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To ask which celebrities would be really annoying to be married to?

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drspouse · 18/05/2025 09:48

Inspired by DS obsession with Steve Backshall.

He would be off round the world "too busy to do childcare darling", would come home reeking of bar poo, and would insist on taking the children to play with venomous snakes "it won't hurt them if they don't bother it".

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BobbyBiscuits · 18/05/2025 17:20

Corinthiana · 18/05/2025 17:15

@BobbyBiscuits love your list! Plus, I concur.

Thank you! Gawd, there are millions of them really aren't they, lol. 🤣

Ifitaintgotnoswing · 18/05/2025 17:19

David Attenborough
back in the day you’d have never, ever seen him!!! And when you did you’d be worrying about whatever exotic, unknown to science bug had hitched a ride with him!!
though I think he has transcended celebrity status somewhat so perhaps doesn't count!

Corinthiana · 18/05/2025 17:15

@BobbyBiscuits love your list! Plus, I concur.

Liz1tummypain · 18/05/2025 17:14

Claudia Winkleman .I would force her to put her hair in a parting .

BobbyBiscuits · 18/05/2025 17:14

Simon Cowell
Gregggggg Wallace
Geri Halliwell
P Diddy
Russell Brand
Meghan Markle
Fergie/Prince Andrew
The girl who just got nicked for smuggling puff into Georgia
The guy who invented 'Mewing'
Elon Musk
Donald Trump
Liz Truss

Corinthiana · 18/05/2025 17:13

TheEfterlingFan · 18/05/2025 17:08

@thenightsky he's like a love sick puppy around Megan I'd be amazing if he'd ever lost his temper with her

Yeah, just other people, probably.

MixedFeelingsNoFeelings · 18/05/2025 17:11

Another James Cordenophobe here. Years ago he was on Never Mind the Buzzcocks with Germaine Greer, and behaved really creepily towards her, lolling over her, putting his head on her shoulder etc. To be fair GG seemed ok with it, which was a bit disappointing! But a lifelong repulsion towards JC began.

TheEfterlingFan · 18/05/2025 17:08

@thenightsky he's like a love sick puppy around Megan I'd be amazing if he'd ever lost his temper with her

TheEfterlingFan · 18/05/2025 17:07

Gordon Ramsey, probably very hyper and always on the go but his dc have done well and he seems to love his wife.

Victoria Beckham, must be hard living with her restrictions on diet

VickyEadieofThigh · 18/05/2025 17:07

FigTreeInEurope · 18/05/2025 16:48

Bono, because he's 65, and he still hasn't found what he's looking for.

He'd be useless in bed, therefore, wouldn't he?

Corinthiana · 18/05/2025 17:03

TaggieO · 18/05/2025 16:53

Inspired by recent threads, Alice Evans!!

Those threads are something else!

Mopplepopple · 18/05/2025 17:01

James Corden
Marti Pellow
Philip Schofield
Vernon Kay
Blakey Lively
Tyson Fury

GingerWhitePushkin · 18/05/2025 16:57

jeaux90 · 18/05/2025 10:40

David Tennant, insufferable.

suspect his wife matches him though

Corinthiana · 18/05/2025 16:55

thenightsky · 18/05/2025 12:27

Prince Harry. Always looks as though he's on the edge of a tantrum. You'd be walking on eggshells all day, wondering what was going to set him off next.

Oh my god and his continuous whinging and victimhood. Bloody hell get a job.

TaggieO · 18/05/2025 16:53

Inspired by recent threads, Alice Evans!!

IridescentShadow · 18/05/2025 16:52

RedCrochetedWigFace · 18/05/2025 13:57

I liked him until he said that if he had been on one of the planes on 9/11 he would have stopped the terrorists and stopped it from crashing.

To answer the question - most politicians. If they are doing their job well they won't ever really be "off". And could you imagine having a sensible decision with them.
"Can you pick up some free range eggs please darling?"
"No such thing as free range anymore because of bird flu"
"Oh. Do you think we should avoid buying eggs for the time being then?"
"Well, it would depend on whether you can trust x party to put an appropriate environmental policy in place because..."

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I'm in a relationship with a (non-famous) Politician. IIRC, politics has been called "Show business for ugly people." The good ones are never off; it's a vocation, not a job. They are often very annoying, though.

Pudmyboy · 18/05/2025 16:49

Just looked this up, the Vietnamese man said his eye injury happened when he was a soldier, and he feels Wahlberg deserves a second chance. The other people he assaulted (different place) absolutely do not forgive him.

FigTreeInEurope · 18/05/2025 16:48

Bono, because he's 65, and he still hasn't found what he's looking for.

GeorgianaM · 18/05/2025 16:45

Solomon and Swash. The gurning alone would send me over the edge.

plominoagain · 18/05/2025 16:45

Ainsley Harriott.

How can anyone be so relentlessly cheerful ? And I just know he’d be a spoonyfucker when I was cooking .

WaffleParty · 18/05/2025 16:41

Steve Backshall is a gorgeous man. Highly intelligent and talented but also celebrates his wife’s successes. I bet he never has a lie in though.

Hereforthelaugh · 18/05/2025 16:41

ConstantlyFuriosa · 18/05/2025 15:16

Gosh, I love this. I’m stealing it.

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Jude Law would be another one!

MyGoldLeader · 18/05/2025 16:40

That nobber that was married to Billy Piper…Laurence Fox. Vile.

WaffleParty · 18/05/2025 16:39

I bloody love David Tennant so I’ll take him off your hands.

Agree about Richard Madeley - insufferable bore and Martin Lewis who loves himself.

I’ll add Lee Mack to the list. I don’t think he’d ever let you have the last word and would sulk if you were funnier than him.

OneMintWasp · 18/05/2025 16:38

tobee · 18/05/2025 13:46

Steve Backshall just looks dopey

Most celebrities really are probably annoying. Seem to either be ragey 🤬 or too talkative 🤐. I like to do the talking!

Steve Backshall is a pretty accomplished guy if you read up on him. Speaks quite a few languages fluently and has achieved a lot. I was surprised when I looked at him on Wikipedia!