23 TV Men Who Are Straight-Up Toxic And Are The Worst Part Of Their Shows
A while ago, we asked the BuzzFeed Community which TV men were the absolute WORST. Y'all did not hold back, so we had to make a whole new list. Here are those responses:
1.Martin from Fleabag
"I hated him as soon as he spoke. Pompous, abusive, and a gaslighter. A guy who thinks he’s funny when he clearly isn’t. I was beyond thrilled when Fleabag punched him in the nose. Not saying violence is okay, but shit, I would have hit him too."
2.Fitz Grant from Scandal
"Sure, he and Olivia had killer chemistry, but he was a mediocre white man romantically linked to two incredibly powerful and far more interesting women. They should have had some 'will they won't they' for a season or two and then find Olivia a more powerful and interesting person who actually respects her. He slut shamed her when he WAS LITERALLY BEDDING ANY WOMAN WHO WOULD HAVE HIM! There was literally a montage of him sleeping with different women! The hypocrisy was real."
3.Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother
"I find Barney more problematic than Ted. I hate him with a passion. He has no redeeming qualities."
"The guy was sexist and just all-around horrible. He once joked about selling a woman. I get that was his whole character, but the rest of the characters just let him get away with all of it, which really dragged the show into sleazy territory. After the first disgusting comment, they should have stopped hanging out with him."
4.Jonathan Byers from Stranger Things
"He took and DEVELOPED naked photos of Nancy Wheeler without her consent!!"
5.Omar Shanaa from Elite
"He was my favorite character at the beginning of the series, but once he cheated on Ander while he was going through chemo, I lost all respect for him. Like, how could someone have the heart to do that?"
6.Hughie Campbell from The Boys
"He grew condescending, insufferable, and hypocritical through the first or second season. I can't even remember if I've seen the second season. I did try to see him as an ordinary guy trying to deal with an extraordinary situation, but his tendency to lecture put me off seeing the second or third season."
7.Will Schuster from Glee
"He is one of the top-tier worst men on TV. I'll take a male antagonist over him every day of the week. I am over wolves in sheep's clothing."
8.Randall Pearson from This Is Us
"I still have love for him, but as the seasons progress, he becomes more and more selfish. He's generally a caring and kind person, but he's developed a bit of a 'God Complex.' He acts like he's superior because of how generous and thoughtful he is, and thinks everyone should listen to him because he knows best. Whenever a person makes a decision for themselves, he takes it too personally. Not only that, but he constantly feels like his job is more important than Beth's and forces her to inconvenience herself just so he can look good for his bosses. Plus, the worst is when he goes on and on about how he saved his family growing up. It's all just bullshit about how he was always more considerate than his siblings."
9.George O'Malley from Grey's Anatomy
"Idc… George O’Malley belongs on this list."
"He started off so fucking sweet, but he did Callie so dirty."
10.Jim Halpert from The Office
"Jim is such an annoying character. The dude is toxic AF, especially to his own wife, but he's supposed to be the cool, reasonable 'every man.' I never understood all the love for him and Pam as some kind of 'perfect' couple."
11.Tom Haverford from Parks and Recreation
"His character was so scuzzy and over the top. I actively fast-forwarded through most of his scenes."
12.John Dutton from Yellowstone
"Like, we get it. He loves his ranch and will do anything to protect it. But his ego and reckless behavior are toxic. This all really shines through in the last season."
13.Eric Forman from That '70s Show
"I hate Eric Forman. I rewatched the show a couple of years ago and, overall, wasn't a fan of the way Jackie and Donna were treated. But Eric, in particular, was such a brat. He proposed to Donna and got mad and toxic when she dared to want to move away to college. Then HE left. I understand Topher Grace wanted to leave the show, so they wrote his character off. But I feel like things could have been handled differently. Donna deserved so much better."
14.Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"I’m rewatching Buffy for the first time in a very long time and wow, does Xander not look good as time marches on. I always thought his possessiveness of Buffy was weird, even when I first watched the show 20 years ago. But since all that stuff about Joss Whedon has come out, Xander seems like his self-insert character, and it just adds an awful level to his character that I never noticed before."
15.Ezra Fitz from Pretty Little Liars
"Ezra Fitz is EXTREMELY toxic. He always seemed to be lurking around every corner, and the fact that he chose a high schooler over an adult is sick and disgusting. The show glorified his relationship with Aria when in reality, Aria's parents were right in their disgusted reactions. Having four daughters myself I am sickened by the thought of someone in authority and much older than them taking advantage of them that way."
16.Jordan Catalano from My So-Called Life
"The dude was objectively horrible to Angela. When he wasn't pressuring her for sex, he was manipulating her and acting as if she was wrong for being angry after he had sex with her best friend. Then he had the nerve to have someone else write a love letter to her for him. I get that Jared Leto was a heartthrob in the '90s, but even back then, I didn't see the appeal of Jordan. The character just seemed like a douchebag who wanted to hide behind the 'lost soul' persona and never actually do anything that even resembled self-improvement."
17.Coach from New Girl
"I never found him funny at all and thought he was a pointless character addition. The other three guys were much, much better fits for the show! Coach was just so random and didn’t fit in at all. I still can’t stand watching episodes with him."
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18.Landon Kirby from Legacies
"Landon is your typical Gary Stu–type character. He has no agency and is constantly depending on Hope to save him. Hope literally goes through hell and back to save his life, and then Landon just dumps her and leaves town. Like, WTF?! Who does that?"
19.Dawson Leery from Dawson's Creek
"He's insufferable."
"He was the WORST and shouldn't have even been a character. The show should have scrapped him and called it Pacey's Creek instead."
20.Roland Schitt from Schitt's Creek
21.Will Truman from Will & Grace
"I'm a huge Will & Grace fan, but Will Truman was a terrible character for the most part. He was a self-centred, obnoxious jerk who judged all of his friends while having huge emotional problems he never tried to work on."
22.Cesar Diaz from On My Block
"I fell head over heels for his sweet, 'in a gang but doesn't want to be in a gang' deal. His character completely changed during the last season and it just got downright annoying."
23.Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory
"I didn’t find him quirky or eccentric. I just found him obnoxious, full of himself, and a really bad friend."
Did your fave (or, let's be real, least fave) make the list? Let us know in the comments!
Responses have been edited for length/clarity.
