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Read this sex scene from Giles Coren’s failed novel!!!

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KentishTowner · 08/11/2021 00:37

In his latest column in The Times Vile Coren is asserting that there are no successful white male authors any more. Yeah, sure, keep telling yourself that’s why your novel failed so spectacularly and you won The Bad Sex Award, Giles. Then read the actual, totally bizarre sex scene (the bit about the shower head!):

twitter.com/kirstysedgman/status/1454503687460638726?s=21

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Jobseeker19 · 08/11/2021 09:49

I cant stop laughing omg.
All of the and and and.
It made no sense.

GreenWheat · 08/11/2021 09:52

I've no idea how he gets these jobs
Nepotism and the old school tie mostly. He is protected by the media establishment.

aConcernedPrude · 08/11/2021 09:58

I made the mistake of reading his Esquire 'wanking' article on the back of this.

If you haven't already, don't. Please don't.

generaljake · 08/11/2021 10:07

You should hear the latest episode of Coren's podcast which I had the misfortune of listening to last week (somebody else had it on)! He and his wife point out that the column was a joke (as was the sex scene) and then spend the next half an hour or so complaining that people don't find it / them funny. Honestly. It was really sad. But it gave a fabulous insight into how their conversations must go at home whenever he acts like a twat.

EerieSilence · 08/11/2021 10:09

His you know what RATTLED against her teeth? The rest is just a continuation of the same crap. Seriously, that's just ridiculous!

Bunce1 · 08/11/2021 10:14

Oh yes, a paradox of course. That makes perfect sense after the novel has failed. Obviously.

Bunce1 · 08/11/2021 10:14

*Parody!

ErrolTheDragon · 08/11/2021 10:14

@EerieSilence

His you know what RATTLED against her teeth? The rest is just a continuation of the same crap. Seriously, that's just ridiculous!
I don't see how there could be 'rattling' unless the lady was wearing dentures.Confused
User527294627 · 08/11/2021 10:14

Up until now I would have assumed Giles Coren had at least a passing familiarity with a penis but now I have to wonder. Surely a long-term owner couldn't get it that wrong?

You have to feel for Victoria. A perfectly nice, sensible woman lumped with that absolute pillock of a brother.

TooBigForMyBoots · 08/11/2021 10:17

It's parody the same way the cake I made last week was "an ironic statement on the trend for deconstructed foods".Grin The book was just shite, pure and simple. His attempt to rewrite history (IT'S PARODY) is as pathetic and cliched as the original offering.

If his da hadn't been Alan Coren, the talentless, repulsive wee cunt wouldn't even get a job on a school newsletter. He is the reason I don't buy The Times anymore.Angry

viques · 08/11/2021 10:18

@EerieSilence

His you know what RATTLED against her teeth? The rest is just a continuation of the same crap. Seriously, that's just ridiculous!
A piercing?
User527294627 · 08/11/2021 10:19

It's just a shame for him that he's so bad at writing and simultaneously so defensive of it.

Peace43 · 08/11/2021 10:20

Envy not envy!

Bleurchhhhh

spiderlight · 08/11/2021 10:20

The Esquire article....my God! I will never get the phrase 'peeled weasel' out of my brain!

Helloise · 08/11/2021 10:24

Didn’t he also write a column about how sexy his little toddler daughter looked when he took her on holiday, just the two of them? And isn’t he also well known for making sock puppet Twitter accounts to defend himself and attack his critics? How anyone still pays this man is beyond me but the white establishment in this country can get away with anything, forever.

lentilsforever · 08/11/2021 10:25

Esther, his wife, will totally be ion this thread!!

NoThankYouSaurus · 08/11/2021 10:26

Entitled child of a very funny, talented man. Elevated via nepotism to a status he doesn't deserve. Never had to deal with failure, so when it comes, it's incomprehensible to him.

And if his own dick leaps around like a shower head spurting repeatedly, he should see a doctor.

BarbaraofSeville · 08/11/2021 10:31

I'm also not a sock puppet, but I listen to his podcast. He is irritating in some ways, but the podcast is amusing and it was clear from that that he knew his book was terrible and most of what he writes is tongue in cheek, but what the article has done is exactly what he and The TImes wanted, which was getting us all talking about it, for which The Times pay him a huge amount of money.

mrsrobin · 08/11/2021 10:31

LOL! Funniest thing I have read all morning - still chuckling typing this....

flapjackfairy · 08/11/2021 10:35

That stuff about his daughter is seriously disturbing!

VickyEadieofThigh · 08/11/2021 10:36

@Amammai

I can’t cope with it being one long sentence!!! Apart from ‘Like Zorro’, of course 😂
The lack of punctuation reminded me of thousands of children's stories I've marked in my time (not the content though, obviously) - I can't understand why he wrote it like that.

As for the content - s'truth...

treesarebeautiful · 08/11/2021 10:38

Some more gems from the Literary Review's 'Bad sex awards' here:
www.shortlist.com/news/bad-sex-awards-morrissey-giles-coren-stephen-king.

lentilsforever · 08/11/2021 10:39

@flapjackfairy

That stuff about his daughter is seriously disturbing!
I missed this What stuff?
VickyEadieofThigh · 08/11/2021 10:41

@IndecentCakes

I like to think of his BIL David Mitchell reading it aloud around the Xmas dinner table.
His BIL is Alexander Armstrong, I think.
GetOffThatPhone · 08/11/2021 10:42

Dawn Foster was right. What a waste of space.