My Oscar means nothing to me, says Jon Whiteley,

According to a recent interview in the Oxford Times, Jon Whiteley said that getting an Oscar for his performance as a child star in The Kidnappers (1953) means nothing to him and as for the statuette, it might still be somewhere in the house, but he hasn't seen it for years and it was an ugly thing anyway.

I was shocked when I read that, because most screen actors would give anything to be awarded an Oscar for their performance. It's the film industries way of saying they are an excellent performer and that they are appreciated and recognised and Jon Whiteley treats his as though it was nothing. They honoured him and he practically threw their honour back in their faces. What an absolutely disgraceful and ungrateful attitude for him to have. He should be totally ashamed of himself.