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Famous people with annoying voices

It can be anyone.

For me, it’s Jerry Seinfeld. Whiny and insufferable.

by Anonymousreply 118October 4, 2024 7:24 AM

180 degree opinion: I love Selena Gomez’s speaking voice.

by Anonymousreply 1September 28, 2024 2:52 AM

Thindy.

by Anonymousreply 2September 28, 2024 2:58 AM

David Thewlis, when he does his nasty go-to northern accent. Like nails on a chalkboard.

Also, Jesse Plemons. He just rubs me the wrong way me on every level imaginable.

by Anonymousreply 3September 28, 2024 3:22 AM

She’s not really famous, but Victoria Jackson. Little whiny baby voice spewing MAGA nonsense.

by Anonymousreply 4September 28, 2024 3:29 AM

Greta Lee. I can’t watch anything with her. I hate her voice.

by Anonymousreply 5September 28, 2024 3:30 AM

Ryan Gosling. He sounds like he has 3 towels wrapped around his head when he speaks. No clarity. No definition.

by Anonymousreply 6September 28, 2024 3:30 AM

Sawah Paulson

by Anonymousreply 7September 28, 2024 3:39 AM

Actor Alden Ehrenreich— his nerdy, reedy voice is a huge turnoff.

by Anonymousreply 8September 28, 2024 3:44 AM

Robert Kennedy Jr. owns this thread.

by Anonymousreply 9September 28, 2024 3:57 AM

Madonna. (Talking about her speaking voice.)

by Anonymousreply 10September 28, 2024 4:00 AM

Kourtney Kardashian (the worst voice of all the Kardashians - and that's saying a lot).

by Anonymousreply 11September 28, 2024 4:01 AM

Beyonce.

by Anonymousreply 12September 28, 2024 4:01 AM

Renee Zellweger, Heidi Klum, Ellen Pompeo and anyone with a baby voice.

Raspy voice Rachael Ray.

by Anonymousreply 13September 28, 2024 4:03 AM

The very nice Meiselas Bros. from The Meidas Touch Youtube podcasts have the most APPALLING speech on earth. They all mispronounce "str" as "schtr" and have all of the common Queens/Long Island bad speech habits all have severe Millennial upspeak, of course. They make my eardrums bleed.

Brett Meiselas has that common thing where he avoids the "tn" glottal sound so he pronounces "buttons" as "buddins" and calls Putin "Poodin". I can't.

by Anonymousreply 14September 28, 2024 4:04 AM

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, although she's more infamous than famous.

And Trump, I just cannot tolerate for more than 10 seconds.

by Anonymousreply 15September 28, 2024 4:08 AM

Johnny Depp (pretentious fake accent)

Madonna (pretentious fake accent)

by Anonymousreply 16September 28, 2024 4:08 AM

George Clooney. He's always had a weird voice to me.

Ryan Reynolds. Purses fly out of his mouth.

Adam Sandler. Another whiner, along with David Schwimmer.

by Anonymousreply 17September 28, 2024 4:10 AM

James Stewart's voice annoys me in older movies.

by Anonymousreply 18September 28, 2024 4:13 AM

Fran Drescher

by Anonymousreply 19September 28, 2024 4:13 AM

Kelly Ripa.

by Anonymousreply 20September 28, 2024 4:38 AM

Pack it up, R9 won the thread.

by Anonymousreply 21September 28, 2024 4:48 AM

Marlee Matlin

by Anonymousreply 22September 28, 2024 4:54 AM

DJT

by Anonymousreply 23September 28, 2024 4:54 AM

RFK Jr

by Anonymousreply 24September 28, 2024 5:00 AM

Katie Holmes - I hate her baby voice

by Anonymousreply 25September 28, 2024 5:01 AM

Ayesha Rascoe on NPR's Morning Edition Sundays. This woman is obviously bright but has a speaking voice that's like fingernails on a chalkboard. A radio star she is not.

by Anonymousreply 26September 28, 2024 5:11 AM

Kamala owns thia thread

by Anonymousreply 27September 28, 2024 8:08 AM

Anyone with excessive vocal fry.

by Anonymousreply 28September 28, 2024 8:15 AM

[QUOTE]Kamala owns thia thread

Describe what your irritation is, please.

by Anonymousreply 29September 28, 2024 8:20 AM

Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman, is the screechiest public personality I've ever known. I have hearing loss "a cookie bite pattern" that's genetic. I can hear *everything* she says because she's at such a high pitch. Her hot husband, Lad, mumbles to me because he has such a soft bass. Does that make sense?

Regardless, I always have CC on. My father, his brother, my maternal grandmother all died deaf. I actually do have hearing aids, but the adjustment is very difficult, and painful. I can actually hear neighbors conversations from across the fence, and, at first, I didn't know where they came from. Nothing strange at all, except, I felt a little overwhelmed because I heard everything. It wasn't mean. It was just badgering from everywhere. And hard to tolerate.

by Anonymousreply 30September 28, 2024 8:35 AM

Tucker Carlson’s shrill harping, and his screeching laugh.

by Anonymousreply 31September 28, 2024 9:30 AM

^^ Also: Jordan B. Peterson, Russell Brand, Ben Shapiro, and similar conservative men who whine in panicked, high-pitched voices about how traditional masculinity is under attack.

by Anonymousreply 32September 28, 2024 9:43 AM

Melanie Griffith - baby voice hell.

by Anonymousreply 33September 28, 2024 11:47 AM

RFK Jr WINS - at least here. I thought I read if he received Botox shots in his throat it would remedy that dreadful sound but he declined- oh well.

by Anonymousreply 34September 28, 2024 11:53 AM

Ira Glass. He slurs and slurps and talks faster and faster. Joe Biden: Holy shit. He yells, talks too fast and slurs words together. If he'd just slow down, for God's sake.

by Anonymousreply 35September 28, 2024 12:22 PM

Linda Grey's breathy whisper-speak drives me nuts on Dallas.

by Anonymousreply 36September 28, 2024 12:28 PM

Craig Melvin

by Anonymousreply 37September 28, 2024 12:32 PM

Roseanne Barr.

by Anonymousreply 38September 28, 2024 12:34 PM

[QUOTE]Joe Biden: Holy shit. He yells, talks too fast and slurs words together. If he'd just slow down, for God's sake.

R34 - Did you know that Biden has a congenital stutter? Damn impressive he succeeded well enough over it to become a Senator, VP, and President in our most difficult time, right?

Do you pick on people with Cerbral Palsy because their not coordinated enough to pass your muster? Even children with coordination issues who struggle with speech?

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by Anonymousreply 39September 28, 2024 12:36 PM

^ they're not coordinated enough

by Anonymousreply 40September 28, 2024 12:37 PM

Natalie Portman. It’s 75% of the reason I don’t quite buy her as a great actress.

by Anonymousreply 41September 28, 2024 12:37 PM

Mewyl.

by Anonymousreply 42September 28, 2024 12:42 PM

Dump. Have muted him since 2016.

by Anonymousreply 43September 28, 2024 12:42 PM

Kamala has an annoying nasal pitch.

by Anonymousreply 44September 28, 2024 12:43 PM

Laurie Metcalf. I always imagine if a horse could talk it would sound like her.

by Anonymousreply 45September 28, 2024 1:00 PM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Her voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me

by Anonymousreply 46September 28, 2024 1:35 PM

Melania Trump

by Anonymousreply 47September 28, 2024 1:39 PM

Observations are great-I concur with most.

by Anonymousreply 48September 28, 2024 1:44 PM

True, AOC speaks like a spoiled 10 years old girl. Ahe really is a brat.

by Anonymousreply 49September 28, 2024 1:50 PM

Kamala Harris talks through her nose. It's a real pity, because it's quite annoying, in the same way Fran Drescher's voice is. What's more annoying is that a couple of hours with a good vocal coach back in her 20s could almost certainly have put an end to it, and also made her more relaxed by improving the way she breathes when talking. I daresay that coming from her background she didn't know that was available :(

R1, I'm Australian and I can hardly understand a word Selena Gomez says. Did her mother not tell her when she was learning, that to speak you have to open your mouth?

by Anonymousreply 50September 28, 2024 1:57 PM

Early on Michelle Obama speeches had an annoying ‘’pause and loud breathing’’ thing with lots of ums-just awful but that stopped and I do enjoy listening to her.

by Anonymousreply 51September 28, 2024 2:31 PM

[quote]Kamala owns this thread

Hmmm. Her voice is one of the things I like about her. Just a guess, but do you place the accent in "Kamala" on the second syllable?

by Anonymousreply 52September 28, 2024 2:42 PM

Fran Drescher gets a prize for leaning in and making it a trademark.

by Anonymousreply 53September 28, 2024 2:51 PM

Hillary.

by Anonymousreply 54September 28, 2024 2:54 PM

[QUOTE]. I daresay that coming from her background she didn't know that was available :(

Tell us more about Harris's background, please, that made her unaware or unable to recognize such a tool was available? Was it her Howard University education or her law training at Boalt Hall (Berkeley)? Or her microbiologist mother or economist father who failed her a proper upbringing?

by Anonymousreply 55September 28, 2024 3:12 PM

Ben Shapiro has a voice so high only dogs can hear it

by Anonymousreply 56September 28, 2024 4:43 PM

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert have awful voices

by Anonymousreply 57September 28, 2024 4:53 PM

Yeah, Jordan Peterson, who's always talking about what real men should expect in life, has that shrill voice that goes up and up and up. I can't stand him.

by Anonymousreply 58September 28, 2024 5:33 PM

Pretty much any politician, but Trump is the worst.

Laura Loomer has a face for the radio and a voice for the silent screen.

by Anonymousreply 59September 28, 2024 5:44 PM

Jordan Petersen sounds like Kermit the Frog.

by Anonymousreply 60September 28, 2024 5:44 PM

[quote]Yeah, Jordan Peterson, who's always talking about what real men should expect in life, has that shrill voice that goes up and up and up. I can't stand him.

He also has trouble regulating his emotions, often breaking into tears for no apparent reason. Perhaps he’s morning the death of manhood.

by Anonymousreply 61September 28, 2024 6:19 PM

MOURNING, I mean.

by Anonymousreply 62September 28, 2024 6:19 PM

Holly Hunter.

I can barely stand anything with her.

I recently watched Copycat for the first time & didn't know she was in it (or had such a large part).

It would've been so much better with another actress as her vocals was a big pain to sit thru.

by Anonymousreply 63September 28, 2024 6:27 PM

Joey Lauren Adams.

by Anonymousreply 64September 28, 2024 6:29 PM

Bobby Cannavale a.k.a. Vince on Will & Grace.

Ugh.

by Anonymousreply 65September 28, 2024 6:29 PM

Drew Barrymore

Priscilla Barnes’ chipmunk baby voice on Three’s Company. Come to think of it, Joyce DeWitt started using a similar voice in later seasons.

by Anonymousreply 66September 28, 2024 10:37 PM

Gilbert Gottfried. I win.

by Anonymousreply 67September 28, 2024 10:46 PM

I'm really glad that Ron DeSantis, Toni Lahren, Laura Loomer, Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, MTG, Sarah Palin, Matt Gaetz and Ted Cruz aren't democrats because I can't imagine having to listen to those whiny, wormy and unctuous voices.

by Anonymousreply 68September 28, 2024 10:55 PM

R66, Barrymore is a good one

Can't stand her lispy baby voice. She's 50 but sounds 15

by Anonymousreply 69September 28, 2024 11:36 PM

I hate the sound of Donald Trump's voice. I hated it ever since the Apprentice.

also Kim Kardashian and her vocal fry is annoying as fuck.

by Anonymousreply 70September 28, 2024 11:40 PM

Kamala Harris generally pitches her voice in the top third of her natural range and for emphasis goes HIGHER. She can sound really shrill, and I observe that men turn away from shrill female voices. They're just not mellifluent and are a chore to listen to.

by Anonymousreply 71September 28, 2024 11:43 PM

Well, RFK, Jr, was a given.

Seinfeld's whine is his schtick. Same with Fran Drescher.

Trump. Now THERE is one appalling voice. You can tell he thinks it's seductive. UGH! CREEPY!

by Anonymousreply 72September 28, 2024 11:59 PM

Michael Barbaro. He’s a great journalist and interviewer, but damn… he constantly makes oddly guttural noises when listening to guests’ responses.

by Anonymousreply 73September 29, 2024 1:30 AM

Drake Hogestyn and his breathy-acting.

by Anonymousreply 74September 29, 2024 2:23 AM

R74 Not anymore.

by Anonymousreply 75September 29, 2024 2:54 AM

Sarah Paulson

by Anonymousreply 76September 29, 2024 2:56 AM

Casey Affleck. Just the thought of that whiny nasal voice of his sends shivers down my spine.

by Anonymousreply 77September 29, 2024 2:58 AM

I find Kamala Harris has a nasal quality to her voice. I pronounce her name KAmala. I will vote for her.

by Anonymousreply 78September 29, 2024 3:00 AM

Mariska Hargitay. Especially now. Especially as Olivia Benson.

by Anonymousreply 79September 29, 2024 3:04 AM

________ Kardashian

________ Jenner

by Anonymousreply 80September 29, 2024 4:18 AM

Jada Pinkett Smith (tries way too hard)

by Anonymousreply 81September 29, 2024 4:26 AM

I can’t stand Robert Downey Jr’s voice, and it’s gotten worse as he’s gotten older with all those popped p’s.

by Anonymousreply 82September 29, 2024 4:34 AM

French Stewart On Third Rock From The Sun.

by Anonymousreply 83September 29, 2024 4:45 AM

Madonna

She's so inauthentic that just listening to her manufactured sound of the week is aggravating. She does this because it has become clear she's never had a clue who she really is. She does stay busy, but it hasn't helped.

by Anonymousreply 84September 29, 2024 5:10 AM

I know you guys are gonna throw stones at me, but....Jennifer Tilly. I think she's esthetically beautiful, but I can't stand her weird voice outside of a Chucky movie. She also gives weird off-putting vibes in interviews. Her sister Meg is much more likable.

by Anonymousreply 85September 29, 2024 12:13 PM

Alan Carr by a clear mile…

by Anonymousreply 86September 29, 2024 12:27 PM

Kam Harris and yes, the awful Drew Barrymore!

by Anonymousreply 87September 29, 2024 12:39 PM

Cyndi Lauper

by Anonymousreply 88September 29, 2024 1:09 PM

R14 and yet I would happily lick Jordan Meiselas's shitter.

by Anonymousreply 89September 29, 2024 1:15 PM

R55, I certainly wasn't casting aspersions on Harris's education. Unless you go to drama school, it's not the business of your school or college to transform your voice.

I was referring to the fact that she was effectively raised by a single mother who had two kids and a full-time job (as well as activist interests), and fixing her voice was probably either unaffordable or overlooked amidst the other demands. If she'd had two academic parents (and their salaries) living with her, someone probably would have suggested a bit of voice training when it became clear she was interested in pursuing law and might therefore have to do a lot of public speaking.

Maybe it WAS brought to her attention and she declined to do anything about it: who knows?

by Anonymousreply 90September 29, 2024 1:16 PM

Kylie Minogue had the worst voice and accent when she started out. She DID get it fixed. She went through a short phase where she sounded like Eliza Doolittle at the tea party, but for many years she has had a really nice speaking voice.

(BTW, the guy who flounces out of his chair at the start of the clip later married Miranda Otto, and Guy Pearce is in the subsequent scene.)

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by Anonymousreply 91September 29, 2024 1:22 PM

Joe Biden. And precisely BECAUSE of his speech impediment, he should slow the fuck down and give shorter speeches. The more he gets into some long laundry list of all his accomplishment, the more jumbled and tongue‐tied he sounds. I voted for Biden and I approved this message.

by Anonymousreply 92September 29, 2024 1:26 PM

I cannot stand Kamala's voice or cackle. Trump's cadence is annoying. I can't listen to him either. No matter what happens in November, I'm fucked.

- It's always about me troll.

by Anonymousreply 93September 29, 2024 1:35 PM

Dump

Alex Jones

Bernie Sanders

by Anonymousreply 94September 29, 2024 1:38 PM

Molly Jong-Fast

by Anonymousreply 95September 29, 2024 1:44 PM

R95 she’s also batshit.

by Anonymousreply 96September 29, 2024 4:25 PM

Sting's voice grates on me, especially in Roxanne. The only songs I really like from him is where his voice sounds more generic and less Sting-y, like Fields of Gold.

by Anonymousreply 97September 29, 2024 4:31 PM

Bernie Sanders, R94, how dare you, lol.

by Anonymousreply 98September 29, 2024 4:43 PM

Jennifer Fucking Coolidge

by Anonymousreply 99September 29, 2024 5:19 PM

Dave Chappelle, who’s always emulated the cadence of Bill Cosby, but as he ages the Cosby has gotten worse, especially when he lectures about social issues. I’m always expecting him to pull out a Pudding Pop out of his ass when he speaks.

by Anonymousreply 100September 29, 2024 6:37 PM

The female designer on Love It or List It Vancouver.

by Anonymousreply 101September 29, 2024 6:57 PM

Chris Rock's voice is worse than Chappelle's. He's yelling all the time. I think he (Rock) copied Eddie Murphy, too, in the way he paces, back and forth, across the stage during a stand-up routine.

Monique, on the other hand, has a surprising good stand-up demeanor. She's a bad ass up there.

by Anonymousreply 102September 29, 2024 10:03 PM

I also have to agree that Kamala Harris's voice is a bit irritating. Hillary had a much nicer voice, IMO.

by Anonymousreply 103September 29, 2024 10:04 PM

Truman Capote.

by Anonymousreply 104September 30, 2024 12:32 AM

EVERYONE in public life or connected to the media IN ANY WAY is responsible for finding out what qualities their vocal production has that need improving, and go to work with a speech therapist, especially those qualities in their voices that PEOPLE REALLY HATE!

It shocks me that Barbara Walters and Rudy Giuliani had careers in public life! They had/have horrifying speaking voices!

It's just basic research and the fact that we live in a society where nobody cares about it is a crime. Most of the people listed would be more successful if just listening to them speak didn't make people run screaming!

by Anonymousreply 105September 30, 2024 6:03 AM

I can't handle Kamala Harris's voice. Horrible.

by Anonymousreply 106September 30, 2024 6:12 AM

Chloe Webb. Ugh.

by Anonymousreply 107September 30, 2024 6:48 AM

Hi Svetlanas and Borises. You are fucking stupid. Kamala Harris is extremely articulate but we see what your doing there. How's life in Siberia? Still cold, and bleak with no personal liberties? I'm so sorry to hear it!

by Anonymousreply 108September 30, 2024 7:05 AM

Kamala's voice doesn't bother me. Though I do recognize its problems.

Trump sounds permanently congested and like he's gargling gravel.

The first time I heard RFK Jr.'s voice, I wondered what the hell was wrong with him.

Dave Chappelle's voice sounded much higher pitched on his old Comedy Central show. All the smoking in the years since has made it really gravelly and rough to hear.

by Anonymousreply 109September 30, 2024 4:25 PM

Baritone Lucille Ball

Baritone Miley Cyrus

Baritone Suzanne Pleshette

by Anonymousreply 110October 1, 2024 10:29 AM

Jaleel White

by Anonymousreply 111October 1, 2024 10:32 AM

Sen. Sherrod Brown. (CA)

Andrew Weissmann. (MSNBC)

Andrea Mitchell. (MSNBC)

by Anonymousreply 112October 1, 2024 12:00 PM

R13 Agree about Ellen Pompeo: baby voice AND lisp. YUCK

by Anonymousreply 113October 1, 2024 12:32 PM

Britney fucking Spears, singing voice, speaking voices (the fake British accent, the little baby, the vocal fry...all of them.)

by Anonymousreply 114October 1, 2024 12:35 PM

^ WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

by Anonymousreply 115October 1, 2024 7:50 PM

Has anyone mentioned Sally Field's thin, squeaky voice that makes conveying any sense of gravitas laughable?

by Anonymousreply 116October 1, 2024 8:00 PM

Jen Psaki. Her face and voice annoy me to no end.

by Anonymousreply 117October 4, 2024 3:53 AM

Seth MacFarlane. It sounds so fake like he has studied how to speak masculine.

by Anonymousreply 118October 4, 2024 7:24 AM
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