Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Micheal Barrymore on pierce morgan

138 replies

BastardGoDarkly · 08/06/2019 22:29

Turned over after killing eve.

God that was uncomfortable Confused

OP posts:
EnthusiasmIsDisturbed · 09/06/2019 12:20

I think what Soola is saying is that she picked up on something disingenuous about him and then her mind played this out by her seeing him as the devil - a warning

I have had similar experiences where I am chatting with someone in my minds eye I suddenly see their face contorted/looking angry as my sub conscience is picking up something that I am not seeing

And he was disingenuous he was presenting himself as a happily married man when that wasn’t quite the case - could he be openly gay then and have the same career I doubt it but when he came out so did other stories of him not being such the Mr Nice Guy

TwinklyMummaLuvsHerBubba89 · 09/06/2019 12:20

I used to love him. I was a teen when he was at the height of his fame.

I never understood exactly what happened with Stuart Lubbock (I think that was his name) I followed it all via the tabloids and it was pre Internet (for me at least, I was late coming to the www) so most of what I read was heavily homophobic and the general view was "he's a dirty gay nutter, so he's guilty" which never sat right with me. Yet any reports that just gave the facts seemed to indicate he wasn't guilty of SL's death but was being held accountable because it happened at his house?

I realise I could Google it, but I thought it better not to so I am remembering my thoughts from the time. Be interesting to read up on it when I get a chance.

Soola · 09/06/2019 12:20

If it was a medical condition why haven’t I had the same experience with other celebrities on the telly who I can’t stand?

James Nesbitt for example, I cannot stand that man, he just looks so damn smug! I cannot watch him as he irritates me so much but I’ve never had any kind of epiphany about him nor do I think he is evil! Crap actor yes, but not evil!

It was a lone experience concerning Barrymore and whether it was a sixth sense I have no idea but at the time he was a much loved celebrity so it was an extremely bizarre thing to experience but I feel my senses were proved right as he has turned out to be a very selfish man at the very least and has a dark side at worst.

PuppyMonkey · 09/06/2019 12:21

Barrymore was on that legendary series of Celebrity Big Brother with George Galloway- “poor me, poor me, pour me another drink.” Was pretty intense, as I recall. Absolute TV gold though tbf.

Soola, I hope you got your telly fixed in the end.Grin

Soola · 09/06/2019 12:22

@EnthusiasmIsDisturbed

I think what Soola is saying is that she picked up on something disingenuous about him and then her mind played this out by her seeing him as the devil - a warning

That’s spot on. I have no idea why I experienced this and why him of all people.

Ohnotanothernamechange · 09/06/2019 12:26

I don't think that he actually knows what happened to Stuart Lubbock. He stupidly fled the scene though which made him look 'guilty' of something. The tabloids had it in for him way before any of this stuff happened, and they had a field day with it.

EnthusiasmIsDisturbed · 09/06/2019 12:26

Becuase he isn’t the man he presented himself to be - a persona he worked very hard on

I find him very uncomfortable to watch not in his heyday he was just too much but since his downfall and the terribly sad death of a young man at a party of his. Never been convinced he feels remorse for the young man but more for his career

Soola · 09/06/2019 12:51

No idea if he has anything to do with Stuart Lubbock’s death or not but he did flee the scene and he hasn’t behaved sympathetically towards Mr Lubbock’s family and was not cooperative with the police at times.

The sad fact is that he was lonely and liked taking drugs and drinking and was in the habit of bringing strangers home to keep him company and one fateful night a man died a horrible death.

That’s all we know and probably all we will ever know.

I feel terribly sorry for Stuart’s family especially for his father who has alway been a voice for his son and tried to get justice/find out how he died and who was responsible.

WorraLiberty · 09/06/2019 12:52

If it was a medical condition why haven’t I had the same experience with other celebrities on the telly who I can’t stand?

Because if say for example what you experienced was a sudden drop in blood pressure, it may never happen again Confused

Sarcelle · 09/06/2019 12:59

He treated his wife appallingly. He used her for fame. Her dad mentored him and she managed him. When her dad died he came out in the most hurtful way, very cruel and dismissive to his wife who never really got over it. (She died not that many years after.) I doubt he had anything to do with Stuart's death, other being the host, but he did try to distance himself from the incident.

I think Stuart was a starstruck fan, not gay, who met MB in a club and went back with a gang of people for a party. He ended up drowned in a pool with horrendous anal injuries I believe. I forget the details, but MB's showbiz demise was not because he came out as gay, but the unexplained death of a guest in his house.

Bluerussian · 09/06/2019 13:00

I always quite liked Michael Barrymore, don't know about now.

The Stuart Lubbock death was a tragedy. Found dead in the swimming pool after a big party at Barrymore's house, evidence of rough sex gave the police cause to investigate further but nothing was found on that score. Surely nobody thought Michael Barrymore, who was in the house, murdered him, however we all know what the media is like, where there is no evidence they will invent and people often want to believe the worse of someone. It ruined him.

I'm going to watch that Piers Morgan interview now to see if I can find something evil in Barrymore's facial expressions. 'Tears of a clown' spring to mind when I think of him.

Ohnotanothernamechange · 09/06/2019 13:06

I always assumed his marriage was one of convenience.

howwudufeel · 09/06/2019 13:08

I didn’t watch the show but I think it’s interesting to contrast Michael Barrymore’s treatment of Susan Boyle on his show compared to how she was treated in Britain’s Got Talent.

howwudufeel · 09/06/2019 13:10

m.youtube.com/watch?v=v5sFowfXKO0

Soola · 09/06/2019 13:12

His ex wife absolutely hated him when they split and she wrote a tell all book about how badly he treated her etc.

She claimed she did not know he was gay during their marriage and felt publicly humiliated when he came out.

She also went straight to the police when it came out in the media that Michael has told the police after the death of Stuart Lubbock, that he couldn’t swim and Cheryl signed an affidavit to say he could. I think her mother may have also signed one too to say he could swim.

I also remember in the media that she had made provisions when she was ill that Michael must be prevented from attending her funeral.

Cheryl was clearly a very scorn woman and her accounts of him may or not be true or embellishes but it is true that she ended up absolutely detesting him.

Soola · 09/06/2019 13:18

I think it must be very hard to deal with all that adulation and not let it go to your head

howwudufeel · 09/06/2019 13:26

I am glad that we have moved on so women aren’t treated in TV like Michelle Barrymore treated Susan Boyle. I find it sickening that it was ever OK to do what he did to her.

LoafofSellotape · 09/06/2019 13:46

I don't think I know what he did to SB, was it awful?

AdelaideK · 09/06/2019 13:52

I've just watched the Susan Boyle clip. Grim.

LoafofSellotape · 09/06/2019 13:58

I googled it, vile.

SheWhoShouldNotBeNamed · 09/06/2019 13:59

I half watched the interview.

I really dislike Michael Barrymore. I think he is/was desperate to be liked, and used outlandish, obnoxious and rude behaviour under the guise of 'comedy' to get noticed.

He was on an episode of Come Dine With Me years ago and behaved really erratically. Funnily enough, I can't find any clips of it online now.

RiversDisguise · 09/06/2019 13:59

I genuinely can't watch the arsewipe. Would anyone mind describing what he did?

SouthWestmom · 09/06/2019 14:14

Watching it now. Used to love him when I was a teen.
He just comes across now as controlling and manipulative, not at all crushed but seeing an opportunity for a come back

bigKiteFlying · 09/06/2019 14:27

Whenever you see him he's always in character.

I suspect that's true for a lot of people in similar line of work - however I didn't like him as he came across to me as very false.

SouthWestmom · 09/06/2019 14:31

Applause for stating his innocence over Stuart Lubbock.
He seems very angry about it

Swipe left for the next trending thread