History Main / DepravedKidsShowHost

* Floop from the first ''SpyKids'' film was villainous, but really [[HarmlessVillain harmless]]. He's a mostly a {{CloudCuckoolander}} getting played by the BigBad, and turns on the BigBad when asked nicely.

* Now for the often-cited RealLife example: In 1991, Pee Wee Herman's actor, Paul Reubens, was arrested for [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "lewd conduct"]] in a porn theatre, which effectively ruined his career as a kids' show host. Later, in 2002, he was charged with possession of pornography (Just regular pornography, not child pornography as is often reported), though the charges were later (more or less) dropped. This is slightly subverted in that the character of PeeWee Herman was created for an adult audience and co-opted for children's television.

* Now for the often-cited RealLife example: In 1991, Pee Wee Herman's actor, Paul Reubens, was arrested for [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "lewd conduct"]] in a porn theatre, which effectively ruined his career as a kids' show host. Later, in 2002, he was charged with possession of child pornography, though the charges were later (more or less) dropped.
** This is slightly subverted in that the character of PeeWee Herman was created for an adult audience and co-opted for children's television.

-->'''Tia Penha:''' Today's show will be a little bit different for three reasons. First, Tia Penha doesn't like lies, second, Tia Penha [[ChildHater doesn't like children]] and third, what Tia Penha really likes is money so lets start it quickly!.

* [[TwoAndAHalfMen Charlie Harper]] might qualify after he became a Children's Songs Star

* ''{{Rugrats}}'' had a rare female example: The host of a show Angelica wanted to be on turned out to hate kids and actually [[SoundEffectBleep swore]] about the kids on her show when she was offstage.

** Well they've been acused of doing so often enough.

* Not officially confirmed, but Italian singer Cristina d'Avena is said to ''hate'' children, despite having a long (since 1982) career in shows with singing children, and as singer/songwriter of cartoon themes [[hottip:* :If you see a cartoon in Italy, there is a 50% chance that the theme is composed, written ''and'' performed by Cristina d'Avena. If it's on a Mediaset channel, chances raise to 90%]]. It's possibly justified by the fact that her career is exclusively child related: the only other work she's done with theme songs has been Christmas carols, and her only acknowledged acting role has been a cartoon character in a real life short series. Fun note: Cristina d'Avena is a known gay icon, and proud to be.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-14bkh18G1Y Dara Ó Briain, speaking from personal experience, claims that this is ALWAYS the case.]]

* Floop from the first ''SpyKids'' film was villainous, but really [[HarmlessVillain harmless]]. He's a mostly a {{Cuckoocloudlander}} getting played by the BigBad, and turns on the BigBad when asked nicely.

* Related to ''TheSecretSaturdays'' example below, Floop from the first ''SpyKids'' film was villainous, but really [[HarmlessVillain harmless]].

* SpyKids It looks like Floop is one of these. Turns out he's a mostly harmless {{Cuckoocloudlander}} getting played by the BigBad, and turns on the BigBad when asked nicely.

* SpyKids It looks like Floop is one of these. Turns out he's a mostly harmless {{Cuukoocloudlander}} getting played by the BigBad, and turns on the BigBad when asked nicely.

* Brazilian children show's host Xuxa, before her success, acted in the film [[http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amor_Estranho_Amor Amor Estranho Amor]] ("Love, Strange Love"), in which her character had sex with a 12-year-old boy. The film is actually an artsy film, but when the internets discovered it, they treated it as a disgusting act of child pornography. Xuxa was already TheBarney, and her popularity kinda plummeted.

* Brazilian children show's host Xuxa, before her success, acted in the film [[http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amor_Estranho_Amor Amor Estranho Amor]] ("Love, Strange Love"), in which her character had sex with a 12-year-old boy. The film is actually an artsy film, but when the internets discovered it, they treated it as a discusting act of child pornography. Xuxa was already TheBarney, and her popularity kinda plummeted down.

* ''RobotChicken'' had a parody of this when the old host of the ''Where in Time is Carmen Sandago?'' game show goes crazy after finding out his girlfriend is cheating on him. He drives them to her house and makes them memorize the day they met, the day she said she loved him. The skit ended with him crashing his car and dying.

* There were plans for a sequel for William Lustig's ''Maniac'', which was supposed to follow such character but it was scrapped due to it's main star's Joe Spinell's untimely death.

* Brazilian children show's host Xuxa, before her success, acted in the film [[http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amor_Estranho_Amor Amor Estranho Amor]] ("Love, Wierd Love"), in which her character had sex with a 12-year-old boy. The film is actually an artsy film, but when the internets discovered it, they treated it as a discusting act of child pornography. Xuxa was already TheBarney, and her popularity kinda plummeted down.