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Famous people you dislike but everyone love…?

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Tinks15 · 07/01/2023 20:38

I mean there is a few I don’t like but there’s this particular person who just really grates on me i’m going to wait to tell you all to see if anyone mentions their name first 😂

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WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 08/01/2023 23:39

Rod Stewart...creepy AF shudder

I accidentally caught some of an old concert with him on BBC4 last night - I was busy and the remote was the other side of the room.

Aside from the very creepy lyrics about being attracted to 'young' individuals, there was a song I'd never heard before that they said he'd written in 2013 following a 20 year time of blessing hiatus in his career. It was a bit of a personal puff-piece, thanking all his fans for standing by him and paid tribute to his 'God-given gift' of a voice. Hardly Matt Monroe or Pavarotti, is he?!

SityingConar · 09/01/2023 01:32

tinybyxor · 07/01/2023 21:09

I have someone who everyone hates and I love 'Gemma Collins'

Same 😄

kateandme · 09/01/2023 04:24

CatWorm · 08/01/2023 08:44

Lisa Faulkner. Patronising, disingenuous and smug. If that cooking show with Torode comes on when I’m in the room, I actually shout “NO”.

Have you ever watched her Instagram stories?

Dodecaheidyin · 09/01/2023 11:18

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 08/01/2023 23:08

Pamela Stephenson, is she well liked? I've never trusted her. And never found her funny when she was in that news programme.

I liked NTNOCN, although she didn't get given many of the funny parts.

However, she sexually assaulted Nick Owen on live TV and he was expected to laugh it off good-naturedly and not defend himself. He and Anne Diamond later reported that he'd suffered a lot of pain over quite a period following the incident.

Urgh, she is awful.

cassiatwenty · 09/01/2023 11:28

David Attenborough

So sorry, I just can't, he puts me to sleep, I tried but I just can't

TheShellBeach · 09/01/2023 11:45

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 08/01/2023 23:09

I think David Jason has been rumoured to have done somewhat worse things than just be a bit grumpy, though....

He's a good actor but he creeps me out.

whynotwhatknot · 09/01/2023 11:51

i forgot about lorraine the charachter kelly

how smug is she pretending shes not real on the telly to avoid paying some tax

also emma watson-im so cool with everyone-also cant bloody act terrible casting

whynotwhatknot · 09/01/2023 11:59

BrokeAsABone · 08/01/2023 18:51

😁 you really can’t make a valid argument for not liking Doris Day (can anyone). She was fab.

Haha yes, she was pretty great. An ex colleague used to write fan letters to her (called her Miss Day) and she would always reply. Right up until she passed away.

loved her she had a crap life with her husbands-so nice she kept writing back

AffIt · 09/01/2023 12:06

I can't abide Katherine Jenkins.

I've never met the woman and I'm sure she's lovely and very kind to old ladies and kittens, but she radiates a sort of nauseating smugness that makes me want to boak.

AffIt · 09/01/2023 12:13

I'm also not especially mad about Miriam Margolyes these days, although I used to really like her and still do as an actor.

I think it's the 'getting paraded round talk shows as some foul-mouthed old person' thing that's grating on me.

Not that I don't think that older people should be hidebound by weird social taboos and should be as open and frank about sex / wanking / bodily functions etc as they like if that's their thing, but it just feels a bit done to death for me, now.

I realise this may also be kind of because I like actors to be actors - if I know too much about them as people, I struggle to separate the art from the artist, IYSWIM.

Sparklingbrook · 09/01/2023 12:24

AffIt · 09/01/2023 12:13

I'm also not especially mad about Miriam Margolyes these days, although I used to really like her and still do as an actor.

I think it's the 'getting paraded round talk shows as some foul-mouthed old person' thing that's grating on me.

Not that I don't think that older people should be hidebound by weird social taboos and should be as open and frank about sex / wanking / bodily functions etc as they like if that's their thing, but it just feels a bit done to death for me, now.

I realise this may also be kind of because I like actors to be actors - if I know too much about them as people, I struggle to separate the art from the artist, IYSWIM.

I am totally with you on this. I feel she gets booked as a guest in talkshows in the hope that she'll say something shocking. Which she always does.

lollipoprainbow · 09/01/2023 12:30

AffIt · 09/01/2023 12:13

I'm also not especially mad about Miriam Margolyes these days, although I used to really like her and still do as an actor.

I think it's the 'getting paraded round talk shows as some foul-mouthed old person' thing that's grating on me.

Not that I don't think that older people should be hidebound by weird social taboos and should be as open and frank about sex / wanking / bodily functions etc as they like if that's their thing, but it just feels a bit done to death for me, now.

I realise this may also be kind of because I like actors to be actors - if I know too much about them as people, I struggle to separate the art from the artist, IYSWIM.

She's always on this morning where they all scream with laughter at her shock horror swearing/farting.

Sparklingbrook · 09/01/2023 12:35

There a few Americans with YouTube channels that do reaction videos and they're all getting asked to watch Miriam Margolyes being inappropriate on Graham Norton /This Morning so that's all they know her for. The acting seems to be second to all that.

Ohgodohgod · 09/01/2023 12:58

cassiatwenty · 09/01/2023 11:28

David Attenborough

So sorry, I just can't, he puts me to sleep, I tried but I just can't

Omg you’re the David Cameron fancier from the other thread! Do you just really enjoy expressing mildly outrageous opinions about men called David?! Impressively niche.

cassiatwenty · 09/01/2023 13:02

@Ohgodohgod
David, is that you? Snap me, I have to plan my trip to St Tropez and Monaco. Please get off Tinder, it's unbecoming as I'm the star 👰

Why do you like David Attenborough so much? I thought he was in his crypt daytime lol

GlassOnions · 09/01/2023 13:49

Jo Brand

Miriam Margolyes

Every one of the Brest British Bake Off hosts, especially Matt Lucas

Billie Eilish

Stacey Solomon

GlassOnions · 09/01/2023 13:53

I also used to really like Amanda Holden but now she grates on my nerves. She's over doing it with the Botox and fillers and now her face looks like it's been smacked by a trout to give it a youthful glow, but it seems to make her over exaggerate her reactions and I'm getting a bit tired of them. I have my moments with her though where I still think she's great and other times I want to throttle her Confused

Deathraystare · 09/01/2023 14:47

@SomeonesKnockingAtTheDoorSomeonesRingingTheBell

Well several of my friends love Ant and Dec. Most of us are 60plus so not teenagers! A few like Lorraine Kelly and that Alison Woman.

For God sakes somebpeople even enjoy watching Mrs Brown's Boys!!!!!⁶

Tidsleytiddy · 09/01/2023 16:02

Mary Berry: no one’s that fucking nice
Paul Hollywood
Zoe Ball

Tidsleytiddy · 09/01/2023 16:25

John Nettles in Midsomer Murders. All breathless and sweaty and the arms are too short

ThatshallotBaby · 09/01/2023 17:27

I don’t think Mary Berry is that nice tbh.

cassiatwenty · 09/01/2023 18:01

@ThatshallotBaby Could be nicer tbh 🍩

IncognitoIsMyFavouriteWord · 09/01/2023 18:29

The bloody Royal Family

IncognitoIsMyFavouriteWord · 09/01/2023 18:33

Tinks15 · 07/01/2023 21:31

Its not just me then 😂

Here are mine:

Stacey Solomon
Davina
Coleen Nolan
Dermot O’Leary
Anton Du Beke
Alex Jones

Mrs Hinch (although she’s not really that famous compared to the others)

I agree with 95% of yours 😂😂😂

ThatshallotBaby · 09/01/2023 18:58

Grin@cassiatwenty
yeah, make a bit of effort Mary