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Mick Hucknall apologises to 1000 women he slept with

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GoldenGreen · 03/12/2010 10:19

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/8178285/Mick-Hucknall-apologises-to-1000-women-he-slept-with.html

The way I am reading this is he is that firstly he is sorry for being unfaithful to whoever he was with at the time - ok I get that.

But I am finding this a little creepy on other levels because I think if you apologise to your groupies, it implies you think you were taking advantage of them at the time? Or is it that he misled them all into thinking they were his only partner (at a rate of 3 a day, that'd be hard to do).

(please MN lawyers note I am not saying that Mick Hucknall has done anything wrong...)

DP reckons I am overthinking this which is quite possible Grin

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DuelingFanjo · 03/12/2010 20:57

exactly marantha. well said.

Mick Hucknall's position maybe gave him more chance of having sex with lots of women but those women were willing.

A friend of mine slept with a very well know 90's band member. No doubt he slept with hundreds of other women too. She was not taken advantage of, she was a willing participant. Though for many years afterwards she did have a fantasy about how she was special to him which was clearly not true, he didn't do anything to make her think this - it was/is all in her own mind.

marantha · 03/12/2010 20:42

iTigress.
I have to say your comment about the men using women to have sex with out of some dislike with them (the women) and that these men are just a 'milimetre higher on the morality scale than a rapist' is the most offensive thing I have ever read on mumsnet.
You are, of course, free to say it- but how you can think that a person such as this is just a mere notch up from a rapist is beyond me.

Sorry, rape is an absolutely disgusting thing, and while I do not particularly think highly of men who have sex with women out of some dislike of them, at least the women are co-operating and willing. Which, by definition, is NEVER the case with rape.

expatinscotland · 03/12/2010 20:38

You'd have to be so drunk you've gone into orbit to have given him the time of day, much less shagged him.

That would be something to bury in the dark recessesses of your mind and not tell a soul.

Notevenamouse · 03/12/2010 19:31

He is probably apologising for not calling these women afterwards because he is so big headed he assumes they would have liked to do it again/marry him/have his kids.

Am off to get wine to obliterate Nonnos gift of such a wonderful mental image.

thenightsky · 03/12/2010 19:27

I don't care how many women slept with him.

I do care that he is implying he couldn't help and it's his mother's fault Hmm

smallwhitecat · 03/12/2010 19:26

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NonnoMum · 03/12/2010 19:25

btw - Martine McC wasn't just sick in his CAB, she was sick in his DREADS. That's why we never saw them again.

"I keep holding back my beer, holding, HOLDING!"

Quattrocento · 03/12/2010 19:12

But what is he apologising for?

The numbers? Or his performance? What?

droves · 03/12/2010 19:10

Why was there a news article ..... could he just not have sent a nicely worded letter to them personally ?

. or phoned them ? even a text would do?

No . because figments of imagination dont have letterboxes or phones .

Grin

I dont believe thousands of women had sex with MH .

DuelingFanio · 03/12/2010 19:09

I actually used to quite fancy Mick Hucknall when I was about 17. I thought his voice was wonderful in the early days. Blush

I always thought he had lovely hands in the 'holding back the years' video.

smallwhitecat · 03/12/2010 19:04

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Notevenamouse · 03/12/2010 19:03

I still think he must be lying. I mean, even if he asked hundreds or women a day the likely hood of finding three who don't find a jaunty hat and cane repelling is unlikely.

MrsGuyOfChristmasBorn · 03/12/2010 19:01

sorry - SWC

MrsGuyOfChristmasBorn · 03/12/2010 19:00

SMW - exactly!!! Even with a low hit rate, a high frequency of asking will end up with a large total.

Notevenamouse · 03/12/2010 19:00

jaunty cap and was carrying a cane [boak]

smallwhitecat · 03/12/2010 18:58

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WilfShelf · 03/12/2010 18:58

Only just. He had a jaunty cap on the side of his head and was carrying a cane. Plonker.

Notevenamouse · 03/12/2010 18:55

and did you manage not to vomit

WilfShelf · 03/12/2010 18:52

Mick Hucknall chatted me up once. I turned him down.

Lucky escape. For me, obv.

NonnoMum · 03/12/2010 18:48

Still waiting for that call...

Xmas Angry
JenaiMarrsTartanFoxCube · 03/12/2010 18:29

We still need to know how many MNers he's shagged. A percentage will do Grin

DuelingFanio · 03/12/2010 18:02

To be absolutely fair to Mick Hucknal he was accused of rape but never properly charged, wasn't he? The case was withdrawn in 24 hours and he was with friends at the time the rape was supposed to have happened.

People are falsely accused and it's really unfair to suggest he is a rapist when no case ever made it to trial/court.

iTigress · 03/12/2010 17:58

Ok maybe Russell isn't a gent. Let me have my fantasy! I do fancy him - saw him at a small gig just before he hit the big time and he flirted outrageously with me Xmas Smile

Anyway I think it's good manners (avoiding gendered adjectives like gentlemanly) to not discuss these things publicly, only shows MH up, not the women. Or shouldn't do.

droves · 03/12/2010 17:54

So am i right ?
MH HAS SLEPT WITH 1000/3000 WOMEN AND HE IS SORRY?

How many of these women would admit it ?

Hmm
AliceWorld · 03/12/2010 17:38

And women too. Some women like to sleep with lots of different men, experiment, have fun, cheat, hurt people. All of it. They're not all crying because a man did it to them.

Some people like to engage in this kind of activity.