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Faces that intensely irritate

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AlexaAmbidextra · 06/11/2019 19:15

Owen Wilson in the Sofology ad. I can’t look at him without feeling rage.

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BakedBeeeen · 08/11/2019 22:25

Hmmm, this thread has made me realise that Owen Wilson and Matthew MacConauhay are not infact the same person. Thanks mumsnet!

Sagradafamiliar · 08/11/2019 23:08

Bruce fucking Willis. A bad case of resting slimy slimeball face. His face might as well be actual slime.

Sagradafamiliar · 08/11/2019 23:16

Vernon Kay. His mouth is so small.

Omg 😂 it's the same width as his nose when he smiles.

alltoomuchrightnow · 09/11/2019 01:57

Julie Goodyear
Mick Hucknall

SusieQ5604 · 09/11/2019 01:58

Trump

wanderings · 09/11/2019 08:52

This thread is the reason I prefer radio to TV.

My hated faces are:

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson. Daniel because he has the same wooden expression throughout all eight of the films, and the other two because their expressions were always wildly exaggerated. Also when the first film was out, life-size cardboard cutouts of the trio were everywhere. I thought Hagrid was rather unpleasant to look at as well.

In fact, I loathe any face which is massively blown up to fit on those huge adverts that appear beside roads. Some others have been:

Mr Bean's holiday - ugh. I'm surprised nobody has said Rowan Atkinson so far, whose face is one of his main tools. Baldrick was right when he said "you rubber-faced bastard". But I agree with @alltoomuchrightnow about Tony Robinson - in "Baldrick's video diary", he's constantly looking into the camera: shudder.

David Cameron, with that poster "I'll cut the deficit, not the NHS".

A bloodied face which said "advertise with impact".

When camera phones were new, a huge close-up of a child's face with the mouth covered in toothpaste.

The cover of the Radio Times used to show the worst of faces (I don't know if it still does): frequently some celeb with eyes and mouth wide open, sometimes with a plastic red nose. My mum used to ceremonially destroy the covers of any Radio Times which had an ugly grinning face on the front, saying "I do not understand why they put so much value on the human face". She used to do the same with cereal packets that had grinning faces, such as the Frosties tiger (and she disapproved of Frosties as well).

Wishimaywishimight · 09/11/2019 09:01

Jamie Oliver and his enormous tongue (how does he get food in there??)
Carol Vordeman - both her original and her new 'surprised expression' face
Joe Swash & Stacy Solomon - Lucky they each met someone with an equally annoying face AND voice
John Torode - always looks like his mouth/jaw is full (reminds me of Marlon Brando in The Godfather)

derxa · 09/11/2019 16:52

I think it's the smugness with all of these people.

Sally 'I support England' Nugent looks like a bad smell has permanently hit her nostrils.

Pitterpatterpettysteps · 09/11/2019 16:57

Agree with so many of these. Espec. Jimmy Carr & Megan Markle

NeutralJanet · 09/11/2019 18:00

Paloma Faith.

StCharlotte · 09/11/2019 18:18

Rebecca Long-Bailey

I second that.

Candlebarbara · 09/11/2019 18:21

Olivia Colman, her faux giggling, self deprecating bollocks gets on my nerves.
Her acting consists of speaking quickly out of the side of her mouth, whilst not moving her lips.
The Favourite was one of the worst films I have ever seen,

Thefemalekeithrichards · 09/11/2019 18:28

Hugh Grant 🤬🤬 ‘intensely irritate’ does not cover it, think heart racing, stomach in knots teeth clenching RAGE

Thefemalekeithrichards · 09/11/2019 18:30

@NeutralJanet

Yes yes ! Those gums

beachcomber70 · 09/11/2019 18:46

Stephen Fry
Kaye Adams
Lorraine Kelly
Leigh Francis
Holly and Phil
Richard Osman
Adam Hills
Benedict Cumberbatch
Roman Kemp
Ore Oduba
Idris Elba

Feel like turning off when one of these are on tv...and usually do. They are smug and self satisfied and it shows in the face.

LadyTabasco · 09/11/2019 18:50

Wayne Rooney

Crystal87 · 09/11/2019 19:06

Holly Willoughby and Susanna Reid are gormless.

wanderings · 09/11/2019 19:24

Are we allowed to mention faces of the dead on this thread?

In about 2002, Channel 4 did a programme "the 100 most hated people in Britain", hosted by Jimmy Carr. (He didn't appear on that list!) Interestingly, there was the rule that the people featured could not be dead, or in prison. Two of the people who were in the top five have since died; one of them would certainly be on this list if she were still around. (And now she's dead, many people love her, and woe betide anyone who says otherwise.)

There was also somebody loved by many while he was alive, but very much hated after his death as a monumental scandal about him unfolded. I'm sure there was an AIBU a few years ago, about his grinning face frequently appearing on TV, every time he was mentioned on the news.

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millymae · 09/11/2019 20:29

Can’t believe that Nigel Farage has so few votes - his face gives me the creeps. Donald Trump tops my list though by a long way

AmIScary · 09/11/2019 20:58

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Minionoftheantichrist · 09/11/2019 21:03

Just remembered a few more :
Brooklyn Beckham
Adrian Chiles
Jeremy Corbin -looks like he would be whiffy
Mel Brown
Sandi Toksvig
Alan Davies
Sylvester Stallone
George Clooney (looks smug and knowing whilst trying to appear humble and self-deprecating)
Matt Damon
Leo Di Caprio

2littleChicks · 09/11/2019 21:06

I fucking hate Keira Knightly. I don't know why. I know she's stunning. I just think she's so smug and her voice is like nails down a black board. I can't even watch Pirates of the Caribbean and I love Johnny Depp. I just fucking. Hate. Her. Face.

TrainspottingWelsh · 09/11/2019 21:14

wanderings need more clues. Possibly jimmy saville for the male but no idea for the first