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

[DeloresJaneUmbridge]

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.

what is it supposed to make us think? Is he trying to manspain to us all then

sorry I'm too thick to understand - it just makes me think he's a giant cock

I imagine Coren Pater spining in his grave at sprog's mealy mouthed cant. However, he was as a father, Alan Coren was a talented, humane & insightful writer & broadcaster.

Also, a little on the podgy side, but then he was only human.

He's turning into the male version of Shona Sibery.

Tabby

It is a poor attempt at satire. It is NOT satire.

It does make us think though

We just think you he is not funny AND offensive to boot.

Life could be worse. You could be one of the poor editors who have to work with him:
www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jul/23/mediamonkey

My satire-o-meter completely failed to detect any in this piece of crap.

It's not satire.
To be satirical it would need to be funny.
It's not funny.
He's just a massive cunt.
He's just like Katie Hopkins - will literally say anything to make money and get attention.

Sorry Giles but i did not notice any "satire" in your drivel, just nastiness.

Gosh ! I mean I agree it's shitty but as always the vitriol brings you to his level

There reallly are more important thing to get angry about

Stopfuckingshouting

Get over yourself would you.
It no more of a problem for me to be irked by Coren behaving like a cunt than it is for you to handwring about swearing.

Its a chat forum. I'm not yelling at him in Sainsbury's

Judging by that link that bluebelles posted I think you should be addressing that advice to little Giles. Hilarious.

To be serious, people in the national press using language like “retarded” is actually a problem for those of us who watch our kids struggle with prejudice against people with SN every fucking day.

He does seem unpleasant. It seems sad to make your living dissing your own child.

I like his sister though - intelligent, but always kind to contestants on Only Connect.

" There reallly are more important thing to get angry about "t

oh right so this idiot writes whatever repulsive drivel he likes and we should all shut up because in ur importantness you have decided that this is not important? as another poster said, get over yourself. In fact I will add, get a cop on to yourself.

If the only food in the house is good food children eat only that - they never let themselves starve.

Lol, you have clearly never met my toddler.

I don’t recall Giles being a shining example of the body beautiful. More a bit pasty faced and podgy. Hopefully his children will look like their mother (I have no idea what their mother looks like but I’m sure it’s superior)

Odious little man. The following is from the article about circumcising his son.

The Eighties boarding school anti-Semites may have got to me but that shouldn't give them a victory over my unborn son. Indeed, should he pass 6ft 6ins and 16 stone (as he rather promises to do), I'd quite like him to go and seek the motherfuckers out and butt-rape them to death with his giant, circumcised Jewish schlong.

How can anyone speak of their child in such a way??? I understand it's an attempt at humour, but it's such foul imagery. Absolutely revolting.

It’s meant to be satire. But he’s stooped so low in his attempt at it that he’s missed the mark. This is just a string of unintelligent insults.

But it’s Esquire magazine, ffs. Soft porn for people who think (oh so wrongly) they’re above Viz. I wouldn’t waste your breath.

I've never heard of him but can't quite believe what I read. I get satire but writing that about your child is disgusting.

Thing is, normal people just don't write about or imagine their son's adult penis, let alone imagine it being used to rape people, let alone imagine that being a good thing.

I am not handwringing! I don't like what he writes but as always (its the same for Toby Young funnily enough) in protesting how vile he is, people use such vitriol it kind of negates their argument

I am not sure that having an opinion that differs to your necessitates me having to get over myself either

its a bit mob rulez really on this topic

wow. that’s disgusting...

It doesn't negate my argument that Coren is a fucking dickhead one bit to say he's a fucking dickhead.

I mean, I and others have also tried to unpack what kind of satire he could possibly be under the illusion he is creating, without swearing as it happens, but there's certainly a place here also to just call him a fucking wanker and not go into more detail than that.

Stopfuckingshouting

How bout if I'm happy to stop telling you to get over yourself if you stop telling me in what way I am allowed to be angry?

You are entitled to your opinion that expressing 'vitriol' negates ones position but personally I am happy to call him a cunt when he is behaving like one.

Throwing 'retarded' into his article to get some shock journo coverage offends me because I have to hear that being shouted at my son. It may seem to you that it's minor but to me it's pretty offensive that some chose to use that term as an insult in a national magazine.

So, again, please try and resist the urge to tell me how to feel about this and how to express myself and I will happily leave you to your calm indifferent musings

Thank you pagwatch!!!
Presumably if he used racist language vitriol would be ok. As it’s only the disabled he’s insulting we should all get back in our boxes.
Well fuck that.