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Who does everyone like but gets on your nerves

353 replies

wossgoinon · 19/02/2024 14:46

I’ll start

Georgia Tennant. I don’t know why. Is it jealousy? I dunno 🤷‍♀️

And yes I know I’m being mean.

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Voowoo · 21/02/2024 14:45

@Winterlight I'm sure I once heard a joke somewhere ages ago (saw on TV maybe? I can't recall) where someone was ringing Currys to get a refund on their telly, "because Titchmarsh came on and I smashed the fuck out of it". Surely there's not a Currys manager in the land who would deny that full refund
😅😅

GR8GAL · 21/02/2024 15:08

The news. Gave up watching it years ago, much happier.

Lanneederniere · 21/02/2024 15:54

Monica Plaha (BBC Look North).

I have to turn the TV off.

Narcissism off the scale.

FayCarew · 21/02/2024 15:59

I switch off immediately if it's Alan Titchmarsh. Same with Chris Packham. I could never stand Russell Brand. Not sure about Jamie Oliver
Stephen Fry in 'intellectual mode' is insufferable.

Anyone who has the same backstory trotted out every sodding single time too. It might not be their fault, but I don't need to be reminded that so-and-so is amazing because of their sob story.

Itscatsallthewaydown · 21/02/2024 18:00

I saw this on Twitter and immediately thought of this thread (from 1983)

Who does everyone like but gets on your nerves
Bouledeneige · 21/02/2024 18:07

Dawn French
Stephen Fry
Emma Thompson and her husband
Miriam Margolyes
Michael MacIntyre

HRTQueen · 21/02/2024 20:08

usernother · 21/02/2024 08:38

@ssd I do. Her political rants are brilliant. She has loads of people on side.

I don't believe her political rants. I think she does them to try and keep herself relevant because her job opportunities have dried up. I've always found her very smarmy, and have never liked her but I despise her now.

I agree

there is something a little too contrived in her political statements but they gain her attention 🥱

like her frolicking in the snow with David Cameron gained her attention

IWanderedLonely · 21/02/2024 22:13

Tine Daheeley (sp?) when she takes part in Zoe Ball's Thursday quiz - so competitive and smug.
I do like Zoe Ball though.

iamwhatiam23 · 22/02/2024 00:45

Voowoo · 20/02/2024 18:08

Thought of another one. Cliff Richard. His eyes are deeper than the Mariana trench and twice as full of murk. If he doesn't have a hundred thousand skeletons rattling in his faux mahogany wardrobe, I'll eat my hat. A spiteful elongated walnut of a man who sadly looks like his idea of a decent meal comes from licking off his tinted lip balm and logging the calories.

But worst of all, he forced me to feel actual sympathy for Alison "LaughBlusterLaughShriek" Hammond against my will, when the slippery little pleather-coated snake of a man got in some digs about her weight on TV, where she couldn't feasibly just knock him out with one incredibly satisfying punch.

Which brings me nicely onto Alison Hammond 😅 She seems only able to voice thoughts that have just occurred to her that very second. Like a mental version of spinning plates on a stick, each unfunny sentence bawled out, to crash to the ground. I don't understand her popularity, I don't think she's a bad person per se, just omnipresent and annoying enough to merit some ire.

100% this!!!

usernother · 22/02/2024 09:07

Re Carol Vorderman
@HRTQueen there is something a little too contrived in her political statements but they gain her attention like her frolicking in the snow with David Cameron gained her attention

Yes. Like her 'I definitely haven't had any breast implants or a bbl' protestations. I know someone who has seen her in real life and says she definitely and very obviously has, and she looks ridiculous.

SquashPenguin · 22/02/2024 09:09

Taylor Swift. Drivel.

PinkTeaForMe · 26/02/2024 08:39

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DaBlackCatsAreDaBestCats · 26/02/2024 09:32

Yeh can’t stand him

goingtotown · 26/02/2024 11:19

Charlene White. Loose Women & ITV News

Yogachick · 26/02/2024 16:40

Sir David Attenborough( sorry)

Calicobritches · 28/02/2024 18:52

usernother · 22/02/2024 09:07

Re Carol Vorderman
@HRTQueen there is something a little too contrived in her political statements but they gain her attention like her frolicking in the snow with David Cameron gained her attention

Yes. Like her 'I definitely haven't had any breast implants or a bbl' protestations. I know someone who has seen her in real life and says she definitely and very obviously has, and she looks ridiculous.

Nothing wrong with her brain though!

Calicobritches · 28/02/2024 18:54

Yogachick · 26/02/2024 16:40

Sir David Attenborough( sorry)

So you should be! 😀😁🥸

I’ve met him on several occasions and he’s lovely and just how you would expect. Stops and takes an interest.

hamsterswhiskers · 28/02/2024 19:15

Beyoncé once she opens her gob and starts wailing. If I hear 'Single Lady' I swear I want to punch someone.

Fairyflea71 · 18/06/2025 14:25

Yeah she gets on my bloody T**s too,never stops going on about the fact shes Davids wife,yes love we know😡

the80sweregreat · 18/06/2025 17:47

The couple on that morning show on bbc one , Gethin Jones and Helen Skelton.

Hughs · 18/06/2025 19:18

Gethin is lovely, I won’t hear a word against him 😂

Mine are

Richard Osman
Sandi Toksvig
Olivia Colman
David Tennant
Jenny Murray
Amol Rajan
Bono

It’s basically anyone who comes across as particularly pleased with themselves 🤮

StooOrangeyForCrows · 18/06/2025 19:26

cardibach · 19/02/2024 17:12

You’re all going to hate me…
Miriam Margolyes.
She just thinks she’s so alternative and hilarious because she’s a sweary lesbian. Nobody cares, love. Or at least I don’t.

Me too. She's classless and awful.

Jeremy Clarkson, Tony Robinson, Tom Cruise. Cannot even bear to hear their voices.

the80sweregreat · 18/06/2025 20:26

Robert Peston! His voice is like nails down a blackboard.

newnamethanks · 20/06/2025 07:18

Peston annoys me. I want to hear what he's got to say but can't bear his overwrought presentation style. I thought it was only me that takes an instant dislike to some people because of their voice. It's irrational but I can't bear listening to many, regardless of content. Trump is a prime example, his voice is horribly creepy and seems to match his personality perfectly. Shudder. Ugh.

ssd · 20/06/2025 09:53

Peston is really annoying. I find myself concentrating on his way of talking rather than what he's actually saying.