The Resume

(May 11, 1953-April 12, 2016)
Promoteed concerts
Produced Michael Jackson's TV concert

Why he might be annoying:

He was Liza Minelli's fourth husband.
His sexuality was questioned.
Jay Leno aired the couples' 'passionate' wedding kiss during The Tonight Show monologue and grossed out the audience.
While Liza was passionate, David was stiff as a board during the kiss.
David publicly referred to Liza as 'the most beautiful woman in the world.'
He was twelve years younger than her.
He claimed he prevented Liza from committing suicide.

Why he might not be annoying:

Liza claimed that he helped her through a debilitating viral infection and an addiction to painkillers.
He gave her a 3½ carat diamond ring.
He claimed he was a lot richer than Liza.
He wanted to adopt children.

Credit: Battyx3

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2003 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 52)
• ABC News' Priciest Celebrity Divorces [2008] (Ranked: 11)
• Access Hollywood's Shortest Celebrity Marriages [December 2007] (Ranked: 10)
• Allegedly Gay Men Who Married Women
• BattyX3's Profiles [Series 01]
• Blender Magazine's 50 Dumbest Rock-Star Extravagances [December 2005] (Ranked: 17)
• Blender Magazine's 50 Hottest Rock & Roll Couples of All Time [November 2003] (Ranked: 48)
• Boston Phoenix's 100 Unsexiest Men in the World [April 2006] (Ranked: 43)
• Bruce's Most Annoying [2004] (Ranked: 15)
• Celebrity Big Brother UK [Complete] (Ranked: 17)
• Cleft Chins
• Daily Mirror's Most Shocking Moment from Each Season of Celebrity Big Brother (2018) (Ranked: 17)
• E!'s 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops! [2003] (Ranked: 79)
• E!'s 101 Juiciest Hollywood Hookups [2003, 26-50] (Ranked: 32)
• E!'s 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment [2003] (Ranked: 83)
• E!'s 40 Celebrity Weddings ... and a Funeral (Ranked: 2)
• E!'s Tacky Taste Award [2003] (Ranked: 9)
• Elton John Doesn't Like Me
• Forbes Magazine's 20 Most Expensive Celebrity Weddings [July 2007] (Ranked: 1)
• Gallery of the Absurd
• I am a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here [UK] (Ranked: 6)
• I am Addicted to Plastic Surgery
• I Attended Liza Minnelli-David Gest's Wedding [March 16, 2002]
• I Died in 2016 (Ranked: 62)
• I Had a Face Lift
• I Had Rhinoplasty [Nose Job]
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I Married in 2002
• I Probably Banged Liza Minnelli
• Long Tall Sally's Most Annoying
• Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
• Look at My Flowers
• My Plastic Surgery Sucked [According to Awful Plastic Surgery.Com]
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Older than Me
• My Wedding Was Nationally Televised
• NY Daily News' Wild Celebrity Weddings [June 2003] (Ranked: 10)
• Profiles 4751-5000 (Ranked: 4761)
• Rumored to Use Botox
• Spousal Abuse Victims
• UK Times Shortest Showbiz Marriages [December 2007] (Ranked: 13)
• VH-1's 100 Most Outrageous Celebrity Moments (Ranked: 3)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20160412)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 115 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 117 Votes: 67.52% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 18 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 40 Votes: 72.50% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 53 Votes: 79.25% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 67 Votes: 67.16% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 68 Votes: 73.53% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 118 Votes: 78.81% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 178 Votes: 77.53% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 248 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 664 Votes: 69.43% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 1147 Votes: 70.71% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1946 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2871 Votes: 79.00% Annoying