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Poor Mark Watson…

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PaperLanterns · 29/08/2023 16:52

…driven to near suicide after his wife found out about his 3 YEAR AFFAIR just after giving birth because his job wasn’t going well…

Appreciate it’s the DM but surely being a shit to your wife shouldn’t be used to promote your current career?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12456509/amp/Comedian-Mark-Watson-cheating-wife.html

Comedian Mark Watson says he cheated on his wife after career lows

The Bristol comedian's memoir, Mortification: Eight Deaths and Life After Them, details how he began having an affair when his comedy career began to falter.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12456509/amp/Comedian-Mark-Watson-cheating-wife.html

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DustyLee123 · 29/08/2023 16:58

So this all kicked off when he got found out. What a keeper 🙄

MyrtleSmurf · 29/08/2023 16:59

How disappointing. I really liked him, thought he was one of the good ones.
3 years! His poor wife.

Iamanisland · 29/08/2023 17:24

It was all in The Times a week or so ago, think the Mail article is lifted directly from that. It was a load of self indulgent crap about how he hurt his wife and affair partner. What a twat!

BloodyHellKen · 29/08/2023 17:25

What an absolute self obsessed dick.

TBH I'm having trouble believing that he found 2 women willing to have sex with him 😂

Gothambutnotahamster · 29/08/2023 17:25

I thought the same Op. Absolutely self indulgent horrid man!

sodthesodoff · 29/08/2023 17:28

Disappointing twat

CurlewKate · 29/08/2023 17:32

I thought he was one of the good guys too.

Neilsfavouritechilli · 29/08/2023 17:37

How self indulgent. How many times on the Relationship board do male partners/ex's cry suicide

(before i get jumped on I'm not suggesting the majority of suicidal people 'cry suicide'. Mumsnet has got a bit nit picky of late about wording of posts so I'm just laying out my platter at the start).

But there is a certain sub-section of cunty men that behave badly and live the self-absorbed drama when they actually have to deal with the fall out of their own actions.

Always so dramatic when they get caught out, happy as Larry whilst they're playing family man with sex on the side.

SpongeBobSquarePantaloons · 29/08/2023 17:37

Tbf I was already disappointed when I found out he’s not Welsh 😂 this is really embarrassing for him

neverbeenskiing · 29/08/2023 17:37

Pathetic. It's all about him isn't it? As if he hadn't hurt his family enough, his ex wife and his kids now have to suffer the indignity of everyone knowing their business. Those poor kids.

LlynTegid · 29/08/2023 17:38

I thought he was one of the good ones, not that in any way lessens my disgust at his behaviour.

AdoraBell · 29/08/2023 17:40

He’s sooooo sorry, that he’s been found it.

BloodyHellKen · 29/08/2023 17:41

SpongeBobSquarePantaloons · 29/08/2023 17:37

Tbf I was already disappointed when I found out he’s not Welsh 😂 this is really embarrassing for him

OMG I've just googled him. I can't believe he put the welsh accent on. What an idiot.

LadyBird1973 · 29/08/2023 17:42

I've just read this too. Is he so lacking in self awareness that he's expecting us to feel sorry for him?
He has a new partner - some women really do set the bar very low.

I hope he cleared it with his ex wife before putting all their personal business 'out there' - I'm sure his kids will appreciate being able to read all about it in future years!

BCBird · 29/08/2023 17:44

Stopped reading when I got to the affair and after their second child was born. Asshole

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PaperLanterns · 29/08/2023 17:46

SpongeBobSquarePantaloons · 29/08/2023 17:37

Tbf I was already disappointed when I found out he’s not Welsh 😂 this is really embarrassing for him

I didn’t even know about that. That’s so embarrassing! 😂

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MuckyPlucky · 29/08/2023 17:53

Yuck. Whole career based around seeking adulation. Ruined his manage via seeking adulation. What a fucking self-obsessed fragile-egotist.
His clever, gorgeous wife is well rid of that scrawny little dick-wad.

Anxioys · 29/08/2023 17:57

He is totally unimpressive and it would seem rather washed up; but it's a revealing look into what a male ego needs when he discovers that he is not actually ready to be a man and thinks wearing a t shirt is grown up.

Zero sympathy. He had to write this book to perhaps relaunch himself and basically explain.

minou123 · 29/08/2023 18:01

Hold on.......2 seconds...... just looking for it...

Found it!

🎻 ⬅️ tiny violin.

Itsnotrightbutitsok · 29/08/2023 18:12

Neilsfavouritechilli · 29/08/2023 17:37

How self indulgent. How many times on the Relationship board do male partners/ex's cry suicide

(before i get jumped on I'm not suggesting the majority of suicidal people 'cry suicide'. Mumsnet has got a bit nit picky of late about wording of posts so I'm just laying out my platter at the start).

But there is a certain sub-section of cunty men that behave badly and live the self-absorbed drama when they actually have to deal with the fall out of their own actions.

Always so dramatic when they get caught out, happy as Larry whilst they're playing family man with sex on the side.

I agree.

Its funny how the entire time he was having an affair on his wife he wasn’t suicidal but as soon as he got found out he became apparently suicidal.

It’s BS because there is a certain type of man (and women) who does think sort of thing.

SmoothSeasDoNotMakeGoodSailors · 29/08/2023 18:25

What a wanker. As if anyone is interested in reading his memoires anyway.

VaddaABeetch · 29/08/2023 18:30

It wax probably his wife’s fault for not paying him enough attention.

she made him stick his lad into another woman.

Saucery · 29/08/2023 18:30

Is this the biographical version of his book Contacts? Self pitying man threatens suicide via text message to see how many people give a shit?

DustyLee123 · 29/08/2023 21:30

His wife looks lovely, the tosser was punching.

PermanentTemporary · 29/08/2023 21:37

Tbh I think putting this out there is quite impressive. I hope his ex gave permission. I've been to a show of his and really enjoyed it and he strikes me as fundamentally a bit fragile. I prefer that to aggression in comics.