I would divorce my husband if he behaved like Giles Coren did

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I read an article in the Mail on Monday about how Giles Coren abused his neighbour who is the mother of an autistic child by pretending to be a delivery driver to gain access to her house in a row about parking. I am the mother of an ASD child and would divorce my husband if he behaved like this. I can’t believe someone who is employed by the BBC has so little control over himself. No wonder he was issued with a police caution. His poor neighbour.

Link to copy of online article: https://uk-times.com/news/giles-coren-accepts-police-caution-for-verbally-abusing-neighbour-after-row-over-parking-outside-his-home/?amp=1

Richard Ayoade is Fox's BIL. All these awkward family gatherings. I wonder if any of Fox's family see him now? Emilia used to do celebrity Gogglebox with him but has been dropped, clearly.

I think it may be a colossally out of control ego at play. In his mind, he is brilliant, a genius, so talented etc. and wants to be recognised as such. But people keep ascribing at least part of his success to his father and the old boy network. Which hurts his ego. I suppose it could explain why he flies off the handle if you mention his dad.

I can't read that article as it's so badly written but I get the gist of it. He sounds awful.

What an absolute arsehole

India Knight seems to be relegated to the beauty pages most of the time, rather than being allowed to comment on issues of the day.

I've met her in person a few times as she is the friend of a friend. She is not very nice.

Her big sister is married to Alexander Armstrong.

I read The Times but always skip past anything written by Giles Coren - can’t stand him.

@NumberFortyNorhamGardens "
India Knight seems to be relegated to the beauty pages most of the time, rather than being allowed to comment on issues of the day."

She does plenty of commenting on Times Radio. I do agree that she isn't responsible for her husband's behaviour, though.

she's not responsible for what he did but her decision to stick by him meant that their relationship and 'stable' homelife was used as a factor in him being given a suspended sentence.

This is fairly normally posh boy talk though. i know several otherwise lovely blokes who talk about "meeting the family" when describing something they wank on.

It’s threads like these that make you realise how incestuous parts of the media are. Here David Mitchell is married to Victoria Coren-M, brother of Giles Coren. (Incidentally I remember VCM had Claudia Winkleman as a bridesmaid). Giles Coren’s SIL is married to Alexander Armstrong. I think you have to marry in to get a primetime BBC slot.

Coren is a thin skinned arsehole whose outbursts have (until now) been indulged and then brushed aside. He only has the piddly career he has due to nepotism. As he's all too aware of, which is why he has such hysterical reactions when anyone reminds him.

Good for the neighbour for taking him on. I bet the other residents of the street are hi-fiving her.

I don’t think he did, this publication is conflating two separate things that he said regarding considering moving away. The neighbour situation was one reason, the fear of antisemitism was another. I think. I did listen to it, but it was a couple of weeks ago

What even is UK News? I can’t see the link about the police caution anymore on the Daily Mail.

He's absolutely ghastly and one of the reasons I never read The Times. I don't rate him as a writer either – it's embarrassing how hard he tries to be witty, subversive and shocking.

@AzureBlue99 4th option, Jump off a cliff.

After reading 'Dear Kitty' I'm very surprised there wasn't an investigation tbh.

I feel desperately sorry for the neighbour and her child.

To be fair, Coren has always been a grade A knobber. I’m only amazed people are still giving him work.

There is a special place in hell for men who intimidate women. He’s a spoilt, nasty gobshite who doesn’t deserve to be pissed on if he was on fire.

Have you read the article he wrote about his ‘fat’ son? It was awful.

@StormyDaniels
This seems like a strange observation. All of them became individually successful, and then became friends/partners with the people they met at work…seems entirely normal to me

Having read about the incident with the neighbour, I do think that a drink/ drug problem is likely. As well as a personality issue. It's totally unhinged behaviour.
I can't imagine what life is like for his poor wife.

@WilheminaModel do you have the original Mail link?

God, that’s awful. Poor neighbour. No wonder the wife wasn’t letting him in the house, he should be chucked out permanently. And with behaviour like this no media outlet should be employing him, ever.

Used to watch the hotels programme often and he was all over Monica galetti like a puppy with a bone...always wonder if anything happened between them.
He came across an entitled insecure idiot, and appeared like he might be drunk

While Vile Giles, as he is known among my friends, is clearly a weapons-grade bellend, what the hell is that “news” website? “UK Times”?? I’d be very wary of believing anything I read on it without corroboration from somewhere more respected.