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To think Melanie Sykes must be having a serious midlife crisis??

43 replies

curiousgeorgie · 01/06/2012 15:35

She has met a complete stranger on twitter and is tweeting nude / scantily clad pictures of herself publicly to him...

www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4350189/Another-day-another-saucy-Twitter-snap-of-Melanie-Sykes.html

And her tweets about their sex life are, frankly, embarrassing.

She didn't seem the sort! Shock

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PandaWatch · 01/06/2012 15:36

She doesn't half look amazing though!

curiousgeorgie · 01/06/2012 15:37

She does... But surely just text them to him so the whole world can't see them... Wink

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queenofthepirates · 01/06/2012 15:38

If I looked like that, I'd definitely be flaunting it.

Wigglewoo · 01/06/2012 15:39

I don't know what's going on in her head to be honest but I must admit it did give me a giggle reading all the tweets!!! :)

HmmThinkingAboutIt · 01/06/2012 15:39

Meh. Don't see what the big deal is. There are whole websites and iphone apps that are dedicated to similar things.

Then theres dating agencies....

If she wants to do it, I really don't see what the big deal is. She's a grown up.

Don't like it. Don't follow her!

Its all the people who are shocked and outraged that should have a look in the mirror, if they feel the need to perv and click on the link and check her out!

curiousgeorgie · 01/06/2012 15:40

It doesn't seem an odd way to behave?

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HmmThinkingAboutIt · 01/06/2012 15:42

You should meet some of my friends curious. Not not odd. Just not talked about much.

PandaWatch · 01/06/2012 15:43

I just assumed at first that someone had hacked her Twitter - her kids are going to suffer at school for this!

olgaga · 01/06/2012 15:43

Not when you're an actooooor.

It's publicity...it will also have prompted a few thoughts along the lines of "Oh yeah! Melanie Sykes! Must send her that script/get hold of her agent..."

khill3008 · 01/06/2012 15:44

Those pic's look like a model shoot, so would be in the public domain soon enough

HildaOgden · 01/06/2012 15:45

Am I the only person who thinks her boob in the naked photo looks..well..odd?Like she's holding a rubber ball to her chest??

I have a feeling she's going to regret making this fling so public,considering he approached Jodie Marsh before her,I'm guessing he is in it for a quick buck.

Really,really suprised at her.She is a gorgeous looking woman,she doesn't need to cheapen herself so publicly.(and to be honest,if it was all so fabulous,would you be interrupting the passion to tweet about it??)

WhosPickleisThatOnion · 01/06/2012 15:46

I heard she might not have realised that they were public.

Hmmm oof. lighten up.

manicbmc · 01/06/2012 15:48

I did all manner of mad things during my mid-life crisis. It was great fun Grin

She is a bit naive though, thinking these things weren't in the public domain.

YouOldSlag · 01/06/2012 15:49

YANBU- it seems really out of character for a family audience/daytime TV host to be conducting her hot affair on Twitter and not via private text message/BBM. I'm not saying she shouldn't because it's her life etc, but I can't see it benefiting her cosy daytime image! I mean her BF is saying that he's hard- not really Lunchtime with Gino and Mel material!

It's also a bit odd that these messages are meant for him but everyone can see them.

I still like her though and she does look amazing, but I am really surprised.

HmmThinkingabout it- you don't have to be a perv to click on it- it's all over the bloody papers! Hard to avoid really!

PandaWatch · 01/06/2012 15:50

I wonder what poor Des O'Connor thinks! Grin

TheDreadedFoosa · 01/06/2012 15:58

I get the impression she's really lovely and down to earth. Andobviously shes stunning.

I really think he is vile though, and if she were my friendidbe having a word. Ok so she has tweeted stuff, but he announced on twitter they had just had sex on the night he met her! Also tweeteted that he was 'hanging out the back of melanie sykes' and asked if he should fuck her in the arse!

I think she has majorly misjudged him and got very very carried away.

YouOldSlag · 01/06/2012 16:00

Dreaded- oh that's horrible and so disrespectful to her!

RealityIsNOTWarren · 01/06/2012 16:01

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YouOldSlag · 01/06/2012 16:03

Fair enough Reality, but hanging out the back of melanie sykes' is beyond the pale! The fact he names used her full name sounds like he is getting a kick out of shagging someone famous and is a red flag.

manicbmc · 01/06/2012 16:03

He does seem to be the male equivalent of those awful gold digger type young women who hang about trying to grab a footballer.

Wigglewoo · 01/06/2012 16:05

But doesn't the full name come up because it's twitter? (ie to tag someone you have to put their full name?) ... I may be wrong, I know nothing about twitter really!!

It sounds to me like she didn't realise it would be public... I feel a bit sorry for her kids if they are old enough to read... But really, what harm is she doing apart from having a healthy sex life at 41 with a much younger man? :)

YouOldSlag · 01/06/2012 16:09

Well I don't think anyone on the thread is judging her for meeting a new bloke and having a whale of a time but since she is a respectable family broadcaster, it's unusual that it's splattered all over the press in graphic detail.

bibbitybobbitybunny · 01/06/2012 16:09

There is another long thread running about this.

I'm not shocked at all by anything she is doing with this tool, but I am shocked that she could be so dim as to a) not realise her tweets were public or b) think this was a good publicity stunt or c) consider the cringe-factor for her two young children.

Her lack of thinking is what really gets to me.

RealityIsNOTWarren · 01/06/2012 16:11

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