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zedtree · 15/08/2026 17:20

I won’t be saying who they are.

I recently spoke to a friend about it who
had lots of questions which lead to an interesting conversation, things I’d never said or thought about before.

When I was younger I used to feel incredibly jealous of them and had a very short and unsuccessful attempt at creating my own fame.

Now I’m older with my own dc and have seen the effects up close I definitely think the negatives out way the positives and it’s not something I would ever want for my children.

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OP posts:
Redpaisley · 16/08/2026 12:42

MeandT · 16/08/2026 11:52

Dear lord, can no-one think of a question that may be even vaguely interesting in its own right for @zedtree???

Here are some examples of who their sibling could be (but definitely isn't). There's a pretty wide spread of 'celebrities' most UK people would recognise without being an actor or singer 🙄

It isn't: Dermott O'Leary, Jamie Oliver, Will Carling, Chris Evans, Jimmy Carr. It's also not Fearne Cotton, Davina McCall, Rebecca Addlington, Sarah Millican, or Katie bloody Price.

Anyway!

My questions for AMA that isn't deadly boring or only aimed at outing who I am/they are:

  1. What was the car that was not sufficiently flash for them to get into? (this one made me chuckle ;)
  2. Is there a venue for a family get together they have flat out refused to consider (eg Harvester, Butlins, Peppa Pig World etc)?
  3. What has been the most annoyingly 'sleb throwaway comment they've made to you about something completely everyday without even registering what they were doing? (eg something in your fridge or piece of jewellery or where you are taking your immediate family on holiday)

Can anyone else help get the AMA back on track with some vaguely entertaining questions which aren't targeted at outing the individual?!?

Yes, is OP’s sibling is considered successful in their career.
I don’t think this question is outing whether answer is yes or no but op won’t answer that.
Op is focused on comparing her kids with sibling’s.

Nitpicking101 · 16/08/2026 12:50

Caitlin Moran? Holly willoughby?

SunwaysSystems · 16/08/2026 12:52

Quokkas · 16/08/2026 12:41

Yes, that could be it - that’s a good point. The other possibility that has crossed my mind is that OP is just an ordinary poster (like most of us) who doesn’t have a celebrity sibling or any connections to famous people and is using this thread to feel important and validated. So both possibilities suggest this is an opportunity for them to get validation.

Do you think people with celebrity siblings are any more important and 'valid' than anyone else?

BettyJoanPerske · 16/08/2026 12:53

Nitpicking101 · 16/08/2026 12:50

Caitlin Moran? Holly willoughby?

Not HW, she only has one sister who is older. And CM doesn't fit at all, it is clearly not a journalist.

Quokkas · 16/08/2026 12:54

SunwaysSystems · 16/08/2026 12:52

Do you think people with celebrity siblings are any more important and 'valid' than anyone else?

No, I don’t think that at all, but they do happen to get more validation and coverage in the media than the ordinary person.

TediousTim · 16/08/2026 13:00

BettyJoanPerske · 16/08/2026 12:17

Daniella Westbrook is actually a decent shout, fits better than KP.

Didn't OP say they're not in acting?

BettyJoanPerske · 16/08/2026 13:31

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SunwaysSystems · 16/08/2026 13:34

The troll-hunting is getting tedious. If you think it's made up just don't read the thread

garibaldibiscuit · 16/08/2026 13:34

OP, I couldn't say for sure who you are.

But - what I thought I recognised in the early posts was sympathy, perspective, humane intelligence.

Not specific details or vocabulary, but a way of thinking - which I thought I'd seen before, and remembered as unusual.

Quokkas · 16/08/2026 13:36

garibaldibiscuit · 16/08/2026 13:34

OP, I couldn't say for sure who you are.

But - what I thought I recognised in the early posts was sympathy, perspective, humane intelligence.

Not specific details or vocabulary, but a way of thinking - which I thought I'd seen before, and remembered as unusual.

This post sounds like it was written by AI! Really vague and sycophantic.

garibaldibiscuit · 16/08/2026 13:45

Quokkas · 16/08/2026 13:36

This post sounds like it was written by AI! Really vague and sycophantic.

No, from my own sycophantic brain 😁

Quokkas · 16/08/2026 13:48

garibaldibiscuit · 16/08/2026 13:45

No, from my own sycophantic brain 😁

What’s it supposed to mean?

bitontheobtuse · 16/08/2026 14:05

In a vain hope to get the thread even remotely back on track...

@zedtree Do you find difficulty in choosing Christmas or birthday presents for your sibling? The person I know distantly says she finds it well nigh impossible. I remember on one occasion her saying 'What can you buy for someone when they already have everything they want?'.

zedtree · 16/08/2026 14:05

Redpaisley · 16/08/2026 12:42

Yes, is OP’s sibling is considered successful in their career.
I don’t think this question is outing whether answer is yes or no but op won’t answer that.
Op is focused on comparing her kids with sibling’s.

Yes I would consider them successful, they’ve achieved a lot of really great things.

Im not at all focused on comparing our children.

OP posts:
BettyJoanPerske · 16/08/2026 14:09

zedtree · 16/08/2026 14:05

Yes I would consider them successful, they’ve achieved a lot of really great things.

Im not at all focused on comparing our children.

Hopefully this puts paid to all the people insisting it's Katie Price.

zedtree · 16/08/2026 14:09

bitontheobtuse · 16/08/2026 14:05

In a vain hope to get the thread even remotely back on track...

@zedtree Do you find difficulty in choosing Christmas or birthday presents for your sibling? The person I know distantly says she finds it well nigh impossible. I remember on one occasion her saying 'What can you buy for someone when they already have everything they want?'.

Not really, I know what they like and tend to get more personal gifts. They buy themselves expensive things and are already gifted them from others so I think they like having more normal gifts from the people who know them well rather than just another thing with a designer label they don’t really like.

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DepressedOfLewes · 16/08/2026 14:11

zedtree · 15/08/2026 17:20

I won’t be saying who they are.

I recently spoke to a friend about it who
had lots of questions which lead to an interesting conversation, things I’d never said or thought about before.

When I was younger I used to feel incredibly jealous of them and had a very short and unsuccessful attempt at creating my own fame.

Now I’m older with my own dc and have seen the effects up close I definitely think the negatives out way the positives and it’s not something I would ever want for my children.

AMA

Sophie Price

Imdunfer · 16/08/2026 14:11

Have you ever used their celebrity to get something you want or make something you want happen?

EstoyRobandoSuCasa · 16/08/2026 14:12

SunwaysSystems · 16/08/2026 09:14

Agreed.
There was a great one with a person in a successful band several years ago. Never did work out who it was, but it was far more interesting back when people were able to engage a bit more.

That sounds like an interesting thread. However, this one doesn’t include what the sibling is famous for which makes it too vague for me. I doubt that the siblings of, say, Harry Kane, Katie Price, Nigel Farage and Sophie Raworth would have the same experiences of secondhand fame.

DepressedOfLewes · 16/08/2026 14:13

zedtree · 15/08/2026 17:56

They are not in music or acting.

It's definitely Katie Price 😁 😂

Quokkas · 16/08/2026 14:15

EstoyRobandoSuCasa · 16/08/2026 14:12

That sounds like an interesting thread. However, this one doesn’t include what the sibling is famous for which makes it too vague for me. I doubt that the siblings of, say, Harry Kane, Katie Price, Nigel Farage and Sophie Raworth would have the same experiences of secondhand fame.

@zedtree could you at least say which area your sibling is known for being in? So far, all you’ve told us is about the areas they’re not in. It just makes everything you’re saying very hard to believe and quite pointless.

DepressedOfLewes · 16/08/2026 14:16

Quokkas · 16/08/2026 14:15

@zedtree could you at least say which area your sibling is known for being in? So far, all you’ve told us is about the areas they’re not in. It just makes everything you’re saying very hard to believe and quite pointless.

Getting her tits out

Quokkas · 16/08/2026 14:16

DepressedOfLewes · 16/08/2026 14:16

Getting her tits out

Somehow I doubt it.

zedtree · 16/08/2026 14:19

JollyCoralSeal · 16/08/2026 12:01

Does this happen frequently in ‘real life’, OP? Something is ‘about’ you (i.e. this AMA was intended to be about your experience) but it ends up being about or focusing on your sibling, through no fault of yours or theirs? If so, how do you (and they?) feel about that and does it impact your relationship?

Sometimes but people don’t have the confidence that they do anonymously online so wouldn’t be so rude.

often small talk with people I dont know that well like colleagues can end with them just asking about my sibling or something they’ve seen them do. At my events they will end up getting extra attention and it did upset me and tbh I think they used to enjoy it which was annoying. Now they find it more tiring and difficult I can just feel upset and annoyed with them rather than jealous.

OP posts:
Lugol · 16/08/2026 14:21

Digerydont · 15/08/2026 18:51

Typo. Newsreader, quite famous in UK, not in Music or acting.

I once queued up in Boots for a prescription behind Wendy Craig when Butterflies was big. Noone took any notice of her. Back then, people weren't so obsessed with celebs.

I'm jealous, I love Wendy Craig ❤️

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