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To think Bill Roache needs to hang his head in shame?

204 replies

dublindee · 19/03/2013 10:41

Just saw sky news article on my iPhone re this:

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/coronation-street-actor-bill-roache-1772534

I am disgusted. I think he should be sacked and I think he should make a public apology.

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ChocsAwayInMyGob · 19/03/2013 10:41

link doesn't work

dublindee · 19/03/2013 10:42

proper linky

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ChocsAwayInMyGob · 19/03/2013 10:44

I totally agree with you OP.

I would like to see him explain this to my 8yo niece who was raped by her stepfather. Sorry, should we not judge him for raping her?

Sparklingbrook · 19/03/2013 10:45

He is coming across as proper bonkers isn't he? I don't think an apology could sort this one out. Sad

quoteunquote · 19/03/2013 10:45

Twonk of the week

Sparklingbrook · 19/03/2013 10:46

Mind you should we give a shiny shite what a bloody Coronation Street actor says?

ChocsAwayInMyGob · 19/03/2013 10:47

sparkling, yes we should if such abhorrent views get such a wide audience. It's very worrying.

JaxTellerIsMyFriend · 19/03/2013 10:47

Twonk of the decade! Im livid. What an arse.

IcaMorgan · 19/03/2013 10:48

if he truly believes those things then he needs to see a psychiatrist

HazeltheMcWitch · 19/03/2013 10:48

Agree with Sparkling - he is nothing.
It seems like he's losing the plot a bit, doesn't it? Although that's a crap defence for such foul views I know.

He's just an old toad who has had some fame and keeps on blethering about how he's slept with over 1000 women. And is in thrall to a cult. No sensible people will give him or his views any head room.

Sparklingbrook · 19/03/2013 10:48

Yes true chocs. Sorry. It's just that he is only a soap actor, but then a soap that a lot of people watch so he has a responsibility to not come out with that load of old cobblers.

mynameis · 19/03/2013 10:49

He said: “If you accept that you are pure love, and if you know that you are pure love and therefore live that pure love, these things won’t happen to you.”

WTAF?

Keep your mouth shut in future Bill

Sparklingbrook · 19/03/2013 10:49

He is sounding a bit David Icke-ish.

HazeltheMcWitch · 19/03/2013 10:49

Sorry for your niece, Chocs. I hope justice has caught up with him?

TheSeniorWrangler · 19/03/2013 10:49

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Sparklingbrook · 19/03/2013 10:49

'pure love' Confused

JaquelineHyde · 19/03/2013 10:50

He is a complete loon!

He has been in the spotlight loads recently talking all kinds of bollocks but this is just digraceful.

I think Coronation Street bosses should take some kind of action against him, it makes me feel sick.

BearFrills · 19/03/2013 10:50

Definitely an opinion he should have kept firmly to himself. It must be a great comfort to any abuse victims reading that tripe to know that the reason they were abused wasn't because some vile abuser targeted them, it was because they were bad in their previous life ....

I was also Hmm at him blaming underage girls who hang around famous blokes for being sexually active and that those blokes can't be expected to check birth certificates. Surely a bloke in his 30s/40s/50s, etc when presented with a girl of questionable age should keep it in his pants if he has any doubts, no matter how fleeting, about her being old enough?

littlemissbunny · 19/03/2013 10:51

I never really liked him anyway, now I have good reason not to.

What a load of insensitive rubbish he is spouting.

jeee · 19/03/2013 10:51

I don't know - he sounds frankly loopy, but then loads of people (many on mumsnet) burble on happily about karma. Which as far as I can make out is basically what he's saying.

ArseAche · 19/03/2013 10:52

The man is, and always has been a complete nut job.

KurriKurri · 19/03/2013 10:53

I think Bill Roache is well known within the entertainment world for being a shit of the first order.

He is an appalling creature.

DangerousBeanz · 19/03/2013 10:54

What an idiot!! He needs his mental capacity checking if he thinks that.

Sparklingbrook · 19/03/2013 10:54

If Coronation Street don't boot him out there's something wrong. Hasn't there just been a fire? Would have been ideal.

Szeli · 19/03/2013 10:55

I read it as paedophiles are bad but underage teenagers who lie about their ages to sleep with their idols and then cry foul afterwards are also bad and I'd be inclined to agree with him.

Although granted you should never ever victim blame; and these 'rock stars' or whatever need to be more vigilant when assertaining someone's age - there are girls out there who do do this and then it makes things much more difficult for those genuine victims out there.

He didn't come across well at all tho x