to think this is not nice of Richard E Grant

Or he was emulating her usual style of writing about others including himself - she may have been surprised how tall or short someone was in real life and phrased it similarly

Thanks. I'm more convinced that the diary entry talk were references to conversations with the journalist now. In the article, they talk about aging and looks quite a bit so I can imagine she also revealed her thoughts about herself. And then, as that actually happened that day, it's a valid diary entry to make. That's my theory anyway.

What a horrible creep of a man. And I’m so tired of plastic surgery being spoken about as if it’s the norm for women over 40.

I’ve done done s rabbit hole!

indjdnt know he has a step son either - turns out that he met his wife when he went for a lesson at her house…where she lived with her husband and son and was still married. They slept together that night. Cant see any references from him re his step son.

Make of that what you will

he got popular on TikTok a while back because he was talking about the grieving journey but it was hard to feel sorry for him - he just came across as opportunistic after a while

Blimey. I think maybe the ‘mentally ill’ angle. Even if he is a huge arsehole in real life (though never heard it mentioned?), why on earth would he suddenly sabotage himself by saying something so abhorrent.

What a horrible and cruel thing to say about someone. What a tosser he is.

I wonder if she’d made those comments in their unedited interview and he summarised them into some irresistible headline grabbing copy for her. As an aside his wife was also short. It may reflect his true character but it’s doubtful for me having seen him interviewed IRL before - the interviewer was a wasp and he appeared kind, empathic and uxoriously besotted still with his wife who had passed and he was genuinely interested in the normal people in the small audience & had to compensate for the interviewer faking that he had read Grant’s memoir about his wife’s illness and death. He seemed genuine and not all narcissistic.

Never warmed to him so not surprised he said this

I wonder why he’s been so obviously and publicly cruel? Doesn’t seem sane

His beloved wife was short, about 5’, and more than 10 years older than him, and dyed her hair 🤔

So not sure if he was just being completely and utterly horrible, or if there’s something I’m missing here? It’s very odd behaviour.

Crikey, my jaw dropped open at that, such appalling comments if true. She’s also beautiful, hope she hasn’t taken any notice of what he said.

Sometimes there's such a gap between the parts an actor plays and their real personality. I used to think he was cool. He's clearly not cool.
I was vaguely disappointed with him when he turned out to be a bit grovelling and try hard when he was promoting a film called "Can you ever forgive me?" When he was nominated for an Oscar he was came across as really fake and "little me here at the oscars?"
Of course he behaved really oddly when he was in the Star Warts film and and Limmy had a lot of fun making fun of it.

I may have to watch Spiceworld The Movie on the back of this thread. An absolute banger of a film and that's a hill I will happily die on.

That’s horrendous. I’m extremely small because of a disability and health issues plus medication have really aged me. I can’t afford things like Botox etc and there’s a great chance it won’t last in me very long anyway.
i know what I look like but I’d be mortified if someone described me like that even if that’s how I think of myself

He's always struck me as waspish. I enjoy his on screen performances, but there's invariably a snide element to his characters; it must be a quality he's known to bring into his acting.

I thought he'd be a wittier with it, though. That isn't smart or even bitchy, it's a low-down verbal assault.

Wow, that's very strange and totally uncalled for. I can only imagine she must have said something that he took great offence to earlier in the interview to say something so spiteful. Either that or he's losing his marbles. It really is horrible and very, very odd.

I’m so sorry. Those comments reflect horribly on the people who made them. They say nothing whatsoever about you (as I’m hopefully sure you already well know!)

I’m very shocked by that, I’ve always thought he was great.

Very cruel.

Used to quite like him as an actor and felt sorry for him when his wife died, ah well, another one bites the dust, not funny, not clever, just vile and cruel

This is the article, non-paywalled version. https://archive.ph/d8bY9

I was reading a book recently about the music industry in the 90s and 00s and one journalist was talking in it about being sent to interview a pop group who were so rude and obnoxious she wrote the whole encounter up as it happened and swiftly got a grovelling phone call from their pr lady apologising for their behaviour and asking if they could redo it. Unfortunately for them the journo was so pissed off she refused. Wonder if it might be a similar case here.

I was reading it thinking he must be ill. Also strange that the journo included it as it’s just so off. No one says such vile things in real life surely.

Yes!! He never mentioned his stepson at all when his wife died, just their shared child.

How nasty