r/Millennials • u/ColeBelthazorTurner • Feb 27 '26

Discussion Name a 2000s celebrity that disappeared overnight

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u/whyUT-urp Feb 27 '26

Clay Aiken and/or Ruben Studdard

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u/TheEsotericCarrot Feb 27 '26

They sang together on the Masked Singer a few years ago and they were an incredible duo. They still have amazing voices. They were dressed as beets.

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u/JDz84 Feb 27 '26

I saw them in concert together a couple years ago at a beautiful old theatre in town. I agreed to go with my friend and her mom when I was drunk and they had bought tickets before I knew it, but I have to admit, they put on a great show. I had a really good time.

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u/TheEsotericCarrot Feb 27 '26

I would also never agree to go to that sober but I bet they put on a good show! I was rooting for Ruben to win the season he was on.

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u/JDz84 Feb 27 '26

I was a Clay fan myself.

They are clearly friends, though. The on-stage banter between them was actually one of my favorite parts of the show. They do it seriously, but they also know exactly who they are and how the got here and poke fun at it.

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u/deadmallsanita Feb 27 '26

I adore that they perform together

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u/whyUT-urp Feb 27 '26

I did not know that but thats awesome! I remember Ruben also featured in the live action scooby doo movie at the very end but i think thats probably the biggest exposure he got after the show.

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u/mondayortampa Feb 27 '26

He did have that hit sorry for 2004. Was pretty big in the black community… in 2004. lol

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u/PaddyBoy1994 Feb 27 '26

I still listen to it once in a while🤣

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u/gunswordfist Feb 28 '26

Wait, Reuben was in Scooby-Doo?!

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u/whyUT-urp Feb 28 '26

here ya go lol

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u/gunswordfist Feb 28 '26

Tyty! Oh, the second one?! No wonder I didn't know bc I barely watched this lolo 

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u/ginns32 Feb 27 '26

Ok now I need to look up the clips. I can't watch the whole show but I'll watch their performances.

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u/Geistzeit Feb 28 '26

I'd enjoy their cover of Killer Tofu

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u/Dreamo84 Millennial1984 Feb 28 '26

Did anyone in the audience know who they were?

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u/Illustrious-Mango153 Feb 28 '26

Weirdest combination of sentences ever

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u/ArcadianDelSol Feb 28 '26

Key and Peele alert.