Mick Hucknall apologises to 1000 women he slept with

Bugger. Am nowhere near a radio.

Could you give a synopsis in a bit, Beatitude?

ooh quick, they're discussing it on Jeremy Vine now - Radio 2

If he was genuinely remorseful he would have had the good grace to have kept it to himself.

You can look at this from various sides--here's a guy who made heaps of money and was surrounded by fans. How many women wanted to have sex with him and how many just wanted to be noticed, and then couldn't say no when he made it sexual? How many would have made the bargain of being noticed if they knew they'd have to have sex with him? Still a lot, probably.

But now he's married and has a little girl of his own. Perhaps he's got new ideas about what relations between women and men ought to be like.

But it's so male to be mentioning numbers. If he's genuinely remorseful he could have said it in a way that didn't sound like boasting.

I'm ginger as well and so are my kids, its nothing to do with it, he is foul ginger or otherwise.

I don't believe him, I mean who would, hes a total minger.

Does he clarify anywhere exactly what he's "apologising" for?

I just don't understand it. Surely there's not enough beer in the world...

If it helps, I am ginger, and still think Mick Hucknall is an odious cretin.

Yes maybe the girls were embarassed about it and didnt answer his calls. I would be. Doesnt sound like many went back for seconds, haha. Poor mick, hes only just thought of a way to turn this around.

Well perhaps most of them weren't that bothered anyway whether they spoke to him again or not. I personally don't like being ignored after I've slept with someone .

I was thinking about that.

Are there any female slebs known for shagging around? I actually can't think of any.

I think I'd have been dreadfully free with my favours if I'd been in a band.

dittany - I've heard something very off about this person too from a reliable source. Wonder if it's the same thing.

x-post. Great minds eh

But why is it assumed it is disrespectful to sleep with women and not speak to them afterwards. That is rooted in the notion that women are only interested in meaningful, romantic sex, that might lead to a relationship, because what they desire in life is the love and protection of a good man

Maybe they just wanted to shag someone famous...

The idea that he needs to apologise to these women en masse is hugely sexist. Perhaps he needs to apologise to individual women who did mislead, but them all??

Imagine if the story was [insert name of hetero female celebrity] would like to apologise to the men she has slept with as non-committal shags. People would just laugh, suggesting that the men got what they wanted, why would they want anything more etc. But because it's women the assumption is that isn't what they wanted.

Sorry my previous post was meant to follow on from Beachcombers to hilarious effect

IMO it's egomania gone mad. He "hurt some really good girls"? So "some" (his word) of these women, who were one of three a day he shagged, were gutted and devastated by him not calling them back? Because of course they were looking for marriage, babies and the opportunity to knit him some socks. They weren't just out there being as promiscuous as him.

He wants to remind the "world" that even though he's now settled down and grown up, he used to be a shagger. Er, congratulations on that Mick If you'd really grown up you wouldn't need to remind us.

LOL at "they know who they are". Perhaps Wikileaks has a list of names.

dittany - what?!

Mick Hucknall, for example, is a twat.

Yes enough with the anti-gingering thanks.

I don't get why people have such a hatred of ginger-haired people (I used to dye my hair that colour in my youth), and I think Mick Hucknall has sung some great songs, I just don't like the rock-star shaggeirness of it all.

Wrong to eeew at his hair colour and his looks imo. He is apologising because he had sex with women and then didn't have the decency to speak to them again which is very terriby disrespectful, I can understand him apologising now he has grown up.

Not many women would feel good about themselves in that situation and sounds like he knows what I tosser he was back then.

I don't have an issue with the thread, nor it being in the feminist topic.

I just don't like the ginger/ugly stuff. There is a more interesting discussion to be had surely?

Mick Hucknell's young cousin committed suicide because of bullying apparently.

news.scotsman.com/uk/Tragedy-of-Mick-Hucknall39s-cousin.6546183.jp

Not that that has anything to do with Hucknell's behaviour, but it makes me uncomfortable with the ginger comments. (I'm not saying the bullying was ginger related)