Does anyone dislike David Attenborough

[Butterme]

I’m just wondering if there is anyone who dislikes David Attenborough.

I genuinely think he’s one of the very few people that everyone likes.
No matter how old, what class, what culture etc all I’ve ever heard is how much they love him.

It’s his 100th birthday today and if you google his name you’ll see.

I thought I’d do a poll incase anyone was too afraid of admitting they don’t like him 🤣

I once showed one to animal loving 4 year old cousin. Should probably have anticipated what was going to happen to the cute looking baby seal when it came on screen. Fortunately she wasn’t completely scarred.

Certainly not. I grew up on a diet of his programmes and have felt him almost as a constant. Nature and the natural world have always been my solace. He - and my reading - have been an integral, lifelong part of that.

An incredible legacy to leave the world is that you made people's lives richer, more educative, and generally better. He has made an enormous contribution and is really culturally significant to this nation.

I can’t watch nature documentaries as I find the sometimes brutal demise of the animals tough to watch . Not something I enjoy but I get why people love him & there is something soothing about his voice .

I pressed the wrong button as it was a different title. I love him!

My mother once told me she thought he was a pervert - all that talking about animal shagging. She doesn’t watch him. 😂

Surely in large part that is just a product of his time and age? He married in 1950, when raising kids was seen as women's work by most.

His children must be approaching or past retirement age themselves.

1997

I knew someone who despised him, however they were related to David Bellamy & his career was seriously affected unnecessarily by some things DA said about him, particularly when you think they were both environmentalists

Oh my 👀,

He can’t really win here can he? If his kids aren’t there it says a lot about him. If they are it’s nepo.

Really I was only pointing out that his kids actually are in this programme and being shown as it had been mentioned they weren’t.

Christ! 😯

No I love him.

Although he has a great team behind him, you can tell he genuinely cares about animals and the planet and seems a very humble man.

You really can’t see ca you

yea those ones your talking about also have plenty of time their families and go on things like I’m a
a celebrity ffs hardly the aame

Yea we know A none is arguing that

but there is so much more

I've tried watching a couple of his programmes but didn't enjoy them.
I find them, and his voice, boring tbh.

I don't know him, so I will reserve judgement

Yes, I dislike him, immensely. Am I going to get heckled, now.

Same.

Never really watched him on TV.

I like what he does publicly but suspect that he might be a bit of a snob privately.

Why would you post such a mean-spirited thread on the man's 100th birthday? I have no strong opinions but this thread is unpleasant.

Yes - but doesn’t make it right does it

I think he was more absent less interested in his kids than average man

yea his children will be I. Their 70s themselves - think his daughter was next to him someone’s

Far from it

Contrarians are everywhere, that''s the problem with your question. There are people who gleefully say any old nonsense about it for the attention of being different so there will always be a "yes" guaranteed, and it will be impossible to know if it is real or them.

My mum doesn't like him. She thinks he talks down to us.