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To feel a bit sick when looking at certain celebs?

527 replies

EllyRoff · 14/08/2025 06:48

I have a weird thing where certain people make me feel physically sick/Uneasy. It’s mainly celebrities or people in the public eye.

One example is Jeremy Corbyn. Nothing to do with his politics - it’s something about him.

My latest one is Danny Dyer - especially with a moustache.

Anyone else get this?

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Pricelessadvice · 14/08/2025 06:49

Elton John has this effect on me. I physically recoil when I see a picture of him and I’m not sure why.

Lucyintheskywithdiamonnds · 14/08/2025 06:54

YANBU

Jeremy Vine

Stephen Fry

Keir Starmer

Tollington · 14/08/2025 06:56

David Walliams
Andrew Lloyd Webber

OpenThatWindow · 14/08/2025 06:58

Stephen Mulhern

CarlaLemarchant · 14/08/2025 07:00

Honestly no. Plenty I dislike but none trigger any sort of physical reaction.

Cinaferna · 14/08/2025 07:00

I feel this way about Dominic West. He's a really good actor, but the way he bares his teeth like a male gorilla when he smiles makes me leave the room. It feels so malevolent. Didn't help that he was so believable as Fred West.

Same with Walter Goggins. My flesh crawls. And Jack Nicholson.

Astrak · 14/08/2025 07:02

Definitely Jack Nicholson!

Lengokengo · 14/08/2025 07:04

Jeremy Clarkson. I cannot be in the same room if he is on TV. DH used to watch Top Gear which is when I discovered this.

CharlotteBakewell · 14/08/2025 07:08

The presenter with spiky (to hide the thinning) hair from Homes under the hammer!

B1anche · 14/08/2025 07:09

Ed Sheeran. I cannot look at his face.

LakieLady · 14/08/2025 07:12

None of them actually make me feel sick, but there are plenty who have me reaching for the remote control.

Danny Dyer's on that list, along with Walliams and Clarkson, but I have the same reaction to Nick Knowles, Michael Macintyre and Paddy McGuinness, and many more.

reversegear · 14/08/2025 07:13

I do wonder if we are picking up on some mannerisms or warning signals with these men, as the ones mentioned I wonder if they all have some common feature like little teeth or the way they smile etc. to me the common theme is the fact they are all fake, none of the men mentioned have any warmth to them.

DinaofCloud9 · 14/08/2025 07:13

I'm not like this with faces but I am with voices. I can't listen to some people.

skippy67 · 14/08/2025 07:14

CharlotteBakewell · 14/08/2025 07:08

The presenter with spiky (to hide the thinning) hair from Homes under the hammer!

Yes!!!!

And Kemi Badenoch.

unkownone · 14/08/2025 07:15

Tina Arena. Ever since she was younger she's made me feel sick. Even typing her name i feel sick.

Lucyintheskywithdiamonnds · 14/08/2025 07:16

unkownone · 14/08/2025 07:15

Tina Arena. Ever since she was younger she's made me feel sick. Even typing her name i feel sick.

😂😂 made me laugh. I don’t even know who she is. Picture?

R0ckandHardPlace · 14/08/2025 07:17

Nigel Farage 🐸

MyDeftDuck · 14/08/2025 07:17

Donald Trump!!!!! His hair, his beaky little lips, his piggy eyes, and his sleazy persona 😱🤢🤬😱🤢🤬

unkownone · 14/08/2025 07:19

Lucyintheskywithdiamonnds · 14/08/2025 07:16

😂😂 made me laugh. I don’t even know who she is. Picture?

haha she's australian, living in France i think now. She comes back when she needs money and releases a new single. She used to be on a kids talent show and it started there for me...the sick feeling never left. Would have to turn the radio down if she's on it. Have no idea why but it's just her that makes me feel like it lol.

Tootingbec · 14/08/2025 07:20

Pedro Pascal - used to be pretty ambivalent about him then saw him pawing over his female co-stars to manage his “anxiety” and his face now makes me feel 🤢

Tootingbec · 14/08/2025 07:20

Pedro Pascal - used to be pretty ambivalent about him then saw him pawing over his female co-stars to manage his “anxiety” and his face now makes me feel 🤢

SwingSultan · 14/08/2025 07:21

John Torode. I've felt like that for years, before the shenanigans!

unkownone · 14/08/2025 07:23

Lucyintheskywithdiamonnds · 14/08/2025 07:16

😂😂 made me laugh. I don’t even know who she is. Picture?

This is her. Again, i'm the only one i've met with this reaction - hubby thinks it hilarious as i literally feel like i'm going to vomit now lol. ugh, my attachment didn't work lol

Nannyfannybanny · 14/08/2025 07:23

Danny dyer, I always found him course and creepy, and one night he mentioned his daughter being on Love Island and "wanking" watching the programme. Turned my stomach!

B1anche · 14/08/2025 07:25

Weirdly Reverend Kate Bottley has the same effect on me. I literally have to turn over because I can't look at her face. I don't know what it is. I'm well aware it is totally my problem and there is absolutely nothing wrong with her or her looks (I'm not body shaming here). I don't know why I have this reaction to her and not anyone else. Thinking about it, she looks a bit like someone who I went to school with, so there could be some deeply subconscious connection there.

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