Or is Dawn O' Porter really irritating?

[StoneTheFlamingCrows]

Don't know what it is about her. That advert for her new programme makes me feel stabby. I know ia probably bu...

Yanbu.

Her husband is an up himself twat as it goes.

Chris o porter has come across as a bit of,a twat on twitter lately....
She is just meh.

Agree Bad he's tweeted a few things and rapidly deleted them screen shot is a bitch though

But when someone actually does that she is vilified and it's apparently 'inane' 'a joke' 'ridiculous' 'daft' 'irritating' 'stupid' 'ridiculous' and 'embarrassing' as though any of us have ANY right to comment on her choice

I find it irritating because its not a name. You don't actually just put O' in front of any random name and make it Irish. It's not at all a big deal, but to me it's the equivalent of comedy Irish dancing.

It is a name - it's her name. She chose it. If she had chosen Princess Consuela Bananahammock it would be her name. It doesn't seem like she's trying to pretend she's Irish (why would she?) - she's just incorporated a part of her husband's name into her own on marriage. If it doesn't irritate either of them, why allow it to irritate you?

Because we're human and are allowed to be irritated by stuff that doesn't necessarily irritate you.

Wasn't she supposed to be a bully at school but wrote a book casting herself as the victim? Not read her book but that's what I heard.

WestEast I don't think I implied otherwise did I? I'm irritated by plenty of things but if someone can argue effectively in their favour, then I am happy to hear them out and consider changing my opinion. The fewer things I am irritated by the better as far as I am concerned - I consider my posts on here to be a form of public service. If one person's blood pressure is lowered then my job is done.

(Of course if this behaviour irritates you then that cancels out all my good work. What a quandary...)

See I can't argue in the favour of her hair irritating me as it's totally irrational! However I wouldn't allow her dodgy barnet raise my blood pressure :D

How does she make her hair so sticky-outy? Does she have some complex scaffolding system at work?

Don't tell anyone, but I fantasise about cutting Claudia Winkleman's fringe so she isn't always peering out from underneath it.

I read an interview where she said how upset she was that people were tweeting disgusting things about her on twitter because of her hair (during an appearance on 8 out of 10 cats) She said she cried because the stuff written was beyond the pale and very personal. People seem to forget there is a human being reading this shite about herself. I do feel for her and I like her a lot. I think she comes across as warm and funny. I loved the documentary she made about childbirth (she was the woman's birthing partner) and the one she made about dirty dancing was so much fun. She speaks frankly about her health and her fears about developing cancer. I love the fact that despite the abuse she gets for daring to wear her hair how she pleases and has given herself an extra ( and seemingly highly controversial) vowel, she does what the fuck she wants. Well done Dawn for not becoming a Cheryl cole/Christine bleakley highly polished and vacuous stereotype. Stay true to yourself. Do, say, dress, speak, and call yourself whatever you see fit. Oh and I would ride your fella like Seabiscuit.

DoJo, I promise you that if any woman asked me for advice about changing her name on marriage, I would tell her don't do it, don't even think of doing it, you're getting married not having an identity change, keep your name because its yours, its part of who you are. Just so you know what I'm consistent!

Fair enough Lottapianos although I am going to go against my stated purpose on here by telling you that I changed my name when I got married.

However, in order to preserve your blood pressure, I will reveal that it was largely because my previous surname contained a slang word for male genitals within it and my husband's (and now my) name is almost impossible to turn into an obscene nickname - not sure where that puts me in terms of identity, but I am still glad to be shot of it!

Both Do'P and her husband seem insufferably pleased with themselves and seem to have this narcissistic need to live out their lives on Twitter. To be fair, she merely seems vapid and affected whereas he seems like a nasty piece of work.

As my mum would say, it saves spoiling another couple.

V Coren and D Mitchell did a very trad announcement in The Times of their engagement, didn't they?
I don't care for her much, and not just because of the name thing. didn't know about those tweets though: that's yucky.

David Mitchell is very much the sort of guy to put a wedding announcement in the Times!

Yes, I think he loves the 'young fogey' image.

Why do I not know who Cherry Healey is? I watch loads of shit documentaries on c4.

That's where you're going wrong. Cherry Healey makes shit documentaries for BBC3.

Ahhh I just googled and seen that. Don't think I've ever seen one.
She did name her first born after me .
Whic h is nice.

Cherry Healey is like Dawn Porter but posher, less achingly quirky, but makes similarly pointless lifestyle docu-lites.

Hers tend to be more child focused as ... wait for it .. she has had a baby. The first person ever to manage that.

I quite like Dawn, but am rather curious about whether her hair is all real. After finding out Christina Hendricks wears hair pieces and wigs I have hair mistrust issues

There's a woman called Stacey Dooley who makes 'investigative' docs for BBC3. Oh my word, she makes Cherry Healey and Dawn Porter look like hard-hitting journos.