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Which celeb do your parents hate?

185 replies

Sherrystrull · 29/07/2024 19:13

Inspired by a post on Facebook.

Who do your parents irrationally hate?

My dad hates Lulu. Can't stand her voice. My mum hates Michael Flatley as apparently he loves himself!

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Biscuitandacuppa · 29/07/2024 23:56

Megan and Harry, it got so bad I had to ban DM from talking to me about them.

Shangrilalala · 29/07/2024 23:57

Bryan Ferry

We had to switch the tv over if Roxy Music pitched up on TOTP as my mother had an aversion to the faces he pulled when singing.

BikesIHaveLost · 29/07/2024 23:58

My mother loathed Sinéad O’Connor. She absolutely hated female confidence anyway, in anyone, but Sinéad got both barrels because she ‘didn’t make the most of herself’.

My mother feels that nice women are shy, deferential, and wear ‘flattering’ clothes, but not anything that ‘draws attention to you’.

RightOnTheEdge · 29/07/2024 23:59

I actually don't know who my mum hates.
My dad hates everyone because he's just an angry, grumpy arse but definitely Paddy McGuinness,
Danny Dyer (I agree with that one) and Cilla Black, he hated her singing.

Cece92 · 30/07/2024 00:03

My mum hates sam smith. She used to love their music but she says they now really creep her out. My sister and I found all the oddest pictures of them recently and will occasionally send pictures in our group chat and it really freaks her out 😂😂😂😂

Ineedwinenow · 30/07/2024 00:04

Ben Fogle - absolutely no idea why - sorry Ben 😆

Meghan & Harry - They believe no one should air their dirty laundry in public and they have done a fair bit of that 🫣 - They used to love them initially now they are referred to as “that bloody pair” and as they don’t usually swear I know they really despise them 🤭

AnnaMagnani · 30/07/2024 00:11

Meghan and Harry. We had to ban them as a topic.

All the Strictly judges except Motsi. She mutes it during the judging.

Honor Blackman - they met, apparently she was bitchy and entitled.

Most of the Carry On film actors. Again they met, she thought they were vile. Particular hatred for Barbara Windsor due to her gang connections.

SprinkleOfSunak · 30/07/2024 01:59

Reading these lists, I agree with most people’s parents! Interestingly, my parents like a lot of people on these lists!

My parents hate Michael McIntyre.

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 30/07/2024 01:59

My Dad 'can't stomach' Jeremy Clarkson.
His Top Gear persona grates on him.
But, like a PP, i think he'd see a really nice side to him that we see on the farm.

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 30/07/2024 02:01

Cece92 · 30/07/2024 00:03

My mum hates sam smith. She used to love their music but she says they now really creep her out. My sister and I found all the oddest pictures of them recently and will occasionally send pictures in our group chat and it really freaks her out 😂😂😂😂

He is a div, though!

LiterallyOnFire · 30/07/2024 02:04

Julie Andrews. Walks straight back out of the room if she's on. Happens sometimes at Christmas.

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 30/07/2024 02:06

There are absolutely loads of people that get on my Mum's nerves.

Usually for the daftest reasons, too.

Cath Kidson - cos her designs are twee, and just same-old, same-old.
My mum's right about that, i think.

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 30/07/2024 02:06

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 30/07/2024 02:06

There are absolutely loads of people that get on my Mum's nerves.

Usually for the daftest reasons, too.

Cath Kidson - cos her designs are twee, and just same-old, same-old.
My mum's right about that, i think.

Kidston.

LiterallyOnFire · 30/07/2024 02:09

sprigatito · 29/07/2024 23:02

Oh, my Dad despises Mike Oldfield as well. He says Tubular Bells sounds like an ice cream van with a wheel clamp on it.

😁😂

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 30/07/2024 02:12

sprigatito · 29/07/2024 23:02

Oh, my Dad despises Mike Oldfield as well. He says Tubular Bells sounds like an ice cream van with a wheel clamp on it.

He has a very good point! 😂

I shall remember your Dad's pithy comment.

Cocteautriplet · 30/07/2024 02:30

My late father used to hate Terry Wogan to the point he couldn’t say his name and called him ‘TW’. I used to quite like his radio 2 show but had to keep my listening secret least I offend him and unleash a stream of Terry Wogan based vitriol!

My dad was a lovely sane, rational person otherwise!

Ginandtoniconthedeck · 30/07/2024 02:55

Neither of my parents could stand Jimmy Saville - we never watched Jim'll Fix It.
They both loved comedy but loathed Benny Hill, Chubby Brown, Bernard Manning, and Michael Barrymore.

Mum wasn't keen on Cilla Black.

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 30/07/2024 05:28

AnnaMagnani · 30/07/2024 00:11

Meghan and Harry. We had to ban them as a topic.

All the Strictly judges except Motsi. She mutes it during the judging.

Honor Blackman - they met, apparently she was bitchy and entitled.

Most of the Carry On film actors. Again they met, she thought they were vile. Particular hatred for Barbara Windsor due to her gang connections.

My mum records strictly purely so she can fast forward through the judges!

missdeamenor · 30/07/2024 05:33

BriceNobeslovesMurielHeslop · 29/07/2024 19:19

Your mum is right about Michael Flatley - he’s a beautiful dancer but if he was chocolate he would eat himself. Have you seen the trailer for his self produced film??
My mum and dad love Lulu, but my dad hates James Nesbitt - he claims he hated him ever since he was in a Cheerios advert as an unknown! He is smug, I’m told.

I can't stand Lulu, the constant switching of accent - phoney. I once heard James Nesbitt say his mother telephones him every year at the exact time of his birth and relives every moment - yuk!

SplendidUtterly · 30/07/2024 05:34

My mum really dislikes Lorraine Kelly and Carol Vorderman.

Changingname1988 · 30/07/2024 05:41

foxychox · 29/07/2024 19:33

My mum hates Michael Crawford as Frank Spencer, we were never allowed to watch some mothers do ave em! She was strangely quiet on his musical theatre career....

Mine too! To the extent I was supposed to be called Jessica, but then Frank Spencer’s daughter was named Jessica and she changed her mind as she hated how it sounded when he said it!

Claysta · 30/07/2024 06:37

Michael McIntyre - my Dad calls him a small shouty man…and not funny. I quite like him.

NoDishiForRishi · 30/07/2024 07:15

My mum has a deep dislike of Cilla Black and Queen Camilla.

My dad couldn't stand Steve Wright.

SeeSeeRider · 30/07/2024 07:40

Vivi0 · 29/07/2024 23:53

My mum hates Robbie Williams.

My dad doesn’t care enough about celebs to hate any.

I've always thought that Robbie Williams has a face I'd love to punch.

themidimit · 30/07/2024 07:43

Mum hates Cliff Richard so we always say 'your boyfriend's on the TV mum'.

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