• theparadox@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    As a nerdy kid with longish hair and few male role models, I really, really looked up to this guy. Hercules, Xena, Kull, and then Andromeda.

    He fell off my radar for a while but I was pleasantly entertained when I found him in the Mythica series. I’d always thought well of him.

    Eventually I heard about God Is Not Dead and looked into the rest of his more right wing work… Its really heartbreaking when people you respected or even idolized as a kid turn out to be so… gross and just… weird.

    Now he again pops up on my radar with stupid shit like this. So sad.

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      3 months ago

      Sucks about Sorbo, but thankfully Lucy Lawless (Xena) is still cool af. If you haven’t seen her in Ash vs Evil Dead, check it out! Good stuff.

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      3 months ago

      When I was a kid I had a pillow version of Hulk Hogan. Now he’s taking pictures and shaking hands with literal nazis.

      “Never meet your heroes” applies to just getting to know who they are from a distance too unfortunately.

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        3 months ago

        Oh man. While I was never a huge fan, I had the Tonka Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior Plush/Pillow things. Is that what you mean?

        Yeah, Hogan is another guy who is just nuts. I think he’s always been a piece of shit. I heard he notified management of Ventura’s talk of a wrestler’s union which killed it before it could gain any traction.

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      3 months ago

      It really is. Guy had the opportunity to be great, but got sick. Like losing an aging parent to Fox.

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      3 months ago

      May you not live long enough to see and watch your heroes become villains.