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To be surprised that the mcpartlin wedding isn't being discussed on mn?

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coodawoodashooda · 07/08/2021 21:16

Im more Team Lisa than Team Ant but not particularly either. Id thought thered be loads on mn about the wedding celebrations. Just wondering aloud really.

OP posts:

dryasaboner · 08/08/2021 18:41

Lisa did nothing wrong.
I'm sick of seeing all these implications she made this twerps life a misery

dryasaboner · 08/08/2021 18:42

@MiaMarshmallows all men will tell you it's their ex's fault. For everything. Tale as old as time

Blossomtoes · 08/08/2021 18:43

I’m bloody sick of people who don’t know her talking about her as if she was their best mate.

Plumtree391 · 08/08/2021 19:19

@dryasaboner

Lisa did nothing wrong. I'm sick of seeing all these implications she made this twerps life a misery

I've not heard anyone say Lisa has done wrong. As far as I know, she hasn't.

However it's an unfortunate fact that marriages do break up and sometimes one partner is more hurt than the other.

Thankfully in this case, both have moved on.

Sparklingbrook · 08/08/2021 19:23

Thankfully in this case, both have moved on

Exactly. Which is more than you can say for some posters on this thread...

Imnothereforthedrama · 08/08/2021 19:28

Why is there team anything? They aren’t the first divorcee to get married.
What do people suggest stay in a unhappy marriage.
He’s been dating since 2018 and are happy , good for them I don’t know him personally his new wife nor Lisa .
I wasn’t involved in the marriage so why would I take a side for someone I don’t know nor care why would anyone?

Plumtree391 · 08/08/2021 20:08

I agree with you both, Sparklingbrook and I'mnothereforthedrama.

If Ant was a woman and came on here saying,

"I have been with my husband for X years and we have no children. We have drifted apart and I'm so unhappy which has been compounded by chronic pain from a botched operation. I don't see any end to this and have been drinking as well as taking pain killers. A while ago I had a car accident and the police were involved resulting in me being fined and banned from driving for x time. That was a wake up call.

I like my husband but our marriage is dead. Should I stay for old times sake or is now the time to move out and start a new life? The thought of feeling like for the rest of my life depresses me so much.

I am only 40.

We both have good jobs and finance is not an issue.

Please advise."

I bet most people would be telling her she must put herself and her mental health first, her husband will come to terms with it, she has a lot of life ahead and needs to live it. Maybe with caveat, eg, don't be hasty, grass often appears greener etc.

I've seen something like that on another forum and that was how it went.

(Now I will move on.)

StoneofDestiny · 08/08/2021 20:24

"Hi, I'm Ant, and I'm an alcoholic"

First thing he says in his wedding speech.

Crass.

TracyLords · 08/08/2021 20:26

@StoneofDestiny he possibly goes to AA meetings: and that’s the first thing the chair tends to say. So possibly an in joke for the other AA members

Blossomtoes · 08/08/2021 20:26

@StoneofDestiny

"Hi, I'm Ant, and I'm an alcoholic"

First thing he says in his wedding speech.

Crass.

It’s not crass. That’s being completely upfront about his addiction and the fact that he’s addressing it every single day. Good for him.

StoneofDestiny · 08/08/2021 20:28

I'm imagine he does go/or has gone to AA meetings, but it's a pretty poor taste joke

DuchessOfDisaster · 08/08/2021 20:34

@Katekarate

I'm the opposite OP and wondered why it was great big news on the BBC website. Hardly national news. Last I heard of him he was disgraced for drink driving.

I don't get this. There are so many stories about his wedding as if he is a member of the royal family. I think I saw fewer stories about Beatrice and her husband, same with Eugenie. He's just a not very good TV person who has married someone who is not a 'celebrity'.

What is astonishing is that some reports say he started his speech at the wedding about drink driving and making a joke of it. How true that is, I don't know as I wasn't there, but if true it is in appalling taste. As is his stepdaughters allegedly calling him Dad - they already have one of those, and it isn't Ant.

And the bride is reported everywhere as being 43 years old. She isn't, she is actually 45.

I really don't like Ant McPartlin or anything he has done.

Blossomtoes · 08/08/2021 20:35

@StoneofDestiny

I'm imagine he does go/or has gone to AA meetings, but it's a pretty poor taste joke

It’s not a joke. It’s part of his taking responsibility for his recovery. It’s also cutting off whispered criticism off at the pass. As I said, good for him.

StoneofDestiny · 08/08/2021 20:36

All the newspapers are reporting he 'joked' about his alcohol addiction. Don't think addiction or drink driving is a matter to joke about - and he knew it would be reported in the press.

Crass

Mantlemoose · 08/08/2021 20:37

Meh can't stand him after the drunk driving incident and shes a bitter torn face woman so don't really care.

Blossomtoes · 08/08/2021 20:39

@StoneofDestiny

All the newspapers are reporting he 'joked' about his alcohol addiction. Don't think addiction or drink driving is a matter to joke about - and he knew it would be reported in the press.

Crass

The papers can say what they like. They’ve misinterpreted it. Just like they always do. In any event, recovering addicts have every right to send themselves up - and frequently do. It’s a well known strategy.

quesera2 · 08/08/2021 20:39

I'm very happy for them. The bitterness emanates from Lisa.

StoneofDestiny · 08/08/2021 20:44

They’ve misinterpreted it. Just like they always do

Your guess is as good as mine on that. Certainly there is a delicate line between 'sending yourself up' and boasting about it - and that's the risk with a 'joke' of this type

Tealwarrior · 08/08/2021 20:48

I’ve never seen a wedding bouquet as beautiful as the one the bride had.

Sparklingbrook · 08/08/2021 20:52

I really don't like Ant McPartlin or anything he has done

What a strange thing to say.

DuchessOfDisaster · 08/08/2021 20:56

@Sparklingbrook

I really don't like Ant McPartlin or anything he has done

What a strange thing to say.

No it isn't at all strange. I don't like the kind of shows he works on. I did watch I'm a Celebrity last year, for the novelty of the castle, but that was to see how people interacted, not for him. It's not strange not to like Saturday Night Takeaway, Britain's Got Talent, Red & Black (or whatever it was called) and other things they present, also when they were on Byker Grove I was almost 16, too old for it.

It's also not strange not to like the fact he got behind a wheel when he was over the limit.

Sparklingbrook · 08/08/2021 21:02

I think it's very strange. Sorry. How do you possibly know every single thing he's done? So you didn't like anything he was in from Byker Grove onwards so presumably you don't like anything Dec's done either?

PopcornMuncher · 08/08/2021 21:13

I don't really like anything Ant (or Dec) has done either. They are not my cup of tea. Am I strange too because i don't like the same things as you?

StoneofDestiny · 08/08/2021 21:51

They are not my cup of tea

Likewise. Bland.

Sparklingbrook · 08/08/2021 22:07

@PopcornMuncher

I don't really like anything Ant (or Dec) has done either. They are not my cup of tea. Am I strange too because i don't like the same things as you?

I never said I was a huge fan. I didn't even know what Red and Black was. Also way too old for Byker Grove. I quite like the two of them in the jungle, but I think Saturday Night Takeaway has completely lost it's way.

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