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to be GUTTED about Andrew Ridgley?!

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PyongyangKipperbang · 19/08/2023 21:56

Love him, love Wham, loved listening to him tonight on Sounds of the 80's on R2 (the only thing worth listening to on R2 these days imo) until he confessed.....

He is a MAMIL! I cant get over the fact that my idol of the 80's has succumbed to the middle aged life of lycra and buttock burns.

Cant begin to articulate my heartbreak over this.....

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suitcasecoveredincathair · 19/08/2023 21:58

At least he’s keeping fit I guess

Meredusoleil · 19/08/2023 21:59

Probably what's keeping him so slim, toned and tanned!

CantFindTheBeat · 19/08/2023 21:59

Oh gosh - phew!

Was worried about what this might be !!!

I think his most recent cycling activities are supporting his friends who have lost children to suicide, aren't they?

UndercoverCop · 19/08/2023 22:00

OMG I thought you were going to say there had been yewtree type allegations. Lycra isn't ideal but I can get past it

TheFairyCaravan · 19/08/2023 22:00

He’s an absolute twat.

I met him at DH’s friend’s wedding. He was there with his ex wife from Banarama and they were both totally up their own arses. I was so disappointed because I love him when I was a teenager.

Gothambutnotahamster · 19/08/2023 22:02

Whats a MAMIL?

LakeTiticaca · 19/08/2023 22:03

Gothambutnotahamster · 19/08/2023 22:02

Whats a MAMIL?

Middle aged man in lycra? 😁😁

BronnauMawrion · 19/08/2023 22:04

Middle Aged Man In Lycra?

RestingMurderousFace · 19/08/2023 22:04

Christ, thought you were going to announce he'd died 😱

Gnomegnomegnome · 19/08/2023 22:05

He lives near me but sadly I have not yet witnessed this.

Meredusoleil · 19/08/2023 22:07

RestingMurderousFace · 19/08/2023 22:04

Christ, thought you were going to announce he'd died 😱

Me too! Might be better to add (not dead) to your title OP?

Ineedasitdown · 19/08/2023 22:09

George always was the fun one wasn’t he?
I too clicked thinking “dear god he’s not dead too”.

However it’s worse than I feared.

PrimalLass · 19/08/2023 22:11

Other way round it seemed. Andrew was party boy and George was the serious musician.

Snippit · 19/08/2023 22:12

🤣

Meredusoleil · 19/08/2023 22:13

PrimalLass · 19/08/2023 22:11

Other way round it seemed. Andrew was party boy and George was the serious musician.

Yes. That's how things appeared from the recent Netflix documentary and also Andrew's book I read.

tothelefttotheleft · 19/08/2023 22:13

PrimalLass · 19/08/2023 22:11

Other way round it seemed. Andrew was party boy and George was the serious musician.

You wouldn't think that from the wham documentary. Andrew made out like he co-wrote all the songs. I had no idea he had that much input.

x2boys · 19/08/2023 22:14

I'm nearly 50 in a couple of months I think we are stretching middle aged here a bit ,early old age ?

Ohmylovejune · 19/08/2023 22:14

Andrew was the end beneath Georges wings. If he hadn't been as confident as he was, I don't think we would have ever known George Michael.

I think we can let him get away with a bit of lycra

Ohmylovejune · 19/08/2023 22:14

Wind, not end

SuperiorM · 19/08/2023 22:15

Not a worry really. I’m much more concerned by the way so many parents dress girls in revoltingly tight leggings when they are under 5.

CantFindTheBeat · 19/08/2023 22:18

Ohmylovejune · 19/08/2023 22:14

Andrew was the end beneath Georges wings. If he hadn't been as confident as he was, I don't think we would have ever known George Michael.

I think we can let him get away with a bit of lycra

I feel this too.

Andrew was George's supporter through school, Wham and beyond.

His charity work now for his friends who are going through such trauma is to be applauded.

JaneJeffer · 19/08/2023 22:18

FFS

gettingoldisshit · 19/08/2023 22:19

TheFairyCaravan · 19/08/2023 22:00

He’s an absolute twat.

I met him at DH’s friend’s wedding. He was there with his ex wife from Banarama and they were both totally up their own arses. I was so disappointed because I love him when I was a teenager.

I know someone who's met him and they said exactly the same.

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PyongyangKipperbang · 19/08/2023 22:19

Nothing wrong with charity work, dont get me wrong. But he was one of those evangelical cyclists....gone right off him now!

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SoupDragon · 19/08/2023 22:19

SuperiorM · 19/08/2023 22:15

Not a worry really. I’m much more concerned by the way so many parents dress girls in revoltingly tight leggings when they are under 5.

Eh?