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Huw Edwards

184 replies

Iamacatslave · 12/07/2023 18:03

Wife of Huw Edwards names him as presenter.

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Mustardseed86 · 12/07/2023 18:40

Poor guy.

N0ëlle · 12/07/2023 18:41

@lemmein I know, right, so predictable! Barrymore had a bit long sad face 25 years ago! I remember he was the first one that made me think, stop looking like the victim! And that was before the victim-bully dynamic and its power to manipulate the narrative was so well known.

icelollycraving · 12/07/2023 18:41

Philip Schofield used his position of power at ITV to have a relationship with a young person. A person who he met when he was extremely young and fast tracked on to This Morning.
He did a cringey coming out on TM as the papers were about to run the story.
Huw Edwards looks to have paid for a service, let’s say, probably on only fans, nothing illegal.
Both are unsavoury but PS also had a reputation of being a complete shit to everyone around him at work. Everyone was happy then to say so once the floodgates opened.
It was obvious it was Huw. I’m amazed anyone didn’t know?!

Chickenkeev · 12/07/2023 18:43

N0ëlle · 12/07/2023 18:39

@Chickenkeev were you hospitalised just in time to avoid taking accountability for some bad behaviour or crime or mistake?

If not, then don't identify with a wealthy man who was sexting 18 year olds.

No, just a 'normal' breakdown! But i just dislike the term mental health being conflated with this terrible behaviour. And kind of dismissed as a result.

VisionsOfSplendour · 12/07/2023 18:47

meddysam · 12/07/2023 18:27

How did some MNS know it was him days ago?!

I can't speak for anyone else but it was widely available on Twitter, Facebook, other gossip site from day one

I dont know how it got out but even my 90 year old aunt told me she knew and she doesn't even know how to turn a computer on 😀

Moonsun88 · 12/07/2023 18:51

N0ëlle · 12/07/2023 18:25

Some people have a very low bar to refer to him as ''the poor man''.

It's not that hard to not sext an 18 year old.

I agree! Poor man? His poor wife and kids more like. A grown man has no business sexting a teenager barely out of childhood.

Roselilly36 · 12/07/2023 18:55

His name had been leaked days ago. And wasn’t it in the news in the last few days that he had a pay rise? Beyond disgusting what he has done, as a husband & Christian and those that feel otherwise, would they think the same if it was their husband or child involved? No, of course not.

cansu · 12/07/2023 18:58

LakeTiticaca The naivety on here is astonishing. News flash - wealthy, intelligent public figures have sex, think about sex, use porn, engage in sexting, cheat on their partners etc. It does not make it any of my business. It also has no impact on him reading the bloody news.

PowerBMI · 12/07/2023 18:59

Munchies123 · 12/07/2023 18:31

Genuine question, why the support for Huw Edwards and not Philip Schofield? His liason wasn't illegal either (not particularly a fan, just curious)

There's a few differences.

PS had contact with the man in question when he was a mid teen. He was giving him advice on his career, got him a job where PS was then in a position of power, accelerated his career and started having sex with him.

Then when the relationship broke down he had him moved of the show to another one, lied to everyone concerned And when that story was on the verge of being known, he covered it up by announcing he was gay. Whilst lapping up all the 'you are so brave' adoration from the people he lied to.

Not sure the sex of the person involved in the HE case. I presumed they were a male but can't find confirmation either way.

But there's less detail available in this case so far. When more comes out people will make their minds up

yipeeyiyay · 12/07/2023 19:04

OhmygodDont · 12/07/2023 18:09

I mean we all knew. I told dh on Saturday/Sunday it was him 😂 and I’ve seen far more of his arse then I ever wanted too

That arse shot was not real. Seriously. Anyone looking at it could tell it didn't belong to Edward's

StefanosHill · 12/07/2023 19:07

LakeTiticaca · 12/07/2023 18:27

You think a 61 year old respected public figure paying teenagers for sexually explicit pictures is acceptable?

It seems a fair few do going by various posts

CherryCokeFanatic · 12/07/2023 19:07

Get better soon Huw ❤️

lampformyfeet · 12/07/2023 19:10

For those defending him, if your employer found this is what you’d been up to, what do you think would happen.
For me as a professional, I would lose my job.

cansu · 12/07/2023 19:10

Roselilly36 Unless he is your husband or your vicar I am not sure why it is your business.

45387pob · 12/07/2023 19:11

LakeTiticaca · 12/07/2023 18:27

You think a 61 year old respected public figure paying teenagers for sexually explicit pictures is acceptable?

You think a MARRIED 61 year old respected public figure paying teenagers for sexually explicit pictures is acceptable?

stealtheatingtunnocks · 12/07/2023 19:11

I think his wife has done the right thing - loads of blokes were being speculated about.

he gave significant amounts of money to a young man with addiction issues in return for sexually gratifying material.

scimbag behaviour.

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 12/07/2023 19:13

VisionsOfSplendour · 12/07/2023 18:08

Prize for the least surpriseling news of the weeks goes to ......

Weird that they'd admit something that so many poaters were adamant that the sun had made up

It was t that it was made up, it's just there was nothing actually illegal that he had done. There is no crime, you know?

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 12/07/2023 19:13

Wasn't*

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 12/07/2023 19:15

OhmygodDont · 12/07/2023 18:21

Does something have to be a crime to find them or their actions gross?

Are all cheating husbands fabulous because it’s not a crime? Are men who pay sex workers great because ultimately it’s not a crime?

you can find someone terrible without them being a criminal. Also it’s not just about the pictures now is it. There’s the abusive texts, the breaking lockdown now too. All stuff we hate other people for.

No but he shouldn't lose his job over it. Cheaters don't lose their jobs in "normal life".

OhmygodDont · 12/07/2023 19:16

He hasn’t lost his job yet. They took that back. His just in a private medical facility right now.

However some people do actually lose their jobs for bringing their company into dispute depending on who and where and when they was messing around and since the bbc is funded by every single person who watches live tv as basically a tax they should hold their staff to high standards.

Kiwiandstrawberries · 12/07/2023 19:19

kerstina · 12/07/2023 18:27

I am shocked at some of this vitriol aimed at Hugh Edwards saying that he has played the mental health card. You have no idea 😡
We do not know the truth but the Parents of a drug addict ,the BBC ,the police , every single news agency bullied this man into the ground .oh and everyone on the internet too. I could see this coming when I read he had suffered with depression . I hope he will be ok.

This ! I hope he gets the mental health support he requires.

supersonicginandtonic · 12/07/2023 19:20

@OhmygodDont women do those things too not just men

cansu · 12/07/2023 19:20

Acceptable to whom? Acceptable to his wife? Well that is up to her. Why does any member of the public get to judge the acceptability of this?

Oneearringlost · 12/07/2023 19:21

cansu · 12/07/2023 18:58

LakeTiticaca The naivety on here is astonishing. News flash - wealthy, intelligent public figures have sex, think about sex, use porn, engage in sexting, cheat on their partners etc. It does not make it any of my business. It also has no impact on him reading the bloody news.

I agree with you.

Iwantcakeeveryday · 12/07/2023 19:23

N0ëlle · 12/07/2023 18:36

he is using the status of victim to distance accusers though. Classic drama triangle switcharoo. He was the persecutor but now he's made the public the persecutors and placed himself literally in a victim position. Classic move. Subconscious sometimes but it works, it avoids accountability.

oh gosh, yes!

I think its entirely possible is in a facility and I hope he recovers from whatever it is, but there probably wasn't;t a need to tell us that and I think that part is calculated. Whether illegal or not, I think the behaviour is utterly gross and if he did it to my 17 year old I would be physically sick over it.

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