to want the sleb twaddle board GONE?

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It encourages the worst sort of nasty, libellous speculation, creepy fan obsessing and vicious gossip mongering.

It is inhabited by the type of posters who would feel very comfortable on the Sidebar of Shame.

It is not in the spirit of the mumsnet site - celebrities are parents too and it is in no way a happy and supportive place.

AIBU to think that it is surplus to the requirements of Mumsnet and shouldn't be there?

Let's hope so

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So...for example: you would have objected to the thread on Digital Spy well before his death that outed Savile as a rumoured paedophile?

You would have been one of the people in the 1990s angrily insisting that the Wales' were happily married and the press should leave well alone when in fact half of the stories were coming from Diana and it was her only means of defence against some very poor treatment?

Or the Bill Cosby allegations shouldn't have come to light (they came via the press after being ignored by police).

Not everything celebrities do is benign. And to suggest we should only be allowed to have a sanitised publicist approved version of celebrities lives which will promote their personal image and enhance their money making potential at the same time as covering up pretty odious behaviour is just bloody silly.

Is that Taylor Swift? What's she done?

vaguely irrelevant but i have never read it as i seriously couldn't go to a page that's called that awful name, as opposed to 'celebrity gossip' or something. the title makes my toes almost curl. it's like wine o clock/nom nom/cuppa.

although having towie and mic on AND real housewives of cheshire all in the same week is too good to be true and i'm championing ampika (rho cheshire) to rule the world.

I think Sleb Twaddle is a great name. It infers that it's not a serious topic IMO. It's in the 'Fun and Games' section after all.

yeah, whats Taylor Swift done?

Taylor Swift is with that nice Calvin Harris. Is that why she has 'haters'? She seems ok TBH.

and his sister is a mnetter, isnt she?

Ah yes that rings a bell. Plus there was there was a thread a while back saying she was a good role model etc. Could even have been in that awful Sleb Twaddle topic. But most likely in AIBU.

Story is in The Independent now...

www.independent.co.uk/news/people/louis-tomlinson-briana-jungwirth-baby-conspiracy-theories-a6976596.html

Stop spreading your Larry shit all over my thread!

I like Bill's post.

I love sleb twaddle. I think that it stops me from being a vicious gossip mongerer in real life.

I'm not arsed about chickens and personally find them boring as fuck. I haven't asked mumsnet to remove the chicken keepers board in case it paints MN in a boring light; I just don't go on that board. sorry chicken keepers

That Independent report is basically saying it's a load of crap.

Which it is.

The story is everywhere now Freddie. It's a real non story.

Yeah I don't think the articles being posted are actually being read, cos they do nothing for the pro-Larry argument at all.

Have the Daily Mail got hold of it yet? The comments section will be amazing.

I tried to tell the Daily Mail about Darius and #darrygate but they weirdly weren't interested.

What is the sidebar of shame?

The sidebar of shame AFAIK is the bit in the Sleb Gossip page of the Daily Mail online that runs down the right hand side.

Not to be confused with Heat magazine's 'Circle of Shame'.

I luffs it.

The Peter Andre threads are some of my favourites.

No idea who Larry is.

Thanks Sparkling - that is why I have never heard of it! (thought I had missed something on here )