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Male celebrity in London today in a pink beret

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Montypig · 10/04/2024 21:27

DD went to Cream Dream ( I know !) Cafe in London today ( she had a fabulous cake ) and was sitting next to a celebrity - Male, 50 + ish,, in a houndstooth jacket, wide trousers and a pink beret. other people asked for a photo, and apparently he was really nice to them, so we know it was someone famous, but who ????

AIBU to ask you all to help work out who it might have been ? ( sorry shoe horned into AIBU as I was hoping for a quick answer !)

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whoscoatsthatjacket2012 · 10/04/2024 22:35

OP I read out your first post to DH and he got it immediately. I'm gobsmacked and a little weirded out
We are in Deep South wales so wouldn't have seen him himself.
#WTF

TuesdayQ · 10/04/2024 22:28

Montypig · 10/04/2024 21:29

She says no, it wasn't - apparently Eddie Izzard has his pink beret stolen.

He drank tea in a pretty mug.

Michael Barrymore?

Just seen the answer... How lovely of him!

blackcherryconserve · 10/04/2024 22:27

Sorry X posted lol

blackcherryconserve · 10/04/2024 22:27

He's apparently 70!

Laiste · 10/04/2024 22:20

WordOfTheDay · 10/04/2024 22:15

Apparently, Kevin Rowland is 70! Time and tide wait for no man...

70 ?
SEVENTY ???

<gets up and leaves>

determinedtomakethiswork · 10/04/2024 22:18

Most of these people would never wear a pink beret!

Saladcreamdreams · 10/04/2024 22:16

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Male celebrity in London today in a pink beret
WordOfTheDay · 10/04/2024 22:15

Apparently, Kevin Rowland is 70! Time and tide wait for no man...

fisherking1 · 10/04/2024 22:12

Hmmn

Male celebrity in London today in a pink beret
MuggedByReality · 10/04/2024 22:07

Sounds like Tyson Fury to me. The pink beret is a bit of a giveaway.

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Montypig · 10/04/2024 22:06

Not, but a lovely suggestion - nope it was the chap from Dexys Midnight Runners and apparently he was really nice to the people who spoke to him. Thank you all !!

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LauderSyme · 10/04/2024 22:05

Yay hurrah. Well done MN! 😀

I actually googled "Who looks like Jeff Goldblum" due to this thread, and the search results provide some fascinating reading so thank you for that too.

DustyDood · 10/04/2024 22:04

Glad you can get to sleep now! He has a very distinctive style and was the first person I thought of from your DD's description.
Actually wish I had the guts (and money and figure) to dress like him!

Bbq1 · 10/04/2024 22:02

Joe Lyset?

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Montypig · 10/04/2024 22:01

YOU GENIUSES ( Genii ??))

Kevin Rowland ....... for it was he. Both girls agree and say "too rah too rah too rah too rah eh "

thank you so much, we can all go to bed now. I told DH that mumsnet can solve everything

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Emotionalsupportsnail · 10/04/2024 22:00

Is she sure of the age? If she’s young she might think a 30 year old looks 50!

LauderSyme · 10/04/2024 22:00

@Montypig 'wretched child giving us this mystery' Hmmm, quite.

I like your vocabulary OP. Wretched and vexatious are wonderful words 🙂

Churchview · 10/04/2024 21:59

Now I've seen the photo I would like to add Miss Marple to the list.

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Montypig · 10/04/2024 21:58

Churchview thank you - we are over invested too - can't get the smaller ones to bed. Not Alan Cumming, as DD is a big fan so would have recognised

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Churchview · 10/04/2024 21:33

Captain Sensible.

Good call but his would be red. Absolutely bloody lovely bloke though. Really, really nice. My favourite celebrity ever, because he loves his fabs as much as we love him!

I think he lives in Portugal now but was in Rome at the weekend.

Iiquidsnake · 10/04/2024 21:57

Kevin Rowland?

LauderSyme · 10/04/2024 21:57

Maybe he is not famous at all but in fact the people who wanted a photo are artisanal beret makers and were super chuffed to find one of their creations in the wild?

Lovelylydia · 10/04/2024 21:56

Boy George?

Male celebrity in London today in a pink beret
Churchview · 10/04/2024 21:55

FrothyCothy · 10/04/2024 21:47

That was my first thought but he definitely does have an accent and I think is shorter than 6ft

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Alan Cumming is a tweed and glasses wearer, looks a bit like Jeff Goldblum and is definitely not a stranger to a beret. I've looked him up and he's 5'10".

It's him surely.

Some might say I'm over involved in this thread.

DustyDood · 10/04/2024 21:55

Dexy's Kevin Rowland? Seen him round London a few times, always dressed like an absolute dandy. Definitely partial to a beret and vintage wide leg trousers.
Only thing is he's 70 not 50!

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