Clare Balding is irritating AIBU?

I think it's easy to underestimate how valuable a safe pair of hands is to the BBC (and indeed TV in general). Someone who is reliable, turns up and can steer a ship is a real talent. When it goes wrong, it's very obvious.
'Talent' means the go-to person who won't fuck it up (or, in the words of Arthur Ransome: better drowned than duffers. If not duffers, won't drown).

Clare may be ubiquitous, but she is neither fuck-up nor duffer.

Totally agree, she is r on Ramblings on Radio 4, almost all sports programs, award shows, even turned up at the World cycling championships, a sport she clearly knows zilch about.

FFS she was even on the Traitors after show!!

She is also very highly paid, the BBC have real talent but so long as they keep giving these anchor roles to CB, they'll never get the chance.

She has ruined Wimbledon for me, she is a total embarrassment when talking to players, she knows nothing about tennis.

She was totally fawning during the Olympics when the New Zealand man was competing in the women's weightlifting.

That's not irrational

Good presenter but looking at her background does this support more working class women being able to get senior presenting roles 🤷

Sport is so boring it's irredeemable. I listened to about 20 mins of some woman, not CB, boring'on and on about people sledging down a mountain or skiing down a slope and flinging themselves into the air.

How are these things invented? And don't get me started on that ice hockey game where they knock-a stone around and sort of scrub at the ice. At least that one is some sort of ancient sport.

🥇for the best subtly patronising put down of the season.🤣

You are not BU.. Can't stand the woman.Her background and knowledge is horses ..she should stick to that
I was watching the Winter Olympics wondering if she'd appear.

I find her very inoffensive to be honest

YABU I know Claire because my late mum played golf with her and Alice and they are absolutely the warmest loveliest people. They were so kind when my mum passed away.

I think she’s very, very good at what she does

I don't mind CB at all - perhaps it's her chirpiness that irritates some? Hazel Irvine is far more annoying IMHO.

There’s some pretty unpleasant posts on here.

I quite like her 🤷‍♀️ I do have an irrational dislike of Paddy McGuiness though! 😂

Sister from another mister 😆 🤣 😂

Loads of women present their sport and are great at it

what we are sick of is it being Mono Clare

we didn’t need her to replace sue barker

we don’t need her everywhere

Clare is great, especially for sports that most of us don't know much about, because she is the Everywoman who asks the right questions of the experts, and therefore we learn too.
She also, always, does her homework, and it shows....how can you not like diligence?
Finally, she is enthusiastic and a genuine sports fan, which is exactly what you want for someone presenting.....sports!

🤣🤣🤣

i love her, I think she’s brilliant and so do my children. Team Claire for me!!

She's one of the few female presenters that men can't claim no nothing about sport. She was a professional jockey and her father was a very successful racehorse trainer.

She is also a very accomplished presenter who people (cos I've heard as many women say it) can't say has got the job because of her looks.

So we have an openly gay, female sports presenter who hasn't been the subject of thousands of negative comments, mems and attacks. Who is very good at what she does. Btw, listen to Ramblings on radio 4 if you want to hear how good she is as an interviewer. And still women put her down

I yhonk she's really good. There are far more irritating people on telly than her. She's sharp and.quick unlike some of the twit presenters we get..

Yeah, can't bear her and don't understand why she is at absolutely every sporting event. I mostly know her from equestrian, and she was such a horrible, rude interviewer; she'd ask a rider a question and then immediately turn away and start scanning for someone better to talk to, with the poor rider looking a bit awkward and confused as they tried to answer the back of her head! Maybe she just hates horse riders, or maybe she's better at the presenting side, but I developed such an animosity to her that I can't bring myself to listen to her at all.

I really like her, it’s comforting to see her on television. She makes me feel secure. I like her presence and her energy. She looks like she works ever so hard and really cares about what she is doing. I find Clare puts people at ease, asks good questions, she always smiles and has just this real abundance of goodness about her.

😆 🤣 😂. Maybe the mens goonies but ive got a lovely burgandy Dorothy perkins one, a black floral light summer one and a satin peachy one I picked up in homebargins for a 5er in the sale...now I picked those exact colours so they didnt end up washed oot and grey when I was walking about feeling shite. 🤣.

Thinking about it though, I rarely get so ill i need it. When I got covid during the 1st lock down I thought I had a week long hangover and went to get the essentials in, I felt so awful, I was about crying at the shops but thought hey ho, its my own fault. The goonie stayed firmly in its place behind the door in the bedroom. When husband got (i like to share) he thought he was sent for. 😆 🤣 😂

Sorry that was for flannelfeet

I like her.