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Which celebrity would you be gutted to find out was vile in real life?

836 replies

EachandEveryone · 20/10/2022 10:24

Tom Hanks.

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ShowOfHands · 21/10/2022 06:51

Ndd135632 · 21/10/2022 04:39

Oh I also knew Olivia Colman. She’s lovely.

Ditto. Not only is she lovely, she's utterly normal ie no airs and graces. She's very close friends with a friend of mine.

estellacruella · 21/10/2022 06:53

david jason.

Parmesam · 21/10/2022 07:00

I'm a huge fan of Only Murders in the Building and would be devastated if Steve Martin and Martin Short were horrible. I also love Selena Gomez.

AuntieMarys · 21/10/2022 07:02

Richard E Grant

Littledidsheknow · 21/10/2022 07:17

Casey casefile

Yes! @Aerodactyl . If Casey turned out not to be nice, I'd have to contact my local criosis centah!

Another podcaster who has to be nice: the Uncanny Danny Robins.

Panpastels · 21/10/2022 08:06

Louis Theroux
Noel Fielding

But I am confident they are not!

SirMoose · 21/10/2022 08:14

ChrisTrepidation · 21/10/2022 05:44

Keanu Reeves
Bill Nighy
Louis Tomlinson
Dolly Parton

I’ve met Bill Nighy a few times and he’s an absolute babe!

waterlego · 21/10/2022 08:34

@Panpastels I adore Louis. There is just no way on earth he could be unpleasant. Not possible!

BenCoopersSupportWren · 21/10/2022 08:35

I can second Damien Lewis’s niceness. I was once a very small unimportant cog in a day where he and Helen McCrory were the VIPs, and he went out of his way to thank me for the part I’d played. It would have been easier for him not to, so he’s high in my estimation ever since.

There are lots already listed who I’d be gutted about - Sue Perkins, Bob Mortimer, Olivia Colman, Rafa Nadal spring to mind - but I’ll also add Stephen Mangan and Alexander Armstrong. I know the latter’s BIL is reputedly a bit of a dick, but I hope AA is a good egg.

The Supervet is an arrogant arse who sometimes seems to put the welfare/quality of life of the pets he’s treating second to the potential professional kudos of achieving some new ground-breaking treatment. I know two different people whose animals were referred to him and both independently came away with that impression of him.

foxlover47 · 21/10/2022 10:32

Joanna lumley ... I love her and couldn't ever imagine her being mean

GonnaGetGoingReturns · 21/10/2022 11:06

BenCoopersSupportWren · 21/10/2022 08:35

I can second Damien Lewis’s niceness. I was once a very small unimportant cog in a day where he and Helen McCrory were the VIPs, and he went out of his way to thank me for the part I’d played. It would have been easier for him not to, so he’s high in my estimation ever since.

There are lots already listed who I’d be gutted about - Sue Perkins, Bob Mortimer, Olivia Colman, Rafa Nadal spring to mind - but I’ll also add Stephen Mangan and Alexander Armstrong. I know the latter’s BIL is reputedly a bit of a dick, but I hope AA is a good egg.

The Supervet is an arrogant arse who sometimes seems to put the welfare/quality of life of the pets he’s treating second to the potential professional kudos of achieving some new ground-breaking treatment. I know two different people whose animals were referred to him and both independently came away with that impression of him.

@BenCoopersSupportWren - yes, my DB worked with him on an ITV project and said he was really lovely but said same about Bradley Walsh too.

Most celebs if they work with people in TV, sort of 'have' to be fairly ok or the work won't get done.

BrightYellowDaffodil · 21/10/2022 11:13

The Supervet is an arrogant arse who sometimes seems to put the welfare/quality of life of the pets he’s treating second to the potential professional kudos of achieving some new ground-breaking treatment.

Very much the reaction I got from other vets. Just because you can doesn't mean you should, particularly for animals who have no concept of the future and can't understand or rationalise what's happening to them. Super Vet wouldn't be allowed within 50 paces of an animal of mine.

FlirtyMelons · 21/10/2022 12:23

PenelopeTitsDrop3121 · 20/10/2022 10:45

Kiefer Sutherland 😍

I have met him twice and he was absolutely lovely. Chatted for ages and had so much time for everyone. The first time was the best day of my life 😍 sorry DH and DCs!

FlirtyMelons · 21/10/2022 12:28

LadyTwinkle · 20/10/2022 10:52

Christian Slater. A few months ago a mumsnetter posted about her experience of meeting Christian Bale in a supermarket. She'd kindly offered him the item they'd both gone to pick up, as it was the last one left. And he brutally declined her in the rudest possible way. Anyway I spent the first six pages of the thread thinking Christian Bale was Christian Slater and for some reason it really upset me that Christian Slater could be that rude. Maybe it's because CS has a kindly looking face. I was relieved to discover that I'd got my Christian's mixed up.

Christian Slater is absolutely lovely. He was my idol and I have met him 3 or 4 times now. Just the friendliest person and totally gorgeous.

FlirtyMelons · 21/10/2022 12:32

Rainbowcat99 · 20/10/2022 11:27

Phew, thank goodness for that. I can cope with him being a luvvie!

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Yes Anton is lovely, met him numerous times, also met many people who work closely with him and they adore him. He is really good at remembering people he has met also.

FlirtyMelons · 21/10/2022 12:39

evilharpy · 20/10/2022 11:58

Lots that people have already mentioned.

Dwayne Johnson
Keanu Reeves
Paul Rudd
Tony Hart (I would be beyond devastated)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Daniel Ricciardo
Dave Grohl (although of everyone mentioned in the thread I think he's the least likely to be a twat)
Craig Revel-Horwood (I reckon in real life he's very sweet)
Lady Gaga

Has anyone said Prue Leith? I love her and refuse to believe she could ever be unpleasant.

I haven't met Craig RH but everyone I know who has says he's absolutely lovely. A lot of the strictly dancers are so so lovely also. They are hugely grateful for what they are able to do on Strictly but most still have normal jobs teaching classes/running their dance studios. I havent met a horrible one yet, I've not met Brendan though 😂

FlirtyMelons · 21/10/2022 12:48

SarahSissions · 20/10/2022 13:45

James Martin. I couldn’t bear it

He is a close friend of my next door neighbours. They said he is lovely.

FlirtyMelons · 21/10/2022 12:49

katseyes7 · 20/10/2022 14:17

My ex who worked in tv once worked with James Martin and said he was very full of himself (and that's putting it politely).
Apparently there was a bit of banter going on among the studio crew and JM lost his rag and shouted "Have you got a fucking Ferrari?!" at them.
Not popular, by all accounts.

This is awful, the thing is that they are probably all lovely to their friends, the tell tale for me is how they behave at work and to fans.

katseyes7 · 21/10/2022 13:04

This is awful, the thing is that they are probably all lovely to their friends, the tell tale for me is how they behave at work and to fans.

This exactly. I'm in a customer facing role at work, and l'm sure most people are lovely to their friends. But some are genuinely vile to retail and hospitality staff.

VanCleefArpels · 21/10/2022 13:05

BrightYellowDaffodil · 21/10/2022 11:13

The Supervet is an arrogant arse who sometimes seems to put the welfare/quality of life of the pets he’s treating second to the potential professional kudos of achieving some new ground-breaking treatment.

Very much the reaction I got from other vets. Just because you can doesn't mean you should, particularly for animals who have no concept of the future and can't understand or rationalise what's happening to them. Super Vet wouldn't be allowed within 50 paces of an animal of mine.

I know someone very high up in the vet world who would entirely endorse this - thinks he should be struck off for cruelty to the animals he does such extensive surgery on

FlirtyMelons · 21/10/2022 13:07

I don't have a very good judge of character but something about James Cordon I have never liked but everyone said I was wrong, obviously lots has come out about him.

I have met a lot of celebs through my work, I was totally gutted that Robbie Williams was not nice at all, very rude and arrogant. I loved TT as a teen and he was my favourite. Mark Owen was adorable though. Will Young was another disappointment when i met him, he was very offish and he was working so not like he was just approached in the supermarket but this does make me wary of believing too much on these threads as after finding out what he was going through with his brother it made me see him differently.

I also wonder how many people think these celebs were rude but have met them when they were out for dinner, at the shops, with their families etc so totally inappropriate places to disturb them.

CustardySergeant · 21/10/2022 13:34

There's a long article in today's Times about him. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/noel-fitzpatrick-im-in-the-cross-hairs-of-a-lot-of-people-2s6bkj2lg

Thismonkeysgonetodevon · 21/10/2022 14:00

SinisterBumFacedCat · 20/10/2022 23:48

He’s lovely. Met him very very briefly. Genuine and friendly with fans.

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That’s lovely to hear.

I’m a big Brett Anderson fan but he’s a self declared misanthrope so I’d happily forgive him for not being friendly if I ever had the good fortune to meet him!

Callmesadie · 21/10/2022 17:56

David Tennant

Nodrogetak · 21/10/2022 18:02

HailAdrian · 20/10/2022 10:41

Dave Grohl

Yup - Dave Grohl and Keanu