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Kids' show hosts. They laugh, they sing, they smile, they bring joy to children all over the world... at least, on the surface. But beneath that shiny, happy façade lies the Depraved Kids Show Host, a character you would not, under any circumstances, want your children around.
Unlike his [[Excited Kids' Show Host|zany-go-lucky cousin]], who's excitable but alright, the
This trope plays on the irony of a jovial character who interacts with children actually being a horrible person. As such, it's related to [[Monster Clown]] and other like tropes.
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== Urban Legends ==
* Urban legends adore this. Quick, think of a kids' show host! Got one? At some point, you've probably heard the rumour that he's a convicted child molester who's on the show as part of his community service
** [[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|Fred Rogers]] was a [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp heavily tattooed, cold-blooded sniper (or possibly a child molester)].
** During the Golden Age of Radio, a legend was created whereby a local children's radio host named Uncle Don uttered the comment, "[http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/radio/bastards.asp That ought to hold those little bastards!]" after one of his shows. Uncle Don was the genial grandfatherly type gent who would read a bedtime story for children at 7 p.m. (local time), after which he said a gentle good night ... until the night where after his show he snarled the infamous remark, unaware his radio mike was still on and could clearly pick up his statement; the story goes on to claim that a flood of calls to the radio station's management resulted in Uncle Don's swift cancellation and his dismissal from radio. The legend has been told about many radio and television performers over the course of several decades, and predates Uncle Don's career by a few years.
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== Western Animation ==
* [[The Simpsons|Krusty the Clown]]: When the cameras are rolling, he's the zany clown kids love! In his off hours, he's lewd, rude, addicted to pretty much everything, treats his biggest fan (Bart) like crap (despite the numerous things Bart did for
** And ''still'' manages to be one of the good guys in comparison to his sidekick, Sideshow Bob, although he's [[Wicked Cultured]] and has a decent side.
** Gabbo and his puppetteer, who briefly got Krusty kicked off the air in "Krusty Gets Cancelled"; Bart produced film of Gabbo referring to the kids as "little S.O.B.s.", which [[No Such Thing as Bad Publicity|sadly backfired]].
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* Richard Bacon was fired from ''[[Blue Peter]]'' following a drug scandal. A later [[Reunion Show]]-cum-[[Panto]] featured him as the (off-screen) baddie.
** Thanks to this Bacon managed to play with his "bad-boy" image and move over to the more adult show ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' and not fall off the face of the earth like most Blue Peter presenters.
* Not officially confirmed, but Italian singer Cristina d'Avena is said to ''hate'' children, despite having a long (since 1982) career in shows with singing children, and as singer/songwriter of cartoon themes
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-14bkh18G1Y Dara Ó Briain, speaking from personal experience, claims that this is ALWAYS the case.]
* Brazilian children show's host Xuxa, before her success, acted in the film [http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amor_Estranho_Amor Amor Estranho Amor] ("Love, Strange Love"), in which her ''character'' had sex with a 12-year-old boy. The film is actually an artsy film, but when the internet discovered it, they treated it as a disgusting act of child pornography. Xuxa already had a lot of haters, and her popularity kinda plummeted.
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