Self-awareness is hard: Ian Somerhalder jets to London, whines about taxi pollution

Actor and aristocrat slacktivist Ian Somerhalder considers himself a “global trotter.” The hypocritical “green energy” fanboy jets around the world lamenting that he can’t even open his swanky L.A. windows thanks to the pollution spewed by your gas-guzzling cars and filthy airplanes.

See, his globe trotting is Important™. Jet engines for me, but not for thee.

And now, after stepping off a plane in London, his elitist sense of right and wrong is under assault by taxi engines that just don’t burn cleanly enough for his refined, environmentally-correct tastes.

Hey, Ian, after your next transatlantic flight, we have a concept we’d love to introduce you to: self-awareness.

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  • IBXNJ

    Hey Ian, a taxi takes the place of a car with EVERY FARE!!!!!

    • IBXNJ

      And its a very good thing when they pick up a drunk too

      • John Thomas “Jack” Ward III

        Sometimes they were fun…True story(ies). Jawamax 8<{D}

        • IBXNJ

          Drove a cab in Clearwater… No shortage of weird in Florida!!

  • ceemack

    Who?

    • V the K

      An actor most famous for playing a character on LOST who was committing incest with his sister. Also, he was killed off early in the second season. His career would now consist of guest shots on ‘The Love Boat,’ if that were still around. Since it isn’t, he has to resort to Green Activism.

      • GaryTheBrave

        I am a fan of Lost and I don’t even remember this guy or his character. Were they the ones that get buried alive because they were bit by a spider that paralyzed them (he and his sister) and everyone else thought they were dead?

        • V the K

          He’s the one who died when the drug smuggling plane fell off the cliff.

          • GaryTheBrave

            Yep, don’t remember him.

          • Paula Noakes

            First season. Boone and Shannon. Shannon later fell in love with Sayid, only to be shot by Ana Lucia. Yes, I’m a Lost junkie.

        • Paula Noakes

          That was Paolo and Nikki …

      • Liberty

        No, step-sister on LOST. Now he’s on The Vampire Diaries. Teen girls are a captive audience.

    • JMC

      He currently plays a bloodsucker on The CW’s ‘The Vampire Diaries.’ (Jeez, I actually kind of hate myself for knowing that.)

      • Jeremy

        The only two shows that I watch on CW is Supernatural&Arrow so,I wouldn’t know him.

    • grais

      And who cares?

    • Jeremy

      my thoughts exactly.

  • Raven

    Bitterness is not a virtue and it makes all of you look so ugly.

    • toddm123

      It’s terrible to be ugly and not appreciate Ian’s goodness, metrosexual manliness and everything he contributes to society. We’re sorry.

  • Raven

    How is he going to get to London?By walking?Unless you let him him borrow your broom he will have to “Jet” There. No?

    • radishthegreat

      Why do you hate the Earth?

      • toddm123

        Ian’s GOT TO jet around the world and express his vast knowledge on saving the earth. He’s sacrificing. I think we have Ian’s Chris Crocker in Raven…”Leave Britney, I mean Ian alone. He’s just ssoooooo wonderful!!!”

  • Raven

    @V the K.Ian Somerhalder is playing in a very popular TV show right now and he is filming a very promising movie in London.Therefore,your bitterness is really unwarranted.

    • arrow2010

      So being “important” is an excuse to use massive amounts of carbon?

      • toddm123

        And as long as you’re popular.

    • toddm123

      Well that settles it. A guy (and that’s being generous) who PLAY ACTS is on a very popular show and is in a movie says WE should govern our use of fossil fuels, but has NO problem jetting around the world, burning them for fun. Ya, I can see how the little should just lighten up. He’s an overpaid douchebag.

    • Glen Hull

      Is that you Ian?

  • CatHerder

    Send the little wimp around to my place, I’d love to blow some pipe smoke in his face.

  • elainefelicity

    Has anyone actually heard of the word ‘ISF’? Slacktivist? Ian Somerhalder? I think not!

  • John Thomas “Jack” Ward III

    In East Central Florida, my family owned CANAVERAL CAB COMPANY between 1976 (founded by my Mom and Step-Father) and 1994, and we would bring the cars in to fix the exhaust system, change a muffler/tailpipe, etc.(and this was in East Central Florida in the seventies, the days of cheap Regular gasoline, before Carter #AllTeethNoBrains #Americathon ruined it… #RightWard Jawamax 8<{D}

    • John Thomas “Jack” Ward III

      I also drove a cab for a comany owned by a Phillipino couple, for about six months….Everyone from Call Girls to Strippers, Little old Ladies to the Military, and many tourists, and I can tell you…It’s much MUCH cheaper than renting a car.. #RightWard Jawamax 8<{D}

  • http://discus.com yourmamatoo

    Hilarious.
    These simple folks don’t even know they are hypocrites!
    And that says it all.

    • Raye09

      The show he is on is equally as simple. “The Vampire Diaries” has to be one of the campiest shows I have seen, and that’s saying a lot, because I watch a lot of mindless campy shows.

  • John Barleycorn

    I’ve never heard of this douchenozzle but he sure does look like a twat.

  • Georgia

    Ian did not “jet” to :London. He was already there and has been since May 27th due to filming a movie over the summer hiatus. He made a simple comment in his tweet regarding cleaner burning engines, which is totally expected considering he believes in a cleaner environment. Ian started the Ian Somerhalder Foundation for the purpose of protecting the environment and animals, especially those animals that have been abused. I see no reason to ridicule the guy because he actually believes in something.

    • Zathras11 @B5

      He got there by plane, regardless of when he left. And, he is not swimming home. That still makes him a hypocrite.

  • Glen Hull

    He’s neither. Vampire Diaries didn’t even crack the Top 100 of prime time shows this past season.

  • Glen Hull

    I’ll grant you that.