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To wonder how on earth Kay Burley is still on the TV?

104 replies

Sparklingbrook · 24/07/2013 10:27

She is dreadful, and yet she's still there. So many crimes too. Angry

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TalkativeJim · 24/07/2013 11:07

LOL at 'bingo wing'

Caster8 · 24/07/2013 11:08

I have hardly ever seen her on tv[where have I been?]
I thought she was newish, as she came across very amateurish. Having said that, I thought she could grow into the job!

Sparklingbrook · 24/07/2013 11:09

They bring her out to ruin special occasions but I think she is on Sky News every day sadly.

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ShadeofViolet · 24/07/2013 11:11

She has the afternoon slot after the equally awful Adam Bolton.

limitedperiodonly · 24/07/2013 11:14

It's perverse but I enjoy watching Kay Burley.

I felt very sorry for that poor sod Paul Harrison having to wear a suit in the heatwave and being forced to make a tit of himself doing colour pieces on the other reporters.

He spoke to a PA photographer who glared at him in a silent: 'fuck off and if you touch my stepladder I'm going to eviscerate you' kind of way.

Then having Kay muscle in after he'd been there three weeks. I bet he wanted to kill her. They've sent the poor bastard to stand outside Kensington Palace today.

Sparklingbrook · 24/07/2013 11:16

Ooh yes Shade 2pm. Can't wait.

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motownmover · 24/07/2013 11:16

What is someone laughing at a 60 year old woman having bingo wings now??

Yawn - successful woman with issues being ridiculed, quantity over quality... I just don't get it. Hmm

Ledkr · 24/07/2013 11:18

We also watched her for pure comedy.
Did anyone see her run up to a crowd member and shout " it's a boy! Congratulations"
The woman looked blank before her friend said
"She doesn't speak English, she is Brazilian!"
Me and dh were inconsolable!

Sparklingbrook · 24/07/2013 11:19

What issues motown? Confused She has had a facelift and she's 52.

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limitedperiodonly · 24/07/2013 11:19

No I love Adam Boulton. I think he's a good interviewer, even if he does belch a lot.

Miles better than that vain airhead Dermot Murnaghan.

Ledkr · 24/07/2013 11:20

No mowtown we are laughing because she said a person arrived in two cars.
Little over sensitive.

Sparklingbrook · 24/07/2013 11:23

And called the Lindo Wing, Bingo Wing.

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Betternc4this · 24/07/2013 11:23

I cant find anything about her saying Kate still looked pregnant. Is there a link? I must admit I was surprised at how big her bump still was but maybe my memory is skewed of post baby bumps as it was over 30 yrs since I last had a baby Hmm.

motownmover · 24/07/2013 11:24

Oh ok Bingo Wing - got it! Grin Blush and I got her age wrong - oops!

limitedperiodonly · 24/07/2013 11:25

No one's laughing at her alleged bingo wings. She said Bingo Wing instead of Lindo Wing.

Possibly she was thinking about going to the gym and it slipped out.

It must be very easy to say stupid things when ad libbing on live TV. Though Kay Burley does abuse the privilege.

MarmaladeTwatkins · 24/07/2013 11:26

RTFT, Motown.

Did you see this as your chance to jump on the sisterhood bandwagon? Feel a bit daft now, babe?

Sparklingbrook · 24/07/2013 11:27

Serious journalist my arse

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ShadeofViolet · 24/07/2013 11:29

She should have been fired after telling those poor people looking for April Jones that the police didn't expect to find her alive, and then hounding them to say something.

limitedperiodonly · 24/07/2013 11:30

That rictus grin! Impressive upper arms though Envy

thebody · 24/07/2013 11:35

she did mention Kate's still having a bump as thought that was outrageous.

mind you the midwife answered that her uterus would go down in a few days and be back to normal size in a few weeks.

I had my last baby 13 years ago and still waiting!!!

Kay Burley nearly creamed herself when Charles spoke to her sooooo excruciating.

Ledkr · 24/07/2013 11:36

Very lacking in the bingo wing dept.

limitedperiodonly · 24/07/2013 11:37

To be fair to Kay, the news about April Jones's death had just broken and she thought the women knew and then had no choice but to say what had happened.

And she's not the only reporter to ask: 'how do you feel?' If you're doing that job there's no other way of asking how people feel. You try and think of something else.

encyclogirl · 24/07/2013 11:38

Actually I think it was Anna Botting who said the bit about her tummy still sticking out.

She was the one interviewing two midwives and said:

Her tummy is still big, why is that?

One of the midwives then went on to explain all about the uterus not gone back in yet, the need for extra weight to nourish the baby etc etc.

It was confusing though as they cut directly from KB to Anna Botting.

cushtie335 · 24/07/2013 11:39

The sex life question was one of the worst things I've ever seen on TV news. If Burley contributed every penny of her inflated salary to charity for the end of time, it wouldn't absolve what she asked that poor woman.

limitedperiodonly · 24/07/2013 11:42

Anna Botting is spectacularly stupid and looks like this

Don't know what her arms look like.

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