Famous people with annoying voices

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

Thindy.

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.

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

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

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

Sawah Paulson

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

Robert Kennedy Jr. owns this thread.

Madonna. (Talking about her speaking voice.)

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

Beyonce.

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

Raspy voice Rachael Ray.

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.

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

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

Johnny Depp (pretentious fake accent)

Madonna (pretentious fake accent)

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.

James Stewart's voice annoys me in older movies.

Fran Drescher

Kelly Ripa.

Pack it up, R9 won the thread.

Marlee Matlin

DJT

RFK Jr

Katie Holmes - I hate her baby voice

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.

Kamala owns thia thread

Anyone with excessive vocal fry.

[QUOTE]Kamala owns thia thread

Describe what your irritation is, please.

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.

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

^^ 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.

Melanie Griffith - baby voice hell.

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.

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.

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

Craig Melvin

Roseanne Barr.

[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?

^ they're not coordinated enough

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

Mewyl.

Dump. Have muted him since 2016.

Kamala has an annoying nasal pitch.

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

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

Melania Trump

Observations are great-I concur with most.

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

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?

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.

[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?

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

Hillary.

[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?

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

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert have awful voices

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.

Pretty much any politician, but Trump is the worst.

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

Jordan Petersen sounds like Kermit the Frog.

[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.

MOURNING, I mean.

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.

Joey Lauren Adams.

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

Ugh.

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.

Gilbert Gottfried. I win.

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.

R66, Barrymore is a good one

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

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.

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.

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!

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

Drake Hogestyn and his breathy-acting.

R74 Not anymore.

Sarah Paulson

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

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

Mariska Hargitay. Especially now. Especially as Olivia Benson.

________ Kardashian

________ Jenner

Jada Pinkett Smith (tries way too hard)

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.

French Stewart On Third Rock From The Sun.

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.

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.

Alan Carr by a clear mile…

Kam Harris and yes, the awful Drew Barrymore!

Cyndi Lauper

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

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?

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.)

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.

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.

Dump

Alex Jones

Bernie Sanders

Molly Jong-Fast

R95 she’s also batshit.

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.

Bernie Sanders, R94, how dare you, lol.

Jennifer Fucking Coolidge

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.

The female designer on Love It or List It Vancouver.

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.

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

Truman Capote.

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!

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

Chloe Webb. Ugh.

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!

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.

Baritone Lucille Ball

Baritone Miley Cyrus

Baritone Suzanne Pleshette

Jaleel White

Sen. Sherrod Brown. (CA)

Andrew Weissmann. (MSNBC)

Andrea Mitchell. (MSNBC)

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

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

^ WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

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

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

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