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Top British actor wins gagging order - who???

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MollysChambers · 13/04/2011 01:15

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1376111/Top-British-actor-wins-gagging-order-stop-publication-details-private-life.html

Sorry, but I am SO nosy.

Top British actor
Married with kids
World famous celebrity
TV and film
Regular on twitter
Clean-cut reputation
Talks about supportive wife...

Who could it be...

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ValiumBandwitch · 15/04/2011 11:59

I appreciated it though!! tvm

Is it really him? is he the one that fits the profile the best. ach....

BarbaraBar · 15/04/2011 12:22

Thank you teej. I was struggling with JS but got it now!

teej · 15/04/2011 12:34

thingumy are you talking about the actor who took over the asylum many years ago Shock?
refuse to believe that one too.

teej · 15/04/2011 12:35

Grin pleasure Barbara

Thingumy · 15/04/2011 12:46

teej I can't think of anyone that rhymes with ben hot other than him.

Confused
teej · 15/04/2011 12:51

right i am going to have to destroy twitter so i can get some work done. but before then, here's a piece that is currently being retweeted which seems to confirm who it is.

GeorginaWorsley · 15/04/2011 12:52

Re Daily Mail giving clues,small passage about HB in the Ephraim Hardcastle column today,re Twitter.
I guess HB.

teej · 15/04/2011 12:57

where did we put that gavel?

teej · 15/04/2011 13:05

you know, i really don't care about his sex life - he's a grown man and can make his own decisions - but i am disappointed in the fact he brought this injunction and that's why i feel he should be unmasked.
the increasing use of injunctions and superinjunctions is one of the real threats to democracy in the UK. we need a free - and fair - press. is it fair for the prossie to sell her story to the press - possibly not - but when the same legislation is used to try and stop the reporting of toxic dumping etc then we have a problem and we need to make sure these orders are shown up for the (unfunny) jokes they are.
also there is a great quote in the fleet street fox blog from Paul McCartney's ex-PR, where he is said to have advised Paul "If you don't want to be caught doing it, don't do it." wise words.

ValiumBandwitch · 15/04/2011 13:08

yeah georgina thanks for that ! i just read ephraim hardcastle's column on line and he seems to mention HB for no reason really. Describes him as newsworthy, quotes a tweet of his and says "oooh what would lady grantham say?".

I am convinced. tis him. a relief to know. now i can concentrate on other stuff!

fifitot · 15/04/2011 13:09

HB? How boring.

MollysChambers · 15/04/2011 13:24

V boring. Though she did use a sex toy on him

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CalamityKate · 15/04/2011 14:25

Oh that's very dull.

stressheaderic · 15/04/2011 14:51

Can somebody give me a clue? I'm being very thick here.

MadameCastafiore · 15/04/2011 14:57

Blimey - what a lot to read through - am going to ask DH to text his journo friend who normally sends us all the juicy details about footballers etc and then will post what he tells me on here later.

After lying on my lovely beach on Captiva Island topping up the old tan1

hf128219 · 15/04/2011 15:05

Hugh with the Critical Eye

stressheaderic · 15/04/2011 15:07

Oh, hang on, penny's dropped. Whugh knew?

He's a bit posh to be haging round with the likes of her.
On a side note, I have a good friend called Helen Wood who is a well-respected GP and she is morto haha.

KeepCalmAndCurryOn · 15/04/2011 15:18

Critical Eye? Duh?

AnonymousBird · 15/04/2011 15:28

I too have a friend called Helen Wood who is uber nice and completely the other end of the spectrum, poor thing!

And the sex toy?? How did I miss that? where was that ( so to speak)

HelloOutThere · 15/04/2011 15:57

Has HB been in Sex and the City then?

BringBackGoingForGold · 15/04/2011 16:06

Thank you, thumbwitch, got JI now . Still don't know Ben Hot. But I think it's got to be Mr Bourneville of the Manor, hasn't it? Boring as that is.

HazeltheMcWitch · 15/04/2011 17:14

HelloOutThere, have you got him yet LOVE. ACTUALLY he has not been in SATC.

ValiumBandwitch · 15/04/2011 17:24

he's been in a play called 'tis a pity she's a whore' Shock

kittya · 15/04/2011 17:45

Oh, its a terrible let down.

Really, who cares? Sad

ceebeegeebies · 15/04/2011 17:59

Was he in Love Actually?? He had a fairly big part in Notting Hill but don't remember him in Love Actually Hmm