r/OldSchoolCool • u/Beginning-Passion676 • 9h ago

Sidney Poitier and his wife Joanna Shimkus on wedding day January, 23 , 1976

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u/Bulky_Specialist9645 8h ago

Sidney had 4 daughters with his first wife while also having a 9 year affair with Diahann Caroll. And then left all of them for Joanna. Pretty far from cool...

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u/crystaljae 3h ago

Ugh. Now I don't like him or Diane Carroll and I used to like them both.. but I'd rather know the truth

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u/gwhh 1h ago

Who is diahann carol?

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u/Constant-Plant-9378 19m ago

So Sidney was pretty much the moral equivalent of Donald Trump. An unfaithful, serial adulterer and piece of shit.

Good to know.

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz 6h ago

It is decades in the past so you can take a break from the moral crusading.

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u/DingbatMcgeee 5h ago

Let's forgive Hitler too then, decades ago

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz 5h ago

Yes, because there is little difference morally between cheating on your wife and having millions of people gassed to death in concentration camps based on their religion, race, skin color, or sexuality.

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u/Tweed_Kills 3h ago

Apparently, there isn't. You see, cheating is apparently the ultimate test of one's moral fiber, and also a thing about which we should all care.

Jesus Christ, the intenet's priorities are insane.

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u/GoodyTwoShuuz 3h ago

I read more completely brain dead takes on Reddit than I do on even Facebook.

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u/Tweed_Kills 3h ago

I've been told that Stalin was actually a good guy, people keep harping on that 24 year old women are actually just children who need to be protected from dating men in their 30s, and now that cheating on your spouse, which means hurting the feelings of 1-3 people, is as bad as doing a 6million person genocide.

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u/Bobo4037 8h ago

Joanna is still with us, she’ll be 83 next month.

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u/ToastTiny 9h ago

Sidney Poitier carried effortless class everywhere he went They stayed married over forty years too

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u/HoneyDesigner4299 8h ago

He had that kind of presence where the suit wears him, not the other way around

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u/ThatOneCanadian69 1h ago

« I am not Sidney Poitier » is a fantastic book and everyone should read it

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u/Numerous-Pepper-3883 8h ago

So fantastic!! He rocks and so does she!

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u/steroidsandcocaine 7h ago

Serial adulterer, but ok.....

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u/Numerous-Pepper-3883 7h ago

Heard that about her.. wow..