Or is Dawn O' Porter really irritating?

Yes, I think he loves the 'young fogey' image.

David Mitchell is very much the sort of guy to put a wedding announcement in the Times!

V Coren and D Mitchell did a very trad announcement in The Times of their engagement, didn't they?
I don't care for her much, and not just because of the name thing. didn't know about those tweets though: that's yucky.

Both Do'P and her husband seem insufferably pleased with themselves and seem to have this narcissistic need to live out their lives on Twitter. To be fair, she merely seems vapid and affected whereas he seems like a nasty piece of work.

As my mum would say, it saves spoiling another couple.

Fair enough Lottapianos although I am going to go against my stated purpose on here by telling you that I changed my name when I got married.

However, in order to preserve your blood pressure, I will reveal that it was largely because my previous surname contained a slang word for male genitals within it and my husband's (and now my) name is almost impossible to turn into an obscene nickname - not sure where that puts me in terms of identity, but I am still glad to be shot of it!

DoJo, I promise you that if any woman asked me for advice about changing her name on marriage, I would tell her don't do it, don't even think of doing it, you're getting married not having an identity change, keep your name because its yours, its part of who you are. Just so you know what I'm consistent!

I read an interview where she said how upset she was that people were tweeting disgusting things about her on twitter because of her hair (during an appearance on 8 out of 10 cats) She said she cried because the stuff written was beyond the pale and very personal. People seem to forget there is a human being reading this shite about herself. I do feel for her and I like her a lot. I think she comes across as warm and funny. I loved the documentary she made about childbirth (she was the woman's birthing partner) and the one she made about dirty dancing was so much fun. She speaks frankly about her health and her fears about developing cancer. I love the fact that despite the abuse she gets for daring to wear her hair how she pleases and has given herself an extra ( and seemingly highly controversial) vowel, she does what the fuck she wants. Well done Dawn for not becoming a Cheryl cole/Christine bleakley highly polished and vacuous stereotype. Stay true to yourself. Do, say, dress, speak, and call yourself whatever you see fit. Oh and I would ride your fella like Seabiscuit.

Don't tell anyone, but I fantasise about cutting Claudia Winkleman's fringe so she isn't always peering out from underneath it.

How does she make her hair so sticky-outy? Does she have some complex scaffolding system at work?

See I can't argue in the favour of her hair irritating me as it's totally irrational! However I wouldn't allow her dodgy barnet raise my blood pressure :D

(Of course if this behaviour irritates you then that cancels out all my good work. What a quandary...)

WestEast I don't think I implied otherwise did I? I'm irritated by plenty of things but if someone can argue effectively in their favour, then I am happy to hear them out and consider changing my opinion. The fewer things I am irritated by the better as far as I am concerned - I consider my posts on here to be a form of public service. If one person's blood pressure is lowered then my job is done.

Wasn't she supposed to be a bully at school but wrote a book casting herself as the victim? Not read her book but that's what I heard.

Because we're human and are allowed to be irritated by stuff that doesn't necessarily irritate you.

It is a name - it's her name. She chose it. If she had chosen Princess Consuela Bananahammock it would be her name. It doesn't seem like she's trying to pretend she's Irish (why would she?) - she's just incorporated a part of her husband's name into her own on marriage. If it doesn't irritate either of them, why allow it to irritate you?

But when someone actually does that she is vilified and it's apparently 'inane' 'a joke' 'ridiculous' 'daft' 'irritating' 'stupid' 'ridiculous' and 'embarrassing' as though any of us have ANY right to comment on her choice

I find it irritating because its not a name. You don't actually just put O' in front of any random name and make it Irish. It's not at all a big deal, but to me it's the equivalent of comedy Irish dancing.

Agree Bad he's tweeted a few things and rapidly deleted them screen shot is a bitch though

Chris o porter has come across as a bit of,a twat on twitter lately....
She is just meh.

Yanbu.

Her husband is an up himself twat as it goes.

Whenever someone posts on here about changing their name on marriage and can't decide what they want to do, the overriding advice is 'do whatever you want - change it, don't change it, choose a new one together if you like, but don't do something just because someone else has an opinion on it'.

But when someone actually does that she is vilified and it's apparently 'inane' 'a joke' 'ridiculous' 'daft' 'irritating' 'stupid' 'ridiculous' and 'embarrassing' as though any of us have ANY right to comment on her choice. She is a successful woman who has never (to my knowledge, although I'm not an expert in her career or anything) expressed any particularly objectionable views, done anything hateful or behaved inappropriately so why should she not be afforded the same choices that we all are? And quite honestly, even if she was a nazi who ate children, who the fuck is anyone on here to decide what she should have done with her name on marriage?

'But hating Victoria because she became Mitchel?! '

I certainly don't hate her, I think she's very funny and clever and pretty but I was a bit disappointed that she became Coren Mitchell instead of just leaving her own name alone.

Her hair looks ridiculous. But I think she likes that. I think she wants us all to believe that she is a bit crazy, kooky and ya know, different.
But she just comes across as irritating and try hard to me.
The 'O' addition to her name is exactly the kind of thing I mean. She thinks she is being so clever and just turning our crazy, traditional society on its head, man, woo!!
But it isn't funny, or clever. It is stupid.

But hating Victoria because she became Mitchel?! If that is her only crime I can live with that.

I quite like her. I particularly loved the documentary she did about Dirty Dancing.

Oh that's grim.

Oh I remember seeing that Peppermint! And it was captioned 'Look what I got!!!!' Yuck. Between that and the Heathrow tweet, he sounds a bit grim really.