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To be jealous of holly willoughby

201 replies

Whatislife123 · 28/01/2018 18:44

She looks good, has a great career with plenty of holidays, from the face of it has a fantastic husband and marriage. And most importantly she comes across like she is a fantastic mother. So patient and calm. Im jealous but admire her too in equal measures. AIBU??????

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 28/01/2018 19:30

Exactly "On the face of it." You don't know what's going on her marriage.
I mean look at a certain someone else made out her marriage was perfect next second she's getting divorced.

redmarkone · 28/01/2018 19:33

she's got a nanny to help with the kids i think. she's been papped with one when off this morning duty. of course i dont know the full story. if was rich, i'd have a nanny when i wasn't working too

DownstairsMixUp · 28/01/2018 19:34

Meh she's ok, I'm jealous of the money, nothing else really

areyoubeingserviced · 28/01/2018 19:34

She’s just extremely dull tbh.

HarrietKettleWasHere · 28/01/2018 19:34

She has about five nannies.

She really has a lot of help.

BuzzKillington · 28/01/2018 19:34

She is improving with age.

She used to be a bit chunky, now she's slimmed down and looks fab.

Plumes · 28/01/2018 19:35

I'd sometimes envy someone's career, or hair, or wardrobe but I'd never wholesale envy someone's entire life. Especially the curated snapshot of their life they put on Instagram. It may be perfect but it's unlikely. Who knows what goes on when the cameras aren't on.

BakedBeeeen · 28/01/2018 19:35

I'm never jealous of people just because they are attractive. So many pretty women are very insecure. Better to be distinctly average! However, would I like loads of money and plenty of jet setting holidays? Hell yeah!

Plumes · 28/01/2018 19:36

The money would be lovely though.

MonumentalAlabaster · 28/01/2018 19:36

You do realise what you are seeing is a TV persona? That she may be quite different in private?

raisedbyguineapigs · 28/01/2018 19:37

We were both expecting our 3rd DC's at the same time, but I had a miscarriage, and couldn't see her or read about her for about a year without feeling an irrational burning jealousy even though beforehand I had no opinion on her. Now she's on my radar and I'm a bit more sensible, I just find her a bit annoying. I hate the fake drunk thing she does with Phil after every single NTA's and I hate the pretend bimbo act. No one knows what goes on behind closed doors, whether she is in a happy marriage or not, or whether she is a good mother or just an ordinary good enough mother, doing her best like most of us, just with a lot more money.

Mintychoc1 · 28/01/2018 19:38

She looks good and has a good job and all that, but she smokes, and apparently can't quit. So unless that changes, she certainly won't always be pretty, and she'll have a 50% chance of dying prematurely as a result.

I wouldn't be jealous of that!

Jultay · 28/01/2018 19:39

I like Holly but in TV and Social Media life everything is fantastic ... in reality things may not be the same #just saying 🤷🏽‍♀️

MakeItStopNeville · 28/01/2018 19:47

I think she comes across as quite vain and shallow. But I'm sure she's a very nice person really.

TheHolidayArmadillo · 28/01/2018 19:47

Ah YABU. She comes across as vacuous, and her "parenting book" is a load of pig shit.

MissMary0fSweden · 28/01/2018 19:47

I don't envy anyone who has to spend that amount of time with Philip Schofield

SlideAway82 · 28/01/2018 19:47

I didn't envy her when her car was supposedly 'stolen' that time but in reality her husband was with another woman.......allegedly.

viques · 28/01/2018 19:49

she has to work with that idiot every day though, that must try your patience. I don't think I would last the week before setting fire to his sofa with napalm.

Whatislife123 · 28/01/2018 19:50

I know I'm being silly and ofcourse I do not know what goes on behind closed doors. She does come across a little pretentious and smug. I don't feel very jealous anymore after reading all your comments 😀

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WitchesHatRim · 28/01/2018 19:50

she has to work with that idiot every day though, that must try your patience. I don't think I would last the week before setting fire to his sofa with napalm

Tbf they are as bad as each other. Her stupid giggling at everything is growing very thin.

HermionesRightHook · 28/01/2018 19:51

I hate the jealous side of my personality, I try very hard not to indulge it - comparison is the thief of joy and all that. So yab a bit u to give in to the jealous.

We all feel it about things and people sometimes and I think it can be a barrier to action, it certainly has been in my life. So maybe try not to dwell on it?

Foxanddana · 28/01/2018 19:52

You don’t know anything about her or her life really though do you? It’s her job to maintain a great public image.fwiw a friend of my sisters went to school with her and she was a horrible bully apparently. She made this girls life really horrid.im sure she’s nicer now,but still.

JaneEyre70 · 28/01/2018 19:53

Yeah what was the story with her DHs car being reported stolen?? Wasn't it found at his offices or something..... I remember thinking there must be a lot more to the story than got made public.

Wanderwall · 28/01/2018 19:53

Does she smoke?! Shock

Plumes · 28/01/2018 19:55

Apparently so.

To be jealous of holly willoughby