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fucking Stephen Fry

349 replies

Showmethesunny · 09/12/2023 23:00

I just feel I have no more time in my life for self-important older men. I’m sorry he hurt himself but the fact he got offered a painkiller doesn’t make a headline story. I feel like this type of man feels that everything they do is noteworthy

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/dec/09/stephen-fry-given-addictive-opioid-painkiller-oxycontin-fall

Stephen Fry was given addictive opioid painkiller OxyContin after fall

Actor was prescribed controversial high-strength drug to prevent loss of muscle after complex fractures of leg, hip and pelvis sustained on stage

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/dec/09/stephen-fry-given-addictive-opioid-painkiller-oxycontin-fall

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AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 09/12/2023 23:02

Did he commission the story? It feels a bit harsh to attack him for a newspaper report.

ANightingale · 09/12/2023 23:03

He's the most tedious of bores. I wish him no ill, but I don't want to read his ramblings.

Circumferences · 09/12/2023 23:04

The fucking Guardian is the actual problem.

CatOnTheLap · 09/12/2023 23:04

YABU with the title of your thread. Stephen Fry is a national treasure and I won’t have a word said against him.

Iscreamtea · 09/12/2023 23:05

Do you think he contacted the paper and asked them to write a story?

sonrisa · 09/12/2023 23:06

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We are taking this down as it is not in the spirit of the site.

Tonight1 · 09/12/2023 23:06

He's actually quite shy in person with people he doesn't know

MrsSkylerWhite · 09/12/2023 23:06

So if you were ailing and a doctor offered you relief, you’d say no?

I didn’t think so.

ANightingale · 09/12/2023 23:08

Iscreamtea · 09/12/2023 23:05

Do you think he contacted the paper and asked them to write a story?

"“I did my bow after delivering this lecture, turned to go off stage and didn’t realise that I was walking off a part of the stage where there was nothing,” he explained this weekend to the BBC Radio 2 presenter Claudia Winkleman."

Do you think Claudia Winkleman held a gun to his head, dragged him into the BBC studios and demanded, "Talk"?

Original poster
Showmethesunny · 09/12/2023 23:08

No, I don’t think he commissioned the story. But he did an interview where he highlighted this super amazing, fun and intriguing narrative.

Im just sick of pointless old men who think their lives matter tbh

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SgtBilko · 09/12/2023 23:08

I agree, OP. Such a non story. Can’t stand the man and can’t see what the fuss is about.

Fairylightgirl · 09/12/2023 23:10

He tediously rambles on like Boris Johnson....when I lived in the US they all thought we spoke like it. 🙄

still, I'm a nice person and I hope he recovered / is recovering well

Original poster
Showmethesunny · 09/12/2023 23:10

So if you were ailing and a doctor offered you relief, you’d say no?

I didn’t think so.

@MrsSkylerWhite massively
misses the point

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ArsenicInTheAppleTart · 09/12/2023 23:13

I didn't realise Oxycontin was prescribed in the UK so I find that nugget of info interesting tbh,

dressedforcomfort · 09/12/2023 23:13

I think it's newsworthy. When you know the story of the OxyContin scandal in the US and how it's literally destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives, you would balk at being offered it too. It's definitely not just 'a pain killer'.

EwwSprouts · 09/12/2023 23:13

@MrsSkylerWhite In this case you might. Watch the tv series Dopesick.

Agree it's a very flimsy article though.

Ghentsummer · 09/12/2023 23:14

AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 09/12/2023 23:02

Did he commission the story? It feels a bit harsh to attack him for a newspaper report.

Well someone has mentioned what medication he was giving by health professionals. Why not keep it to himself

Mudflaps · 09/12/2023 23:14

So he thanks the NHS for the care he received and explained how painkillers helped him recover. A reporter reported the matter, an editor decided to run it and it bothers you somehow? I am actually glad to see him explain that Oxycontin is an effective painkiller if used correctly and managed properly, I take it daily and have done for over a decade, by the time it was prescribed to me I had thirty years of chronic pain and had tried many many medications without success, Oxycontin gave me back a quality of life despite its bad reputation so I'm happy to hear/read more reports of it being used successfully.

ArsenicInTheAppleTart · 09/12/2023 23:15

Empire of Pain is a great book on the Sackler family, the billionaires behind Oxycontin and the related opioid crisis in America.

sonrisa · 09/12/2023 23:16

Tonight1 · 09/12/2023 23:06

He's actually quite shy in person with people he doesn't know

Shy Person Vying for Limelight Keeps Public Abreast of Most Intimate Matters Since Like Forever!

LocalHobo · 09/12/2023 23:17

Glad he hasn't turned against JK Rowling. I thought he may jump on the bandwagon.

Tonight1 · 09/12/2023 23:18

I guess he likes the attention! But he can get very nervous doing public speeches. I only met him at Cambridge Union

MrsSkylerWhite · 09/12/2023 23:19

So, you get to decide who does and doesn’t matter, Op?

ANightingale · 09/12/2023 23:20

MrsSkylerWhite · 09/12/2023 23:19

So, you get to decide who does and doesn’t matter, Op?

It's an AIBU - OP is canvassing opinions.

Iscreamtea · 09/12/2023 23:20

ANightingale · 09/12/2023 23:08

"“I did my bow after delivering this lecture, turned to go off stage and didn’t realise that I was walking off a part of the stage where there was nothing,” he explained this weekend to the BBC Radio 2 presenter Claudia Winkleman."

Do you think Claudia Winkleman held a gun to his head, dragged him into the BBC studios and demanded, "Talk"?

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Presumably, he was on the radio to promote something, not just to tell her about being offered painkillers. And you do have to talk if you are a guest on a radio show...