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Liz Jones and her ex: Just why?

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BansheeofInisherin · 04/07/2023 09:13

I really could not avoid her latest batshit crazy piece in the Daily Mail because excerpts are all over Twitter. Do they really get paid enough for that?

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SalviaDivinorum · 04/07/2023 09:15

I believe very little of what she writes.

Ibloodymissgluten · 04/07/2023 09:16

I read that yesterday (in my defence I was hanging around a hospital with a relative for hours), and it was such drivel.

She’s completely batshit. He’s a dick as well. The whole thing was just bonkers.

BansheeofInisherin · 04/07/2023 09:16

Yes, it seems like she and her ex have got together to fight in print for money.

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Needmorelego · 04/07/2023 09:22

Ooh which ex? Not the husband?
I haven’t read her for a while.
I find her oddly interesting but also sad at the same time. I know she has issues with her eating disorder but she also seems to have a lot of mental health problems that aren’t addressed and I think she is taken advantage of by some people.

yogasaurus · 04/07/2023 09:23

Needmorelego · 04/07/2023 09:22

Ooh which ex? Not the husband?
I haven’t read her for a while.
I find her oddly interesting but also sad at the same time. I know she has issues with her eating disorder but she also seems to have a lot of mental health problems that aren’t addressed and I think she is taken advantage of by some people.

Agreed. I think she’s not very well. Her pieces are very hard to read.

Justcallmebebes · 04/07/2023 09:25

I read that and whatever Liz's issues, Nirpal was absolutely vile and she's well rid

DaisyWaldron · 04/07/2023 09:26

They just both came across as dreadful people.

Eyesopenwideawake · 04/07/2023 09:27

It was horrible to read - they must both be desperate for whatever fee they got.

PemQueen · 04/07/2023 09:28

It's like cage-fighting for luvvies.

lastminutewednesday · 04/07/2023 09:28

I ready it. They are both just awful and both sound a bit unhinged. It's so bad that's it almost read like a wind up.

BansheeofInisherin · 04/07/2023 09:29

Justcallmebebes · 04/07/2023 09:25

I read that and whatever Liz's issues, Nirpal was absolutely vile and she's well rid

I did think that. He is now yelling abuse at people on Twitter.

It's such a bad look. She is definitely not well.

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Letsnotargue · 04/07/2023 09:29

I saw this, and wondered what the hell possessed either of them to do this. They both come out of it terribly. Liz seems like a naive nitwit who can’t tell the difference between Sex and the City and real
life, and he comes across as a complete knob. Is he really like that? Even if so, why would you want that published for the world to read?

Was there £££ on offer? Does Liz think that everyone sees her as bonkers now so doesn’t mind a bit of bizarre publicity.

ArcticSkewer · 04/07/2023 09:30

It was like watching someone self harm in front of you

Doinst · 04/07/2023 09:30

Justcallmebebes · 04/07/2023 09:25

I read that and whatever Liz's issues, Nirpal was absolutely vile and she's well rid

Absolutely. He's a real shit.

IJustHadToLookHavingReadTheBook · 04/07/2023 09:43

Yikes, just read it. Who's madder? They're both insane.

Needmorelego · 04/07/2023 09:45

I just read the article.
OM fricking G is all I can say. What horrible people. What a horrible article.
Did the Mail think printing this with some staged photos would make this amusing.
Hey Daily Mail if you’re reading this - you are dreadful for encouraging this and printing this and it’s not in the slightest amusing.
When I said before about Liz being taken advantage of - The Mail is one of those who have done that. Just for a bit of a so called entertaining column.

MandyMotherOfBrian · 04/07/2023 09:52

BansheeofInisherin · 04/07/2023 09:29

I did think that. He is now yelling abuse at people on Twitter.

It's such a bad look. She is definitely not well.

Well, she’s a writer so I guess she’s got to write to earn money. And a bit like so many MNs, despite saying otherwise and apologising for links, seem to read the Daily Mail voraciously, they seem to also love to hate Liz Jones, very meta, so what ever she does it seems to work regarding the clicks. Having just read that though, whether or not anyone believes what she says (and could conceivably not have believed her take on this particular meeting), it’s all there, in his own words. What an absolute monumental prick. He seems like he hasn’t managed to move on at all and his impotent little rage at her is quite pathetic. Whatever I think of her, she did nothing to deserve having to put up with him. Probably for the best for womankind that he’s still single, shame he’s so bitter about it though.

Ibloodymissgluten · 04/07/2023 09:52

What happened with her house in the end? The rented one that she spent her own money on, that expensive kitchen?

StormShadow · 04/07/2023 10:01

PemQueen · 04/07/2023 09:28

It's like cage-fighting for luvvies.

Pretty much!

MandyMotherOfBrian · 04/07/2023 10:06

I did think that. He is now yelling abuse at people on Twitter

Just wandered over to have a look - sounds like he’s having a breakdown.

Sammysquiz · 04/07/2023 10:12

I’m not sure if that’s his actual account on Twitter? It seems to have only just been set up.

MandyMotherOfBrian · 04/07/2023 10:15

Ah I see, although it fits his writing style so maybe 😁

Smoothiecarton · 04/07/2023 10:28

It was always clear what kind of man he was, even in her column about him years ago. Absolutely hideous.

SallySunrise · 04/07/2023 10:30

Wow. What an absolute car crash of an article. Neither if them have an ounce of self awareness!

NooNakedJacuzziness · 04/07/2023 10:33

He comes across worse than she does - horrible inadequate little man

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