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AIBU to think that Giles Coren wanking into his family’s sofa is revolting?

160 replies

unitedcolorsofbattersea · 10/07/2022 08:45

I posted a thread earlier this week about Giles Coren’s article in which he used the words “fuzzy-wuzzies” which some Mumsnetterz assure me is seriously sophisticated satire, and not dog-whistle racism.

I wonder what Mumsnet thinks of Giles Coren’s article ‘Farewell to Palms’ which is about masturbation. It was originally published in Esquire but has mysteriously been removed from the internet, although I found a link to it on Twitter as it is still accessible via the Way Back Machine: (with a massive trigger warning!):
t.co/LK6tbWAISR

For those who think it is TL; DR:

  • Giles cut a hole in his unsuspecting family’s sofa and repeatedly “fucked” it.
  • He comes home early from parties and stays up doing cocaine and wanking until his knob was raw while his girlfriend was sleeping next door
  • He likes to crack out a crafty wank while his children are waiting to be taken to school
Discuss.
OP posts:
unitedcolorsofbattersea · 10/07/2022 13:10

QueSyrahSyrah · 10/07/2022 13:05

Somebody did that (the sofa thing) at a fancy hotel I worked at. I wonder now if it was Giles! Envy < Not envy.

Gross. Maybe it’s more common than you’d think.

OP posts:
Flymetothezoom · 10/07/2022 13:12

He admits to watching beastiality for sexual pleasure. That is a crime.

FlorDeMayoByTheMile · 10/07/2022 13:12

Is this Victoria’s dad because honestly I would pass away if I found this stuff out about my dad

chilledbubble · 10/07/2022 13:14

Discuss can't really, I'm speechless

chilledbubble · 10/07/2022 13:15

Flymetothezoom · 10/07/2022 13:12

He admits to watching beastiality for sexual pleasure. That is a crime.

Does he? Gross why haven't the police arrested him?

BruceWaynettaSlob · 10/07/2022 13:20

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 10/07/2022 09:00

His father was a really gifted author and performer. Giles is a lucky boy.

There was a woman on twitter who said the same thing and poor ickle Giles's feelings were so hurt after this VICIOUS attack on himself he laughed and tweeted how happy he was when she died of cancer.

Flymetothezoom · 10/07/2022 13:22

“And then when the internet arrived, oh boy. Now it was all dogs and horses and incest, filth of unfathomable horror. And then with broadband, which meant the dogs and horses and "stepmoms" actually moved, well, that was the end of me. I developed welts.”

what is wrong with this man? Beastiality is illegal.

chilledbubble · 10/07/2022 13:26

Flymetothezoom · 10/07/2022 13:22

“And then when the internet arrived, oh boy. Now it was all dogs and horses and incest, filth of unfathomable horror. And then with broadband, which meant the dogs and horses and "stepmoms" actually moved, well, that was the end of me. I developed welts.”

what is wrong with this man? Beastiality is illegal.

Vile

chilledbubble · 10/07/2022 13:26

Who is employing him?!

unitedcolorsofbattersea · 10/07/2022 13:31

@QueSyrahSyrah How did you discover that a guest had wanked into the sofa? Coren seems to imply that he got away with it for years and that his unsuspecting family just kept sitting on it.

OP posts:
KentishTowner · 10/07/2022 13:37

chilledbubble · 10/07/2022 13:26

Who is employing him?!

Well, The Times employs him as a restaurant reviewer for a start and he also does joint articles about lock down with his wife Esther Walker as well as an irritatingly smug podcast. The BBC used to employ him as he was on their Amazing Hotels programme with Monica Galetti, but he hasn’t been on TV for a while. But I wonder if he has been cancelled phased out and that his TV career is over following the repeated racism incidents and after he celebrated Dawn Foster’s death.

Porcupineintherough · 10/07/2022 13:37

For someone who doesn't like him you sure do like to talk about him. Odd.

Flymetothezoom · 10/07/2022 13:39

@Porcupineintherough you certainly like commenting on a Giles Coren thread when you don’t believe it should exist.

Flymetothezoom · 10/07/2022 13:42

@Porcupineintherough is your entire response l, why are you obsessed with Giles? Giles is a public figure who has written many disturbing things. We are allowed to discuss them as much as we want. If you don’t want to read it, go to a different thread.

abcdeg · 10/07/2022 13:47

Porcupineintherough · 10/07/2022 13:37

For someone who doesn't like him you sure do like to talk about him. Odd.

Your either clicking on every Giles thread and seeing OP's username, or searching the OP to check for Giles threads. Odd.

Flymetothezoom · 10/07/2022 13:49

I almost forgot this Giles classic

Next door have brought their 12-year-old son a drum kit. For fuck’s sake! Do I kill him then burn it? Or do I fuck him, then kill him then burn it?” He followed that up with the ‘punchline’: “Child for sale, charred and partially fucked. Has own drum kit.”

LoveLarry · 10/07/2022 13:52

IGotItInTheSales · 10/07/2022 08:57

Discuss??

I was away to reply until I read the "discuss"

No, OP, you're not my English teacher

LoisLane66 · 10/07/2022 13:53

His sister is 'out there' too, iow, she can be potty mouthed and have weird traits. Apple and tree spring to mind.

Trixiefirecracker · 10/07/2022 13:54

Flymetothezoom · 10/07/2022 13:12

He admits to watching beastiality for sexual pleasure. That is a crime.

@Flymetothezoom have you a link to where he said that?

IrisVersicolor · 10/07/2022 14:00

LoisLane66 · 10/07/2022 13:53

His sister is 'out there' too, iow, she can be potty mouthed and have weird traits. Apple and tree spring to mind.

Victoria is fine, I’ve never heard her discuss her wanking habits or make racist comments.

iklboo · 10/07/2022 14:02

@FlorDeMayoByTheMile - he's Victoria's brother.

What's wrong with her being 'potty mouthed' anyway? Aren't women allowed to swear? I'm fucked then

iklboo · 10/07/2022 14:03

Sorry @FlorDeMayoByTheMile

The potty mouthed thing was to the previous poster - the tag didn't work.

EmeraldShamrock1 · 10/07/2022 14:03

That is vile.

The dirty horrible bastard.

I agree with you on both threads.

Yanbu x 2.

EmeraldShamrock1 · 10/07/2022 14:06

If I was in the UK I'd phone the non urgent police line reporting his crime.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 10/07/2022 14:07

MayDaze · 10/07/2022 09:05

Can we all club together to buy a very remote island (off the coast of Greenland) and just dump him and Laurence Fox there, leave them to stew in their own unpleasant little lives.

Only if I can visit, I fancy the pair of them!

I know, I'm cross at myself 🙄