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Anyone else find Ben Fogle really sexy or is it just me?!

35 replies

Mammytothreelo · 03/11/2022 19:52

I think he would be very interesting, funny & entertaining! Love his slightly disheveled look & the glint in eye😄 In reality he has a beautiful Sloaney wife Marina & seems an excellent dad.. But one can dream!

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Sparklingbrook · 03/11/2022 20:03

He seems ok, no doubt someone will be along to shatter this illusion very soon. I don't know how he fares on the 'nicest sleb you've met' threads.

Mammytothreelo · 03/11/2022 20:22

It's his accent that does it for me🙈 DH thinks I'm barking mad😂

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GreenDanglyearrings · 03/11/2022 21:24

I agree. I would absolutely share his sleeping bag. They was an episode he presented with a scary apha female Swedish woman who was living a nomadic life with her elderly husband and she was definitely eyeing him up.

SteveHarringtonsChestHair · 03/11/2022 22:11

Yea I’ve liked him since he was first on that programme about the Scottish island community. Bit of posh totty!

MonkeyPuddle · 03/11/2022 22:13

DP fucking hates him. Thinks he’s smug, middle classed and vacuous. I’m not fussed either way. But I bought him one of those colour changing mugs for Christmas years ago, where it’s black til you put hot water in and various Ben Fogel photos appeared. He hated that as well 😀

FieldMapleMabel · 03/11/2022 22:17

Ugh, the lipless wonder. I remember how none of the dogs on Crufts would go near him, but they were all over Claire Balding. Like so many others he only got into telly via his parents.

Mammytothreelo · 03/11/2022 22:18

MonkeyPuddle · 03/11/2022 22:13

DP fucking hates him. Thinks he’s smug, middle classed and vacuous. I’m not fussed either way. But I bought him one of those colour changing mugs for Christmas years ago, where it’s black til you put hot water in and various Ben Fogel photos appeared. He hated that as well 😀

He's a bit like marmite isn't he 😂 he's very posh, ruff & tumble appearance but it's his nomadic nature & sense of adventure that does it for me 🙈 DH can't bear him either 😅

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Kaschai · 03/11/2022 22:19

MonkeyPuddle · 03/11/2022 22:13

DP fucking hates him. Thinks he’s smug, middle classed and vacuous. I’m not fussed either way. But I bought him one of those colour changing mugs for Christmas years ago, where it’s black til you put hot water in and various Ben Fogel photos appeared. He hated that as well 😀

I'm with your dp, can't bear him at all!!

PrancerandDancer · 03/11/2022 22:20

Yes finally! Someone who agrees. I love a bit of a Ben! He just seems lovely.

Ermengarde · 03/11/2022 22:23

It’s not just you. I definitely wouldn’t say no!

OldTinHat · 03/11/2022 22:23

Me, me!!!

Mammytothreelo · 03/11/2022 22:26

I think it's the devil may care attitude & he seems like a really hands on dad. I follow him & marina fogle on insta, wouldn't be a fan of hers, find her a bit goady but Ben can carry it off!

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breathcalmly · 03/11/2022 22:28

No way, posh, annoying, bland, smug.

Drodeadledbedfedheadredsaid · 03/11/2022 22:29

Yes a bit but jus twat hung him i

Drodeadledbedfedheadredsaid · 03/11/2022 22:29

Bloody hell that was such a weird autocorrect I decided to leave it there wtf do I mean?! I don't know!

Mammytothreelo · 03/11/2022 22:30

www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/marina-fogle-given-soap-never-felt-smelt-better/

Hope Ben still soaps up😩

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Mammytothreelo · 03/11/2022 22:31

Drodeadledbedfedheadredsaid · 03/11/2022 22:29

Yes a bit but jus twat hung him i

Pmsl😂😂

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Drodeadledbedfedheadredsaid · 03/11/2022 22:33

So I don't know what twat hanging means... But... I was gonna say just watching him in Cyprus in this programme he is doing atm and he asked the most stupid question "does this upset you" talking to a family that had to leave during the conflict 🤔 also pretty sure when the mother of family brought out some sort of tray with original map of Cyprus that she was just showing him not giving it to him they all looked a bit aghast (is that the word?) or horrified as he thanked them for the lovely moment cringy cringe cringe

GoodnightGentleBoris · 03/11/2022 22:33

I worked with him a few times and he was LOVELY. Honestly so down to earth, really charming, interesting and interested in me / others and had lovely things to say about other people.

Sharp contrast to his mate James Cracknell who couldn’t have been less interested in making small talk and made it quite clear he was just there for the money

A580Hojas · 03/11/2022 22:35

He's good looking and charming and everything, but I don't think he can be that great as a parent to young children? He's never at home.

thefirstmrsrochester · 03/11/2022 22:36

I’ve adored him ever since ‘Castaway 2000’. He is just so hid damn lovely.

Mammytothreelo · 03/11/2022 22:37

GoodnightGentleBoris · 03/11/2022 22:33

I worked with him a few times and he was LOVELY. Honestly so down to earth, really charming, interesting and interested in me / others and had lovely things to say about other people.

Sharp contrast to his mate James Cracknell who couldn’t have been less interested in making small talk and made it quite clear he was just there for the money

That's it, he seems utterly charming & worldly...! My dh needs a firework up his ass to even bring the dog round the block 😡

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Mammytothreelo · 03/11/2022 22:39

A580Hojas · 03/11/2022 22:35

He's good looking and charming and everything, but I don't think he can be that great as a parent to young children? He's never at home.

I was thinking that too, he's always away but often shares pics of his lovely dc on insta. I wonder if they're at boarding school as that would tie in with his work? Marina seems a very hands on mum, obsessive about horses & fresh air..

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Pinksmyfavoritecolour · 03/11/2022 22:40

He comes across nice, and I enjoy some of his programs, but I definitely don't find him sexy.

SwedishEdith · 03/11/2022 22:44

Hmm, can't make my mind up about him. Don't fancy him at all but he does look so wholesome. I'm looking at his wiki entry and, before Castaway, seems to be lots of things that could only happen with wealthy parents. But, James Cracknell is definitely hard work. Hasn't his ex-wife become a bit of a GBeebies gobshite as well?

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