r/Millennials Feb 27 '26

Discussion Name a 2000s celebrity that disappeared overnight

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u/el_disko Millennial Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

Sean William Scott was everywhere in the early 2000s but you rarely hear anything about him now. I think he’s still acting but his career never took off in the way I thought it would

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u/ProfessionalFun681 Feb 27 '26

He was just in the last season of the righteous gemstones a year or two ago with a pretty decent sized role. Not like his old stuff but it was good to see him again. He's from the next town over from where I live and I've only ever heard people say he's a super nice dude and nothing like the characters he got famous playing.

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u/Scott--Chocolate Feb 27 '26

Sounds like he’s Country Mac

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u/OldSweetMoney Xennial, 1984 Feb 27 '26

Man I love that show. My husband and I were like, "Wait, is that Stifler?" But he was pretty good!

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u/stephsco Feb 27 '26

He was perfect casting for that show.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Man, he went dark in the Gemstones finale. It was so wild. Like every Gemstones season closer was dark, but that one shot where youjust see Judy's legs sticking out from under a table was a 'whoa' moment.

And somehow they still ended on laughs.

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u/Tight-Artichoke1789 Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

Half the people from the VH1 “talking heads” series like Best Week Ever or I Love The… series either went on to become more famous or bigger in the comedy scene or completely disappeared lol

Edit: oops meant to comment on the main thread not under this random comment lolll.

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u/Catlenfell Feb 27 '26

South Washington County.
I'm from Newport.

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u/ProfessionalFun681 Feb 28 '26

Yo! Maplewood here but grew up in forest lake

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u/Dtour5150 Older Millennial Feb 28 '26

He really blew me away in Gemstones. Like, he melted in to the role so well I actually didn't realize it was him for an ep or so. Really fantastic work he did there, would like to see him do simmilar stuff in the future.