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To ask who is the biggest grifter you've seen?

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2025ohdear · 20/02/2025 16:41

I remember Anthea Turner punting flakes at her wedding. Carol Vorderman was always quick to front a financial product. Just seen Carole Malone on my timeline oiling on about weight loss jabs.

Any others spring to mind?

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tobee · 21/02/2025 21:04

Bravo for your Johnson description @lifeonmars100

WhatFreshHellisThese · 21/02/2025 20:59

Great question. Tommy Robinson is my vote

lifeonmars100 · 21/02/2025 20:53

lucindalucinsa · 21/02/2025 18:29

Brooklyn Beckham
Meghan Markle
Prince Harry
Callum Best - showing my age there

Aargah! I remember Callum Best, always got wrong un vibes from him, wonder what became of him. Going to goggle him and see what he is getting up to these days

lifeonmars100 · 21/02/2025 20:50

anon666 · 21/02/2025 18:42

Too many for words. Donald Trump. Nigel Farage. Boris Johnson. Andrew tate. Russell Brand. That anti-vaxxer guy - Wakefield.

They are all working various forms of scam, based on sone kind of 'attack is the best form of defence' denial of crimes.

add the odious Katie Hopkins to that list. I wonder if all that lot really believe the vile shite they come out with and just do it because they know there is an audience who lap it up. Having said that, I do think that the chinless oddity Tate does believe the horrific stuff he spouts

lifeonmars100 · 21/02/2025 20:45

JandamiHash · 21/02/2025 18:34

Hard agree. I once paid £18 for 5 pieces of ravioli at one of his restaurants

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I always remember what I thought was a genius piece of graffiti sprayed on one of the branches of his restaurants, under the signage, saying Jamie's Italian some wit had put "No, he's not"

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 21/02/2025 20:38

SunnyPlumOrca · 21/02/2025 20:04

Totally agree that Stacey Solomon is up there and her ghastly squeaky husband.Making loads of money from having no talent except producing children.

She's not grifting.
She's actually being sensible, cos no one is going to give her the time of day in a few years time; so she needs to earn a pound note while she can.

She gets on your nerves, for whatever reason, but that doesn't make her a grifter.

MeganCarter · 21/02/2025 20:37

Mala53 · 21/02/2025 18:29

I am smiling as I write in reaction to the suggestion that Captain Tom was a grifter.

He was never in the regular army and was conscripted to serve in WW2 in 1940 and demobbed in 1946.

He became an officer, as some did while offers were offered and refused.
(A master in my father’s secondary school for one as the compulsory map case and pistol made them targets and this young man wanted to see his family again.)

Tom received what they called battlefield promotions. He and his family must have understandably proud of that.

Some of my father’s friends came home with similar ranks and happily returned to their careers as teachers, factory workers, accountants - even one dancer. All glad to Mr again, back in civvy street.

Tom retained his rank, although conscripts did not normally do so, and he retained for all of 65 years for 75 years.

Draw your own conclusions.

we did, thanks a lot

proporop · 21/02/2025 20:34

BellaCiao23 · 21/02/2025 20:29

Agree - MP for the most deprived constituency in England and he’s earned £635k from side jobs on top of his MP salary since last July.

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And who knows what else that we don't know about!!!

NZversusLondon · 21/02/2025 20:29

Oh and that Roxie Mafousi and all those other bullshitty manifesters

BellaCiao23 · 21/02/2025 20:29

Moonlightstars · 20/02/2025 17:06

Farage was top of my list. MEP for years..did nothing other than embarrass the UK. Now as an MP he is not even doing the basics. Ultimate grifter. But people fall for it every time.

Agree - MP for the most deprived constituency in England and he’s earned £635k from side jobs on top of his MP salary since last July.

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tobee · 21/02/2025 20:07

Hotflushesandchilblains · 20/02/2025 18:52

If anyone has not seen it, I highly recommend the film 'Grifters' with Angelica Houston - its brilliant - like gritty Hustle.

Angelica Houston is fabulous in it!

Gingerbreadloony · 21/02/2025 20:07

Caroline Hirons. Claims to be an unbiased skincare expert, will shill any brand that pays her including ones she slagged off in the past. Told people not to go into debt or use credit cards for skincare, offers Klarna on her website. Told people not to overspend on cleansers and moisturisers, released her own shockingly overpriced products and wants people to do just that.

SunnyPlumOrca · 21/02/2025 20:04

Totally agree that Stacey Solomon is up there and her ghastly squeaky husband.Making loads of money from having no talent except producing children.

tobee · 21/02/2025 19:57

Groups of grifters:-

Clairvoyants
Astrologists
Scientologists

cramptramp · 21/02/2025 19:49

If anyone ever posts this question again can they put the definition of what a grifter is in the opening post just to help people writing about random people they don't like.

Hufflemuff · 21/02/2025 19:48

AppleCelebration · 20/02/2025 21:22

Ladbaby. All the way. Cannot believe how many freebie holidays they’ve grifted recently and let’s face it, all this is on the back of “charity” , and a song parody that was actually nicked from a young fella who went a little viral on social media.

Omg yes, thats a good one!!

Clarabell77 · 21/02/2025 19:15

NebulousDogBollocking · 20/02/2025 19:38

I see your lovely and raise you ... Nicola Sturgeon.

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Yes, she’s lovely too.

LlamaDuke · 21/02/2025 19:12

Agree with all the ones being posted, particularly Farage, Mone, Johnson, Tate and the Royals.

I would add in any celebrity who appears on reality TV programme after reality TV programme (talk about going to the opening of an envelope!). Also I suggest any of these celebs who get paid to go on holiday abroad time and time again - Jane McDonald in particular springs to mind.

TheKeatingFive · 21/02/2025 19:08

They're all absolute and total amateurs compared to the Royals.

Hardlyworking · 21/02/2025 19:06

That mate of Johnson who accepted a contract for £2m to source PPE for covid. He didn't even supply it. His newly formed 'company' based at his 3 bed terrace simply googled Chinese PPE manufacturers and passed the contact info on, even though their product was entirely unsuitable.

Never paid it back either once exposed.

Isinglass20 · 21/02/2025 19:04

CanadianJohn

Not if you die without a Will in any of the Duchies

MayaKovskaya · 21/02/2025 18:58

BustingBaoBun · 21/02/2025 18:57

He's hardly a 'decent sort'!

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Well. Opinions vary.

BustingBaoBun · 21/02/2025 18:57

MayaKovskaya · 21/02/2025 18:52

Yes, he seems like a decent sort. As you say, not a "grifter".

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He's hardly a 'decent sort'!

BustingBaoBun · 21/02/2025 18:55

uglyjessie · 21/02/2025 18:13

@BustingBaoBun

So what what?

So what she's got a new insta page. No idea why that's a problem