How rude was Cliff Richard to Alison Hammond?! 😲

[Almost40andprobablynotfabulous]

Hi,

Had TM on in the background earlier and I was absolutely shocked at how casually rude Cliff Richard was to Alison Hammond. Not directly to her, but MASSIVELY inconsiderate and offensive nevertheless.

He was talking about the reason he missed his chance to meet Elvis and he explained that Elvis was overweight at the time and he knew he'd put up a picture on his wall of him and Elvis, but didn't want to if he "overweight and didn't look good" 🤨🙄 He went on to say something else not looking good if you were carrying extra weight and you could see how upset Alison was. She came back with something and tried to be humorous about it, but I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't want to call him out on it there and then. And obviously it won't have just been Alison who would have been offended by his clumsy, tone deaf comments.

Did anyone see it? So bad 🫤

@porridgeisbae he sniped that his book only reached number 2 because number one was a book written by "a veterinarian" and then he face palmed. Just sounded bitchy!

Yes, he lives abroad for tax purposes eventhough without the UK he would be a nobody.

I love Alison Hammond and Dermot on TM.

I also like Josie. Really don't like Cat and the Irish guy.

@Roussette

I'm with you. I know what you're saying.
Been waiting nearly forty years .

I'll keep waiting.

@SpeculatingRooks Sounds like he's not on the same page as most people, as his life is presumably so different. He maybe has Yes-men bigging him up often.

People love animals- so what? And most people are overweight.

Either 'put up or shut up'!!

I can't stand the vague insinuations.

You could literally make them about anyone!!

I heard that cliff drinks his
Own Piss for health benefits, not sure how true this is but the man gives me the creeps always has

The irony! If you don't like ageism then stop making similar comments yourself.

@Sunday12 That was so insensitive of her, talk about not reading the room.
If she’s a teacher in health related issues she needs pulling up on her lack of tact. I can think of worse side effects than weight gain.

What the hell are you on about?? Max Bygraves???!!! Daniel O'Donnell??

I think you need to get out more dear.

This has made my day 😂😂

Remember when he released the Lords Prayer as a song

Kitty.

What??? Point proven, I guess.

Sorry, forgot to add the Quote 😂

Yes I saw that on BBC Breakfast and thought it was a very odd comment. There's always something about him that I don't like, he gives me the creeps.

So does Madonna. Does she give you the creeps??

He is idolised by his fan base. I am not suggesting he is a world-wide icon like Elvis but he is incredibly popular across the world (though not the US - he never made it there) and he was definitely at the start of the pop revolution in this country.

Unless you are of a certain age you can't imagine how popular he was. Fans screamed at him as much as they did at the Beatles.

Shame though, like so many, he didn't want to grow old gracefully.

What's this got to do with Madonna? What an odd comment

Things that are ok according to this thread:

• Ageism
• Veiled homophobia
• Criticising Cliff Richards for being too thin at 80
• A man who had a relationship with a 14 year old
• Having a feeling that someone is a sex offender based on not liking his music or appearance

Things that are not ok according to this thread:

• Criticising Elvis for being fat at 40
• A man who who was subject to potentially malicious allegations and whose house was raided and brought forth no evidence

I don’t like Cliff Richards’ music (not fussed about Elvis either), and maybe he could have been nicer in that interview. But some people are showing their true selves on this thread and it isn’t pretty. Oh sorry, did I just pretty shame someone? It’s ok, she’s only an old biddy.

I’m overweight ( but not obese ) I have two jobs, in one I am the fattest person there. I wouldn’t assume that anyone discussing fat Elvis was a reflection on me. I’d be really embarrassed if people thought they couldn’t mention weight around me. Like I was some sort of elephant in the room.

How so? Someone sniped that Cliff drinks his own urine. I said, so does Madonna.

What's difficult to comprehend here??

CR used to churn out a 'christmassy' song every year and top the charts - it was the bbc that banned him from the chart playlist and stopped that particular bit of exploitation.

Oh it was you who made the nasty comment.

So it's ok for another famous singer to drink her own pee, but it's something else to hold against CR!!

He's not alone in that!