5 Celebrities Who’ve Got State Hate!
Posted by: Olivia Allin
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4:00PM, Tuesday September 22nd 2009
Danielle Staub of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” has some serious beef with Jennifer Aniston. Aniston was recently a guest on “Chelsea Lately” to talk about her flick “The Bounty,” which was filmed in Atlantic City, New Jersey. At one point during the show, Aniston quipped simply, “What is with that smell?” This got Staub very riled up. She ranted to Us Weekly, “Why don’t you see more of New Jersey before you say it smells? If it were so bad, I wouldn’t be living here for 22 years. I will personalize a tour and take her to a fabulous lunch on me afterwards, all homemade Italian food, and a tour of all the wonderfully smelling places in New Jersey.” [NY Daily News]
I get the state pride, but who cares if someone thinks your state smells? Real Housewives, that’s who. But Aniston isn’t the only celeb to speak ill of a state or city. Here are a few other celebs who totally hate America, kinda!
- In October 2006 Sienna Miller was filming “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh” and told Rolling Stone that she refers to the town as “Sh*tsburgh.” In the article, she says, “Can you believe this is my life? Will you pity me when you’re back in your funky New York apartment and I’m still in Pittsburgh? I need to get more glamorous films.” The mayor guessed that Sienna probably hasn’t had the chance to enjoy the city. “If she would have, I think she would have found that Pittsburgh is a great place to live,” he said. [Pittsburgh Live] — But many of the residents of Pittsburgh seem to agree with Sienna. One said, “She’s wrong. It’s Psycho-burg.” Thanks for the correction!
- Megan Fox, who is known for never offending anyone, was once asked in an interview whether she would like to stop Megatron from destroying earth. She responded, “God! That’s a question I don’t have an answer for…I think I would make a deal with him and say instead of the entire planet, can you just take out all of the white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating people in Middle America?” [Gossip Rocks] — I really appreciate that Fox has absolutely no filter.
- Even though Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz live in Los Angeles, they’re not down to raise their babies there. “Once you have a kid it’s a little bit different,” said Pete. “You’re more protective. You want them to have a normal life, or as normal as possible. We’re going to figure out moving somewhere that’s a little less public. But we still got to be close enough where we can work. There’ll be too many paparazzi and you’ll get mobbed. You’re just trying to protect your wife or your kid. It’s just frustrating.” [Monsters And Critics] — Obviously, Pete hates Los Angeles. Actually, I don’t blame him at all. Yesterday I saw a dozen paps stalking the Madden brothers and they’re hardly famous!
- Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes fame didn’t make friends in Texas when, at a sold-out concert in Fort Worth, the musician said, “I don’t know if you know this, but I hate your f***ing state. I’d put a f***ing gun to my head before I’d live in your state.” But then he told his audience that they weren’t normal Texans since they were enjoying his music, and went on to add, ” ... if you were a normal Texan, you’d probably be roping steers and raping Indians.” [FREEwilliamsburg] — Geez Conor, they’re called Native Americans.
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effing hickster
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 03:15 pm: [report]
Since she lives there, Danielle’s nose is quite likely desensitized, while Jennifer’s is not. It only takes a couple of weeks away from a place like Jersey or Chicago to recognize a certain odor when you return.
And areas that have paper mills or huge pig farms? Ugh.
SCRMOM
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 03:16 pm: [report]
@eh: Wait…what are you talking about with odor in Chicago?
Jenn27549
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 03:20 pm: [report]
WOW. I don’t care where they are, its very dangerous to tell a room full of Texans that you hate their state. Very WOW. Glad he’s still alive. Or not, since I’m a Native Texan.
writergirl
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 03:27 pm: [report]
But…New Jersey does smell. I lived in Jersey most of my life and it smells! There are two possible smells JA was referring too. One was the “Bay” smell, aka “the ass smell”. AC, like all of the shore towns in southern Jersey, is narrow. Bay on one side, ocean on the other. If the day is hot, humid and the breeze is coming off the bay side—it stinks, even near the ocean! The second smell could just be AC itself. It’s a cess pool. But in general, AC, during the summer smells like the subway in NYC in a day with 100 degree/120% humidity…
effing hickster
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 03:29 pm: [report]
Well, many Austinites believe some of the state of Texas is quite conservative and sad to say, intellectually challenged.
All it takes is to get within 10 miles of Chicago, and it sets off my asthma. I also do recognize the smell as I approach it.
bumbler
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 03:31 pm: [report]
I grew up 15 minutes outside of AC in Galloway and yes the city itself smells during low tide in the bays. On shore we never had that problem. NJ does kind of have a bad rap, there is a lot there besides cancer alley. Taking a drive on 40 through South Jersey is like being somewhere in Iowa. Cornfields and small, rural towns as far as the eye can see.
GreenAura
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 04:00 pm: [report]
I live in a town I loathe. The population consists of uber conservative, bible thumping rednecks who ALL drive huge trucks that spew obscene amounts of black exhaust from their tailpipes. I plan on moving once my schooling is complete. Also, joyy not sure if you will read this, but there is an area in your beautiful little town that smells like dog food during the summer. Compliments of the Purina plant. Not sure if you are desensitized to it, but I was up there last summer and it was pretty strong. But only in that one part of town. The rest of it is lovely!
Goldfinch86
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 04:23 pm: [report]
I’m not trying to be a jerk, but hating on New Jersey is fun and easy, it’s NJ. Everyone I know makes jokes about it, and the type of people that live there. It’s not her being mean, it’s just a joke, if you would like you make fun of the rednecks that reside in the rest of New York State if it makes people feel better. Once you get about 4 hours north of Pennsylvania in the west we are pretty much inbred hicks. Every state has something, NJ is just pretty much the whole joke, just like Texas.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 04:28 pm: [report]
It’s only because most people just drive through NJ. Where I’m from we have horse farms, parks, and lots of open spaces.
Sofjna
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 09:35 pm: [report]
@writergril: Atlantic City does not smell as bad as the subway. I live in AC (well, Brigantine, which the only way in or out of is to drive through AC) and it’s been getting quite the clean up. It doesn’t smell anywhere near as bad as Jersey City. Sorry Cheesy, but that town f*cking reeks! I’ll take the stench of low tide over the putrid funk of the city anyday. Beisdes, I love how I can smell the ocean in the air, especially on a humid night like tonight. Jennifer Anniston can go choke on her smog ridden LA air.
effing hickster
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 09:40 pm: [report]
It looks like anyplace in the U.S. has its disadvantages. Smog and fires in California, tornadoes in the midwest, flooding and hurricanes in the southeast, unbearable heat in the southwest, snowstorms in the northeast, too much rain in the northwest. Even people in beautiful Hawaii have to deal with losing their homes to earthquakes and volcanoes. Pick your poison.
alexadean
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 09:58 pm: [report]
ok, so i dont wanna ruuush to jen aniston’s defense, but if you actually saw the clip i’m pretty sure she wasn’t talking about ac specifically, in fact she mentioned the drive from nyc to nj. and if you’re from northern parts of jersey like me, i think we all know exactly what she’s talking about. i’m talking newark airport / jersey city area, 1 & 9, by all the factories. i will defend jersey through and through, but you can’t deny it… there is quite a bit of that drive that is not pleasant.
joyy
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 10:22 pm: [report]
I was living in Pittsburgh when Sienna dipshit dropped that gem, and let me tell you first hand: the consensus among ‘burghers was NOT that we agreed with her. Pittsburgh (like anywhere) has ups and downs, but overall it actually is a great place to live. Amazing food scene, super affordable housing, lots of culture (thanks to the thriving multi-university scene), and a booming art culture. I mean it’s obviously NOT London or NYC, but there’s a great variety of things available - you’d have to be pretty boring to not find SOMETHING you enjoyed there. And besides - if she didn’t want to be in Pittsburgh, why the hell did she take a part in a film called “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh”?
@GreenAura - yes, the east side over by the mall smells rank like dogfood, I know! I live near downtown and work on the west side though, so I rarely have to put up with it. Surprisingly, most days the wind keeps the smell off much of the other east-side neighborhoods (so I’m told) so it’s really just the industrial and retail zones that get it really bad.
joyy
wrote on September 22 2009 @ 10:27 pm: [report]
@effing hickster - not all of the southwest is plagued by unbearable heat! I live in Arizona, and our local news radio forecast a freeze warning for tonight.
effing hickster
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 03:23 am: [report]
@joyy: Okay, blanket statement. Unbearable heat in the middle of the summer, when it’s not nighttime due to the lack of moisture in the air. Tornadoes in the midwest, but only during tornado season. Etc. Etc.
BlueVibe
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 09:56 am: [report]
As I read that, Jennifer Aniston did not say Jersey smelled: She asked what that particular smell was. Not exactly classy, but Ms. Staub seems to have a chip on her shoulder. If she wants to show how classy Jersey can be (my mother is a Jersey native with plenty of class) she shouldn’t go off on not-really-insults.
As for Texas: I’m from Texas and we don’t need Conor Oberst, anyway. It’s a big state and there’s room for all kinds of people, not just bigots and homophobes. But if jerks like that have that image of us, we won’t have to worry about them visiting and spoiling it, will we? Furthermore, Mr. Oberst is from Nebraska, as if Nebraska wasn’t also an agricultural state that was taken away from Native Americans, which means he’s either ignorant or hypocritical in addition to being a twerp.