David Walliams

Yes, recommend watching this.

She thinks her work in TV will dry up for speaking out. And says there’s no HR department to go to on productions.

There absolutely should be. The entire industry needs a huge shake up. So hard for people to whistleblow against those making so much money for companies, especially when everyone’s on short-term contracts and worried about being hired for the next job.

Jimmy Page with Lori Mattix too - she lived in his hotel rooms from the ages of 14 to 16.

I agree, how on earth has he got away with that?

VCM said it best: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/apr/18/mandy-smith-bill-wyman-coren

It's 16 unless the other person is in a "position of trust" e.g teacher, doctor, social worker. They don't have to be a "peer".

Good article. Mandy was certainly touted as glamorous and aspirational.

If he admitted it when she was 14, he should be arrested now.

Good on Lucy Beaumont.

Just watched the Lucy Beaumont interview. Bravo Lucy! I've never been a fan but she has my total respect whistleblowing on DW. How can it be that noone else took the stance she has? She was concerned as a woman and a mother. And it was very interesting to hear her talk about why noone else stands up for what is right. Because they are all being paid too much and don't want to rock the boat. She honestly believes she'll never work in TV again for whistleblowing but it's impressive to see her strong moral compass.

What has she said?

Like what?

I am not in any way a fan, just curious what people mean when they say this. What's sleazy about him in particular?

It was a really interesting interview. And interesting that the person chose to confide in her about what they knew.

I think groping and sucking a 15 year olds breast I not legal!

Lucy is suggesting an anonymous database where you can report sexually suggestive comments. She thinks she will never work in TV again for speaking up.

Someone junior in TV confided in her that they took young girls to DWs dressing room. They felt uncomfortable doing so and considered the girls vulnerable but didn't know how to report it. Lucy tried to contact some of the girls to see if they were ok. One of them was not ok and Lucy then went to The Guardian with the information she had.

The books are awful. Really awful. My son got a set for Christmas.

We began one and it was so vile about children's bodies , I binned it.

I wanted to bin them all, but my son was really wanting to try another. Sneering, classist, just awful. My son was happy for me to bin them.

Didn't she offer financial support as well?
She thinks her work will dry up because of it.

Yes she offered the girl money for legal fees but the girl was too frightened to take it further.

Her mother enabled and encouraged her relationship with Wyman and at one stage she (the mother) got engaged to Wyman's son from his first marriage! Mandy Smith has spoken about wishing that the age of consent could be raised to 18. She was really damaged by the whole thing, unsurprisingly, but i think she is doing ok now . Always thought Bill Wyman was an absolute sleaze and he has never been held to account

I always always thought he was gay, everything about him screams gay, so odd

Not at all surprised, always found him to be very creepy same with Brand. Fully expecting the next one to be either NF or JR, there’s also another much more well known name to come but I suspect that one won’t come til after he passes away.

When I was 17 (30 yrs ago) I had a relationship with the person who was my work experience boss. He was 40 and separated. Basically some of his family members found out and I got the blame, he was vile to me. For many years I felt awful about it, blamed myself and then about 10 years ago it dawned on me that it waa totally him not me. Totally inappropriate and completely gaslit me about the situation, eg I seduced him, threw myself at him etc etc.

There are several incidents I look back on now in my first 2 work places that were totally inappropriate and I also shrugged them off, one more than one occasion I was told it was my fault for how I dressed. I completely believed it was normal, it was how things were with powerful men. I genuinely didnt think differently till I was much older about any of it.

I am glad now that things are changing and these men are being held accountable.

Luckily I'm not traumatised by it but it makes me mad that they never took any responsibility for their behaviour. It was always the woman's fault.

https://youtube.com/shorts/D_v8OW5p3sA?si=xGT8Fgzb2EyfLFZW

Interestingly, on the Newsagents podcast, they discussed this and referred to him as “the host”. I a, assuming their legal team have advised them not to mention him in connection with this. I wonder if he has been threatening legal action.

Yes but even the way he stands, his hands etc, hard to explain. He definitely appears gay