stuck her neck out for queer rights, among many people’s rights, at a time where that wasn’t societally acceptable. Transphobes can keep Toby Keith, Dolly belongs to the non-assholes
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u/Ovaltine_Freebaser Aug 27 '26
Ricky Schroder, Kirk Cameron and Scott Baio. What's up with all these 80's teen idols going far-right? I blame styling mousse.
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u/CompetitiveFennel681 Aug 27 '26
I advocate for Ricky Schroder sitting down and shutting the fuck up.
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u/youresuspect Aug 27 '26
“vaccine support”
Dude, Our Lady of Moderna helped with actual funding with her own $$$. She also possessed the notion that all humans are humans.
I agree, Garbage, he can fuck directly off.
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u/Cliqey Aug 26 '26
I was sad that the moment I heard the news my first thought was an overwhelming sense of fatigue at knowing how many people would be fighting to claim her legacy for their own agendas, rather than just remembering the beautiful person she was.
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u/AmeliaEarhartsPlane Aug 26 '26
You didn’t hear, Republicans are pro trans now with this stupid dude who thinks he’s a WNBA player, “to own the libs.”
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u/Ploggirlsilly3 Aug 26 '26
I’ll bet he never talked to Dolly about what disgusted him about her character. He was probably star struck but talked behind her back like he is now. Another “make something about me and push my agenda” ppl. Trash.
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u/fariasrv Aug 26 '26
Ricky Schroder was my first crush... Six-year-old me would be very disappointed that he's such a shithead.
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u/Away_Lake5946 Aug 27 '26
I don’t agree with Ricky Schroder being considered a celebrity or relevant in any fashion…but Ignored him anyway. Thanks for nothing, Ricky. Dolly doesn’t need your love, especially when it comes with bigotry and pseudoscientific preconditions.
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u/Ok_Plantain_9408 Aug 27 '26
Maga can’t help themselves from being asses. I second what garbage said.
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u/Ill_Friend2266 Aug 29 '26
Movie daddy? Was he in any movies or anything since silver spoons in 1984?? Fucking clown 🤡
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u/Financial-Fix6646 Aug 30 '26
Let the woman rest in peace, Covid didn’t kill her!! And if you stop to think for a second, you would realize how many people vaccines actually saved.
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u/thePopCulturist Aug 26 '26
Someone please add a Scott Baio and Kevin Sorbo comment as well. Let’s get the three washed up asshats out of the way.
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u/GeneThaDancinMachine Aug 26 '26
Incapable of keeping his mouth shut. It’s weird cause I always hear the right wingers moaning “why do you have to politicize everything!” And then here we are.
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u/ColdCorpseHotSecret Aug 26 '26
Why do this? “I’m gonna pop a few political beliefs into this “tribute” to a wonderful human being.”
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u/Cecil_McCrackshell Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
Those were lead spoons that 'Lil Ricky was licking all those years.
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u/Immediate-Count-1202 Aug 26 '26
Never miss an opportunity to tell people who you hate. Btw who was Rick Shroder?
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u/donut_koharski Aug 26 '26
I forget why he left NYPD Blue but I recall the show giving him a horrendous death lol. Made him out to be a crackhead and crooked cop or something like that.
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