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Which 'national treasure' type celeb do you really not like?

184 replies

peggotty · 25/01/2009 20:38

I cannot bear Bruce Forsyth. I suspect I won't be alone in this on Mumsnet, but he seems to be viewed as some kind of wonderful old trouper by the general population and by the press. I suspect he is a nasty old git.

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princessmel · 25/01/2009 22:22

Cilla Black here too.

Oh and Lulu. Awful.

yama · 25/01/2009 22:23

Some of these suggestions aren't 'national treasures'.

Clarkson for example. The vast majority of the British population detest him.

MrsMattie · 25/01/2009 22:24

Lulu is botoxed beyond all recognition. The woman is frightening. She makes me wanna shout

(Sorry)

Heated · 25/01/2009 22:25

Gloria Hunniford, reinvented saint.

Bubble99 · 25/01/2009 22:27

Dawn French. When she does that wide-mouthed 'I'm being really funny now' thing.

OchAyeballsintheSky · 25/01/2009 22:29

Agree with nearly all.

Lulu
Brucie (WTF is that stupid pose he insists on doing? AARRGGHH!)
Jimmy Tarbuck. Go and iron your golf shoes.
Cliff Richard. Why? Peter Pan of Pop my lardy arse. Looks every one of his 140 years and then some. No one cares anymore.
Parky. Ask your guests some decent (and, hey original) questions you daft old git.

Millions more but I have to go to bed now

LurkerOfTheUniverse · 25/01/2009 22:30

yes to Dawn French but definately NO to Jennifer Saunders

hellymelly · 25/01/2009 22:35

Esther Rantzen,she seems hard as nails.

RiaParkinson · 25/01/2009 22:42

stephen fry
brucie
parky
dawn vom french
cliff ( puke)
elton

i LIKE

Joanna Lumley

Pinner35 · 25/01/2009 23:30

I can't bear Lorraine Kelly......truly the most dreadful presenter ever!! I love Clarkson and Ross though.....I think I need to get out more.

Tinker · 25/01/2009 23:34

But no-one likes Noel Edmonds.

ladycornyofsilke · 25/01/2009 23:35

Terry is a Eurovision legend!
Everyone else is painful, especially Lulu and Cilla.
Add to the list:
Paul McCartney
Mick Jagger
Rita from Corrie
Lenny Henry

Stopfighting · 25/01/2009 23:36

Can't stand:

Lorraine Kelly

Cilla Black

Carol Vorderman

Cliff Richard

I'm sure there are more...

princessmel · 26/01/2009 09:54

Deffo agree with Parky. He thinks he is so cool and amazing.

BitOfFun · 26/01/2009 10:34

Oh Paul McCartney- YES! The way he still does the old wide-eyed, brows raised, pouty pursed lips pose....he just seems like a vain old trout, and I can believe he didn't see Heather coming because he just wouldn't understand that a young woman might not actually find him gorgeous.

MrsMattie · 26/01/2009 11:06

So agree with Parky (self congratulating kiss-arse) and McCartney (I must be the only person alive who was on Heather 'Mad as a Fish' Mills' side in the whole divorce thing). He is a sanctimonious arse.

ContainsMildPeril · 26/01/2009 11:20

Definitely 'look who i've met in my life' Parky. I like Noel though - me and him go way beck to Swap Shop. And he bought us Mr Blobby.

Pannacotta · 26/01/2009 11:26

Bruce Forsyth
Cliff Richard
Des O Connor
Paul McCartney
Noel Edmonds
Elton John
Cilla Black
(And Jeremy Clarkson, though not at all convinced he is regarded by anyone as a national treasure....)

annaje · 26/01/2009 11:28

Parky - so far up his own butt he hasn't seen daylight in years!

Love Stephen Fry.

On the bench about Bruce.

My mum used to work in a theatre and said that Val Doonigan (sp?) was the most vile man ever (if anyone even remembers him and his knitted cardies).

GreenMonkies · 26/01/2009 11:39

Another vote for Brucie here, you can see Tess Daly grinning in a fixed and repulsed manner when he paws her on Strictly Come Dancing.

Dirty Old Man. [shudder]

NoBiggy · 26/01/2009 11:43

Doonican was vile?

You can't just drop that in without saying precisely how!

peggotty · 26/01/2009 11:48

omg YES to paul mccartney - the epitomy of an embarassing old uncle still trying to be cool!! I would like to wrench his bloody stupid thumbs off every time he does that 'hey kids' thumbs-up thing. or the peace sign, usually accompanied with that pouty lip face. I agree that he seems incredibly vain, the result of a pretty-boy in youth who still thinks he's got it!

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cocolepew · 26/01/2009 11:52

Cilla
Parky
Lulu
Bruce
Selina Scott

CountessDracula · 26/01/2009 11:54

I'm sure I'll get crucified for this but Julie Walters irritates the living shit out of me

angelene · 26/01/2009 12:06

Apparently Brucie is HATED in the industry, nightmare to work with, has everything rewritten so he gets the best lines.