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Carol Vorderman...

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CurlewKate · 06/01/2024 13:35

Is she anyone else's new hero?

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YurielMihaila · 13/06/2024 16:06

It is called plastic surgery.

StarlightLady · 13/06/2024 16:16

ISeriouslyDoubtIt · 13/06/2024 15:16

She's presumably obsessed by looking like a cartoonish idea of what a "sexy" woman is because she's openly admitted to having concurrent sexual relationships with 5 or 7 men( can't remember the exact number). I'm put off anyone who behaves like that, male or female, in the public eye or not.

100% judgey! She can have relationships with who she chooses.

Frasers · 13/06/2024 16:33

Carol is a 63 year old woman who has been through multiple surgeries to make herself look like a caricature of the stereoptyocal younger sexy woman, as seen by some teenage boy.

if any man had done the same thing, then yeah we’d be talking about it.

Whatever is going on in that woman’s head, to go through such surgery ,having herself cut open , plastic and silicone added, Botox and fillers, at 63 years old, then talking about her sex life and how many men she’s shagging, is something we would find distasteful in a man and quite frankly for me signposts to something very wrong.

is she a hero. To me no. Am I loving her. No, not at all.i just find it sad. As sad as I would if a man felt compelled to do this and then tell us about his sex life and dress In overly sexualised clothing. At any age.

KenAdams · 13/06/2024 16:55

Shinyandnew1 · 07/01/2024 11:47

It is interesting that mos of our politicians and media are so useless or corrupt that it takes people like her, Gary Lineker or an ITV drama on the Post Office scandal for things to come into the open.

Exactly. When things in the country are so corrupt that the journalists are either mates with, equally corrupt as or under the thumb of those that they should be exposed by, we need someone else to find out what’s going on.

Carol Vorderman
Gary Linekar
Fergul Sharkey
Jolyan Moagham
ITV dramas

The stuff about Ruth Perry’s suicide due to the Ofsted inspection was completely swept under the carpet by the ‘establishment’ with the head of Ofsted saying the inspection system was perfectly fine and teachers were just using it to try to discredit, even the week before the inquiry concluded her death was caused by the inspection. The coroner herself at the inquest commented how Ofsted had bought 7 of their own lawyers (not sure who paid for them?) yet Ruth Perry’s family found out the week before the inquest that they didn’t qualify for legal aid. Luckily a last minute crowdfunder raised the £50k+ needed to pay for a lawyer. I’m sure Amanda Spielman was counting on the case never even going ahead so that things could carry on as before. Ofsted lied repeatedly at the inquest but seemingly that is now just fine to do (as long as you are not an ordinary person.)

Don't forget Ian Hislop and the Private Eye team.

beergiggles · 13/06/2024 17:03

ISeriouslyDoubtIt · 13/06/2024 15:16

She's presumably obsessed by looking like a cartoonish idea of what a "sexy" woman is because she's openly admitted to having concurrent sexual relationships with 5 or 7 men( can't remember the exact number). I'm put off anyone who behaves like that, male or female, in the public eye or not.

I had no idea!!!
Now I'm even more in awe of her😎

newfriend05 · 13/06/2024 17:10

Love her !, and why can't an intelligent women show her sexy side ... she had everything against her as a child, and look at her now .. she's lives life on her own terms which I think is fab

StarlightLady · 13/06/2024 17:23

Frasers · 13/06/2024 16:33

Carol is a 63 year old woman who has been through multiple surgeries to make herself look like a caricature of the stereoptyocal younger sexy woman, as seen by some teenage boy.

if any man had done the same thing, then yeah we’d be talking about it.

Whatever is going on in that woman’s head, to go through such surgery ,having herself cut open , plastic and silicone added, Botox and fillers, at 63 years old, then talking about her sex life and how many men she’s shagging, is something we would find distasteful in a man and quite frankly for me signposts to something very wrong.

is she a hero. To me no. Am I loving her. No, not at all.i just find it sad. As sad as I would if a man felt compelled to do this and then tell us about his sex life and dress In overly sexualised clothing. At any age.

Judgy! Carol is a 63 year old woman who has earned money using her brain and decided how she would like to spend it. You may not like it, but you may not like the skirt, top l have on or my nose piercing either. To talk about overly sexualised clothing (your words) is misogynistic and sexist. I’ve also had quite a number of bed partners and proud of it. It has harmed nobody.

She is not a man, so any comparison with a male is hypothetical to say the least. But any 63 year old male with multiple lovers (I’m in my 40s and still use “olde language”) would be looked up to by his mates l suspect.

ls she a hero? In my view yes, because she is showing our daughters what older women can do as well as being a political champion.

Should women criticise others? For some actions perhaps. For living life as they choose with no harm to others? Definitely not.

Frasers · 13/06/2024 17:39

StarlightLady · 13/06/2024 17:23

Judgy! Carol is a 63 year old woman who has earned money using her brain and decided how she would like to spend it. You may not like it, but you may not like the skirt, top l have on or my nose piercing either. To talk about overly sexualised clothing (your words) is misogynistic and sexist. I’ve also had quite a number of bed partners and proud of it. It has harmed nobody.

She is not a man, so any comparison with a male is hypothetical to say the least. But any 63 year old male with multiple lovers (I’m in my 40s and still use “olde language”) would be looked up to by his mates l suspect.

ls she a hero? In my view yes, because she is showing our daughters what older women can do as well as being a political champion.

Should women criticise others? For some actions perhaps. For living life as they choose with no harm to others? Definitely not.

Oh give over. She’s not just telling her mates, she’s giving interviews talking about how many men she’s sleeping with at the same time. Now fair play on that score, but don’t for one moment think anyone will believe that if a man has severe plastic surgery to make himself look like some sort of overly sexualised Ken bloke, dressed in tight revealing clothes and goes on tv to tell folks he’s shagging 7 women at once, folks wouldn’t feel it distasteful.

she can do what she wishes, I don’t care if she’s doing 100 blokes. But going on tv to tell everyone and to have yourself cut up to look sexualised, yeah, that’s no hero for me. If it is for you, crack on/

StarlightLady · 13/06/2024 18:15

Frasers · 13/06/2024 17:39

Oh give over. She’s not just telling her mates, she’s giving interviews talking about how many men she’s sleeping with at the same time. Now fair play on that score, but don’t for one moment think anyone will believe that if a man has severe plastic surgery to make himself look like some sort of overly sexualised Ken bloke, dressed in tight revealing clothes and goes on tv to tell folks he’s shagging 7 women at once, folks wouldn’t feel it distasteful.

she can do what she wishes, I don’t care if she’s doing 100 blokes. But going on tv to tell everyone and to have yourself cut up to look sexualised, yeah, that’s no hero for me. If it is for you, crack on/

I will! I won’t subscribe to the all women should be “naice girls” theory. Comparison with a man is unrealistic. And politically she is brilliant.

OriginalUsername2 · 13/06/2024 18:22

@Frasers

Whatever is going on in that woman’s head, to go through such surgery ,having herself cut open , plastic and silicone added, Botox and fillers, at 63 years old, then talking about her sex life and how many men she’s shagging, is something we would find distasteful in a man and quite frankly for me signposts to something very wrong.

I hadn’t heard about this (talking on tv about how many men she has) , my first thought was I wonder what happened for that to be what she needs - the amount of validation from men and the validation from telling people about it)

I don’t know anything about her past or personal life. I see her talking about politics and being brilliant, I also see her on quiz shows making sure every move is sexy for the men.

Freysimo · 13/06/2024 18:28

TonTonMacoute · 13/06/2024 15:59

Hero? Carol Vorderman? Christ no.

Attention seeking mediocre tv person. She is more intelligent than many tv folk, but that particular bar is not set punishingly high.

I cannot think of a single issue on which I would seek her opinion, not even life insurance policies.

She goes with the money. Its not that long ago she was Cameron's tame maths buff. I've no doubt she will have a place somewhere in the Labour Government.

WorriedMum14679 · 13/06/2024 18:30

Love her so much! Her opinions on politics are well reasoned and justified. She’s presents complex issues well to the normal person. I like her. Wish she’d run as an MP. Her background is also very working class.

Bbq1 · 13/06/2024 18:44

She looks very plastic, sadly and getting worse. It makes her look older. However, i like her as a "commentator". She's extremely clever.

LizzieSiddal · 13/06/2024 18:44

I admire her for speaking out about this goverment when she knows it will attract all the nasty misogyny. Good for her! She one brave woman.

Frasers · 13/06/2024 18:46

StarlightLady · 13/06/2024 18:15

I will! I won’t subscribe to the all women should be “naice girls” theory. Comparison with a man is unrealistic. And politically she is brilliant.

I don’t think she needs to be naice either, not remotely and no one said that. But this is 2024 we want equality so yeah. We can compare to men. Not just when it suits us and we benefit. Bottom line is if a man behaved like she does, it would undermine his message, just as it is with carol.

Gwenhwyfar · 13/06/2024 18:58

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 06/01/2024 13:45

She looks flippin amazing for 60 odd I must say

To be fair, many parts of her are not 60.

ssd · 13/06/2024 19:14

Gwenhwyfar · 13/06/2024 18:58

To be fair, many parts of her are not 60.

If she reads this thread i bet she'd be laughing at thatGrin

ssd · 13/06/2024 19:28

Frasers · 13/06/2024 18:46

I don’t think she needs to be naice either, not remotely and no one said that. But this is 2024 we want equality so yeah. We can compare to men. Not just when it suits us and we benefit. Bottom line is if a man behaved like she does, it would undermine his message, just as it is with carol.

What do you mean by "behaved"??

Barefootsally · 13/06/2024 19:32

She is a paid shill. Used to really like her in count down. When her TV spot ended she moved over to politics ( like others have)

Don’t kid yourself she is gobbing off for the sake of working class people out of the goodness of her heart - she is getting paid too.

newnamethanks · 13/06/2024 19:48

Have I strayed into the Hall of Righteous Women by mistake? It's her body, she can do what she likes with it. She can sleep with whomsoever she chooses, likewise, concurrently or consecutively. And she can, and does, express her political views. Frankly, if our current batch of politicians were a bit more restrained in their behaviour, she wouldn't have a lot to say. Having elected such self-serving, grasping, greedy carpetbaggers and kept them in power for so long, it's a relief to know that someone else recognises what they are.

Billyandharry · 13/06/2024 20:00

Love her! She's just fab

CurlewKate · 13/06/2024 20:12

"Don’t kid yourself she is gobbing off for the sake of working class people out of the goodness of her heart - she is getting paid too."

I have no idea whether she is paid or by whom. But why does it matter? She is doing good work. Why shouldn't she be paid for it?

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marmaladeandpeanutbutter · 13/06/2024 23:19

She is paid for her tv work like anyone but not for her twitter opinions. You are no doubt paid for your work but not for sitting on here . Same thing.

beergiggles · 13/06/2024 23:49

Carol Vorderman is a LEGEND.

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