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People Are Sharing The "Universally Loved" TV Characters They Actually Can't Stand, And This Is Controversial As Hell

"You’re an adult. Grow up."

Morgan Sloss
by Morgan Sloss

BuzzFeed Staff

We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community which universally loved TV characters they can't stand. Here's what they had to say:

1. Gina Linetti from Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Gina saying she's the "human form of the 100 emoji"
NBC

"She has a way of making everything about her, regardless of how other characters were treated, and she's rarely called out on it. The show never calls out how she harasses Terry on a regular basis, even though it explores themes like racial profiling and gender-power imbalance."

—jbmasta

"She was so rude and self-absorbed."

—monnie_hendo

2. Michael Scott from The Office

High school students celebrating Michael for paying for their college tuition, and then Michael telling them he can't afford it
NBC

"I have so much secondhand embarrassment from him that I can’t stand it."

—ceciliehojriishansen

3. Phoebe Buffay from Friends

Warner Bros.

"I liked her at first in Season 1, but somewhere along the way, they decided her thing was being rude and horrible to everyone, and now I can't stand her. It wasn't funny to see her lying to her friends and yelling at them at full volume."

—stofzuiger

4. Andy Dwyer from Parks and Rec

Andy asking a silly question, falling off the monkey bars, knocking out a tooth, and trying to put it back in
NBC

"I feel like they made Andy's character way too stupid and childish. A little bit might have been charming, but they turned him into such an over-the-top idiot. It felt completely unbelievable to me."

–sweetpeaprincess

"He had his moments that made me LOL, but overall, he was too annoying."

—leahk40ca7fc83

5. Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries

Damon saying, "I'm bad, Elena. I'm bad for you."
The CW

"Everyone is swooning over him, but I just find him creepy. He was obsessed with Elena. Yet when they were together, the only things they did were scream that they were toxic for each other, sleep together, and then Damon would do something stupid. And then repeat."

—s463b03bd4

6. Gloria Delgado-Pritchett from Modern Family

Gloria yelling to her son about how men treat women and then yelling at Jay
ABC

"She was so loud and obnoxious. I can't stand that character."

—ashleem498308f1a

7. Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy

Meredith asking Derek to pick her over Addison
ABC

"Begging another woman’s husband to 'pick me, choose me, love me?' Awful."

—meroos

8. Amy Santiago from Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Amy blaming Peralta for talking so she doesn't get in trouble
NBC

"Her overachieving, overeager, teacher's pet thing is just obnoxious. Like, you’re an adult. Grow up."

—rohasi

9. Randall Pearson from This Is Us

Randall reminding his mother he is a good son and telling her she needs to do the clinical trial
NBC

"I liked him in the first two seasons because I related to being a sensitive perfectionist, especially feeling like an outsider sometimes. However, I didn't like him as much starting in Season 3 because I thought he was selfish, putting what he wanted to do over his own family's needs. If your spouse loses their job and you have a family of kids, you should be focusing on supporting them, not galavanting in another city, running for councilman. What made me stop watching the show for good was the end of Season 4, when he emotionally manipulated his mother into attending a clinical trial. How dare he do that, especially since he tried to use the good boy card!"

—xy8lu

10. April Ludgate from Parks and Rec

April telling Ann to get a janitor because they can do what nurses do
NBC

"She was a mean-spirited bully."

—goldenwanders

11. Fran Fine from The Nanny

Fran telling Maxwell a man hit on her and then reenacting it with him
CBS

"She was very annoying, often crossed clearly stated rules, and did what she was specifically asked not to do. Her obvious obsession with her employer was very weird considering she met the family while they were grieving a death."

—split_second

12. Stanley Hudson from The Office

Michael asking Stanley to participate and Stanley saying no and yelling "Did I stutter?"
NBC

"He criticizes his coworkers’ work ethic, but he frequently sits around doing crosswords all day. He acts holier than thou despite cheating on his wife. He openly disrespects his boss and has a bad attitude about almost everything. Easily my least favorite of the central characters."

—theformermrsbutterworth

13. Lady Mary Crawley from Downton Abbey

Mary revealing Edith's past and her daughter's true identity to Edith's fiance
ITV

"She was horrible, mean, and petty, especially to her sister, Lady Edith."

—aislincross

14. Cam Tucker from Modern Family

Cam telling Mitchel he should change his planned outfit because he won't like the way he looks in pics
ABC

"I just found him super annoying. He acted childish so often."

—naomis16

15. And finally, Jane Villanueva from Jane the Virgin

Jane saying, "We have a no-screen rule," and Rafael saying, "No, you have a no-screen rule."
The CW

"Her ‘holier than thou' attitude really grated on me from the beginning. It came off like she could do no wrong and she was the golden child. By Season 3, I was waiting for Petra to sucker punch her!"

—[deleted]

Now that we've heard about universally loved TV characters people actually hate, I wanna know about popular movie characters you can't stand! Sound off in the comments below!

Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.