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Michael Buble and his wife. Shocking video.

511 replies

ceejay54321 · 15/04/2020 11:40

m.youtube.com/watch?v=S3taYAeR3sQ

Having watched some of their other videos, I’m concerned for her.

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MashedSpud · 15/04/2020 12:44

Urgh, he’s simmering with rage. God knows what he’s like off camera.

Sallycinammonbangsthedruminthe · 15/04/2020 12:45

makes for very uneasy watching...

RuffleCrow · 15/04/2020 12:50

My ex used to do exactly the same to me. Sad sent shivers down my spine for all the wrong reasons. He's pulling her about like a plaything, not a human being. Poof goes another 'nice guy'.

lancs54 · 15/04/2020 12:50

not surprised. some past Buble quotes:

"I'm an egotistical hard f a with a temper". (The Mirror)

"I was prone to violence as a kid, and I'll tell you now, I'm not a big man - I'm about 5ft 10in and weigh about 160Ib - I could do it again, and probably will." (The Mirror)

"I just don't have a filter. I just don't. It makes me angry to even think about diverting myself from something that I need to say."

"I was a jerk and I was careless and reckless with the hearts of women I was with." (Eonline)

Not great.

PhoebesBirthMom · 15/04/2020 12:52

The first video really doesn't look good, but it is such a short moment.
The second - ooft. There is no humour in him there. He's angry.

BreastedBoobilyToTheStairs · 15/04/2020 12:52

There are nice men out there

I'm lucky enough to have one. I'm not looking to paint all men as abusers at all. My partner and I play fight plenty. We've never physically chastised each other in anger because of behaviour we didn't like though, because that's crossing a line.

Either he's a cracking actor (which could explain the second video but I'd wonder why the hell he'd think it's a good idea to act like he's that angry), or that shove is a genuine reflex because he's pissed off she's speaking over him. That's not nice guy behaviour. Nice guys don't elbow their partners.

The slap isn't good either. I don't think anyone would say it is.

No, we can't say 'MB is a horrible abuser' from a few clips and I wouldn't claim to be able to, but those interactions don't look healthy, and they've been posted for the world to see so are going to invite questioning as to the dynamics in their relationship.

If you think they're both smiling and laughing convincingly you need to reassess your ability to read social cues though. In the first clip her eyes momentarily slip from focus on the camera while he's pulling her in (after she resists the first time he pulls on her arm). That doesn't generally happen when you're being cuddled and you want to be. It does happen, for example, when someone is distancing them self from a situation though. Then he keeps her in position physically and her smile drops completely from her eyes, and almost all from her mouth. That's not the expression of a happy person, particularly one on camera who is supposed to be 'presenting'.

fascinated · 15/04/2020 12:52

What an arrogant shit

RuffleCrow · 15/04/2020 12:52

Not treating her like a human being, that should say.

Didkdt · 15/04/2020 12:53

For me the first video could be taken a number of ways BUT she apologized after he elbowed her, a mor normal reaction would be to elbow back or issue an expletive

UnfinishedSymphon · 15/04/2020 12:54

Did you not see her face as soon as he'd elbowed her????

Rockdown2020 · 15/04/2020 12:56

That was really uncomfortable viewing. He’s not a nice person.

TheVanguardSix · 15/04/2020 12:56

Incredibly telling.
And I'm the first to usually say 'Lighten up people' but the devil is in the detail here. And it's not so subtle. Strange man.

Sux2buthen · 15/04/2020 12:58

Oh give overHmm
Belittling actual abuse here.

Lifeisabeach09 · 15/04/2020 12:58

I'm, by no means, a fan of Buble but I don't feel we should be labelling a person as abusive based on a few minutes of footage.

So, I had a google to see what other videos were like. The results were mixed. Jury is still out.

GroundHogDay01 · 15/04/2020 12:58

Hmm. It’s not so much is actions it’s her reactions for me. If my partner elbowed me even in a joking way, I wouldn’t apologise. What’s all this grabbing her by the neck too??

EmpressJewel · 15/04/2020 12:59

If we are analysing behaviour in 19:30 of the second clip, they are talking about her film and he covers his mouth with his hands when he is talking about how good was was in the film.

I'm sure covering your mouth with your hands is a sign of a lie.

AntiSocialDistancer · 15/04/2020 12:59

Actually it's her face that bothers me. As a child of an emotional abuser I can just see her desperate pleeding, looking elsewhere as if to carry the conversation forwards not for him to continue hounding her transgressions.

He looks like an arrogant prick who is such a "perfectionist" and gets upset when things don't go exactly as he thinks they should. He's really fucking harassing her about being late and she's smiling and trying to move on. No No he says, I dont think you get how terrible your lateness is for me . You make my life an embarrassment.

Such uncomfortable watching.

The elbow dig was all of his venom about her being wrong and speaking when she wasn't supposed to. He can't think of any way to be affectionate to her or pleasant afterwards other than "holding" her around the neck - like he's trying to be matey. Her face is again begging for another life.

What a whiney spoiltan child he is. Ugh.

diddl · 15/04/2020 13:01

It's the arm around the neck for me.

The first bit could be messing around, but to me, the arm around the neck really is a possessive/controlling thing.

PegasusReturns · 15/04/2020 13:03

I was expecting it to watch and think people were overreacting to a gentle nudge but it’s actually quite unpleasant to watch

RuffleCrow · 15/04/2020 13:03

I've met a few men like him over the years, besides my ex. They have this air of constantly being one comment away from erupting, they're permanently wound up like a coil. I used to work with a guy like this and although he was hugely unpopular, he did very well climbing the ladder. Because people were scared of him and he was reasonably young and attractive. Like MB.

JonHammIsMyJamm · 15/04/2020 13:04

It’s not the shove for me, it’s their faces. Hers in particular.

joydivisionovengloves71 · 15/04/2020 13:06

Why did she say 'oh my god I'm sorry' 😕

NoSauce · 15/04/2020 13:06

As soon as he elbowed her he realised how it would look and that’s when he tried to make light of it by putting his arm around her neck but it was too late, we had already seen her face.

Sux2buthen · 15/04/2020 13:06

She seems pretty mad when she playfully slaps him across the face...if he'd done that it would be shocking.

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