Robert Downey Jr. Gets Tons of Hate for His New Questionable Series: 'Feels Gross'
As Hollywood's A-lister rolls out his new show, he could lose his spot as the fan favorite by making the audience unnecessarily mad.
Over the years, Robert Downey Jr. has become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. The fans adore him, he's a welcome guest at pretty much any event, and his acting salary went astronomical a long time ago.
It's safe to say that this century has been treating the Iron Man actor really, really well so far.
Admittedly, it's an overwhelming success like this that starts getting into one's head and detaches them from reality.
At least, that's what the people have been saying about Robert Downey Jr. after the recent announcement of his brand-new series on MAX (ex-HBO Max ) called Downey's Dream Cars.
The one and only purpose of this show is to have Downey Jr. brag about his cars to the widest audience possible.
Sure enough, he's got a factory's worth of the world's most luxurious rides, and they're all undeniably cool — but probably, it's not the brightest idea to start an entire series just to show off the tens or hundreds of millions you've dumped into an unnecessarily overblown private auto park.
Under the trailer of Downey's Dream Cars on Twitter, the comments show the true level of the audience's discontent. Some are generally unhappy with the "flex for the sake of flex" nature of the series.
"Literally could not care any less about a rich person flaunting their wealth in the form of various old and expensive cars. We're trying to afford rent and food in the same week out here," user LargeWalex pointed out.
Others can't help but come up with better ideas this money could've been spent — either by Robert Downey Jr. or by the executives who paid him in the first place.
"Jesus, just pay the Guild writers instead," John Maddening brought up the industry's most current pain.
There are plenty of comments like these, but other people can't help but protect their favorite actor.
They claim there's no reason for a successful man to feel shame for having achieved something or hide his greatest passion.
"People work hard for the kind of success that affords them different levels of living. He should not be ashamed or have to hide his success to make you feel better about yourself. I don't hate reality shows because people are buying $10M houses. This Gen would've hated MTV Cribs," said Bam Bambino.
Despite the backlash, it's unlikely that Robert Downey Jr. will do anything about it. He's been through much harder things than dealing with online haters and worked a lot to get to the position he's in now.
And, after all, there's nothing inherently wrong with wanting to share your passion with the world.