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Giles Coren.....AIBU to want to punch him in the face?

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DeloresJaneUmbridge · 10/11/2017 11:49

Fucking arsehole.

Not content with fat shaming his son and using the word “retarded” because he is an arsehole. His only worry about his son is that he might grow up far. He isn’t worried if this happens to his daughter as “there are uses for fat women”.

Fucking arsehole.

Latest article in Esquire magazine.

No Giles, you’re not funny or satirical....you’re a fucking arsehole.

www.esquire.co.uk/life/a18073/giles-coren-overweight-son/

I don’t care what MY son becomes as long as he isn’t a dickhead like you.

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SeekEveryEveryKnownHidingPlace · 10/11/2017 13:10

If it's meant to be satire, I suppose he thinks he is satirising middle-class angst about children's weight.

But it doesn't work, because if it's a satirical persona, it's awfully like the GC we know and loathe already - why, for example, add in the bits about Adele and Diane Abbott? If this was meant to be biting satire about middle-class parents, that section is utterly out of place.

And if he's also, into the bargain, satirizing fathers who aren't supportive of their wives and their wives careers, then why the little vignette about 'feeding him a fucking carrot, that's more like a little anecdote than a part of the satire?

And why conclude with the reflection on his own prejudices regarding fat people?

Satire needs to be consistent, and the persona doing it clearly established. See Jam, Brass Eye, all of Stewart Lee.... If he's trying to do it, he's miserably underqualified, and unfortunately it just reads as though he's an irritating little twat who likes to say appalling and controversial things every week, to a deadline, for money.

Wanker.

ScrommidgeClaryAndSpunt · 10/11/2017 13:14

YANBU. I cannot ever imagine chucking any of my boys under such a bus, just to get attention and clicks. Absolute arsehole.

Nightshirt · 10/11/2017 13:14

Have never liked him. Arrogant and smug.

RosaTheOwl · 10/11/2017 13:15

I know Giles Coren has a passionate hatred for fat people
But you'd think his baby son would be the exception, you'd think he'd want him to be fat in order to add to the experience of all the butt raping he wants his son to do

Meanwhile I still want to know who Giles is sucking off in order to keep all the journo jobs he has

He'll be like AA Gill, when he finally does, people who have never spoken a word against the dead will be saying "thank fuck he's dead".

squoosh · 10/11/2017 13:15

He's always been an utter bellend. He knows full well that nepotism is the only reason he has his little career and as a result he's an insecure little wanker.

I suspect he see dollar signs in this tiresome clickbaity trash. He wants a slice of whatever Katie Hopkins has.

ScipioAfricanus · 10/11/2017 13:15

Absolutely, seek. He could have multiple targets of his satire (middle class angst, political disgust at the obese poor, etc) but he would need a much clearer shift from one to the other. Plus he’d still need to add something funny.

RosaTheOwl · 10/11/2017 13:16

Dies not does
Autocorrect don't you know what this guy is like?!

QueenThisTime · 10/11/2017 13:18

So awful. Those kids have been plastered all over the press since birth. It doesn't even matter if it is satire (though I don't think is is, it's just "ha ha I'm shocking") – his son will see it and be hurt.

I actually have also seen a previous article by him moaning about his wife's post-PG weight gain and how he wanted his "wasp-waisted" wife back. Hmm

It's not just that he's a twat, this encourages his audience that this is how to be funny as well, or that it's acceptable. I think he has some serious issues and an extremely nasty side. I hope his wife doesn't put up with it indefinitely.

I have also read that Alan Coren was a bully to Giles as a child, don't know how true that is.

stopfuckingshoutingatme · 10/11/2017 13:19

he kind of mentally pukes doesn't he? FWIW a shit load of people thoink like this to come extent, they fucking well do. but he admits it. Online. fool

squoosh · 10/11/2017 13:21

The dude looks like Adrian Mole. He has a cheek bemoaning other people's physical failings.

Nightshirt · 10/11/2017 13:23

To add to my post above, that is a nasty article.

ptumbi · 10/11/2017 13:25

I love Victoria Coren - intelligent and witty. Not everyone's cuppatea I know - but she also put on a load of weight with her child.

Wonder if GC feels the same about her? If I were her (If i had half the brain and wit) I'd wipe him out.

RhiannonOHara · 10/11/2017 13:25

Thanks for the satire explanations, all.

It really does miss the mark doesn't it?

BeansOnToastWithCheese · 10/11/2017 13:26

He's a bit of a plonker and he thinks he's funnier than he is. He's controversial for the sake of it - and enjoys the reaction he gets when he writes silly columns like this. I don't even think HE believes it.

I treat all of his articles a bit like I treat a friend's husband who says ludicrous things like 'but feminism isn't necessary because women already have equal rights/pay - in fact most women are treated better than me'. I just look at them like Hmm and give them the equivalent of a Biscuit and then change the subject to something more on their intellectual level... like whether we should play a game of snap.

Marylou2 · 10/11/2017 13:37

Ooh I've found my people. Despising Giles Coren counts as a hobby in our house. Sad,I know. Even my 10 year old hates him. Love Victoria Coren though

Weebo · 10/11/2017 13:38

That's a perfect description, Beans. :o

I wonder how many dinner guests Giles and his wife have had that never came back?

I have visions of him at the head of the table, quaffing wine and droning on incessantly about himself while everyone else plays with their food and end up with heartburn from forcing themselves to laugh the whole time.

Marylou2 · 10/11/2017 13:41

Oh and I forgot to answer your question. YANBU to want to punch him in the face. I'll hold your coat so you can get a better shot.

fascicle · 10/11/2017 13:44

I don't find it offensive because I can't take it seriously. Very laboured and stuffed with prejudice, stereotypes and criticism of people in the public eye.

Anyway, it's a rubbish piece and Esquire should share some blame for publishing it.

cornflakegirl · 10/11/2017 13:50

That article makes me realise how much I love Tim Dowling. If he'd written it, he'd have done it in 10% of the words, and we wouldn't have had to guess if it was supposed to be satire.

Fruitcorner123 · 10/11/2017 13:51

Saying something is satire doesnt actually make it satirical.

He totally misses the mark and offends several groups of people without being remotely funny.

Anyway I won't read his stuff again and suggest others who are offended don't. No point getting worked up about it.

TBF Katie Hopkins is not a fair comparison, she is not trying and failing to be funny she actually believes what she says.

MsHarry · 10/11/2017 13:52

Wow! Shocked that he could write that. Well, Giles, one day your lovely little boy will read your words, such is the permanence of the internet, and will see you for the shallow, cruel father that you are.

KarlosKKrinkelbeim · 10/11/2017 13:52

David starkey nailed it on QT when he called Victoria Coren “an hereditary journalist”. Her face was a picture. Enjoyment only spoiled by the fact the asshole brother wasn’t present too.

Squashit · 10/11/2017 13:52

I think he has mental health problems and needs some professional input.

It must be really tough being his partner. I hope she is ok.

Capricorn76 · 10/11/2017 13:52

We all need to stop falling for the click bait. People like this and that creep Hopkins only get more work because they bring in ad revenue. If people stop clicking on it, they will either have to change their style or stop being commissioned.

I've actually only read one Hopkins column. It was complete crap and the woman is clearly playing the role of being the UKs answer to Fox News. I don't care how outrageous I hear she's being, I won't give in to it and sneak a peak because then I'm just making the problem worse. These people have nothing of value to say. This thread has probably generated a few thousand extra views and Coren is probably being commissioned to write something worse as we speak as a result.

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