AIBU to find the comedian Katherine Ryan's turn to the right surprising?

I thought her man seems gay as well tbh

She deserves better. I quite like her, I don't see why she didnt just have another baby by donor?! Would probably have been much cheaper than working to keep her man looked after 🙄

She's been incredibly lucky to have had any career given she's as funny as smallpox. All she has is shock factor so it's predictable she'd resort to right wing bollocks.

“How do you know he doesn’t work snd what she does around the house ?”

She mentions both on her podcast regularly. He definitely doesn’t work - unless you count appearing on tv with her occasionally as work.

I feel like the three of them are the very definition of 'centrist dad'

“The same reason I wont watch The Last Leg”

Actually I believe Josh W is genuinely left wing. He gave a great speech recently on last leg about how he’s privileged to be able to pay more tax and doesn’t mind doing so.

She has always been an unfunny dickhead.

“Doing childcare while your partner does a hobby seems wholly unremarkable to me as well. Am I missing something?”

Yes, yes you are.

Anyone who listens to her podcast regularly knows that she does as much or more parenting than him, in addition to being busy with her job. As far as I can tell he does very little at all and is just a kept man who she (strangely) views as arm candy. Nannies basically take over when Katherine is not there (and often when she is).

Yabu tbh because they're all right wing now

Jimmy Carr and the god awful roisin

Once Jimmy was exposed for his taxes and was able to carry on working, among the 'lefty' crowd 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

The same reason I wont watch The Last Leg, HIGNFY etc

The comedy scene from that era is dead now, time for some younger people

As for Katherine - shes done what a lot of women do, and that's be basic for a man 😄😄

Yanbu.
“Full time dad” is laughable seeing as they have nannies, when she goes to events/on tour he goes with her (leaving the kids behind) and she does as much if not more parenting than him, as well as bringing in all the money.

She’s basically still her 16 year old self around him, still views him the way she did, trying to make sure he doesn’t dump her again like he did back then. He may have been at catch at high school Katherine but he sure isn’t now!

Yes it’s extremely disappointing from a previously left wing feminist that she’s now lapping up Bobby’s right-wing, conspiracy theory nonsense.

I also find her obsession with ‘looking good’ disturbing.

Of course.

I have no idea apart from what the OP says as to what the actual situation is, and haven't actually seen any direct quotes or anything material. Perhaps I understood it too literally - she does most of the childcare whilst he golfs (i.e. during the time that he golfs, she looks after the kids).

https://graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news/katherine-ryan-duchess-netflix-interview/

can't take her seriously since I read this article. She is wilfully ignoring her privileges as a white and beautiful woman who fits the mold (mould?)

She's a brilliant stand up comic. Surely you don't think everything she says fully reflects her real views and personality? Her job is to tell jokes and gain attention/clicks. At the moment saying the manosphere doesn't exist or that contraception doesn't work will get her engagement. (As this thread proves).

It's like thinking Alexei Sayle is right wing because he takes the piss out of socialists. Or that Ricky Gervais wasn't being ironic when he said "I love the new women. They're great, aren't they? The new ones we've been seeing lately. The ones with beards and cocks".

Joan Rivers did a whole stand up routine about some 9/11 widows being glad because of their compensation. Do we think Joan Rivers is pro Al-Qaeda?

This is one of the outputs of the culture of standup being about values and opinions rather than jokes.

I don't find it refreshing to hear people spout right wing views. Quite the reverse. It's getting incredibly tiresome as more and more people follow that particular herd.
Its funny that whenever people hold right wing opinions it's framed as them being complex and nuanced and a free thinker, and the racist, sexist, demeaning things they say are just part of a thoroughly good person who doesnt 'align' on everything.
It's almost like fellow right wingers know these opinions don't speak well of character, and so seek to excuse them. Whereas I'd have thought if a person held right wing views they hold them because they think they're 'right'.

She is a comedian not a politician or university professor or pretends to be an expert on anything, i personally dont find her funny but maybe if people didn't pigeon hole people they wouldnt be surprised if people are who they are

I've never thought that she's a particularly bright or well-educated individual.

I like her. It doesn’t matter what her views are really. As a comedian it only matters that she’s funny and I wish she’d give full rent to the more acerbic and bitchy Joan Rivers side of her act because that’s when she’s at her funniest. I can’t wait until she’s at a fully give-no-shits menopause age. She hasn’t peaked yet imo - her best is yet to come.

She annoyed me when she said we shouldn’t judge people who choose not to vaccinate due to “autism risk”

For someone who's had so much cosmetic surgery, that's a pretty odd stance to take!

Not being bitchy there, she's very open about her cosmetic procedures.

I stopped bothering by with her when she started mouthing off about contraception and how bad it is. Said she had never used hormonal contraception and wouldn’t use condoms as who wants that chemical filled artificial stuff touching them etc. And she said it’s all unnecessary anyway as she had managed to never have an accidental pregnancy by just being careful. Her message was very much that contraception is putting bad substances into your body and is unnecessary. So yeah… she’s always been a bit of an idiot.

Doing childcare for a few hours while your parner does a hobby is unremarkable. The employed parent doing all the childcare and the supposed stay-at-home parent doing no parenting at all is definitely something to remark on.

She's not very funny so I've found her irritating for years. I remember how bored she seemed on Who Do You Think You Are? I just think she does anything for money. She was on a TV programme about 2 weeks after giving birth to her last child. Of course, some will think there's nothing wrong with that but it's unusual if you don't need the money. Plus, she's been going down the more and more facial procedures for a while now - it needs paying for. Becoming a right wing comedian isn't that lucrative though but I wouldn't be surprised at her "pushing boundaries" for the reactions. Reactions = more attention = more money.

i think we also need to be aware that there is a class of celebrities that aren’t actually that interesting but keep themselves in the headlines and public eye by saying ragebait.

this

I was always on the fence about her jokes but yes - noticed the change after she got together with that man. He made some awful jokes about her (I don’t remember them precisely - was it something to do with anal sex…?!) on stage (no doubt a gig she got him) and she had to defend him and call it just ‘banter’.
She had him on several couples’ shows with her and every time I thought that man does not like you or respect you. She did look very much in love with him tough.

I realise I can’t quote anything specific, just some vague remembering of my personal impressions to say I do agree with op…

I have no time for her after watching her ‘advice’ videos when the questioners are cheating. Her moral compass simply doesn’t align to my own. So none of this latest drivel is any surprise to me.

It's her small-town mentality, it's still in there.