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Celebrities you can’t warm to

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neonglow · 18/12/2019 09:12

Does anyone have any celebrities they can’t really ‘warm to’ or don’t get great vibes about for no reason at all, even though they are generally very well-liked?

Mine is Justin/Mr Tumbke, I know everyone loves him but I just get these vibes that he’s actually a total diva and the tv/stage persona is just that. But then I’m probably totally wrong.

Anyone else?

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Bouledeneige · 19/12/2019 07:30

Robbie Williams - narcisstic
James Corden - not funny and smug
Dawn French - where do I start? Not funny, smug show off
David Wallisms - not funny and slimy
Jonathan Ross - crap show and smug
Caroline Flack - playing through sexy kitten at 40
Any and Dec - boast their sell by
Russell Brand - I'm so clever, not funny
Eddie Izzard - boring and self indulgent

Bunnyfuller · 19/12/2019 07:35

Nigella. Jesus.

Bouledeneige · 19/12/2019 07:36

Emma Thompson - like the goody goody girls at school and her smug husband

PolloDePrimavera · 19/12/2019 07:47

I have on vg authority that Mr Justin Tumble is really lovely. From someone who works with him.

Elderflower14 · 19/12/2019 07:55

My ds2 has met Justin lots of times.. He Facetimed Mum and I once with ds2 and I can confirm he is wonderful.... 💙

chillykiwi · 19/12/2019 08:30

Keith Lemon is obnoxious, get that he is meant to be but the character is obnoxious and not funny as opposed to Rik Mayall in The Young Ones and other things who was meant to be obnoxious and was also very funny.

SueSnell · 19/12/2019 08:30

Miley Cyrus- eeeuuurggghhhh
Amanda Holden for reasons already cited
Claudia Winkelman- always looks like she needs a good scrub

westiepoo · 19/12/2019 08:57

Tess Daly (but funnily enough love claudia)
Robbie Williams (but he was my favourite in Take that)
Kiera Knightly
Lauren Goodger
The GC(just actually WTF)
Piers Morgan
Alexandra (I'm so blessed) Burke

insanecandycorn · 19/12/2019 09:33

Lily Allen - Always comes across to me as an attention seeker that would bring up anything to stay relevant.

Eamonn Holmes - I find him quite rude sometimes and I feel like he has a nasty side that he keeps hidden, can't warm to him at all.

Danny dyer - Can't listen to his geezer talk it makes me cringe. I believe he thinks he's gods gift to women.

The loose women panel - Too many reasons.

Any of the Geordie shore or Essex cast especially when they wear unflattering dresses and gross Perspex shoes/boots.

Paul Hollywood - Smarmy greasy and creepy. I imagine he has a horrible side too.

Sue Perkins - CANT STAND HER not funny at all. Didn't like the way she came across on the travel show she did, always seemed like she was trying to make everything into a joke.

Jamie Oliver - Completely in denial that his restaurants were overpriced crap

Myleen klass - Find her really false.

ANYONE THAT DOES STAGED PHOTOS ESPECIALLY ONES PUTTING THE BINS OUT IN THEIR UNDIES.

Beyonce - I feel like she likes to come across god like from her pictures. She tries to stage them with and air of grandeur or like she's mother bloody earth. I imagine she has a sense of smugness because she doesn't follow a single person on Instagram too. Ashamed to know that.

J lo - I think her acting is atrocious and she constantly wants to show people how good she looks for her age. She does look good but her photos are massively edited.

Dustarr73 · 19/12/2019 20:02

@MonChatEstMagnifique i would say with Kanye and Taylor the truth is somewhere in the middle.

She does lovely things for her fans.But there is just something about her.I cant put my finger on it.

bobstersmum · 19/12/2019 20:24

I read the thread as far as I could but I can't see that anyone has mentioned Nicole scherzinger or whatever she's called, I absolutely cannot stand her, she absolutely loves herself! And I especially hate her now after the other week on xfactor, my ds aged 6 was sat with us and this was on, and I went to make a drink, came back to see her barely dressed gyrating her minge across my telly, my poor ds eyes! How that was appropriate for family viewing I'll never know.
And she kept putting on some weird Latin accent as well, she's utterly bonkers.

bobstersmum · 19/12/2019 20:26

And James Corden. Just why and how is he on the telly.

doublebarrellednurse · 19/12/2019 20:34

Kirsty fucking allsop

furrymulesandPJs · 19/12/2019 20:51

I am very "meh" about most celebritites these days- not interested in most of them, just a select few who I love because they talented in their field or have an endearing personality (Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Stephen Fry, Eileen Atkins, maybe Benedict Cumberbatch (ok, he also gorgeous, which helps!)) but most celebs leave me cold. It isn;'t that I disliek them as people in any way, I just don't get the "hype" about them. eg the Kardashians. Why??? why do people have any interest in them?

I used to hate Jordan (Katie Price) mostly because she was everywhere at one point and all dull stuff but one day I actually (don't know why) read an inteview with her in something and she struck me as way more astute and interesting than she lets on I was quite impressed! no, she not up there with my faves, but I actually think there is way more to her than we see. I prefer her to Peter Andre- a nice seeming but very dull fella.

furrymulesandPJs · 19/12/2019 20:55

Oh, Katie Hopkins. Entertaining but nasty. Yuk.

Piers Morgan comes across as arrogant and unpleasant also.

Prob not a celeb as such but Rod Liddle, columnist. Prejudiced and ignorant and very ableist.

Cornishqween · 19/12/2019 21:59

Amanda Holden, get the impression she is fake and 'nicey nicey' for tv but an absolute b*tch in real life. Also can't stand her constant fake crying on bgt along with anyone else who judges and bawls their eyes out Envybleurgh

Also Katie Price, for obvious reasons

antwacky · 19/12/2019 22:14

Amanda Holden, comes across very fake.
Philip Schofield, loves himself.
Lorraine Kelly, urgh screachy mare.
Jeremy Vine, too annoying for words.

MamaWeasel · 19/12/2019 22:35

Rebel Wilson

FlyingPenguine · 19/12/2019 23:41

Megan Markle. Simon Cowell. Any Kardashian. Lily Allen. Bob Geldof. Andrew Marr. Any Towie or reality 'star'

betaboo · 20/12/2019 00:48

Catherine Zeta Jones
David Beckham

ShelbyCherryBlossom · 20/12/2019 05:18

Emily Atack - annoyed the hell out of me in the jungle with all the crying and moaning about her appearance, clearly that was overly-dramatised, I think her career has basically been built on the back of her family's success, and she's just so loud and annoying like she's trying to be the funny one in every scenario.

fantasmasgoria1 · 20/12/2019 06:06

I would say that 80% of the people mentioned I think are talentless and annoying. The rest I either don't have enough knowledge about them or they don't bother me either way!

Mrsjayy · 20/12/2019 07:32

Rebel Wilson gives me the heebie jeebies I hate watching her in anything her acting is just odd !

DontCallMeShitley · 20/12/2019 09:27

Victoria Beckham
Amanda Holden - plastic and vacuous
Phillip Schofield
Lorraine Kelly (have to turn the TV off for this one)
Ruth Langford - weird voice
Vanessa Feltz
Kirsty Wark - always looks grubby and sounds drunk
Gino d'Acampo
Jay Rayner
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

People that waffle, wave their arms or mutter. If you are on TV or radio, just bloody speak normally.

I don't mind McCartney but he is a bad tempered bastard to work with.

Kazzyhoward · 20/12/2019 09:42

I think these "slebs" live in their own echo-chambers (a bit like London Centric politicians). They're all gushing over eachother, no doubt all going to/hosting the same "luvvie" parties with eachother. So they genuinely believe they're fantastic. Simply because they don't live in the real world, where people are turning away from mainstream media in their millions.