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AIBU to have an unfathomable dislike for Frank Skinner?

171 replies

lolaflores · 14/03/2012 09:21

Just seen his face on bbciplayer being interviewed by Mark lawson. When did this skinny smug poo smear become a national treasure or whatever? And don't even l,et me remember the days when he hung out with the Baddiel thing and it was like a version of those boys at school who were nasty little sneering sods, sat in the corner being vile.
sorry. just don't like the man. will not watch room 101 because of him. what was wrong with Paul Merton, now he is nice.

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Gigondas · 14/03/2012 09:23

Yabu-I like him but know he is marmite. Love him on absolute.

Gigondas · 14/03/2012 09:23

Paul merton - meh.

YouOldSlag · 14/03/2012 09:23

YANBU. can't bear him. I turn over if I ever see him on telly. makes my skin crawl for some reason.

I LOVE Paul Merton though. He always strikes me as very principled in real life.

Vaffanculo · 14/03/2012 09:24

It's the sleaziness I can't bear.

ThatllDoPig · 14/03/2012 09:24

YANBU
He hates women. Have you read his autobiography? The bit were he loses his virginity with a prostitute is a very strange piece of writing. I think he has mellowed a bit with age but still. gives me the creeps.

bibbityisaporker · 14/03/2012 09:24

He is a creepy, sexist, misogynistic, crude, dirty little worm. Yanbu.

bibbityisaporker · 14/03/2012 09:25

That's it Vaff - sleazy. Him and his horrible mate David Baddiel .

seeker · 14/03/2012 09:28

I hate the fact that I like him on Absolute! I still remember the deeply unpleasant sexist git he was and I don't know which is the act- the sexist git or the witty erudite man of today.

Apparently his partner said she's leave him if anyone ever described him as a national treasure, so that's a good job well done, lolaflores!

JaneMare · 14/03/2012 09:31

i've tried to like him, but i think the true man leaks out under that polished act...a bit like an eggy fart, he thinks it's funny but everyone else is gagging and turning green

antsypants · 14/03/2012 09:31

Yanbu, he is a disgusting little maggot which a streak of cruelty which is evident from his shit jokes.

But then I feel that way about chris moyles and will Ferrell.

lolaflores · 14/03/2012 09:36

god, i thought it was just me. there is something so repellent about him. i cannot relax watching him, I am just waiting for that evil slime to distribute itself round him, the lizard eyes. And i do get the feeling he has a dislike of women, that blokey carry on with Baddiel. I cannot say for sure if Chris moyles is worse, but he is quite upfront about he sheer dislikability, Skinner just sits there , smug and yes stinking the place out like an eggy fart.
Have you seen the look on his face on bbciplayer, with a ukelel cos he is well crazy

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seeker · 14/03/2012 09:37

I know. And you're right- the sleaze leaks out round the edges. But I do love a pun. And he is so good at them.

TreacleSoda · 14/03/2012 09:40

I don't like him either, again its the sleaziness.

AlmaMartyr · 14/03/2012 09:46

YANBU, he is loathsome.

Slartybartfast · 14/03/2012 09:47

yanbu.
urgh.

BoomOoYattaTaTa · 14/03/2012 09:52

Oh god his autobiography made me feel queasy. I couldn't fininsh it.

I'd not minded him too much till I read that, then went off him big time. He can be funny but lordy what an egoHmm.

TheCrackFox · 14/03/2012 09:59

I used to quite like him until I read his autobiography which left me feeling slightly ill. Why write a book that shows the world that you are a bit if a creep?

However, maybe he has mellowed with age?

DebbieD78 · 14/03/2012 10:02

I like him. Why is he a sexist?

lolaflores · 14/03/2012 10:05

I know nothing about his previous life. suspect he does not come out of it covered in glory.

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BillyBollyBandy · 14/03/2012 10:07

I liked him - then I read his autobiography. The majority of which was about anal sex exaggeration but you get my point

catsmother · 14/03/2012 10:08

I might be doing him a disservice, because I can't remember if I read his autobiography or not. If I did, it was a long time ago, and if it's his I'm thinking of, he seemed to have an obsession with anal sex. Not that there's anything wrong with that per se - each to their own and all that - but (again, if it's him) remember thinking it was written about rather contemptuously.

glastocat · 14/03/2012 10:08

God no I loathe him and Baddiel too, although I quite enjoy Baddiel's books. As others have said Skiiner is a woman hating sleazeball, I can see right through him and i don't buy his cheeky chappy act for a minute.

catsmother · 14/03/2012 10:08

Ah ..... x-posted !

UtterlyButterly · 14/03/2012 10:08

YANBU

I have to switch over when he is on TV. I can't bear him.

He is creepy.

Vaffanculo · 14/03/2012 10:11

It was his autobiography which sealed his fate for me too Grin