To be jealous of Jules Oliver?

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Her dh can cook and her babies are sooooo cute. Plus she's probably rich.

I think she is a good catholic girl, who wants to make it work.

She'll learn soon enough.

There's nowt wrong with her DH! In fact, I'd love to be married to Jamie after seeing his roast taters tonight

she's done pretty well for someone with no brain then ....
she stays pretty much out of the limelight which is an achievenemt in itslef these days

plus 'helicopter' parent with four kids. She must be exhausted. Not wanting your kids to eat crap is called 'good' parenting in my neck of the woods and i too find myself guilty of this MN crime

Good on Jamie Oliver for what he has done with his school dinners campaign (he could just have concentrated on promoting himself without doing the hard slog of the campaign like every other TV chef) and good on Jools for not being yet another 'celeb by association' and not going down the road of ghastly reality shows and OK spreads....looking like she does this would have been very easy for her to do but she seems to have alot of class and has prioritised her family. I think that's quite rare.

I also think that it's good to remember that everyone, no matter how rich or how perfect their life seems outwardly, has challenges and problems and we shouldn't waste time thinking enviously of their 'perfect' life - because no life is!

My taters are better

They are lovely

I like Jamie too but not in that way! P

Yes Jamie should be praised for the school dinners thing

And for Fifteen

He puts a lot of his money in them and genuinely wants to make a difference

I bet she isn't a helicopter parent nowadays, it would be impossible with 4 children.

YY that Colleen should have dumped Shrek. she is too good for that twazzock.

I think she come across brilliantly and I really admire Jamie's campaigns to get people back to real food. Would love to meet them both, and their kids seem really unspoilt and un-celeby. Really grounded!

Have read first and last pages of this, and I don't feel remotely jealous of her - just like I don't feel jealous of anyone. Good luck to them, and enjoy what you have made TOGETHER, whether in money or family terms. Actually, I think it must be hard for her, with a husband away so much and four children to look after.

Good point gelletti. My DH won't put millions in the bank but he has been home for evening playtime, bathtime and bedtime nearly every night of DS's 8 years of life and is fully involved in every way. It sounds a bit glib but I really WOULDN'T swap that for a million quid

Who knows - maybe Jools would be jealous of that! I did note that Jamie introduced Petal as being 9 months old on the programme earlier and Jools had to correct him to SIX months.......tells a story, I think!!

Honestly you cannot win. He tries to make a difference and people are cynical. Why everyone so cynical. Fifteen and school dinners were incredible campaigns. And travelling through Italy to try and understand the food culture here (I am temporarily living in Italy) is genuinely interesting stuff. Much better than simply opening a load of restaurants to make money.

Yes - of course I am envious of her. She is "free" to have as many children as she would like and is "free" to stay at home and bring them up without having to worry about money. How lovely. I bet her children and her husband will love her immensely for that. Well done Jools!

PS I met Jamie - about 12 years ago. He was asked to cook dinner for Tony Blair. But had been "pre-booked" to cook for our food company. He came and cooked for our small food company. Nobody knew that. Good on him. He is genuine.

Jesus- I actually woke up thinking about this

...it occurred to me that Jamie Oliver- and Jools, by extension- arouses wrath in lots of people. I've seen a few threads on here about these two, all of them on the same lines, but I don't see as many on, say, Gordon Ramsey (who is, most likely, a cunt)

I have friends who used to loooove Jamie when he was on what I think of as his full blown wanker phase, right at the beginning (the scooter, the band, the sliding down the banisters aaaaaaaargh) but went right off him when he started to show he had a social conscience, putting his money where his maaarf is with Fifteen

and that's when the general backlash started, I reckon. I think that, in the UK, we don't like seeing people Being Good. It makes us uncomfortable.

(incidentally JO is a folk devil amongst inner city teens, according to my son and his mates )

I feel terrible now. I will never slag either of them off again, nor mention the fat tongue other thing

ever.

No I am not jealous of her. I am sure she is lovely (never given it any thought) as is Jamie who really has tried to make a difference where most people just don't bother. Those of you who are jealous - I suppose you have less reason to now don't you? There can't be many of us who will have a thread that exists for anyone to see which consists of some pretty vile comments based on how we look,how intelligent we are, what our husband looks like and our general lifestyle choices. I really hope Jools and her children never get to find this vitriolic tripe. Seems to me some of you need to concentrate a little more on having a life of your own rather than speculate on someone elses. Merry Christmas.

She is NOT lovely, she is very self important.

She rarely smiles, generally looks bored and treats most people as beneath her.

And I am not being vitriolic, I am being honest. Her public personna and private ones are very different.

But her children are delightful, so i would never say she hasn't done a fantastic job with them. She just isn't very friendly herself.

He, however, IS lovely, if somewhat irritating, but is completely prepared to accept the piss take!

I would spell it Jules if I were her.

Otherwise I don't know what she's done to piss people off.

getabloodygrip - your post sounds like you know her personally.

If you don't, then you are making some pretty sweeping judgements based on what you see/read.

If you do know her then I find it very distasteful that you would plaster personal comment about someone known to you in real life on the internet to fuel other people's dislike.

I think this is a deeply unpleasant thread. The poor woman may be a member here. What on earth has she done to deserve all of this vitriol? It is no different from me starting a thread saying (to pick a MN member on this thread at random - choosing one who has the sense to see that I am not having a go at her!) Tattydevine is shallow and only pretends to be nice and supportive so that people will like her but in private she actually cooks and eats small children.

To have a go at someone's intellect, work-ethic, general personality in this way is really, really low.

YABVU. She has to live/sleep with Jamie.

FGS, she does not have to live or kiss or sleep with Jamie.

She lives/kisses/sleeps with the man she has chosen, just like you do (or would like to do).

Shall I start a thread saying I am envious of pagwatch because she has a beautiful house? Would that also degenerate into people saying nasty things?

They are very rich and successful, which is
guaranteed to make the knives come out in this country.

I do not envy her life (maybe her bank balance and trim thighs) but I see no reason to slate her. I don't know much about her to be honest.

I am jealous of Pagwatch's house, the caaaah. But then I hear that she is in cahoots with Gadaffi and that's how she paid for it.

Look, I'm sure Jools is fine. She seems a good mother and not showy/status obsessed and her marriage seems very solid. She's doing something right. I would just like to see her crack her face once in a while :( God knows I would if I had a chef husband with millions in the bank and a house like hers.

Why does she have to be doing something? People slagging her off for not being famous enough in her own right. She is a SAHM with a young baby and 3 other children FFS!

She makes the most cute children, seriously, I've never seen anything like it, knocks out a good one every time.

What a vile thread (not the OP, but the way it has descended into a bitchfest about a woman that no-one here knows!!!)

I have always admired Jamie Oliver, love his personality an all the brilliant work he has done in trying to improve peoples lives. I think his warm ,fun down to earth character makes him very attractive.
I don't know much about Jules ,she seems the opposite of him which is probably why they get on so well !
Must admit i thought she was being a bit OTT by not letting her kids have the usual party stuff when they went to parties and taking her own fresh fruit but thats her choice .

Her book is really well written and a lovely read - if you read it you'd know they were really poor and struggled to start with in a 1-bed flat. Also struggled to conceive and ended up on clomid for 1st child.

Living off her husband? No, she is raising 4 kids and they are a married couple working as a partnership, so all earnings should be shared!