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AIBU?

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To have complained about today’s episode of Loose Women

234 replies

WithYou47 · 15/05/2025 20:44

My DH thinks IABU but I’m adamant this was inappropriate.

Loose Women had a ‘dummy’ of a man’s bottom on their show earlier and one of the presenters/guests inserted their finger where the sun doesn’t shine.

I was eating lunch at the time and found this extremely unbecoming for that time of the day.

I expect my complaint will fall on deaf ears, but it’s worth a go.

OP posts:
Gloriia · 15/05/2025 21:42

Flyswats · 15/05/2025 21:39

I think it is pretty much universally known that a prostate exam involves a finger up the arse. I don't think you need a rubber dummy arse and a real finger on TV to make it clear to those sitting in the back / those who missed the memo etc.

It was obviously done to shake people up and into talking about it.

Looks like that worked, then.

Exactly. We're all adults and understand explanations there is no need for fake bums Confused

EmeraldShamrock000 · 15/05/2025 21:43

Ewww.
Rank.

Renabrook · 15/05/2025 21:43

And this surprises you about loose women?, i suppose it spoils it's image of being a highly intelligent show

notprincehamlet · 15/05/2025 21:44

In fairness, there are a lot of arses on TV. Maybe it has the same agent as Lee Mack? Give it a year and it'll be on Celebrity Big Brother.

RobertJohnsonsShoes · 15/05/2025 21:46

YABU for watching that brain rot

feelingbleh · 15/05/2025 21:47

Op would you complain if it was a female dr showing women how to do a breast exam or is it just men you hate. By the way yabvvvvu

Middlemarch123 · 15/05/2025 21:50

YABU for watching this drivel in the first place. Paint a wall, watch it dry, more informative and entertaining.

SwanOfThoseThings · 15/05/2025 21:53

The women in Loose Women seem to have had their brains removed, so this doesn't surprise me.

MIL likes it, hence I've sat through episodes at her house, before you ask why I've watched it.

hattie43 · 15/05/2025 21:53

LW has really dumbed down now and is shit . The only ones with an ounce of intelligence are Jane , Janet , Christine and Ruth . Brenda and Judy are good fun but the rest contribute nothing .

DelphiniumDoreen · 15/05/2025 21:53

I would have complained too. Standards are in the gutter. I’ve emailed the BBC twice to complain about Charlie and Naga’s incredibly rude and childish behaviour.

If you make an official complaint, it gets logged. I complain about poor customer service, rude staff, systems that don’t work because I am fed up to the back teeth of paying over the odds for sub standard service.

Don’t get me started on wheelie bins and the local council….

AdoraBell · 15/05/2025 21:55

YANBU

ArtTheClownIsNotAMime · 15/05/2025 21:55

YABU for watching Loose Women

WithYou47 · 15/05/2025 21:56

I was channel hopping at the time - how was I to know it was to do with that subject? I’d even argue then it was inappropriate.

Given the normal tone of the show I assumed it was a sexual discussion and they were demonstrating a prostate massage for sexual
purposes.

OP posts:
ItGhoul · 15/05/2025 21:57

nomas · 15/05/2025 20:46

YANBU. Sounds like digital rape.

It really doesn’t.

feelingbleh · 15/05/2025 21:58

DelphiniumDoreen · 15/05/2025 21:53

I would have complained too. Standards are in the gutter. I’ve emailed the BBC twice to complain about Charlie and Naga’s incredibly rude and childish behaviour.

If you make an official complaint, it gets logged. I complain about poor customer service, rude staff, systems that don’t work because I am fed up to the back teeth of paying over the odds for sub standard service.

Don’t get me started on wheelie bins and the local council….

Why would you complain about a dr educating and reassuring everyone about prostate exams or do you want more people do die unnecessarily from cancer. Would you complain about a breast exam being shown on tv

Banmooo · 15/05/2025 21:58

WithYou47 · 15/05/2025 21:56

I was channel hopping at the time - how was I to know it was to do with that subject? I’d even argue then it was inappropriate.

Given the normal tone of the show I assumed it was a sexual discussion and they were demonstrating a prostate massage for sexual
purposes.

You made weird assumptions because you missed the start and then complained?

Are you for real?

Banmooo · 15/05/2025 21:59

Gloriia · 15/05/2025 21:42

Exactly. We're all adults and understand explanations there is no need for fake bums Confused

I think you overestimate the intelligence of the Loose Women demographic

Seamond · 15/05/2025 22:00

Channel hopping, what between the news and LW,

feelingbleh · 15/05/2025 22:01

WithYou47 · 15/05/2025 21:56

I was channel hopping at the time - how was I to know it was to do with that subject? I’d even argue then it was inappropriate.

Given the normal tone of the show I assumed it was a sexual discussion and they were demonstrating a prostate massage for sexual
purposes.

So you put in an actual complaint over an assumption, I suggest you contact them again to apologise and withdraw your complaint and next time you put in an official complaint about something or someone get your facts right before doing so as you have no idea what implications your complaint may cause to an innocent person

WithYou47 · 15/05/2025 22:02

feelingbleh · 15/05/2025 22:01

So you put in an actual complaint over an assumption, I suggest you contact them again to apologise and withdraw your complaint and next time you put in an official complaint about something or someone get your facts right before doing so as you have no idea what implications your complaint may cause to an innocent person

Edited

My complaint stands - it didn’t need a graphic demonstration!

OP posts:
TY78910 · 15/05/2025 22:04

JoyousEagle · 15/05/2025 21:01

I think OP is being slightly disingenuous. I’ve just looked up loose women on YouTube to see if they have a clip from today’s episode, and it looks like it was all male presenters (is that what they do sometimes on LW?) and there was a dr demonstrating a prostate exam. So it wasn’t giggling women poking around for a joke, it was a medical segment talking about what the prostate is and how the exam works

Edited

It was loose men - I didn’t watch but saw it on the TV guide bit of telly this morning and I remember thinking what on earth is loose men (never watched either)

Seamond · 15/05/2025 22:05

So many posters so keen to make it clear they don't watch it😂😂

KaToby · 15/05/2025 22:05

WithYou47 · 15/05/2025 22:02

My complaint stands - it didn’t need a graphic demonstration!

Would you have complained if it was showing women how to exam their breasts?

brunettemic · 15/05/2025 22:06

WithYou47 · 15/05/2025 21:56

I was channel hopping at the time - how was I to know it was to do with that subject? I’d even argue then it was inappropriate.

Given the normal tone of the show I assumed it was a sexual discussion and they were demonstrating a prostate massage for sexual
purposes.

So you complained about something but didn’t know what you were complaining about? Great work there.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 15/05/2025 22:06

WithYou47 · 15/05/2025 21:56

I was channel hopping at the time - how was I to know it was to do with that subject? I’d even argue then it was inappropriate.

Given the normal tone of the show I assumed it was a sexual discussion and they were demonstrating a prostate massage for sexual
purposes.

Whoops 🤭 that was a huge assumption.
Did you glance at the TV and grab the phone?