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AIBU to find Dawn French's latest Trump comments more sad than funny?

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Sausagenbacon · 15/09/2026 08:58

I can't link Dawn French's latest rant, about Trump, but, if anyone else has seen it, do you find it funny. Or just feel very sorry for her?

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KeepPumping · 15/09/2026 15:49

krustykittens · 15/09/2026 15:37

@Imdunfer

I. Don't. Fucking. Care. What. Trump. Gets. Mocked. For. Because. He. Does. Not. Care. Who. Or. What. He. Mocks. As. Long. As. They. Can't. Fight. Back.

"you are being asked to accept, " No, you are TELLING me that I have to agree with you. I don't. If you mock the disabled, don't be surprised when someone hands the same treatment back to you. If Trump feels the slightest modicum of the humiliation he has so regularly handed out to others, good. It won't change him but I hope it rocks, even for a second, his sense of superiority. I wouldn't do it myself because I am better person that Trump or Dawn French but I don't care when a bully gets a taste of their own medicine.

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He mocked Iran didn"t he? That is turning out well.

krustykittens · 15/09/2026 15:53

KeepPumping · 15/09/2026 15:49

He mocked Iran didn"t he? That is turning out well.

Yep. But the man seems impervious to humiliation. Imagine how much better the world would be if Trump had even an ounce of humility? We might have avoided sky high oil prices and interest rates, for a start.

LaidOnYourBackWithTheBoyWithTheArabStrap · 15/09/2026 15:54

KeepPumping · 15/09/2026 15:47

There are people we have never heard off with ten times that following, she has been active in UK showbusiness/comedy for about 50 years FFS.

You ok? You seem a bit stressed out.

Gloriia · 15/09/2026 15:54

nomas · 15/09/2026 15:45

No, people don't have to accept it.

When someone says things like below as Trump has done, they lose the right to be given consideration for their feelings. Ordinary people with illnesses are smart enough to know it's not about them.

"When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything." "Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."

"If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America #MakeAmericaGreatAgain."

"It must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees."

"A person who's flat-chested is very hard to be a 10, OK?"

Immigrants "are poisoning the blood of our countries'

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Don't you think think if you post a clip like French she should attempt to be funny or at least intelligent?

I could not care less who anyone mocks but when they end up looking more stupid than their target it's a bit of an own goal really.

krustykittens · 15/09/2026 16:00

Gloriia · 15/09/2026 15:54

Don't you think think if you post a clip like French she should attempt to be funny or at least intelligent?

I could not care less who anyone mocks but when they end up looking more stupid than their target it's a bit of an own goal really.

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That awful baby voice makes me want to scream. There is nothing more aggravating than an adult talking baby talk. It would be like nails down a black board even is she was funny, which she isn't.

nomas · 15/09/2026 16:10

Gloriia · 15/09/2026 15:54

Don't you think think if you post a clip like French she should attempt to be funny or at least intelligent?

I could not care less who anyone mocks but when they end up looking more stupid than their target it's a bit of an own goal really.

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Maybe she doesn't care about being funny, I don't know.

I would rather gouge my eyes out than post a video on social media but some people seem to see it as normal.

KeepPumping · 15/09/2026 16:10

LaidOnYourBackWithTheBoyWithTheArabStrap · 15/09/2026 15:54

You ok? You seem a bit stressed out.

Sorry Dawn, the Woke/Mock Trump thing just isn"t cool any more, especially with the silly voices.

butterpuffed · 15/09/2026 16:15

I fail to see why she would think what she was saying is funny . It was cringe-making .
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ItWasnaMeGuv · 15/09/2026 16:23

Sausagenbacon · 15/09/2026 08:58

I can't link Dawn French's latest rant, about Trump, but, if anyone else has seen it, do you find it funny. Or just feel very sorry for her?

I managed about ten seconds before deleting. She suffers a bad case of TDS, sadly. I do feel a sense of pity for all who siffer TDS. Get better soon, Dawn.

Imdunfer · 15/09/2026 17:09

nomas · 15/09/2026 15:45

No, people don't have to accept it.

When someone says things like below as Trump has done, they lose the right to be given consideration for their feelings. Ordinary people with illnesses are smart enough to know it's not about them.

"When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything." "Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."

"If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America #MakeAmericaGreatAgain."

"It must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees."

"A person who's flat-chested is very hard to be a 10, OK?"

Immigrants "are poisoning the blood of our countries'

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You miss my point completely.

TicklishReader · 15/09/2026 17:11

ItWasnaMeGuv · 15/09/2026 16:23

I managed about ten seconds before deleting. She suffers a bad case of TDS, sadly. I do feel a sense of pity for all who siffer TDS. Get better soon, Dawn.

You know that's not a real thing, right?

PrettyLittleRose · 15/09/2026 17:19

TicklishReader · 15/09/2026 17:11

You know that's not a real thing, right?

I was going to ask, what is TDS? I have googled it and nothing is turning up. (Nothing medical anyway.)

OneAmethystTit · 15/09/2026 17:23

Old Trump gets wilder but this isn't satire, Dawn. None of your baby-voice 'political' tiktoks are. Saunders is the actual comedy writer.

Does this stuff about Trump being faecally incontinent have any basis in reality? It started with the guy who wrote about The Apprentice, seemingly and circulates gleefully among online anti-trumpers but I don't think it has any authority behind it. It does fit in with a particular anti-Trump mythology about his body and appetites being grotesque though.

LaidOnYourBackWithTheBoyWithTheArabStrap · 15/09/2026 17:32

KeepPumping · 15/09/2026 16:10

Sorry Dawn, the Woke/Mock Trump thing just isn"t cool any more, especially with the silly voices.

I seeeee. I’ll pass that onto Dawn.

TicklishReader · 15/09/2026 17:43

PrettyLittleRose · 15/09/2026 17:19

I was going to ask, what is TDS? I have googled it and nothing is turning up. (Nothing medical anyway.)

Trump Derangement Syndrome. MAGA creeps made it up.

Anytime someone mocks, calls out, or shows any normal negative reaction to Trump, they have TDS. It's rather pathetic.

Gloriia · 15/09/2026 18:01

nomas · 15/09/2026 16:10

Maybe she doesn't care about being funny, I don't know.

I would rather gouge my eyes out than post a video on social media but some people seem to see it as normal.

Why would she post it if she didn't think it was funny though, it makes no sense.

I hope she has someone irl who might advise her to keep clips to close friends only going forward. It seems cruel to ridicule someone making such a massive arse of herself yet she's put it out there.

KeepPumping · 15/09/2026 19:20

butterpuffed · 15/09/2026 16:15

I fail to see why she would think what she was saying is funny . It was cringe-making .
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She was on telly for about 40 years when the public were stuck with 4 or 5 channels, the reality filters broke years ago. The problem for stars of that era, and the likes of Harry and Meghan, is that there are millions of people who can tell jokes and make presentable podcasts etc. now that the Means of Production is in everyone"s hands, a lot of people who "made it" back in the day or were born into fame don"t necessarily have the talent to be noticed or to make much of a splash in the digital age.

LobeliaCider · 15/09/2026 19:23

She looks and sounds like an old woman with dementia.

butterpuffed · 15/09/2026 19:50

KeepPumping · 15/09/2026 19:20

She was on telly for about 40 years when the public were stuck with 4 or 5 channels, the reality filters broke years ago. The problem for stars of that era, and the likes of Harry and Meghan, is that there are millions of people who can tell jokes and make presentable podcasts etc. now that the Means of Production is in everyone"s hands, a lot of people who "made it" back in the day or were born into fame don"t necessarily have the talent to be noticed or to make much of a splash in the digital age.

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I'm from that era ! There were only three channels till the 80s.

I agree with what you're saying . Dawn French is still stuck there ! She needs to either quit that type of 'comedy' or update it, which she would probably be unable to do.

KeepPumping · 15/09/2026 20:47

butterpuffed · 15/09/2026 19:50

I'm from that era ! There were only three channels till the 80s.

I agree with what you're saying . Dawn French is still stuck there ! She needs to either quit that type of 'comedy' or update it, which she would probably be unable to do.

I believe she started popping up on "The Comic Strip Presents", around "82 or "83, maybe she wrote some of that stuff I don"t know? It was mildly amusing on a wet early 80"s night with a couple of cans I suppose but not earth shattering, and there were no signs of burning talent that would shine on even during the internet age when social media is rammed with people with "talent", back then the BBC decided who was going to be famous, now it is a different world but if you were known back then you are always going to get views online, and then I suppose it is up to the "star" what kind of content they choose to feed to those viewers?
Some try to give their views on now in a sensible truthful way and want to break away from the old image, some seem to think they are auditioning and there is still a major TV contract out there for them, DF seems to post consistently ridiculous trying too hard to be hip not as smart as it thinks "comedy", maybe time to hang up the web cam for a while and just be grateful you were all over the telly when that sort of thing meant something?

FreshJalapenos · 15/09/2026 21:03

So I’ve just seen the video.

What a shame that one of the world funniest female comedians has apparently lost the plot and become so very unfunny. aside from the fact that a woman who seriously downplayed and mocked 1,200 Jews being killed and more being kidnapped and raped, all by Palestinians (with the compelling pro-Pal, nuanced a unmatched argument of “No!” 🙄) is still making weird videos, I think I’m mostly offended by how unfunny it is. Trump is the world easiest target for comedians, and this was the best she could do? I know it harks back to her 80’s sketches but even in that context it’s just not funny.

KeepPumping · 15/09/2026 21:25

FreshJalapenos · 15/09/2026 21:03

So I’ve just seen the video.

What a shame that one of the world funniest female comedians has apparently lost the plot and become so very unfunny. aside from the fact that a woman who seriously downplayed and mocked 1,200 Jews being killed and more being kidnapped and raped, all by Palestinians (with the compelling pro-Pal, nuanced a unmatched argument of “No!” 🙄) is still making weird videos, I think I’m mostly offended by how unfunny it is. Trump is the world easiest target for comedians, and this was the best she could do? I know it harks back to her 80’s sketches but even in that context it’s just not funny.

I assume you are trying to be funny with your first line?

FreshJalapenos · 15/09/2026 21:27

KeepPumping · 15/09/2026 21:25

I assume you are trying to be funny with your first line?

“So I’ve just seen the video”??

No, not trying to be funny? Just making a statement. Was it funny? I don’t get the joke if so.

AnnoyedAsAllHeck · 16/09/2026 07:59

nomas · 15/09/2026 15:38

Did I laugh at Biden's what?

At his wandering off, not knowing what he was talking about, his incontinence, his dementia?

I guess we all are different because I just feel sad for both of them. They both may be jerks but aging and the issues it comes with, including Biden's cancer and its issues is just not funny nor justified because I may think "they deserve it".

Twiglets1 · 16/09/2026 08:09

Agree with people saying it’s not cool to laugh at people’s disabilities whoever that person is. Pick something else to mock them for, something they can help like their personality.