Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To ask which celebrities would be really annoying to be married to?

547 replies

drspouse · 18/05/2025 09:48

Inspired by DS obsession with Steve Backshall.

He would be off round the world "too busy to do childcare darling", would come home reeking of bar poo, and would insist on taking the children to play with venomous snakes "it won't hurt them if they don't bother it".

OP posts:
LakieLady · 19/05/2025 22:21

Mrsgreen100 · 19/05/2025 19:04

Absolutely bloody all of them apart from Monty Don because he loves gardens and so do I that’s it really

...and he loves dogs, which is another big plus in my book!

Serrina · 19/05/2025 22:29

Alison Hammond strikes me as someone who is always "on".

Serrina · 19/05/2025 22:31

Kyle, Vine, Clarkson and Corbyn... I'm guessing the Jeremy's aren't too popular on Mumsnet? 🤣

ToWhitToWhoo · 19/05/2025 22:35

Gingefringe · 19/05/2025 18:51

JD Vance - he just seems a nasty behind that smirk.

Eeeuuuurrrrgggggghhhhh, yes!

Dita73 · 19/05/2025 22:38

That bloody woman that sang the song from Frozen. Imagine her singing in the shower everyday. You’d end up jumping out of the window

Dogsbreath7 · 19/05/2025 22:43

123ZYX · 18/05/2025 12:36

@drspouseSteve Backshall is married to Olympian Helen Glover. I heard a radio interview with her before the last Olympics about motherhood and training and she explained how they combine timetables to make sure one of them is always around for the children. I the lifestyle wouldn’t suit me and you obviously can never tell what happens behind closed doors, but it did sound like a very balanced relationship that worked for their family

So let’s give him credit for that as many men won’t give in their own careers or step up to childcare at all. Any interviews I have read he seems to genuinely respect his wife and her achievements/ goals. For that reason alone he has a pass to take the kids to cuddle some snakes😄

MoistVonL · 19/05/2025 22:48

Dita73 · 19/05/2025 22:38

That bloody woman that sang the song from Frozen. Imagine her singing in the shower everyday. You’d end up jumping out of the window

Idina Menzel???

Gods, I’d love to hear her singing in the shower. The original Elpheba and a legend in musical theatre. I could listen to her sing her ABCs and swoon.

JIMER202 · 19/05/2025 22:55

It’s easier to say who you’d like. Chris Hemsworth seems like a fun husband and Dad. Hugh Jackman affair make him now on the ew run away list.

JIMER202 · 19/05/2025 22:56

MoistVonL · 19/05/2025 22:48

Idina Menzel???

Gods, I’d love to hear her singing in the shower. The original Elpheba and a legend in musical theatre. I could listen to her sing her ABCs and swoon.

She’s my husbands celebrity crush! 😆😆

Knakeredd · 19/05/2025 23:06

Huw Edwards (way before the sexual predator stuff)

Just so morose - imagine living with that black cloud and fun sponge.

Draining.

drspouse · 19/05/2025 23:10

I'm torn on Rob Bryden and David Mitchell (just saw them both on the news).
Rob actually does funny impersonations but he'd randomly burst into song when you were trying to tell him the cat was really ill.
David would always get the crossword clues faster than you and would wear socks with sandals and refuse to go to the beach because it's too sandy.

OP posts:
savethatkitty · 19/05/2025 23:10

Maybe someone like Sacha Baron Cohen - he could never really be "himself", he'd always need to "on" in character I reckon. That would be super annoying.

ohyesido · 19/05/2025 23:29

I would have said Joe Swash but I now think differently after watching his meal deal show

IcyPlumOtter · 19/05/2025 23:33

drspouse · 19/05/2025 23:10

I'm torn on Rob Bryden and David Mitchell (just saw them both on the news).
Rob actually does funny impersonations but he'd randomly burst into song when you were trying to tell him the cat was really ill.
David would always get the crossword clues faster than you and would wear socks with sandals and refuse to go to the beach because it's too sandy.

I think I would absolutely love David Mitchell. I could not deal with Rob's attention seeking, signing and impressions though...

floppybit · 19/05/2025 23:37

David Tennant

Sorbetto · 19/05/2025 23:39

drspouse · 18/05/2025 13:06

Interesting!

My sisters kids are in the same school as his and he’s always super present and gets involved at the fete

ilovesushi · 19/05/2025 23:43

LoveTKO · 18/05/2025 13:03

Jim Carey. Seems like he can’t sit still.

This is the only one I disagree with. He comes over as lovely - hugely talented and intelligent and an all round nice bloke.

IchBinPapst · 19/05/2025 23:48

Christopher Dean. Weirdly scary. Great choreographer though.

There’s a good reason Jayne didn’t marry him imo.

Christwosheds · 19/05/2025 23:53

MrsDeaconClaybourne · 18/05/2025 13:23

I always get the impression that Steve Backshall is actually a really supportive partner and happy to be in the background while his wife shines. He's always at her events looking after the kids and cheering her on.

I absolutely love Michael Ball but think he'd been far too cheery and enthusiastic for me irl. Always telling stories and breaking into song!

Steve Backshall is an absolutely lovely man.

DreamTheMoors · 19/05/2025 23:59

HamSandwichKiller · 18/05/2025 10:34

Tom Cruise. I actually enjoy him on screen but suspect he’s got no off button in real life.

He’s very deep into Scientology. He’d demand that any wife be very into Scientology too.

Besides that, I’ve heard that he’s incredibly nice and very generous with his friends and the people he works with.
He has a long list of people he sends s a delicious bakery coconut cake to every Christmas - they rave about it.

Tigergirl80 · 20/05/2025 00:02

Jimmy Carr with that annoying laugh laughing at own jokes that aren’t even funny.

fisherlong · 20/05/2025 00:07

Tom cruise ..very creepy and not a good father.

TheCoralMoose · 20/05/2025 00:11

Carl Fogarty. I hate motorbikes and i bet he has a man cave full of them.

bluesinthenight · 20/05/2025 00:12

lifeonmars100 · 18/05/2025 17:48

I think that to survive as a celebrity in the sense of keeping up your public profile, getting work be it acting, singing, being in reality show crap, or all that endless podcasting you must have a sizable ego and a towering sense of self importance. I reckon that the majority of them must be , quite challenging to live with.

The other side of that is that many of them have crushingly low self esteem.

ErinBell01 · 20/05/2025 00:14

HamSandwichKiller · 18/05/2025 10:34

Tom Cruise. I actually enjoy him on screen but suspect he’s got no off button in real life.

And you'd probably have to carry his box around.