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Who's the most overrated celebrity, to you?

358 replies

Peppermaynt · 11/05/2023 16:39

I will say it. Jamie Oliver can't cook.

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Bananarepublic · 12/05/2023 04:16

Fiona Bruce

Just because she does the deep voice combined with the cold, aloof manner I think a certain kind of bloke gets off on her. But she's boring as fuck and comes across like a swotty undergraduate who runs the classics society. So why does she get to front so many shows?

Anita Rani, for one, is so much more attractive personality and looks wise.. I can understand why she would get a presenting gig. Fiona, no.

Infuriating.

Dontcallmescarface · 12/05/2023 05:06

David Attenbourogh,, I find him extremely patronizing.

There I've said it and will no doubt be going to Hell.

ColdBrewInSummer · 12/05/2023 05:40

Dontcallmescarface · 12/05/2023 05:06

David Attenbourogh,, I find him extremely patronizing.

There I've said it and will no doubt be going to Hell.

noooooo 😱

stayathomer · 12/05/2023 05:49

But surely overrated means everyone loves them and you don’t? For example people saying PS and HW- they are literally the most bitched about pair on mn AND Twitter, which is saying something. Even before the queuing and Philip Scofield’s brother people were pretty loud in their contempt for both

coodawoodashooda · 12/05/2023 05:50

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 11/05/2023 16:49

Those two braying ones who skipped the queue for the Queen’s funereal.

I don’t even watch television but those two somehow filter their way in.

They really do.

hattie43 · 12/05/2023 05:55

Amanda Holden

Downunderduchess · 12/05/2023 05:58

SilentHedges · 11/05/2023 17:17

I agree Tom Cruises Scientology and associated behaviours appear dubious at best. "Going Clear" is the best documentary made on the topic, and he doesnt look good. However, and I'm no fan, he's a tremendous actor, with a huge screen presence. Very few people have that.

I'm going for Ed Sheeran. He has Busker levels of talent. I feel so sorry for today's youth if that's the best that's on offer.

I love a good Tom Cruise movie!

Doobydoo · 12/05/2023 06:08

Agree with most on here. I am adding Dara O'Brien and Lauren Laverne...

LaMarschallin · 12/05/2023 06:18

StarbucksSmarterSister · 11/05/2023 23:54

Ant & Dec, I just don't get it!

I still don't know which one is which. 😂

Ant's the one who looks like an ant.

Clutchpearlsandgasp · 12/05/2023 06:24

I don't think this will go down well but here goes. Not really a celebrity, more in the public eye.

Greta Thunberg, totally overrated.

Duckskitbank · 12/05/2023 06:32

Basically all of them. I don’t understand celebrity. They are just ordinary people.

madamepresident · 12/05/2023 06:37

Any Kardashian/Jenner
Any reality "star"
Beyoncé
Sam Smith
Ed Sheeran

madamepresident · 12/05/2023 06:38

James Corden
Adele
Jack Nicholson

augustusglupe · 12/05/2023 06:41

David Attenborough,
Mary Berry, yes I know she's trained, but her food is so boring and she's so sodding snooty, I can't watch her.
Cheryl Cole Tweedy Fernandez or whoever she is this week.
Willoughby, Schofield.
Richie Anderson - who has no talent or even a personality, that could at least hide the fact that he's got no talent whatsoever.

anon3738 · 12/05/2023 06:46

Mollie-Mae, so smug
Ant & Dec obviously

not really a celebrity but ‘TikTok famous’ jasmine chiswell, such an attention seeker.

EarFluff · 12/05/2023 07:03

Clutchpearlsandgasp · 12/05/2023 06:24

I don't think this will go down well but here goes. Not really a celebrity, more in the public eye.

Greta Thunberg, totally overrated.

“How dare you” 😂 yeah I totally agree, stuck up attention seeker

Kate8889 · 12/05/2023 07:05

King Charles, sorry not sorry

WeekendInTheBoondocks · 12/05/2023 07:12

Rochelle Humes and her husband. Both painfully dull and saccharine. They both go in the 🗑️ along with Rita Ora (very average in all departments), Beyoncé, (her ‘dancing’ is nearly as grating as her singing), Attenborough (monotone, dreary voice, hugely overrated), A+D (I feel embarrassed for them whenever they appear on my TV), Amanda H (unlikeable and smarmy), Alison H (pretends to be bubbly and sweet). Loads more but they all blend into one after a while but I’ll finish with the odious Lorraine fakearse Kelly. Nauseating creature. How the fuck did she get that gig 😂

Moonlightdust · 12/05/2023 07:22

Of course I know 🙄 I personally think she was very over rated. I still hear her songs continuously on the radio. I am allowed to have an opinion.

Moonlightdust · 12/05/2023 07:23

scotstarstrikestwo · 12/05/2023 00:35

You do know Amy Winehouse died 12 years ago? Not sure how she can be still be on your radar as an annoying celeb...

Of course I know 🙄 I personally think she was very over rated. I still hear her songs continuously on the radio. I am allowed to have an opinion.

Yirk · 12/05/2023 07:33

Richie Annderson
Scott Mills...no longer listen to Radio 2!
Amanda Holden
Claudia W.
Sam Smith
Miranda Hart.
Don't get the love for Beyonce or Adele!!

dig135 · 12/05/2023 07:50

I like Ed. Sorry. Partly as he's pasty and not the best-looking. And he's nice to people.

For me:
Amanda Holden - airhead but thinks she's a serious presenter
Holly and Phil - see above
Rita Ora - too full of herself
Jessie J - really dislike
David Beckham - pretends to be Mr Nice Guy but I suspect his wife has a lot to put up with
Paul McCartney - crap singer, gets wheeled out far too often for no good reason
Rio Ferdinand - mouth moves in an odd way and find him quite smug
Jamie Carragher - instant channel change, has never managed to be a vaguely unbiased presenter and the spitting thing was gross
Keith Lemon - don't get him at all
Very much double Z list but Mrs Hinch - too much filtering, undisclosed ads and the nauseating faux I don't know how it happened to me (erm, you got got out your credit card and bought thousands of bots)

DejaVoodoo · 12/05/2023 08:21

Oh my, yes to Scott Mills... an absolute charisma vacuum who plays nothing but terrible bubblegum pop. I preferred Steve Wright (and that's saying something).

It's strange that some singers are being mentioned: surely the proof is in the pudding? If they're massively successful and selling loads of records (or whatever the modern equivalent is!) then obviously loads of people do like them; a crap TV or radio presenter (for example) though, is fair game: we have no choice over them, and often there's no obvious reason for that person to be there.

SmugglersHaunt · 12/05/2023 08:34

Anyone described as an ‘influencer’ or ‘activist’ especially if they just happen to be the child of a famous person - see Alistair Campbell’s daughter, Jonathan Ross’s daughter, Jeremy Clarkson’s daughter, and on and on and on…

Helendegenerate · 12/05/2023 09:50

Frankie Bridge

Ggggrrrr

(Grrrrr isn't a person. FB is pretty but that's about it. Thinks she's now a television presenter. Go home and do some ironing you airhead. )