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to have the rage over that Walkers Mariah Carey ad?

85 replies

OtraCosaMariposa · 09/11/2019 11:50

FFS. It's the start of Novermber and I have to bear Ms Carey with her plastic face warbling about what she wants for Christmas just as she has done since 1992. Her acting is atrocious. She has about one line and can't even deliver that convincingly, probably because her face won't move. The song is shite and who wants fucking brussels sprouts flavoured crisps anyway?

Fuck off Mariah and bring back Gary.

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Sparklfairy · 09/11/2019 11:53

She's annoying but she knows it and plays up to it.

It's more annoying that they make her lip sync to the original vocal from 25 years ago and she sounds nothing like that anymore!

0blio · 09/11/2019 11:53

I love the ad, it's great fun.

Here's a humbug for you OP 🍬

LuckyAmy1986 · 09/11/2019 11:54

YAbu I like it

starryeyed19 · 09/11/2019 11:56

It's the fact she takes the TINIEST bite of crisp imaginable that really makes it for me

BBBear · 09/11/2019 11:56

Haven’t seen the ad, but I bought some walkers crisps for the snack box today and it’s got her face on every pack... DD is freaked out because ‘I don’t like that woman looking at me! 😂

OtraCosaMariposa · 09/11/2019 11:57

It's the fact she takes the TINIEST bite of crisp imaginable

She's clearly never eaten a crisp in her life.

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Vinorosso74 · 09/11/2019 11:58

I saw it last night and agree with starryeyed she barely took a nibble of the crisp! It would have been more convincing had she shoved the whole crisp in which most people would do.

Annabk · 09/11/2019 11:59

I like it, it’s camp and means less work for Gary Lineker Grin

Duchessgummybuns · 09/11/2019 12:03

Surgery or not, she looks fantastic

EvenPhilip · 09/11/2019 12:04

She's clearly never eaten a crisp in her life
She is/has been very 'curvy ' she ain't no stranger to the potato chip.

FlamingoAndJohn · 09/11/2019 12:06

She is/has been very 'curvy ' she ain't no stranger to the potato chip.

She isn’t ‘curvy’ or fat.
Not all fat people eat crisps.

I agree that the tiny bite looks stupid and the whole thing makes her out to be a complete bitch.

OtraCosaMariposa · 09/11/2019 12:07

Does she really look fantastic though? She looks plastic, unwrinkled and like someone who's had a lot of surgery.

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JumpyLiz · 09/11/2019 12:08

I think it's quite funny, it's just a send up of her reputation as a diva.

57Varieties · 09/11/2019 12:08

I can’t stand her but I saw the ad last night and loved it!

EvenPhilip · 09/11/2019 12:09

And Bingo!

MrsMaiselsMuff · 09/11/2019 12:10

It's bugging me because it looks like her part was filmed separately from everyone else. There's literally one part where she's in the same shot as others (which is easy enough to mock up), but for the rest the most you see is a flick of hair or arm.

It's weird.

SwedishEdith · 09/11/2019 12:10

I actually laughed at it and can't stand that song - she was sending herself up.

Justapatchofgrass · 09/11/2019 12:12

I had no idea who it was. I assumed they could no longer afford Gary and so had got a bit part actress. It is a really poor advert- not funny or clever.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 09/11/2019 12:14

The tiny bite of crisp made me laugh, too. She almost uses it to blot her lippy...

OtraCosaMariposa · 09/11/2019 12:14

I didn't see it as her sending herself up at all. It wasn't tongue in cheek enough. It's just a fairly poor advert. (With an incredibly annoying song).

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OtraCosaMariposa · 09/11/2019 12:15

Or maybe the tiny nibble of crisp is because she thinks brussels sprouts are minging too.

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Chunkers · 09/11/2019 12:16

I can’t imagine anybody buys crisps because of Mariah Carey. Massive waste of money.

plantainchips · 09/11/2019 12:18

There’s no need to make a thread bashing a woman. Your not just disagreeing with the ad but actively being nasty. No need to describe her as having a “plastic face” “warbling” and how her “face won’t move” . Guarantee she looks better than you’

EggysMom · 09/11/2019 12:19

It's bugging me because it looks like her part was filmed separately from everyone else. There's literally one part where she's in the same shot as others (which is easy enough to mock up), but for the rest the most you see is a flick of hair or arm.

I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought this - it definitely has the air of her shots being pasted into the advert, I think it's the weird angles when she's fighting over the crisp.

Celebelly · 09/11/2019 12:20

Surely the whole thing is a send-up of the fact she's known in the industry as a massive diva? I enjoyed it! And I think she looks fantastic and if she's had work done I'd happily use her plastic surgeon.

Grinches, all of ye!