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Noel Fielding..

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CurlewKate · 07/11/2026 09:22

… is very silent about Russell Brand, isn’t he?

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Katypp · Today 07:01

Mondaytuesdayhappydays · Yesterday 22:05

I started a thread last year about when they will come for the rock stars
Given the likes off Bowie, Jagger, Plant, Page, Aerosmith/ Chilli Pepper guy have had well documented relationships with underage girls - including the so-called US ‘baby-groupies 13/14 during the 70s.
My sister was an underage fan (13) who battled her way backstage and ended up in a threesome with an up and coming one of the above during this period

There's no limit for this baying mob.
They 'will come for' anyone they like, full of self-righteous grandstanding dressed up as concerned feminism.
I always wondered about people who waited outside courts to thump on prison vans when people were jailed. I am wondering if this lot would do the same or look down their noses at such behaviour? They are no better.
It's disgraceful.

FruAashild · Today 08:04

Greenlawnbrownlawn · 07/11/2026 20:35

Yes, Bob Geldof, not quite a "one hit wonder" with the Boomtown Rats. Have we all forgotten that innocent gem, "Mary of the fourth form"? Mr bloody innocent, sure.

And Bob Geldof first got together with Paula Yates when he was 25 and she was 17. Although obviously they were together for nearly 20 years and that age gap was seen very differently back in the 70s.

ItsWouldHaveNotWouldOf · Today 08:17

Don't Stand So Close To Me, written by Sting, is another dodgy song imo.

Dollymylove · Today 08:22

FruAashild · Today 08:04

And Bob Geldof first got together with Paula Yates when he was 25 and she was 17. Although obviously they were together for nearly 20 years and that age gap was seen very differently back in the 70s.

Im pretty sure, reading stuff from Paula Yates, that she was the one who relentlessly pursued Geldof. Finding out where he was going to be, turning up etc.
Then Michael Hutchence came on the scene.......

Katypp · Today 08:29

Dollymylove · Today 08:22

Im pretty sure, reading stuff from Paula Yates, that she was the one who relentlessly pursued Geldof. Finding out where he was going to be, turning up etc.
Then Michael Hutchence came on the scene.......

Sorry you and Paula Yates are wrong.
The woman is ALWAYS the victim and the man is ALWAYS guilty.
Do keep up!

Sartre · Today 08:29

onetimeusername2026 · Yesterday 22:42

According to The Sun, NF has made a statement to them that he only ever had a professional relationship with DW and RB and never a personal/private one and he is horrified at the jokes he has made in the past. But The Sun door stepped (door stopped?) NF coming out of a corner shop so he kind of had to say something.

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I think he had a personal one with RB, they were on the same party scene in the 00s at least.

All said and done, I’ve always liked Fielding and his work. I was about 14 when I got into the Boosh and as much as I’ve always preferred Barratt’s role, he is brilliant. He’s also always been fantastic on Bake Off. I sincerely hope the second celebrity isn’t him.

pollcat · Today 09:33

Katypp · Today 07:01

There's no limit for this baying mob.
They 'will come for' anyone they like, full of self-righteous grandstanding dressed up as concerned feminism.
I always wondered about people who waited outside courts to thump on prison vans when people were jailed. I am wondering if this lot would do the same or look down their noses at such behaviour? They are no better.
It's disgraceful.

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Underage groupies are fair game then?

Katypp · Today 10:33

pollcat · Today 09:33

Underage groupies are fair game then?

How from my post do you extract a belief that underage groupies are fair game??
I am railing against a mob of posters randomly flinging names around the internet with no basis other than they 'give the ick' or there's something about them they don't like.

CurlewKate · Today 10:44

Katypp · Today 08:29

Sorry you and Paula Yates are wrong.
The woman is ALWAYS the victim and the man is ALWAYS guilty.
Do keep up!

It’s more the very much younger person is always the victim. And if that is usually the woman…..

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Katypp · Today 10:50

CurlewKate · Today 10:44

It’s more the very much younger person is always the victim. And if that is usually the woman…..

Not in the Caroline Flack case it wasn't. Yet she is endlessly potrayed as a victim.

Lookatheskies · Today 10:54

An older man shouldn't be around teenage girls. The power imbalance - they have money, cars etc.

BitLippie · Today 11:08

I just remembered Bill Wyman and Mandy Smith, who was 13 when they ‘started a relationship’.

Poor child was regularly featured in the tabloids and referred to as a ‘wild child’ party girl.

If people start coming forward with allegations against these sleazy old rock stars, it’s likely a whole generation of music ‘legends’ (those still alive) will be cancelled / banged up. And why not? I dont think it has ever been OK for grown men to associate with school girls, and its fucked up that ourvsociety has taken so long to fully recognise that it’s wrong.

Dollymylove · Today 11:08

Lookatheskies · Today 10:54

An older man shouldn't be around teenage girls. The power imbalance - they have money, cars etc.

Why do you think girls are attracted to them?

RaspberryCoffeePot · Today 11:10

Londersand · 07/11/2026 13:53

Everyone who worked in and around the industry at the time knew Noel was dating Pixie

He was 33, she was just 16 and studying for her GCSE’s. He might not be criminal but he’s certainly gross.

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NF has always struck me as very immature. But isn't he the product of teenage parents or something ? Maybe he cant help it. If you are broufht up by people who are almost just children rhemselves.

ArrivingSoon · Today 11:24

Mondaytuesdayhappydays · Yesterday 22:05

I started a thread last year about when they will come for the rock stars
Given the likes off Bowie, Jagger, Plant, Page, Aerosmith/ Chilli Pepper guy have had well documented relationships with underage girls - including the so-called US ‘baby-groupies 13/14 during the 70s.
My sister was an underage fan (13) who battled her way backstage and ended up in a threesome with an up and coming one of the above during this period

I’m genuinely interested in what your parents knew, did, said, both before and after this?

Their daughter was 13, a child.

pollcat · Today 11:47

Katypp · Today 10:33

How from my post do you extract a belief that underage groupies are fair game??
I am railing against a mob of posters randomly flinging names around the internet with no basis other than they 'give the ick' or there's something about them they don't like.

You were replying to a post about rock stars who had well-documented relationships with underage girls. Maybe I misunderstood your reply but it seemed to say coming for them would be wrong.

HelenaWaiting · Today 12:31

localnotail · 07/11/2026 17:00

It is absolutely as dodgy as fuck that they were mates. I doubt NF done anything but being friends with RB is bad enough in itself.

However, there are a lot of people on another thread defending Laura Brand - like RB is sooo sooo clever and manipulative, like he could be charming and she fell for him, and how its not her fault. Would be hard to imagine he done the same with friends? Maybe a lot of people only seen his charming and funny side, and only heard of him being promiscuous - not predatory.

I seriously doubt the story of RB and NF being very close. They had a professional relationship but plenty of people with professional relationships are not actually that close at all. A relative of mine was on the comedy circuit back in the day and Russell Brand's best friend was Matt Morgan. They were inseparable. Not accusing Matt Morgan btw, but he was certainly Brand's closest friend.

localnotail · Today 16:16

There is literally nothing seedy about Fielding. I think people looking for the next celebrity to put in the docks needs to look elsewhere.

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