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To feel touched by Katie Price's article on Harvey?

415 replies

emkana · 30/06/2011 13:27

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2009642/Katie-Prices-heartfelt-denunciation-Frankie-Boyles-vile-slur-Harvey.html

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JamieAgain · 30/06/2011 17:51

We do! (I do!)

JamieAgain · 30/06/2011 17:52

I'm not a journo though

flippinada · 30/06/2011 17:53

I think a lot of people are 'blinded' by their dislike of KP. She is actually raising an important point (whether the article is ghost written or not). If it raises awareness or makes people think then its done some good, whatever her motives were.

JamieAgain · 30/06/2011 17:55

I hope you are right flippinada. It is a really good article.

TheHumanCatapult · 30/06/2011 17:55

Yes , do not see anyone else willing to talk about how vunerable people are laughed at and abused .Untill people do then more cases will ahppen more will live life in fear and sadly for some they will end their lives as no one takes it serious enough

Obviously not a pretty enough cause

TheHumanCatapult · 30/06/2011 17:56

yet look at the uproar recentley when the word ni**er was heard to be used on tv one person talking about another .

MarioandLuigi · 30/06/2011 17:57

But a complaint has gone unanswered. here has been no apology and FB is unrepentant, so why should she drop it?

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ScarletOHaHa · 30/06/2011 18:00

It isn't a case of Katie bashing; as reality 'star' KP puts herself out there for people to comment on. As many people that love her, others will dislike.

IMO it is difficult to sympathise with her because I disagree with the way she portrays herself and the way she lives her life. SHE exposes her children to media and new partners at HER whim.

I can't imagine anybody not feeling empathy towards Harvey and the rest of her children.

MarioandLuigi · 30/06/2011 18:02

Isiah Washington called another cast member a F*T - got the sack
Tracy Morgan ranted about how he would shoot his son if he was gay - Had to issue an apology and may well have killed his career.
Ron Atkinson called Marcel Desailly a n*r and he gets the sack
Jade Goody everyone hated her after Shilpa Gate
Andy Gray overheard making sexist jokes - sacked.

See a pattern??

spookshowangel · 30/06/2011 18:03

sometimes you just have to accept that you are not going to get an apology and to be honest though i dont agree with the joke i dont think he should apologies because if you do it for one bad taste joke in one area then you could end up doing it in all areas and then you end up like michael macintyre.
i am not really sure how it is suddenly kp who is the model of mothers of children with sn, she has specialist live in nannies as well as ones that dont. her mother gave up her job so that she could be there when she couldnt, she has access to private medical specialist that will stop any waiting times or unnecessary suffering harvey would have to go through on the nhs. i dont know about any other mum on here whos kids have sn but thats nothing like my life or my daughters. now i dont begrudge her that or harvey but i do think she gets a lot of help that the average parent of a sn need child does not. its a bit like kerry katona getting mum of the year awards, look how that turned out.

TheHumanCatapult · 30/06/2011 18:04

I would not say i like her for starters or dislike her .i do not know her only the public perception that is known,I do not know her personally.

But in this case i agree with her that it should not be dropped ,and good that she is bringing it to the public eye just what people have to put up with .Do not see Bono or sting or any of the bleeding heart group ever talking about it

MarioandLuigi · 30/06/2011 18:04

Not to mention James Brown or John Galliano. I know its pushing it to extremes but I am trying to prove the point that its seen as okay to bash those with disabilities or learning difficulties.

JamieAgain · 30/06/2011 18:05

Ageism is also hugely accepted. On MN as well

GwendolineMaryLacey · 30/06/2011 18:06

I can't believe people are defending that joke. Even if you take the disability aspect out of it, he made a joke about a child raping his mother? Did you get that?

MarioandLuigi · 30/06/2011 18:06

But people do apologise for bad taste jokes - thats the point.

TheHumanCatapult · 30/06/2011 18:07

spooks I would never let it go especially as it was in the public eye as well .

and spooks if I had the money I would get all the help i dam well could including going private.No one can blame her we would all do the same .and how many other well known people talk about it and the issues that it brings into your life no matter how wealthy you are .Money can not protect you from that

spookshowangel · 30/06/2011 18:08

and as you said it tends to kill your career.

TheHumanCatapult · 30/06/2011 18:09

all the help and all the money she has can not alter what she must feel as his mum .nothing can take away that pain

spookshowangel · 30/06/2011 18:11

what pain?

spookshowangel · 30/06/2011 18:12

sorry ignore that misread your post was about to get on high horse.

TheHumanCatapult · 30/06/2011 18:15

its ok Smile as much as I ahve come to terms with ds3 having sn and he is just ds3 .I do have times when it hurts or when I think the what iffs.Jst saying her money will not prevent those moments

Mobly · 30/06/2011 18:20

Of course you're not being unreasonable, you would have to be near inhuman not to be touched by this article or far too cynical.

She's a mum, of course her feelings on this are going to be genuine, why assume the worst in someone when you don't know them? Some really harsh critics on here that talk as if they know KP personally.

I don't think she can be accused of having one bloke after another- 2 boyfriends in 2 years? Big fucking deal- call social services!

She is clearly not perfect, and who is? I bet those children are having a happy childhood and that's the important thing.

spookshowangel · 30/06/2011 18:21

i didnt say that nor did i say i begrudged her or her son the benefits her wealth brings them but i do feel that having her suddenly become the figure head for the average parent of a sn child when she clearly does not live the life of the average parent of a special needs child seems odd to me. i understand that a lot of people are happy for the media coverage but personally i am with the people that feel kp will ultimately do the cause more harm than good. if she does a joanna lumely style raid on number 10 than i will be the first to stand up and congratulate her but i fear it will be a couple of shows until the popularity of it wears off and then it will be princesses first beauty pageant.

knobbysEx · 30/06/2011 18:22

YABU. She is a despicable self serving chav. This offensive "joke" is old news. So is she. So is firing it up once again for publicity.
She couldn't string two coherent sentences toghether, so you are touched by someone elses' ability to write with feeling.
She has paraded her boy in front of the cameras because it suited her publicity hungry disgusting life.
And if routine and stability were so important to her son, how come she marries on a whim, sacking off the "Daddies" he has become close to? And she's rarely there, palming her kids off to suit herself. Where's the consistency in that? Apart from Mummy consistently never being there?

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