Celebrities you like/love

[AdoptedBumpkin]

As we had a thread about rage-inducing celebrities, I thought it might be nice to have a Christmas thread about celebrities we like.

Mine include:
Mary Beard - just herself, focuses on the subject and doesn't care what men say about her
Ian Hislop - been making me laugh at whoever the current Government is for many years.
JK Rowling - not a huge Harry Potter fan, but such a courageous lady.
Emma Raducanu - a recent addition to this list obviously, but so down to earth. Hope she stays this way for her sake.
Johnny Vegas - very grounded, a normal working class man who made it big.
Anita Rani - seems lovely and again down to earth.

Charlie Brooker; He is ace. Agree about Ian Hislop, always hits the nail on the head about whatever the government has done this time.

Charlie Brooker, good shout.

Oh dear, looks like this thread has failed

JK Rowling - creator of an amazing fantasy world, philanthropist and a strong, brave woman

Dolly Parton - always herself, should never be under estimated, incredible song writer and hugely generous

I adore Steve Backshall and Helen Glover individually and together. They seem so in love with each other and their family and no one can tell me otherwise!

@Jayneisagirlsname Thanks - Dolly Parton is one I'd forgotten about.

Jamie Laing from Made in Chelsea. Never watched MIC but I saw him on one of the Bake Offs for charity and I found him very amusing and self deprecating on Richard Osman's House of Games. I thought the banter between him and Mike Wozniak was very funny and I don't know, he just came across as a nice guy.

Agree on Charlie Booker. Love Sara Pascoe.

Gwendoline Christie - just seems like great fun. Was also lovely when I met her a few years ago.
Mads Mikkelsen - seems so down to Earth despite being so famous
David Tennant - likewise, seems incredibly down to Earth and have never heard a bad word about him
Frank Turner - have had multiple interactions both online and in person and he's always been lovely. Also dedicated a song to my Nephew years ago when he emailed a photo of a recent tattoo including some lyrics.

Dolly Parton
Olly Alexander

Oh and Michael Palin! I have a friend who worked for a company he'd regularly order from and she said he'd always ask "How is everybody? What have you all been up to?" and seemed genuinely interested in their responses.

George Michael, I think he was gay as I was taken at the time, but he has always been my true love❤

Paddy McGuinness never seems to forget his roots. Lovely family.
Henning Wehn always funny and can laugh at himself.
Siobhan McSweeney always looks like she would be a laugh.
Ian Wright-watching him see his teacher, who he thought was dead, makes me cry. Plus the documentary he made about domestic abuse hit a nerve in many ways about the way it was for many in the 60s/70s and still is for lots of people.

Amanda Seyfried....she's really warm, friendly and incredibly funny in interviews etc. She also seems very grounded and normal.

JK Rowling, for sure! Strong and brave.

Mike Wozniak
Dev Griffin
Susan Calman
Zoe Lyons
Michael Palin
Dr Brian Cox

Nice to see this thread hasn't failed after all

Judge Rinder seems like such a lovely man to me.

@AdoptedBumpkin

Nice to see this thread hasn't failed after all

It's such a nice idea! I get fed up with negative and unpleasant threads.

I agree about Jamie Laing - he was so nice on Strictly, also Richard Osman's House of Games.
Great banter with Wozniak!

Jamie Oliver and Minnie Driver. They both come across as pretty sound, down-to-earth types.

@Maireas Thanks

@AdoptedBumpkin you're welcome!
I agree that Judge Rinder seems like a decent man, I know of some of his work with a charity.
Anita Rani I agree with.
Also, Ade Adepitan - a great and well informed presenter. No self pity and a great role model!

Simon Farnaby. Even though he usually plays morally dubious characters he seems like he'd be a really lovely bloke in real life.

Ed sheeran... just seems so normal

Stacey Solomon, she is a ray of sunshine and creates a happy feeling on her Instagram page.