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To think that there's loads of famous people using MN?

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CharismaticVic · 23/08/2020 12:53

Just that. I've noticed a few threads recently saying they knew someone famous or were a newsreader/in the media and I was thinking is MN just full of famous people having discussions on threads that they couldn't do face to face for fear of bad press.

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Lockheart · 23/08/2020 13:00

Think whatever you like, it's not unreasonable.

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camptohelpout · 23/08/2020 13:01

Oh there are. I often use Mumsnet to see what is being said about me but unfortunately there has been a lack of 4g during my sojourn in a idyllic cliff top in Scotland so I may be somewhat out of touch, sory about that old chap. It's not the same Scotland as it used to be though, some of the locals seem to play the fiddle more than the bagpipes.

Camp out to help out!

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JesusInTheCabbageVan · 23/08/2020 13:09

WorraLiberty is actually the Queen irl.

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Butchyrestingface · 23/08/2020 13:11

Wasn't it Amanda Holden who spat the dummy when she read something about herself she didn't like?

Apologies, Amanda, if you are here and it was someone else. Wink

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JadesRollerDisco · 23/08/2020 13:15

I'm sure there are. And plenty of people of all walks of life. Although I like to think you're all like me Smile

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FlibbertyGiblets · 23/08/2020 13:29

Butchyrestingface tbf some of what was posted was unkind and very unsympathetic to the work patterns of someone like Amanda Holden.

But yes OP I certainly can remember for eg Caitlin Moran posting (this was over a decade ago!).

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x2boys · 23/08/2020 14:10

I don't doubt there are but nobody would admit to it .

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FloydWasACat · 23/08/2020 14:11

I'm Spartacus!

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GoneEffinCrazy · 23/08/2020 14:11

We can be anyone we want behind the screen.

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Stackys · 23/08/2020 14:12

Jo Brand uses mumsnet, and I reckon Katie Hopkins does too.

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Stripesgalore · 23/08/2020 14:13

Suzanne Moore

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SleepingStandingUp · 23/08/2020 14:15

I'm sure lots do to see if they're popular/topical etc. Maybe that's what's keeping KP entertained whilst she recovers

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x2boys · 23/08/2020 14:20

There was once a thread a few years back where a poster alluded to being famous and other posters speculated that the poster was Katie Hopkins ,but of course the poster didn't confirm either way,maybe she was or maybe she was just Julie from Nuneaton 😂

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EinsteinaGogo · 23/08/2020 14:24

As a PP just said, Jo Brand references Mumsnet in her latest book.

She did actually say 'xxxxxxx' is my Mumsnet username but I've forgotten what it was !

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FenellaMaxwell · 23/08/2020 14:27

Yes. I’m Barbara Cartland.

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TerribleCustomerCervix · 23/08/2020 14:29

JK Rowling is 100% a MNer

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BadLad · 23/08/2020 14:30

@JesusInTheCabbageVan

WorraLiberty is actually the Queen irl.

No. This is Worra.
To think that there's loads of famous people using MN?
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Palavah · 23/08/2020 14:36

I reckon SamCam posted yesterday.
Holly Willoughby, Fearne Cotton, undoubtedly. Rachel Riley now too.
I hope Olivia Colman and Isy Suttie are on.

I also love the idea of Katie Mid fiddling about on S&B to source wedding outfits for people while she's supposed to be working.

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isabellerossignol · 23/08/2020 14:40

If there are, I bet they wouldn't draw attention to it.

Every time I see someone say that their husband/best friend/brother is famous in real life I immediately assume they are lying. Because if it was true surely they wouldn't want people speculating and advance searching them to try to piece together clues.

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PersonaNonGarter · 23/08/2020 14:44

Definitely.

There are threads/comments that get deleted on here that no one would bother with or notice IRL Or elsewhere on the internet. But the subject of the post is on MN so they complain and things go.

There was a Sali Hughes/India Knight one that happened to. I assume both are on here sometimes.

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shiveringwiggles · 23/08/2020 14:46

I was convinced I found Kirsty Allsopp earlier this year.

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ProfessorRadcliffeEmerson · 23/08/2020 14:52

Janice Turner used to be on here. (Janice, if you’re still here, I buy the Times for your articles!)

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EveryPlanetHasAYorkshire · 23/08/2020 14:56

Yup, JK Rowling is on here.

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butterpuffed · 23/08/2020 14:56

Why does anybody care ?

Anyone famous is no more special than a regular MNer but the fact that they're being named in here will make them think they are Confused

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Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 23/08/2020 14:57

@Palavah. What did ‘SamCam’ say that gave her away? Gossip about Boris?

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