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Jeremey McConnel, convicted domestic abuser, to appear on a dating show!

34 replies

TheHodgeoftheHedge · 20/03/2018 13:44

Apologies for the Daily Shite link but I am so pissed off about this I had to post about it
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5521669/Jeremy-McConnell-strip-Channel-4s-Naked-Attraction.html

How is it appropriate to have someone convicted of Domestic Abuse appear on a dating show?! Am I going mad? I mean, I don't understand why anyone is hiring him for anything but WTF. Please tell me you're all shocked too?!

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CuriousaboutSamphire · 20/03/2018 17:14

My email

I have read that Jeremy McConnell is booked to appear in your 'celebrity special’ editions of Naked Ambition.

I would like to ask why? Did anyone stop to think about what makes him a celebrity in the first place? I appreciate that the heightened media interest in a man convicted of domestic abuse could be seen, by some, as an added publicity draw for your entertainment production. But really? A man convicted of beating his partner - on a televised dating show? Have you really got no idea what a twisted picture f ‘dateable’ you will be projecting. You will, effectively, be telling young women that you endorse him as partner material, telling men that, regardless of their violent pasts, if they are considered to be ‘beautiful’ they can still make a living being held up as desirable love object.

Shame on whoever it was who chose to book him. If that person was male he needs a lesson on misogyny and how to avoid looking like a domestic violence excuser. If a woman she needs to raise her levels of self confidence and self worth.

Overall, I find the whole concept shameful!

TreesAgreen · 20/03/2018 17:11

Think this thread should be posted on the rest of mumsnet too.

RadicalFern · 20/03/2018 17:06

I hate to break it to Jeremy, but if he's doing something, it's in his nature. That's how the whole nature thing works.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 20/03/2018 17:02

I emailed... we shall see!

daysofpearlyspencer · 20/03/2018 16:58

Rang their publicity company and complained 0 20 8995 3936

CuriousaboutSamphire · 20/03/2018 16:08

People know it’s not in my nature Oh! Good for him for taking full responsibility for being an abuser.

Production Company details
www.studiolambert.com/contact_uk.html

Stephen Lambert is on LinkedIn, if anyone is interested

uk.linkedin.com/in/stephen-lambert-42b9017

Trumpdump · 20/03/2018 15:26

My word! Can that show not get any lower? Angry

MrsTerryPratchett · 20/03/2018 15:05

Write to them? What's the address?

ElenOfTheWays · 20/03/2018 15:04

I'm over 40 now and officially un-shockable But yes, a total turd who deserves to be shunned.