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Eddie Izzard….has he reverted back to male ID

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Lovelymincepies · 03/01/2022 20:40

Just watching Stay Close, 1st episode, and it has Eddie Izzard being a man. This seems at odds with his spouting of ‘I’ve always known I am a woman’ bullshit.

This got me thinking that I’ve not heard much about his womanly feelings or Sam ‘pratface’ Smith either. Have they backtracked a bit?

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sheroku · 03/01/2022 22:18

I'd be fascinated to sit opposite Eddie Izzard in my Doc Martens and jeans with my no make up and tatty finger nails and have him explain to me exactly what "girl mode" is.

Joolsin · 03/01/2022 22:17

I used to love his stand-up too, and admired his "my clothes" stance. But when I saw him sitting on Portrait Artist of the Year in "girl mode" I was gobsmacked - and not in a good way. As others have said, why is he "identifying" as being in "girl mode", and not "middle aged woman mode". Disgusted by his bragging about scaring off the teenage girls in the women's toilets and view with much cynicism his convenient swaps into "man mode" for the acting gigs.

KimikosNightmare · 03/01/2022 22:14

[quote ArabellaScott]'It's no big deal. It's elastic, not hard and fast. I'm still gender-fluid. I'm still performing male roles in dramas, in boring mode. But stand-up, activism and endurance running are all girl mode.'

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9473677/Eddie-Izzard-styles-mini-skirt-stiletto-boots-rides-London-bike.html[/quote]
That Daily Mail article is a hoot. I think there must have a bet on in the office to see how many clichés could be shoe- horned in.

One version even referred to "shapely pins" (I remember commenting on it) but that disappeared from later versions.

AdditionalCharacter · 03/01/2022 22:10

Was just having this discussion with my DS.

Nobody was bothered when EI wore a skirt or lipstick, it was just how he was, and he did it without giving a fuck. Now he has jumped on the gender bandwagon and it's a clusterfuck of misogyny. If more men felt comfortable like (earlier years) EI to not live up to masculine norms, then I reckon we'd have a lot less transgender women.

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Lovelymincepies · 03/01/2022 22:08

But being a woman isn’t a ‘mode’ and being a woman isn’t fluid.

I can’t suddenly be a man and get my pay increased but he is appearing to flip between wearing a frock and then a suit when it pays more. I did think he had switched to dressing like a woman all the time but clearly not.

I have even less respect for him now.

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ArabellaScott · 03/01/2022 22:04

Eddie has said Eddie is trans, gender fluid, and variously male, and female.

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Lovelymincepies · 03/01/2022 22:02

@BlueberryCheezecake I think you’ll find he has said he’s trans.

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ArabellaScott · 03/01/2022 21:54

@Scraggythang

‘Boring mode’ and ‘girl mode’. I wonder why girl mode is more exciting..?
Mystery.
HepzibahGreen · 03/01/2022 21:54

What a coincidence that there are many many more roles for late middle aged men in film and TV than there are for late middle age women.
How lucky that boy mode kicks in for Eddie right when the role calls for an ageing man, rather than an ageing woman. Otherwise he might never work in acting again!

Theunamedcat · 03/01/2022 21:49

@Scraggythang

‘Boring mode’ and ‘girl mode’. I wonder why girl mode is more exciting..?
And boring mode is better paid
Scraggythang · 03/01/2022 21:46

‘Boring mode’ and ‘girl mode’. I wonder why girl mode is more exciting..?

Mumteedum · 03/01/2022 21:44

@BlueberryCheezecake I think EI has said they're a transwoman www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/12/eddie-izzard-ive-had-boob-envy-since-my-teens

ArabellaScott · 03/01/2022 21:43

'It's no big deal. It's elastic, not hard and fast. I'm still gender-fluid. I'm still performing male roles in dramas, in boring mode. But stand-up, activism and endurance running are all girl mode.'

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9473677/Eddie-Izzard-styles-mini-skirt-stiletto-boots-rides-London-bike.html

ArabellaScott · 03/01/2022 21:42

Well, threads about Eddie don't usually last long.

Terfydactyl · 03/01/2022 21:41

@Theunamedcat

Didn't eddie have breast implants?
Not sure if implants or just some padded bra thing. Either way the breasts were in very much the wrong place. Looked ummm odd. I also used to very much like Eddie's humour but cant possibly ever watch Eddie again in anything old or new. Sellout
Scraggythang · 03/01/2022 21:41

@BlueberryCheezecake

I think you’ll find…

www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/eddie-izzard-knew-trans-before-23423666.amp

"Some people say [my mother's death is] linked to being trans but it really isn't because I knew beforehand and I don't think it's right. I think it's just built in."

BlueberryCheezecake · 03/01/2022 21:40

@Pudmyboy

I cannot watch him any longer because of this behaviour. Used to be a huge fan in the '90s. But choosing a mode (age appropriate male or much younger girl: never age appropriate post menopausal woman, I note) depending on activity? Following the money maybe? Or am I too cynical?
Can you provide an example of Eddie presenting as a "much younger girl"? Because whenever I've seen him in women's clothes it's always been in something perfectly appropriate for a woman of his age (unless you happen to have a very narrow and restrictive view of what a middle aged woman is allowed to wear).
Ionlydomassiveones · 03/01/2022 21:37

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PatriotCanes · 03/01/2022 21:35

He used to do a whole routine about the dial of cool and how easy it was to push it from looking cool to looking like a twat. Foresight or what?

Theunamedcat · 03/01/2022 21:35

Didn't eddie have breast implants?

BlueberryCheezecake · 03/01/2022 21:34

@Lovelymincepies

Just watching Stay Close, 1st episode, and it has Eddie Izzard being a man. This seems at odds with his spouting of ‘I’ve always known I am a woman’ bullshit.

This got me thinking that I’ve not heard much about his womanly feelings or Sam ‘pratface’ Smith either. Have they backtracked a bit?

Eddie Izzard has never said "I've always known I was a woman" or anything similar. He isn't a trans woman and has never claimed to be one.
TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 03/01/2022 21:31

I used to be SUCH a fan. Eddie was defined for me by saying: “They’re not women’s clothes, they’re my clothes” and I really believed that here was someone who could rise above gender stereotypes and be themself. So gutted that Eddie has just clambered on to the bandwagon, and so cynically as well - imagine being able to conveniently identify as male whenever a good acting time comes along! 🤔

dworky · 03/01/2022 21:25

@Lacedwithgrace

It's literally her job to be someone else.
Eddie is not a 'her'. Stop gaslighting women.
Lacedwithgrace · 03/01/2022 21:22

It's literally her job to be someone else.

CruellaDeVilla · 03/01/2022 21:21

Stunning and brave I’d say

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