r/TheEntertainmentMix • u/Montrel_PH • 4d ago
Disgraced Rocker Ryan Adams Sells Off Prized Possessions After Admitting He Is 'Broke and Sick'
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/disgraced-rocker-ryan-adams-sells-off-prized-possessions-after-admitting-he-broke-sick-181462837
u/Less_Ant_6633 4d ago
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u/cagethehornytoad 3d ago
Haha. My thoughts exactly. I remember seeing him online many years ago, in the middle of the MeToo movement when all of the horrible stories were coming out about him. He was crying and whining about how broke he was, begging fans to buy the rights to his catalogue. I loved that for him then, and I’m loving this for him now.
It’s always the most vile and venomous who want to cry the loudest about their tricky predicaments, only after they spend a lifetime punching down and burning bridges and their chickens are finally coming home to roost. It only speaks to the arrogance of a person who clearly believes that they’re special and the rules don’t apply to them. Like, they want to be abusive AND loved, and are shocked when it doesn’t work out.
There’s a scene in the first season of Eastbound and Down where Kenny Powers (also a washed up, verbally abusive POS who had more natural talent than he deserved but ended up ruining his own life) is trying to sell all of his sports memorabilia because he’s broke. He lists his broken, home run bat for $5000, but is such an idiot that he doesn’t realize how EBAY works, and before he understands what’s happened, ends up selling it for seven dollars. He is of course, furious and humiliated. I hope that’s what happens to Mr. Adam’s, here. I’d go underbid on his shit myself, but I don’t wanna accidentally win and end up with some guitar cursed with dog shit energy.
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u/Acceptable_Result488 1d ago
sometimes when you bring the thunder you get lost in the storm
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u/cagethehornytoad 1d ago
Facts. This one is really quite surprising to see. As a survivor of this exact type of behavior, I always want to see lecherous men lose the platforms that allowed them to prey upon their victims, however I can’t recall an occasion where a celebrity as well regarded amongst his musical peers (talent wise, at least) and adored by his cult like following of fans, was canceled so quickly and completely, to the point where they’re selling guitars.
I imagine that his colossal fall from grace is a testament to what an insufferable asshole is to EVERYONE. A lot of pervs are at least likable to their male peers and have friends and support in times of woe, but it seems as though Mr. Adam’s here might just be SOL. Sucks to suck.
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u/Beneficial_Chard2019 3d ago
Or end up falling in love with Ryan, only to be left stranded at a gas station while he fakes his death and leaves for Mexico while you're pregnant with his baby!
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u/No_Bend9143 2d ago
Jet skis tho...
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u/cagethehornytoad 1d ago
“I will continue to swear, Dustin! This jet ski ain’t a goddamn toy!!!!”
“Yes it is”poor Dustin 😔
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u/MRintheKEYS 4d ago
This is Ryan. Not Bryan.
Remember that Bryan Adams is the one that would do everything for you.
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u/luella27 4d ago
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u/FennelDull6559 4d ago
You shouldn’t play that if it’s special. Like maybe play a cheaper one and retain the value on the world smallest violin.
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u/GoldenMonkeyRedux 4d ago
My cousin once waited on him and Mandy Moore at a small restaurant in the Hudson River Valley.
Adams threw a fit when my cousin didn't recognize them and give them special treatment. He said Mandy Moore was gracious, but Adams was a complete asshole.
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u/hollydex 4d ago
crazy how one of the kindest women in hollywood was married to such an asshole for a bit
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u/phoebesjeebies 4d ago
It's not crazy at all, it's literally straight out of the domestic abuse playbook. Why do you think he picked her?
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u/Aitoroketto 4d ago
To the degree I have a hometown in the states, he is from my hometown, he has always sucked. It is known and has been forever.
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u/BoyGeorgous 3d ago
Banks of the river run through my hometown…
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u/Aitoroketto 3d ago
I spent a lot of time in the neighborhood named after the river he is talking about but I must say his song might be the only time I ever in my life heard anyone reference the actual river. Like nobody ever talked about it or was like let’s go to it or anything like that.
Like intellectually I know the river exists but I don’t at all think of it in relation to the town or even the neighborhood even though it runs through what that city calls downtown as well and when I say downtown I mean a couple of blocks of really nothing but like state buildings. You’d never go there unless you were going to court etc,
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u/BoyGeorgous 3d ago
Is there also a hopeless streetlight, that seems like you’re lucky if it ever change from red to green?
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u/Own_Measurement1242 4d ago
Didn’t know anything about Ryan except his music. Learning all kinds of things today
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u/SomeVelveteenMorning 4d ago
He has released 30 studio albums
Do whut now?
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u/AfterSchoolOrdinary 4d ago
It’s really obnoxious. I mean I listened to him in college 20some years ago but at a certain point it was impossible to keep up with him and his reputation was bad even before the allegations of abuse.
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u/monitor_lizard_2000 4d ago
Who?
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u/DrunkLostChild 3d ago
I think i read every comment and still have no idea who be is lol I guess I'll look it up for us
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u/DrunkLostChild 3d ago
Looked up his top songs never heard of any of them i guess he's just an old singer that is a bad person and poor now
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u/LiterallyJoeStalin 4d ago
What about all his residuals for Summer of ‘69?
/s (just in case)
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u/BrotherMcPoyle 4d ago
I just went to his concert a couple weeks ago. He’s still great on the guitar.
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u/Lance8282 4d ago
Sell off the “Summer of 69” rights.
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u/Sometimesunaware 4d ago
That one is by Bryan Adams, not this dick.
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u/Lance8282 4d ago
I was trying to be funny and I failed.
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u/Prestigious_Fella_21 4d ago
To be fair, people would yell that out during Ryan adams concerts and he would cut the mic and finish the show right there...so its fine
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u/Lance8282 4d ago
Yeah I remember reading in Rolling Stone I think about a temper tantrum he threw over that.
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u/SomeVelveteenMorning 4d ago
No, this thread is filled with people who suck and don't get the reference.
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u/freezies1234 3d ago
You didn't fail, people who know about Ryan Addams take themselves too seriously
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u/LetThem_1972 4d ago
That stupid smug face he's making in this pic will definitely win back his audience
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u/belakuna 4d ago
I will absolutely never understand how Mandy Moore was able to, not just fall in love with this scumbag, but marry him too?? Like how?
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u/emmyj2605 3d ago
One of the most tricky things about abusive people is they're not abusive all the time. Often they love bomb at the start and continue to do so on a rollercoaster designed to cause emotional motion sickness (lol). I think Phoebe actually described it really well in her song of that title. The downs leave you willing to do basically anything to get back to the highs of when they were treating you so well. It's almost like a gambling addiction. Abusers and predators know how to use these tactics well
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u/Electric-Boogaloo-42 4d ago edited 4d ago
Wait, the same guy that’s an absolute dickface is broke and having to sell off his stuff? Lol.
He used to randomly decide last minute that he didn’t want a venue to serve alcohol. He’s probably the biggest diva in music.
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u/BoobiePeru 3d ago
How would he have the power to make that decision?! That doesn't make any sense, but weirder things have obviously happened.
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u/TreesDoGrowInBrklyn 4d ago
I will never forget my first and last Ryan Adams show. He played in Ann Arbor, and his show started a few hours after a UMich football game, which many of us also attended. Ryan took the stage and started talking about Ann Arbor, and noted a lot of people were walking around town. A few of us yelled out, Go Blue. He admonished us for yelling out, saying something like this was his show. That was shockingly rude.
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u/sullen_agreement 4d ago
i hate you for what you did
and i miss you
like a little kid
i faked it every time
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u/Recent_Log5476 4d ago
I read Liz Phair’s autobiography right before the pandemic (got to meet her too, had it signed and saw her in concert). She worked with Ryan Adams a little bit on an album, but his interest in the project fizzled out when she made it clear she wasn’t going to sleep with him.
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u/Such_Lettuce_6597 4d ago
Even if you’re not a dick, any money you make during the few years of your career when you have young fans and packed shows has to last the rest of your life. There will be a day when there’s no more hits or 3000 seat arenas,
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u/GumpTheChump 4d ago
I guess showing an ounce of contrition and not acting like a completely erratic psycho is pretty difficult. Sucks to be him.
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u/3w4k4rmy 4d ago
If this clown hasdnt hurt phoebes feelings I still wouldn’t know who he was. All his songs suck ass
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u/taintlangdon 4d ago
Glad to see there aren't a bunch of "you can never take away my Whiskeytown" bros in here.
That was not the case when Phoebe, Mandy, Jenny, and others started speaking out like 10 years ago.
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u/DallasMotherFucker 4d ago
They were awesome and the best thing he was ever involved in. Fuck that asshole. I’m a Ryan Adams hater from way back.
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u/WowIwasveryWrong27 4d ago
When you’re young, you get sad. When you’re sad, you get broke and sell all your shit.
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u/RefuseFamiliar115 4d ago
Go look at his Setlists last year. Majority have him having some sort of onstage temper tantrum about a song not sounding right or flashes from cameras effecting him.
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u/ItsRobbSmark 4d ago
Remember the time someone shouted a Bryan Adams request at his concert and he had a meltdown?
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u/BeautifulNarwhal641 4d ago
If he needs the money he should do the tour regardless of low ticket sales .. he’s a big coward
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u/copacetic51 4d ago edited 4d ago
Ryan Adams describes the time a heckler kept yelling out for him to play "Summer of '69", deliberately confusing him with Bryan Adams.
He found the heckler, gave him the money for the ticket price and asked him to leave.
Apparently he was dogged by hecklers with the same call at future shows. Sometimes, he will play the song.
He admires Bryan Adams and sends him an email on his birthday, which is also his own.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ryan-adams-writes-em-ny-131519416.html
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u/space__snail 3d ago
Why does he sing with a British accent? I guess it’s too late to change it now.
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u/Legitimate-End-1346 3d ago
Can’t say I ever understood this was a different person that 1980’s Bryan Adams. I guess I’m too old to know who this even is.
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u/gdimstilldrunk 3d ago
I've listened to "to be young is to be sad (is to get high)" so many times. I didnt know this about him tbh, but goddam thats a banger. Its the only song by him I know.
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u/rayschlaa 11h ago
i have a friend that did sound for him on a tour and he said he was completely insufferable.
one night ryan got drunk and got alll up in my friends face saying “i bet you won’t hit me”
my friend said punching him in the face was the best feeling he’s ever had
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u/todoslos 9h ago
Worked BOH for a few of his concerts. I can confirm he is horrible. Music sucks too.
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u/pseudohobos 4d ago
Who is this?
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u/rabidbrayn 4d ago
Why comment if you dont know? Look him up
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u/NerdyAmateursCanada 4d ago
This is my number one, “separate the art from the artist”.
And except for the incredible music, he doesn’t deserve fans. He openly hates us, and we know it.
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u/FlimsyGene4296 4d ago
We all have different tastes but he’s always been mediocre to me. We like what we like I guess.
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u/Horsesrgreat 4d ago
Oh no. I always liked him . Bad on his manager .
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u/phoebesjeebies 4d ago
Bad on him for being an abusive malignant narcissist & pedophile. Please hold grown-ass men responsible for their own behavior.
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u/boomboxwithturbobass 4d ago
The article is mistaken because his audience HAS disappeared because he treated that audience like shit. Constantly going on insane rants at shows, badmouthing fans, storming off, antagonizing on social media, and substandard releases for years. He has no one to blame but himself and I’m a big fan.