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To think This morning is a weird place

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Butidontwanttogotoarobbieconcert · 28/03/2023 21:57

It’s just quite odd…all this with Philip Schofield, then Alison Hammond was brought in, talk of blackmail in the news and she’s not on this week anymore…what on earth goes on over there 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Hellenabe · 30/03/2023 17:57

I also think Gino is about to be cancelled.

I worked with someone involved in Richard Ms stealing case and he said he was completely guilty! God knows why they do it.

Agree about PS being this massive gay icon, not. However when I've mentioned his indiscretions to my gay friends, they play it all down and think I'm attacking all gay people. Nope, just you Phil. Plus if mega celebrities like Ricky Martin can come out, why the big hoopla about Phil

Hellenabe · 30/03/2023 17:58

Woodywasatwat · 29/03/2023 21:40

Yes, Rochelle and her husband seem like nice people (from the admittedly little I know of them).

But Richard and Judy or Fern Britton they are not.

Can't bear Rochelle, how is she the face of L'Oréal? There's a gazillion more beautiful women

RavenhairedRachel · 30/03/2023 18:03

It's had its day scrap it

TheTruthWillSetYouFreeMaybe · 30/03/2023 19:17

Agree, I thought Sarah Green was terrific - maybe she was too good and people felt threatened ? I actually liked Fern Britten and Also Ruth Langsford. HW & PS annoy the hell out of me - stupid giggling and pretending (?) to be drunk. When they are on I switch over. Joel is just odd. Maybe Ben Shepherd ?

DarlingG · 30/03/2023 19:26

Ben Shepherd is already being spread thinly enough.. feel like they need a few replicas of him though.. nice guy, funny, not annoying, happily married, no skeletons in the closet..

the80sweregreat · 30/03/2023 19:30

I just knew that Gloria Hunniford wasn't that nice! She comes across a bit of a snob
I really felt sorry for her when her daughter Karen died ( that must have been so awful and sad) but she does seem hard going.
that show she does with Angela rippon and another blond lady on the mornings ( rip off Britain ? ) she is so unbearably smug on that too. She was on 'ready steady cook ' once and just knocked back the wine waffling on about her husband and over talking everyone and didn't go near a saucepan or a skillet.

Butidontwanttogotoarobbieconcert · 30/03/2023 19:37

I think Joel seems like a nice guy, but yes. / bit odd 😬I feel mean saying that.
Ben shepherd is nice, but isn’t Dermot a similar type? I like him

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suzysnowball · 30/03/2023 19:37

I'd not watched it for ages since Fern bleating on about her minty minge. Then I completely went off Alison Hammond when she was laughing about not realising 10k was missing from her bank account.

the80sweregreat · 30/03/2023 19:40

I like Dermot too , but I know the minute I say that something happens or there is a scandal and it goes pear shaped
I don't watch ' this morning' but he was good on the X factor etc and seems fairly Normal in comparison to some of the others

DarlingG · 30/03/2023 19:45

@Butidontwanttogotoarobbieconcert Yeah true, Dermot ticks a lot of the same boxes. I think it’s maybe because he’s been paired with Alison that you don’t really fully see him though. I do like her but she’s such a big personality that I think she’d overshadow anyone she was paired up with

tobee · 30/03/2023 19:51

I think that's Joel's schtick though - slightly odd and self deprecating.

BertaHoon · 30/03/2023 20:14

GonnaGetGoingReturns · 30/03/2023 16:11

He and any other media star or stars in the media who do what he did should know that with most companies that us plebs work in, if we’re found or caught by drugs testing with drugs during work time or even if there are traces in your system and you’re tested then it’s a sackable offence.

Leslie and countless other celebs appear to think they’re above the law and sadly I think both he and Abi deserve their punishment, she was sacked or not offered a slot on This Morning after this.

At least when I worked at that time, if any of us did take drugs at the weekend (a lot of Londoners were doing this and clubbing) if there was any drugs test rumours, we’d all give each other the heads up so we’d be clean. And after 2-3 years we’d stopped clubbing and drugs anyway.

Was the video any good?!

The video?

It's still up there in my top 3 along with Shawshank and Jaws.

A classic.

Butidontwanttogotoarobbieconcert · 30/03/2023 20:41

@tobee Yes, def, I’m not so sure This morning is the place for him though

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Reddickyouless · 30/03/2023 20:46

Dermort needs to calm it down, stop pulling silly faces and acting like he's 12.It feels like forced fun
He's usually good , so who asked/told him to act like this
I didn't know that about AH @suzysnowball I just wish she'd stop 'stealing' thing by putting them in her bra
It's old now, just put them back on the table
It's not cheeky it's predictable and dull now

Reddickyouless · 30/03/2023 20:48

Don't know where that random R came from Grin

wentworthinmate · 30/03/2023 21:00

This picture gives me the creeps. PS wining and dining a ‘young’ male, got caught by a YouTuber.

To think This morning is a weird place
Seahorsemama · 30/03/2023 21:10

I remember seeing that lunchtime program with Gino and Mel Sykes …. Well Gino reckoned you should never put both garlic and onions in a meal together- I thought that was complete rubbish at the time.

Fanofbrianbilston · 30/03/2023 21:14

Let’s have more intelligent content like a home school education slot instead of rewarding narcissists for promoting cash competitions and loan shark adverts to the most vulnerable people in society.

Cherrysoup · 30/03/2023 21:31

The whole Gino thing-I know loads of people who’ve retained their not English accent despite being here for years-my Italian colleague who’s been here over 20 years, my favourite nurse who’s been here at least 6 years, loads more. I’d love to see proper proof that it’s a fake accent.

Frazzledstar1 · 30/03/2023 21:41

I love Joel Dommett, someone needs to tell him to run for the hills!

I can’t stand this morning, or loose women and I’ve gone right off GMB too. Time for ITV to have a refresh!

nannykatherine · 30/03/2023 22:20

You all read the gossip papers
..
nothing is happening it’s all made up for people
like you

Butidontwanttogotoarobbieconcert · 30/03/2023 23:07

@nannykatherine Eh?

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Butidontwanttogotoarobbieconcert · 30/03/2023 23:08

@wentworthinmate Really strange, wasn’t that the Matthew boy?

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Terribletimeofit · 30/03/2023 23:10

PomRuns · 30/03/2023 16:15

I don’t understand what power he has, a 2nd rate at best presenter with little public support

I suppose it depends what he knows about those higher up/in charge/making the decisions…

SquiddliDiddli · 30/03/2023 23:15

I was reading this thread with interest and then it dawned one me that it's really weird to be so invested in a TV show and its presenters when I could be doing something far more interesting than living my own life and interacting with people I can see in the flesh.