Burt Lancaster’s Final HATE LIST 💣 8 Stars He Couldn’t Stand—And They Deserved EVERY Word

Hollywood loves a good deathbed confession, but no one expected Burt Lancaster—the chiselled, barrel-chested titan of the silver screen—to go out swinging like a drunk boxer in a Vegas parking lot.

Forget teary tributes, forget golden-era nostalgia, and forget that saintly image of Lancaster with his piercing eyes and charming grin.

Apparently, the man had receipts, grudges, and a memory sharper than a jealous diva with a diary.

According to whispers, half-baked memoir scraps, and “totally reliable” Hollywood insiders who may or may not be sipping martinis at Musso & Frank’s as we speak, the Oscar-winning star spent his final days unloading the ultimate burn list: eight people he absolutely hated with the passion of a thousand paparazzi flashbulbs.

 

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And let me tell you, dear reader, it was not the polite, subtle shade of today’s celebrities.

No, this was old-school Hollywood hatred, the kind where martinis were thrown, cigars were snapped, and phone calls were made to ruin careers with just a whisper.

Lancaster wasn’t just spilling tea—he was dumping the entire pot, smashing the cups, and setting the tablecloth on fire for good measure.

Now, let’s set the scene.

Lancaster, 80 years old, legendary, wrinkled but still sharper than any TikTok influencer today, allegedly called his inner circle and muttered something like: “If I go, I’m not going alone. ”

Dramatic? Sure.

Believable? Absolutely.

We’re talking about a man who once performed trapeze acts without a safety net—so naturally, his final act was a verbal high-wire stunt that sent half of Hollywood shaking in their bespoke loafers.

“It was like he had been waiting decades to unload,” claimed one so-called nurse who may also moonlight as a screenplay writer.

“He named names.

And let’s just say, it was less Oscars and more WrestleMania. ”

So who made the infamous Lancaster Hate List™? Well, buckle up, because it wasn’t just rivals.

It wasn’t just bad directors.

It was an eclectic buffet of enemies that showed Lancaster was equal parts petty, passionate, and possibly prophetic.

First up, a fellow leading man who Lancaster apparently once described as “a charisma vacuum with the acting range of a stiff martini glass.

” The man in question? Insiders hint it was none other than Charlton Heston, who famously carried himself like he was Moses in every room.

 

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“Burt hated how Heston turned every set into Sunday school,” said one “film historian” who suspiciously sounded like a bitter extra from Ben-Hur.

“He said acting with Heston was like playing chess with a marble statue—useless, frustrating, and very loud. ”

Next, Lancaster reportedly threw shade at a certain studio mogul who “treated actors like rented furniture. ”

While no one’s naming names (because lawsuits are expensive), let’s just say this mogul’s initials might rhyme with L. B.

Mayer.

“Burt said Mayer once told him he smiled too much for a tough guy, and he never forgave him,” whispered a Hollywood archivist while dusting off an old press clipping.

“Apparently Burt told him, ‘You’ll rot before I do,’ which… oops. ”

But it wasn’t just men on the hit list.

Rumor has it Lancaster called out two legendary actresses, one of whom he labeled “the biggest diva with the smallest range. ”

The other? Allegedly, he accused her of “stealing roles, stealing husbands, and stealing martinis. ”

Was he talking about Joan Crawford? Bette Davis? Marilyn Monroe? Or maybe all of them? “He had this thing where he loved women but hated actresses who tried to upstage him,” explained Dr. Lila Shore, our very real (wink) “celebrity psychology expert. ”

“In his mind, they weren’t competition—they were just annoyances with better lighting. ”

 

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Perhaps the most shocking name on the list was a director he worked with multiple times, someone critics always called a “visionary. ”

Lancaster, however, reportedly muttered on his deathbed, “Visionary, my ass—he couldn’t direct traffic on Hollywood Boulevard. ”

Film buffs are already speculating he meant Fred Zinnemann, the director of From Here to Eternity (which won Lancaster his Oscar).

Imagine hating the man who gave you your biggest award! Iconic pettiness, really.

And then, dear readers, came the real kicker: Lancaster apparently included a journalist who once wrote a negative review in the 1950s.

Yes, this man carried a grudge for forty years over a single headline that called him “all teeth and no soul. ”

He allegedly demanded that this critic’s name be carved into Hollywood’s sidewalks—not as a star, but as a warning.

“He never let it go,” said a self-proclaimed cousin’s neighbor’s dog walker.

“Every time someone brought up the Oscars, he’d say, ‘Yeah, but did you read that review in ’54?’ He was obsessed. ”

Now, let’s not forget Lancaster’s well-documented reputation for being both a tough guy and a closet idealist.

He marched for civil rights, supported liberal causes, and sometimes clashed with Hollywood elites who wanted him to just smile and look pretty.

So when he named two politicians on his hate list, no one was surprised.

“He thought they were phonies, selling the American dream like it was a used Cadillac,” claimed our anonymous source who once found an old cocktail napkin scribbled with Burt’s angry doodles.

“He didn’t just hate them—he mocked their hair, their speeches, and even their choice of cufflinks. ”

Brutal.

Of course, not everyone believes this so-called “Lancaster List” exists.

Some say it’s tabloid trash, others insist it was pieced together from barroom stories and diary fragments.

But isn’t that the beauty of Hollywood legends? The truth is less important than the drama, and let’s face it—Burt Lancaster calling out his enemies from beyond the grave is a lot juicier than a polite obituary.

“People want saints, but Burt was a gladiator,” said Professor Hal McKinney, who teaches “Scandal Studies” at a community college that may or may not be accredited.

“If he really did say these things, it proves one thing: Old Hollywood was just as messy, shady, and gossip-fueled as the Kardashians, only with better suits. ”

Naturally, the internet is eating this up like free popcorn at a movie premiere.

Social media sleuths are already creating threads with “evidence” that Lancaster hated everyone from Frank Sinatra to his own dentist.

 

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Conspiracy TikTok insists the hate list was actually code for a hidden treasure map, while Reddit thinks it’s all a publicity stunt for a yet-to-be-announced biopic.

“The more you think about it, the more you realize we’ll never know the truth,” mused one fan.

“But also, I kind of hope he really did hate all these people.

It makes him feel more human, more relatable.

Who among us doesn’t want to drag their enemies on the way out?”

And honestly, isn’t that the real moral here? Hollywood legends are supposed to fade into golden myths, smiling from black-and-white photos as if they never felt jealousy, pettiness, or rage.

But Burt Lancaster? He said, nope.

He wanted us to remember him not just as a star, but as a man who could hold a grudge tighter than his Oscar.

If true, this last act makes him less like a saint and more like a Hollywood gladiator going out with a final swing of his verbal sword.

Iconic, messy, and unforgettable.

So here’s to Burt Lancaster—the man who gave us epic performances, unforgettable smirks, and allegedly, the most savage celebrity hate list of all time.

If heaven has a red carpet, you can bet Burt’s up there right now, rolling his eyes, muttering insults, and demanding better lighting.

One thing’s for sure: Hollywood won’t see another exit quite like his.