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after their death, get slagged off on here? & I'm talking celebs/entertainers & such, not our heroic sports idols/politicians. (?)
Seems like as soon as someone pops it, someone on here has to have a pop/criticise/slag off & even go to though bother of saying they don't care (that one always makes me wonder & I may have been guilty myself!)
So, who do you reckon
I reckon I'm safe.
John Peel.
Guy Martin.
David Attenborough
Trevor McDonald?
Surf Mat.
Jeremy Clarkson.
Justified though?
John Peel.
Not a chance.
It's worth remembering that this was a man who married a 15-year-old in the US (which, at the time, was legal in Texas) when he was in his mid-twenties, and who was later discovered to have had at least one other relationship with an underage girl in the UK. And let's not forget his Schoolgirl of the Year competition on his Radio 1 show in the early Seventies.
From a now cache-only article in the Indy. He married a 15 year old when he was in his mid 20s, FFS. Conveniently in a location where it was legal at the time. Oh, and there's ANOTHER relationship with an underage girl in the UK, too. Kiddy fiddler.
+1 😆 @ the suggestion of John Peel
John Noakes, Valerie Singleton,James May,Mark Cavendish,
I'd happily slag Guy Martin off now never mind after he's dead (If he dies before me..) gets on right on my tits he does.
Trevor McDonald?
He called national hero Bernard Manning a "fat white bastard". In this age of the constantly-offended, surely someone on here would be outraged on the fat white bastard's behalf?
That's effn brilliant.fat white bastard
I'd happily slag Guy Martin off now never mind after he's dead (If he dies before me..) gets on right on my tits he does.
he's clearly on "the spectrum" and has become a bit more caricatured recently, but surely he's harmless enough
Ben Fogle 😐
Added respect for Sir Trevor.
Interesting re JP, I wonder if you are the first CFH? When he went you got flamed here for posting about anything else...
Why does everyone hate guy Martin? Genuine question.
John Inverdale, God I hate him. Hate.
Chris Moyles.
Think I'm just listing people that if they died, the world would be a better place.
Any one called Kate
Simon weston.
Agree with seadog. My ex is called Kate and she's the antichrist.
Fred Dibnah.
Has anyone ever slagged him off?
Kylie Minogue
Happy to see this thread has careered out of direction within 20 mins 🙂
In the spirit of such derailment from OP, I'll say there's something that just doesn't sit right with me, about David Jason.
*finds lawyer*
Good call loddrik
The John Peel had a relationship with a minor thing is a tad unfair- the girl in question admitted to the press she had told John she was 21. He was pretty upset about it, he wrote about it in his biography.
OP I really don't understand what you are saying ... ffs speak English please.
Oh ya ... I really don't care. Really.
There is NO house without death but it is how you die that matters.
I like to observe how people die. i.e. a good death or a bad death. The former dying peacefully in sleep without illness or sickness. The latter could be one that is blown to pieces with no whole remains, then you got the in between ... I like to look at death.
Without knowing death we don't know how to live. 😯
Think every forces mate I've got hate Simon Weston
The internet allows certain types (and katie hopkins even tho she says it to desperatly generate attention) to say things they know wouldnt go down well in a public space/pub etc.
As a young man he worked as a DJ in Texas in a local radio station. Much later he recalled that girls, some as young as 13, used to queue up outside his radio station.
In his own words;
[i]All they wanted me to do was to abuse them sexually which, of course, I was only too happy to do.Well, of course I didn’t ask for ID. All they wanted me to do was to abuse them sexually which, of course, I was only too happy to do.[/i]
National treasure my arse.
jonnytheleyther - Member
Think every forces mate I've got hate Simon Weston
Why?
he's clearly on "the spectrum" and has become a bit more caricatured recently, but surely he's harmless enough
Yer, I guess I don't hate him, I just find him v irritating, and I don't get why he appears to be universally revered.
The John Peel had a relationship with a minor thing is a tad unfair- the girl in question admitted to the press she had told John she was 21. He was pretty upset about it, he wrote about it in his biography.
After he was "tricked" once, he probably shouldn't have gone through with the wedding.
You know, if it was only going to upset him.
And also, maybe he should have implemented a more rigorous selection process, to avoid being "tricked" again, and again, and again etc.
he appears to be universally revered.
He isn't, as this thread illustrates. 🙂
I quite like his stuff, mainly because of his enthusiasm for life. It's rather infectious.
Christopher Lee
Re cynic Al- I don't know if I'm honest
I don't know anyone who dislikes Simon Weston?! Forces or otherwise - service and injuries aside he's devoted his life to chairty and support for forces personnel?
David Jason? Lovely man (as far as we can tell) a career of lovable characters and not even a wiff of Yewtree about him, which is amazing considering the scope of it.
Tony Ben? On here anyway, the hard core Tory and UKIP lot didn't like him much.
Stephen Fry? David Bowie? Dennis Bergkamp ?
People...I can't think of any that I actually hate.
Flies on the other hand can **** off and die, and die horribly!
Re cynic Al- I don't know if I'm honest
If its ant help, It's probably because they are total arseholes.
(If it's actually true)
OP I really don't understand what you are saying ... ffs speak English please.
Ok, CAN YOU THINK OF ANYONE WHO WOULDN'T BE SLAGGED OF ON THIS FORUM, WHEN THEY DIED?
CELEBRITIES & 'ENTERTAINERS' ONLY THOUGH, NOT EVERY ***KER ELSE.
That ok? (I don't think It's that hard a question, loads of others seem to have understood.)
Chipps?
They're not arseholes.
Morgan Freeman
Someone who wouldn't be slagged off on here....
Bumble?
esselgruntfuttock - MemberOP I really don't understand what you are saying ... ffs speak English please.Ok, CAN YOU THINK OF ANYONE WHO WOULDN'T BE SLAGGED OF ON THIS FORUM, WHEN THEY DIED?
CELEBRITIES & 'ENTERTAINERS' ONLY THOUGH, NOT EVERY ***KER ELSE.That ok? (I don't think It's that hard a question, loads of others seem to have understood.)
😆 Finally I understand your English. 😆
Chipps?
Probably not, but (no offence to him) he's hardly a celeb/entertainer in the grand scheme of things is he, really?
LOL @ Chewkw!
I'm always surprised how vehemently people talk about "hating" public figures. They might be annoying, irritating, stupid, talentless, chin less wonders, but there must be a lot of angry keyboard warriors to turn that into hate.
Does make me chuckle when Flashy bites on the John Peel thing. I wonder how many of his beloved heavy rock bores never touched an under-age groupie? 😆
One for the Scottish children of the 80s: Glen Michael.
Phil Jupitus
Rachel Riley
Tony Hart
Not really happy to slag anyone off before or after their death. It's easy to do but should we?
Some may appear worthy of it but who knows...?
What circumstances drive people to do what they do? Some people do very bad things but who are we to judge?
People will perhaps disagree but criticising someone without walking a mile in their shoes is not fair.
I love how some people manage to misunderstand threads like this one 😆
Mick Hucknall.
...his beloved heavy rock bores...
Think you might be insulting heavy rockers there...
[i]Hair-metal[/i] bores more like it. 🙂
I'll slag off Mick Hucknall, He [i]ruined[/i] Moneys too tight to mention.
Billy Connolly.
Michael Parkinson.
Murray Walker.
Johnny Ball.
wallop - Member
I love how some people manage to misunderstand threads like this one
Sorry, Wallop. That must be my coat over there...
Sorry you can't have Billy Connolly he's a loud mouthed **** who became the very person he attacked.
How about Stephen Hawking? Quite happy to have the piss ripped out of him for charity. Clearly a genius. Quite amusing.
I was about to slag off Parky (smarmy git), but then I read this great passage on his Wikipedia page:
In May 2009 Parkinson bemoaned the state of TV generally, saying he was "fed up of the rise of celebrities hosting shows, ridiculously-titled documentaries and property shows", saying "In my television paradise there would be no more property programmes, no more police-chasing-yobbos-in-cars programmes and, most of all and please God, no more so-called documentary shows with titles like My 20-Ton Tumour, My Big Fat Head, Wolf Girl, Embarrassing Illnesses and The Fastest Man on No Legs."[44] On 11 October 2010, Parkinson appeared on Richard Bacon's Radio 5 Live show where he was particularly critical of comedian and actor Russell Brand, saying: "I don't see the point of him."[45]
Michael Palin
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articularly critical of comedian and actor Russell Brand, saying: "I don't see the point of him."[45]
I can deal with that but I'll slag him off while he's alive rather than dead.
*He's the end of a purple bell*
There, said it.
I love how some people manage to misunderstand threads like this one
I misread the thread title as "Following on from the Cilla thread, who, if anyone, wouldn't.....?"
So it could have been worse.
Pythons, Attenborough - loads of folk should get universally pleasant write-ups.
How about Stephen Hawking? Quite happy to have the piss ripped out of him for charity. Clearly a genius. Quite amusing.
Bit road ragey by [s]all accounts[/s] my mate who grew up in Cambridge's account, or path ragey anyway, happy to ram pedestrians out of the way when he's driving around in his crappy KITT replica.
Have to agree with Attenborough. Friend of mine makes natural history TV shows with him, and said friend (a man whose opinion I trust and value) assures me that he really is as marvellous as you think he is. A real gent.
How about another couple;
Pam Ayres
Joanna Lumley
To right. He's an important man.
Roger Mellie
Grayson Perry
don't think genuine people have much to worry about, humble types who do not seek the limelight but do find themselves in it--those who seek it are of a different order, you take the celeb shilling........
Bit road ragey by all accounts my mate who grew up in Cambridge's account, or path ragey anyway, happy to ram pedestrians out of the way when he's driving around in his crappy KITT replica.
And his jokes are shite.
Grayson Perry
Oh yeah, Grayson Perry!
(WTF is Grayson Perry FFS)
Keith.
Ade Edmondson
Pretty sure Rik Mayall was talked about only positively.
Would Hugh Lawrie also be universally liked too...?
David Walliams, or his bald mate.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Like a news presenter, but shitter.
Is someone no one is going to have a bad word about at their death? Really? You sure you got the point of this game?
Haha, sorry. I misread the bloody thing. I shall edit forthwith! 😳
Strange that no-ones mentioned jamiroquai
He seems to attract a lot of unfavourable attention from men of a certain age.
Brian Blessed (the clue's in the name, right? 🙂 )