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AIBU?

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Aibu to love Jane McDonald?

26 replies

KindergartenKop · 08/06/2018 21:14

She's really funny and I want to go on a cruise with her. However, she makes me cringe when she sings even though she's good. AIBU?

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zigzagbetty · 08/06/2018 21:15

Oooh no! Me and dh love a bit of Jane!

IHaveBrilloHair · 08/06/2018 21:16

Ahhhahaaaaa.
I love her too.

Petalflowers · 08/06/2018 21:17

Found myself really enjoying her recent cruising series, and found myself looking up,to see where she was touring.

NotARegularPenguin · 08/06/2018 21:17

M just watching this. She’s quite bonkers but a good laugh.

ninnypoo · 08/06/2018 21:23

I bloody love Jane McDonald. I fantasise about leaving my life behind and just going on year round cruises with her.

ijustwannadance · 08/06/2018 21:24

I never want to go on a cruise but I love watching her tv series. She'd be great on a night out.
The cheesy over acted singing is proper cringy though. It's like she's stuck in the 80'sGrin

Susiesoap7 · 08/06/2018 21:30

I love her, but I'm from Yorkshire and we all love pork pies like her!

SoleBizzz · 08/06/2018 21:32

Isn't she working class? ugh

CluedoAddict · 08/06/2018 21:34

I do like her but I wish she wouldn't say every 5 seconds that she's a northern gal.

insancerre · 08/06/2018 21:36

No
She is the reason why I will never ever go on a cruise
Imagine being stuck on a ship and the only entertainment is Jane McDonald
No thank you

KindergartenKop · 08/06/2018 21:37

But the buffets?

Imagine Jane after a few sherries, she must be seriously good fun!

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Sweetpea55 · 08/06/2018 21:39

Love the woman. She's so down to earth and funny. I tape it though so I don't have to listen to the singing.

AnneLovesGilbert · 08/06/2018 21:39

Whenever I’ve accidentally seen her on tv I’ve cringed so hard my neck tenses up.

Cannot stand her. But I doubt she cares. She’s #lovinglife #soblessed Grin

Phosphorus · 08/06/2018 21:40

I can't STAND her.

She's like Lesley Garrett and Sarah Brightman.

They set my teeth on edge.

Sevendown · 08/06/2018 21:40

I saw her cruise programme by accident and really enjoyed it!

It is on any catch up?

HollowTalk · 08/06/2018 21:42

I really like her even though I'd hate to go on a cruise and she bloody loves them. As soon as she starts to sing, though, the TV goes off.

NotARegularPenguin · 08/06/2018 21:42

It’s on now, think I’m watching 5*. She appears drunk at the minute, wine tasting and seems barely able to speak!

KindergartenKop · 08/06/2018 21:59

The singing is arse clenchingly embarrassing though. I'd be less embarrassed if it was my mum.

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LynetteScavo · 08/06/2018 22:01

She's like half the people I work with.

I'd like to go on a cruise, but only if it was paid for.

A cruise with JM would be a decent business trip.

TheFairyCaravan · 08/06/2018 22:17

My parents bought me and DH tickets for one of her concerts a few years ago. We had to go because they were going to one a couple of nights later. OMG she was so funny and she recognised people in the crowd and would strike up a conversation with them like she was chatting to a mate. Her singing wasn’t that bad, tbh, I’ve heard a lot worse.

KittyHawke80 · 08/06/2018 22:20

Er - I liked Victoria Wood’s spoof of her . . . All that ‘professional Northerner’ schtick drives me mad after a while.

greenvalleys · 08/06/2018 22:23

Never really liked her till the cruising show, but i've warmed to her. Bet she'd be great to have a drink with. I've got serious envy of her job, getting paid to go on cruises. No wonder she says "I love my life" Grin

Longdistance · 08/06/2018 22:28

YABU

I watched her show, and it was interesting to the point of factual, until she started singing 🙄 ffs! Really?

teenagerparent · 08/06/2018 23:01

I knew her before the original Cruise show that made her famous and unless she's changed what you see on screen is all an act. She was horrible and stuck up then. Would look down on people and thought she was better than everyone else. This was over 20 years ago though so she could have changed.

Susiesoap7 · 09/06/2018 09:24

So what's wrong with working class sole?