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Has everyone forgotten Jonathan Ross and Sachsgate?

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Greedybilly · 18/10/2025 19:50

I love traitors but i detest Jonathon Ross. I clearly remember his vile phone calls to Andrew Sachs about his grandaughter. Along with his accomplice Russel Brand - vile, laddish behaviour. How is he even still working? Does he have mates in high places - people's careers have gone under for much less.
Also he makes my skin crawl and is ruining a damn good show.

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Greedybilly · 18/10/2025 20:01

@Toucan123eexactly. The whole thing was more than a 'mistake' - it was abusive and cruel. Hideous little man. Yet he's still on tv. How?

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ramonaquimby · 18/10/2025 20:00

FuzzyWolf · 18/10/2025 19:55

I can’t stand him but I also dislike the way people judge somebody for something that happened almost 20 years ago. People in the public eye can’t escape their mistakes but I bet most of us have something somewhere in our backgrounds that wouldn’t look great when published in the media and our flaws highlighted to everyone.

So not true that most people have something they'd want to hide.

His behaviour was incredibly offensive (re Andrew Sachs grandaugher) this isn't the only thing that was been controversial over the past 20 years that I've been in the UK
I can't stand him, I reckon he has a very good agent that he pays a lot of money to.

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Greedybilly · 18/10/2025 19:59

@SugarPlumpFairyCakes-- well I completely agree but I feel as though slowly the perverts and weirdos are getting picked off over the years and yet JR just seems to keep on sliming his way along. Maybe has good PR/mgmt. I find it odd.

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Sickleg · 18/10/2025 19:59

I haven’t forgotten about the Andrew sachs incident . Jonathan Ross should have been cancelled. Russell brand already has been and deservedly so.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 18/10/2025 19:57

I mean, sexist comments about a woman usually go completely unpunished (especially back then!) so her being related to Andrew sachs meant justice was served 🤷‍♀️ and their show was cancelled

People in the media do far worse than that, even today, so I can let it go

You should watch some of Russell Howard's older stand up. And the first season of Would I Lie To You, i had a shock when I watched that, omg

Toucan123 · 18/10/2025 19:57

It's disgraceful that he never apologised to Andrew Sachs' granddaughter Georgina. He apologised to the public and his bosses for the incident but didn't care one iota for the embarrassment and upset he caused her.

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Greedybilly · 18/10/2025 19:57

@FightingFishmmistake? Wow!
More than that in my book. Nasty misogynistic behaviour - he was far too old for all that.

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SugarPlumpFairyCakes · 18/10/2025 19:56

Very typical. Badly behaved men always get free passes to do what they like on the telly.

FuzzyWolf · 18/10/2025 19:55

I can’t stand him but I also dislike the way people judge somebody for something that happened almost 20 years ago. People in the public eye can’t escape their mistakes but I bet most of us have something somewhere in our backgrounds that wouldn’t look great when published in the media and our flaws highlighted to everyone.

FightingFish · 18/10/2025 19:55

The reason that Russell Brand isn’t on TV now is because of accusations (and charges) of sex offences, prior to that he was doing well in TV/films. Most people forgot about the Sachs incident years ago.

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Greedybilly · 18/10/2025 19:54

@didntlikeanyofthesuggestions--well yes obviously but why? When others have been shot down for much less?

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didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 18/10/2025 19:52

Yes, most people just forgot about it and moved on.

GingerPaste · 18/10/2025 19:52

I can’t stand him.