Jo Whiley

[ChicChicChicChiclana]

Is there any individual more pleased with themselves?

Listening to her show tonight - reading out text after text from people who say she encouraged them to start running / do couch to 5k. Enough now Jo! We know you can run, but come on?

She's local to me. I've met her a few times and she's honestly really lovely and normal. She does a lot for Mencap as her sister has disabilities.

I quite like Jo Whiley. I have met her once to chat to very briefly (at an RHS flower show) and found her very friendly.

I am a big Radio 2 fan and when I am at home, tend to have it on most of the day, starting with Zoe Ball. Like a few others have said, however, I do not like Steve Wright and will either switch to local radio or Smooth when he's on from 2 pm. Weirdly though (and I can't explain why), I do like his Sunday morning Love Songs slot!

I thought this was going to say she'd died.
Glad she hasn't.

She's why I stopped listening to R2 in the evenings....
Cant stand the smugness

I like her and always thought that the 'looking a bit smug' was that she's a bit awkward and uncomfortable in front of the camera. The Simon Mayo pairing was a really bad mistake though - total mismatch regarding sense of humour. I love Sarah Cox's show too.

I'm finding her voice very soothing somehow. I think the ladies of Radio 2 (Jo, Sara Cox and Zoe Ball) will see me through this crisis.

Yes it is a bit mean but in turn she is smug , I remember when she was talking on her radio one show how Bono fancied her. I'm sure you are very nice really Jo xoxo

I like hearing some of the new music she plays tho. And to be fair she did stick with cold play through their uncool phase

Peace - when are you gonna get off the fence and say what you really think 🙄

I'm reporting this thread. It's so bloody mean spirited. It's one thing to critique someone but this is just ridiculous playground name calling.

I like the music on her show. Never felt like I've got to know the real Jo W. That's fine she's there to play music.

She is knowledgeable about music (I don’t particularly like the same music) and I would rather listen to her than someone who just likes the sound of their own voice like so many on the radio

Why start a thread to slag someone off?
Shes not done said anything offensive. Shes just a DJ.
Why be spiteful?
Have people not learned anything?

Is there any individual more pleased with themselves?

Yes - that accolade belongs to Chris Evans, former Radio 2 breakfast host.

I always think she sounds a bit awkward and her show is way too middle aged (taxi service) to be cool!

Agree this thread is unkind. I reckon she’s a MNetter. Also agree Steve Wright should be sacked

Oh the irony

C25K is a brilliant programme and she did play a big part in encouraging people though.

Seriously ChicChicChicChiclana why start a thread to slag someone off? Did you want everyone to pile in with how much they don't like her either. You know these threads escalate and someone else adds something else that they don't like about a person.
Have you had your head in the sand about Caroline Flack? About how everyone came out with the #BeKind stuff and if you haven't got anything to say don't say it.
I get you may not like her style. There are loads of people in the public eye that I am sure are very nice but their style of delivery grates on me. It's not a big deal, I just find something else I like.
This isn't about defending JW, and she is. hopefully, thick skinned enough to put it down to an ignorant troll. It's the whole culture of picking at someone and everyone else joins in that stinks.

You perceive her as being smug, someone else sees her as being awkward in front of a camera. I see someone doing their job.

Just nasty.
I think Jo is a national treasure now.
Her early days with John Peel set her up as a highly respected DJ and she's carried the can for JP where not many others from that clique had the credentials to carry it off.
Yeah she may have fangirled a bit in the 90s but she's moved with the times and we've all grown up together.
Her charitable work speaks for its self and in response to having just raised 1/2 a million £ for Sport relief with Rev Kate and Ritchie a few days ago, she's got every right to talk about running/swimming/cycling as much as she likes.
You might have had a point if you were slating some of the forgettable Strictly (non) celebs still milking the "when I done Strictly".
Keep up the good work Jo.

I love her. I'm going to find this hard to explain but I like that she's older than me and still has her obvious expertise and interests - ie music. I find once women hit a certain age on tv it's pretty much loose women or nothing.

And personally for me I found it harder as I got older to keep a sense of myself under all of the general life admin; I always found her to be a bit of an inspiration in that respect. Jo Wiley is still relevant and has a personality- there's hope for me yet!!

What a mean spirited thread. What happened to "be kind"? If you don't like her just turn something else on.

Shame on you.

I cannot stand her.

The worst bit is when she does that “thought bubbles” bit. She can’t even read out loud without sounding like a patronising cock.

She does one of the voice overs on the C25K app. It's brilliant.

Catch yourself on @TSSDNCOP Just don't listen to her if you don't want to. There's only one person sounding like a cock round here.

Her show isn't meant to be cool. We're all a bit long in the tooth for that. It's new music for grown-ups, which will do me by 7pm.

Did you really just start a thread for the sole purpose of slagging someone off? Bloody hell, have a word with yourself.