Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Kim Woodburn

999 replies

MaluCachu · 29/08/2018 13:14

Has anyone else just watched Loose Women/Kim Woodburn’s outburst?

OP posts:
Thread gallery
5
CSIblonde · 29/08/2018 15:16

If you watched any of the numerous reality shows she's been on, she's very eccentric and no good with other people. You ask her on your show & you know it's going to kick off!

ManicUnicorn · 29/08/2018 15:16

Did she call them all 'chicken liver buggers' like she did on Big Brother?

Coleen and Linda Nolan are a pair of nasty hags though. Linda actually managed to make me feel sorry For Jim Davidson, she was that awful on CBB.

BeefyCakes · 29/08/2018 15:20

www.itv.com/loosewomen/kim-woodburn-storms-off-loose-women-after-being-reunited-with-cbb-housemate-coleen-nolan

Absolutely awful. It's despicable that this has happened.

ShatnersWig · 29/08/2018 15:24

Just looked on Twitter where both of them are trending. There is WAY more support for KW and people accusing CN and the show of bullying than people supporting CN, especially in light of the previous topic of mental health. Coleen's son taken to Twitter and giving it large, effing and jeffing everywhere and not liking people telling him they think his mum is a bully. Lots of people calling CN a cunt but very few saying same about KW.

Maybe this will make ITV axe the show. Or at least CN, the woman who doesn't believe gay couples should be allowed to adopt children.

katielouise3 · 29/08/2018 15:24

Awful. Very uncomfortable viewing.

None of them came out of it very well to be honest.

Kim is a very argumentative, rude, obnoxious woman.

But the 2 Nolan women didn't come up smelling of roses either.

Kim went on about a very abusive childhood that she has always claimed she had, and started ranting and (apparently) crying, but having a bad childhood doesn't give you the right to be a horrible, aggressive nasty cow. In I'm a Celeb she was vile, and said to one man in there that his face would be a lot better if he got rid of his facial moles.

She is awful actually.

But as I said, the 2 Nolan women were not great either.

It was horrible, car-crash tv.

katielouise3 · 29/08/2018 15:26

Agree with a pp though that Kim needs help.

She should not be on tv. No til she has got the help she needs.

pasttimes11 · 29/08/2018 15:28

I remember how patronising Phillip Scofield was to her after she came out of BB. No wonder she got angry. It was clear from the start he was on CN's side, was like watching someone poke a bear the way he goaded her. Painful to watch.

derxa · 29/08/2018 15:30

Linda actually managed to make me feel sorry For Jim Davidson, she was that awful on CBB. Agreed. And that's some feat to make people feel sorry for JD. But both nolan sisters chose the same tactics imo

MrsJayy · 29/08/2018 15:30

Kim keeps going on she needs the money so is she angry bitter and nasty because she goes on tv for money OR is she just playing up on tv because she thinks she has to be angry bitter and nasty is her persona?

VickyEadie · 29/08/2018 15:33

I have to say she's a strange woman, and not as nice as she first appears.

I'll never forget her reaction - something close to horrified - when a woman on that programme she did with Aggie (what was it called?) said she was gay.

longwayoff · 29/08/2018 15:34

KW was on cdwm a few years ago. The sight of her leaving someone's home, necking a bottle of vodka is not to be forgotten.

LittleLionMansMummy · 29/08/2018 15:34

MrsJayy I think a lot of it is pantomime in much the same way others court controversy that keeps them in the public eye earning money. But in KW's case I think it's crossed that line and she's not even aware of how far things have gone. She's appeared to be increasingly volatile in recent appearances.

pasttimes11 · 29/08/2018 15:37

How childish of Linda Nolan taunting her with "what's your talent", then sitting back smugly talking of all the records she made with the Nolans. It was awful to see all those grown women piling in on one very upset older lady. KW wears her heart on her sleeve, there's no pretence. At least you know what she's thinking, unlike that vile lot thinking they're better just because they manage to contain themselves and don't blow a fuse like Kim does.

MrsJayy · 29/08/2018 15:37

I think you are probably right littlelionmansmummy She really needs to stay off tv

jumpingeasel · 29/08/2018 15:38

itv is the car crash channel though isn't it, when Jeremy Kyle eventually ends it'll be replaced by a reality programme where they make homeless people fight to the death for a sandwich or something.

SocialPiranha · 29/08/2018 15:39

I saw a short clip and while it was horrendous to watch and Kim is clearly bloody awful, could Colleen have looked more smug? I understand why she was I suppose- she had to do very little for Kim to look like a total tit and come out of it the bad guy.

Flatpackjackie · 29/08/2018 15:39

I've worked with Kim a few times in the past and I can only say she's really lovely. Very down-to-earth, cooperative and friendly. Off-camera people often (understandably) let the veneer slip and can be a bit of a pain, but Kim has always been very pleasant and genuine.

I understand that she had a few nasty encounters when she modelled as a young woman, and of course the was the tragic stillbirth and concealment that she went through, but she's cheerful and likeable.

Everyoneiswingingit · 29/08/2018 15:39

It is a live (few minutes ahead)show, my friend went to be in the audience.

LoisWilkerson1 · 29/08/2018 15:41

Ah watched on youtube, that was horrible. The woman is clearly illSad

explodingid · 29/08/2018 15:44

Awful. I don't understand it when people make obviously distressed people more upset.

Horrible group of women that should have been taken off air a long time ago.

dayswithaY · 29/08/2018 15:47

Thanks for the link JustMuddling. I have never contacted Ofcom before but I just did. I never watch Loose Women due to the smug self satisfied presenters but this has really bothered me. Ok so Kim is not everyone 's cup of tea but her reaction today was completely genuine, she looked so distressed and so lost I really hope the producers treated her with kindness after that. Self righteous Colleen sat there surrounded by friends, colleagues and her sister knowing she would come out on top. Nasty, cowardly behaviour from all - is this bear pit meant to be entertaining? And what the hell is up with Janet Street Porter? She used to be a respected journalist and now she's pratting about dressed as a Judge trying to goad a woman who is clearly suffering. I hope they are all ashamed of themselves, this is a new low.

knittedwoollenmouse · 29/08/2018 15:47

She comes across as bright and astute and she appears to be one of those people who can see through fakery and isn’t worried about calling it out. Smug, manipulative people like Nolan and Schofield are the sorts who can wind ‘em up and watch ‘em go Hmm

derxa · 29/08/2018 15:49

I have never contacted Ofcom before but I just did. So did I

ShatnersWig · 29/08/2018 15:49

Loose Woman have retweeted the clip as if it's acceptable entertainment and they are having their arses handed to them. Good.

MrsJayy · 29/08/2018 15:51

It is just bear bating isn't it ? Nobody expects daytime tv to be highbrow but it has gone from light and frothy to controversal and unkind