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[-] theparadox@lemmy.world 72 points 4 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.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 58 points 4 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.

[-] SeedyOne@lemm.ee 28 points 4 months ago

That and she often dunks on Sorbo, what a queen.

[-] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

And My Life is Murder!

[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 32 points 4 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.

[-] theparadox@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Not only is he a scab shit but he's racist as well. You can listen right now to a recording of him saying he's not going to let his daughter marry a n-

[-] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 months ago

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

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

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

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