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Nastiest celebs...

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flamingoland · 19/04/2015 18:12

Very trivial discussion (so I know I am being unreasonable already Grin ), but I am reading a thread about nasty celebs from 2008 (google brought me there) and really enjoying the gossip... AIBU to ask who the nicest and vilest celebs are who you have met in real life?

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StupidBloodyKindle · 22/04/2015 03:03

Having wikied not limited

Anyone know how to get autospell off the sodding kindle?

emmelinelucas · 22/04/2015 03:44

Yes all those, StupidBloody.
More writers/slebs
Martin Edwards - tiny, funny, beautiful manners
Michael Rosen - very, very good with children. Patient and engaging.
Stella Duffy - had a strop the last time I saw her, but I reckon she had good reason. Very good actress as well.
Martina Cole - smells gorgeous, much better looking than on tv
Sheila Quigley - very very nice, unpretentious and normal. She is a best-seller, but doesn't hob-nob.
Sophie Hannah - supported our book groups and worked really hard just for expenses. Understands the value of reading and bibliotherapy.Just a really, really good egg.
Wainwright (the walking man) helped to support the cat rescue I worked for for years.
Will Self - I was a bit nervous about meeting him, but once you talk to him he is just so nice. Spent way more time with us at a festival than he was expected to because he was chatting to so many people. Very tall, and handsome in a Cumberbatch kind of way.
Julian Clary - a darling
Frances Fyfield - very popular amongst fellow authors. Wears nice clothes
Claire Morrall - nice, good speaker and has a wicked, but gentle sense of humour.
Brian Murphy (George and Mildred man) lovely, his wife is very protective of him. She is tiny, blonde and very well made up.
Stuart Pawson - great bloke. Invite him to speak at your book group - he reads out the dirty bits all dead-pan and serious.Should have been a comedian, or write for comedy.He is extremely, brilliantly funny.

BitOutOfPractice · 22/04/2015 04:43

Anthony Head isn't that lovely. He's not replied to my tweet Confused

Headdesk · 22/04/2015 04:50

According to a woman who did a guest lecture at our uni, Gary Barlow is an absolute arse to work with, really arrogant and difficult.
Professor Green is an absolute babe, loves his fans and always has time for them.
And another one for Jaqualine Wilson. I wrote to her when I was 11 pointing out a mistake in her book Blush can't believe I did that. But she sent me a lovely long reply back and was ever so nice about it.

daisychain01 · 22/04/2015 05:14

My DP used to go fishing with Timothy Dalton, and said he was a very pleasant aand unassuming sort of chap.

Of course, he could have turned into a complete deva now that he has been Mr Pricklepants in Toy Story 3

StupidBloodyKindle · 22/04/2015 05:19

BitOut Grin
Maybe we have scared him away.
Or it is taking him some time to read this lengthy thread...Oi, Anthony, join us (username GilesTheWatcher) and use the search function for posts including your nameWink
Maybe he is watching. #GilesTheLurker

StupidBloodyKindle · 22/04/2015 05:26

emmeline that's one hell of a list Envy
Saw Michael Rosen performing bear hunt on YouTube, dc loves it.
Will Self's Quantity Theory is proven in our household. Wink

DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 22/04/2015 05:56

Louis Smith trod on DD's foot in a club and did the "do you know who I am?" thing. "Yes, Louis, we ALL know who you are. Now get off my foot please". "Don't you want your picture taken with me?" "Why?"

Girl got cruelty. So proud.

To us he'll always be the ADHD kid with the daft hair. He bought his mum a DFS sofa so big she can't open her front door.

sashh · 22/04/2015 06:05

RG?

The only RG I can think of pre coffee is Russel Grant, and well, that's not a surprise is it

EquinoxEclipse · 22/04/2015 07:06

I think RG is the actor that looks great in a pilot's uniform Wink

WizardOfToss · 22/04/2015 07:32

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Sansarya · 22/04/2015 07:33

I thought RG referred to the actor who sometimes works in an office and sometimes is an extra?

YouTheCat · 22/04/2015 07:37

I thought it was the one who was a 'gentleman' and liked a 'pretty woman'. Grin

It matters not though. I find the attitude of Hollywood to homosexuality a bit sad and pathetic but it's not something that bothers me. Sad that some actors feel the need to cover up who they are for the sake of getting roles. But then the American film industry's attitude to it is a bit draconian so I can see why they do it, to an extent.

Whathaveilost · 22/04/2015 08:05

I know lots of people who are Scout leaders and they all think Bear Grylls is a knob - flies in and out of events by helicopter, gets his photo taken with the scouts and then fucks off, never talks to anyone.

Yes,m when my son was as out BG flew to his scout camp was there for a very short period of time, didn't do anything with the kids and buggered off.
I remember DS being pissed off with it all.

FreshwaterPlimpy · 22/04/2015 09:16

I can think of a few RGs.

Likes Pretty Women.
Works in an Office.
Stargazer.

Sansarya · 22/04/2015 09:18

Oh yes, of course - that RG. Brain fail, especially as I mentioned upthread that I once met a girl whose father was in a film with him and RG kept hitting on him. I don't believe the gerbil story though!

OnlyLovers · 22/04/2015 09:31

I can't get 'Stargazer' Confused. [not enough coffee]

TwinkieTwinkle · 22/04/2015 09:36

Dunno if you'd class him as a celeb but the guy who played Calvin in Hollyoaks (Now doing shows in the US) did a club appearance one night when I was out. Literally every single girl was screaming around the dj box when he was due to arrive. I took this as an opportunity to go to the empty bar as I had no interest in meeting him. Lo and behold he was just coming in and was getting a drink from the staff at the bar I was at. Introduced himself, chatted politely and asked the staff to get me my drink on him. Very lovely!

BitOutOfPractice · 22/04/2015 09:47

Can we give the guessing games about celeb's sexuality a rest please

a. all these initials guessing is a bit...well..dull
b. Surely it's not that important who is gay or isn't
c. MN will pull the thread

So please cease and desist

Aeroflotgirl · 22/04/2015 09:53

I bet Kanye West is absolutely dreadful, he comes across as a complete and utter knob.

ComposHatComesBack · 22/04/2015 09:56

From my wife who worked in a theatre box office:

nicest celebs: Natalie Portman, Fabio Capello, Vivien Westwood

Most horrible: Anthony Cotton (Sean from Corrie) tried the whole do you know who I am schtick, but tried it after someone far more famous than him had been all lovely and accommodating. So looked an ever bigger prat. A pity as I quite like his character in Corrie.

But apparently he was nothing compared to the classical musicians she had to deal with, they often lived up to the cliché of being diva-ish, highly strung and petulant, despite only being well known in their tiny world.

ItsADinosaur · 22/04/2015 09:58

Anyone know what Alex Polizzi is like? She seems a bit 'fake smile' whilst killing you with her words type.

Dieu · 22/04/2015 10:05

Compost, I too had heard that Anthony Cotton (Sean from Corrie) was a horror. Still in mourning!

kissedbyamoonbeammyarse · 22/04/2015 10:09

I have heard from a friend that Anthony Cotton was lovely. They were both at the same wedding table.

sheldonssoftkitty · 22/04/2015 10:12

I've spoken to Alex Polizzi through work, it was a complaint actually but she was very nice. As was Alice Beer and my colleague had to sort something out for Anne Robinson who was also very nice when we had really ballsed something up for her.

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