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Things you secretly know

188 replies

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 02:23

Just a general lighthearted one. Not aibu. Tell us something surprising, shocking, gripping or funny about someone you know personally , or an experience you had , or a famous person. Without giving anything away.
I've said this one before but....I know a very very well loved tv actor who is absolutely vile IRL. Im not going to out him but your jaw would drop if you knew..
Also I once lived in a place where a woman and her husband were upstanding members of the community, prominant locally, liked being respected, true blue types. They loved pronouncing on who was right and who was wrong in all situations. One day she told me conspiratorially and with great glee that they thought they'd been shafted financially by a local business bloke, so one night they put sugar in his petrol tank and slashed two of his tyres. I was young at the time and completely shocked.
Finally, in the C of E church in my old village where I grew up there were a bunch of smiley 'upstanding 'regular churchgoers who didnt like the new , slightly happy clappy vicar . He waa modern, and kind and seemed to care about the poorer people in the village . Rather like you'd imagine Jesus might have done. So the nice upatanding churchgoing regulars orchestrated a smear campaign against him and didn't stop until they'd made sure the vicar had had a breakdown and hadcto keave his post. It was.such a lovely, kindly village .🤣

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Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:00

FantasyFoodhall · 13/03/2026 04:23

I want to know more about the vile TV actor!
I know that my DH has a large stash of mini eggs in his desk drawer. He doesn’t know that I know, but I worry he knows that I have a 6 pack of Crunchies in my desk drawer!

Im imagining your home full of secret hiding places crammed to bursting with chocolate and both of you sneaking around at night and waking up wirh brown smears all over your faces.

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Sidebeforeself · 13/03/2026 10:00

Plasticdreams · 13/03/2026 04:07

I used to be well connected in that area and when a very well known (internationally) singer came to my city, I was asked if I could help out and would be able to join them all and meet him, etc. the most bizarre part is, this singer was/is in his 80’s!!
I have so many (true) stories about celebrities and have lived a very full and crazy life, but a lot of my friends think I’m exaggerating the truth but it’s all true! 😂

Are you Nessa?! 😂

SummerFrog2026 · 13/03/2026 10:00

KatStratford · 13/03/2026 05:56

i know for a fact that a well known model was available for hire as a “girlfriend”. The rate back then was $30 000 for the weekend. I was working in the Middle East at the time and involved in the travel and payment arrangements.

Edited

It detached from my earlier post saying if you still have the contacts, I'd do a week for that 🤣🤣

Skyflier · 13/03/2026 10:02

I know that I ate my husbands chocolates. I also know I helped him look for them and am going straight to hell

AliceandOscar · 13/03/2026 10:04

KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 06:37

How do know this? How do you know what he sent out for and what arrived within what timeframe?

Because I was working the event and we had to organise a taxi for the actor’s assistant.

craycray431 · 13/03/2026 10:08

I know my dickhead ex is cheating on his current partner. I found out accidently when I was helping my son decide his subject options on his school laptop. Stupid fool had used it to email ex and left his email logged in and on 'sent.' I can't say I'm surprised tbh. (made sure I logged out of his email on the laptop). Also found out his current partner (that he's cheating on) stumped up the deposit for their very expensive house (unsurprisingly). More fool her. I would feel sorry for her but shes said some not so nice things about me so keeping my distance.

KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 10:09

Sidebeforeself · 13/03/2026 10:00

Are you Nessa?! 😂

😂😂
Please tell me one of them was John Prescott 😂

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:12

AlpineAnja · 13/03/2026 05:38

And this would make much more logical sense if you were using codewords for sextoys Grin

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However, the laughing face emoji after the OP describes the treatment of the vicar is fucking grim. Maybe she is sloshed? Or I have incorrectly scanned it and she is laughing at the concept of the perfect village with a savage cynicism!

Yes. Not sloshed. Cynical of some of the the nice churchgoers in my childhood village.

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Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:17

TittyGajillions · 13/03/2026 06:24

Finally, in the C of E church in my old village where I grew up there were a bunch of smiley 'upstanding 'regular churchgoers who didnt like the new , slightly happy clappy vicar . He waa modern, and kind and seemed to care about the poorer people in the village . Rather like you'd imagine Jesus might have done. So the nice upatanding churchgoing regulars orchestrated a smear campaign against him and didn't stop until they'd made sure the vicar had had a breakdown and hadcto keave his post. It was.such a lovely, kindly village .🤣

That's absolutely appalling and I'm not sure why you've used the laughing emoji!

Because it isnt funny.

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Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:18

KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 06:40

Nor me. A decent man's life destroyed. Not funny.

Like i said. I used it coz it isnt funny. It's irony.

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Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:20

KatStratford · 13/03/2026 05:56

i know for a fact that a well known model was available for hire as a “girlfriend”. The rate back then was $30 000 for the weekend. I was working in the Middle East at the time and involved in the travel and payment arrangements.

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Im a bit shocked, but not surprised.

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KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 10:22

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:18

Like i said. I used it coz it isnt funny. It's irony.

Yes, I just can't get my head round why people, who claim to be Christians, would destroy someone like that. It's evil.
That and the AA one I think have been the most shocking on here.

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:30

EvieBB · 13/03/2026 06:38

Great idea for a thread....love it!! Thanks for setting it up
Will definitely post later but gotta get to work....
Oh poor vicar - why did they hate him so much if he was so Jesus like? He sounds lovely....

Because they were old school and he was modern. There was also something about how to deliver the service . It all got very nasty. Which is why i used the laughing emoji. The idea of apparently goodly churchgoing people being capable of such bullying and viciousneas.

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KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 10:34

KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 10:22

Yes, I just can't get my head round why people, who claim to be Christians, would destroy someone like that. It's evil.
That and the AA one I think have been the most shocking on here.

Oh, actually that one about children being abused in the hotel 💐

Rhubarb24 · 13/03/2026 10:46

KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 10:34

Oh, actually that one about children being abused in the hotel 💐

I'm glad that my AA story shocked you more than this one.

ThereWillBeSun · 13/03/2026 10:50

Springiscomingbutimisswinter · 13/03/2026 08:26

On a lighter note - I knew when my Fiancé was going to propose to me. He didn't know I knew and I had to act completely surprised. I wouldn't tell him as it would upset him, he had put so much effort into it. I was still blown away 😍

Same! I also knew he was going to do it in a place I didn’t really want it to happen so engineered that day so we would be in a better place 😂

KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 11:06

Rhubarb24 · 13/03/2026 10:46

I'm glad that my AA story shocked you more than this one.

You're glad?
It's pretty awful. However I added the child abuse one as I'd forgotten to do so. It's the worst. Which I'm sure you worked out..
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MollyRoisin · 13/03/2026 11:06

The very well connected Irish businessman I worked for back in the day used to travel to London regularly and arrange for escorts to visit him at his hotel. He considered himself and his family to be pillars of the community and I'm sure his lovely wife had no clue. I found out completely by accident and was so shocked I left shortly afterwards as I couldn't look him in the eye. He was a cunt, anyway, an absolute bastard to work for. I've never breathed a word. He's retired now, he'll be in his 80s, and I wonder if he's still up to his old tricks.

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 11:13

Missingducks · 13/03/2026 07:38

I know a huge amount of secrets but people tell me things because they know I won't tell a soul (except my dog). Sometimes I do think 'please don't tell me' and sometimes I really have to push them to tell someone else (eg when something needs action). But I do love knowing!

I love that your dog knows all the secrets. But are you sure you can trust your dog not to spill the beana.

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Mumandcarer80 · 13/03/2026 11:14

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 09:53

No, it's coming. It is !!!!

I live in hope but we live in Cumbria the wettest county.

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 11:15

KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 10:22

Yes, I just can't get my head round why people, who claim to be Christians, would destroy someone like that. It's evil.
That and the AA one I think have been the most shocking on here.

Yes they were not nice at all.

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Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 11:18

Mumandcarer80 · 13/03/2026 11:14

I live in hope but we live in Cumbria the wettest county.

But beautiful

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Rhubarb24 · 13/03/2026 11:22

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Auroraloves · 13/03/2026 11:23

Soooooo · 13/03/2026 06:06

I work with the biggest tool of a man I had ever met in my life. Obnoxious, brash, loud and totally shit at his job. He was married and used to bring his wife into work every now and again she seemed like a lovely woman. Anyway he started having an affair with a woman he had met whilst out and made everyone aware of all the sordid details, taking her on holidays, letting us the details of his sex life - totally unprofessional and like he had won a prize. I set up a fake FB profile and told his wife, his life imploded when she chucked him out and like in The Traitors he has no idea who told his wife. He is pretty sure it is somebody at work and hates us all but it has been a joy to watch the total prick fall from his perch. Of course it is not his fault but that of the person who told his wife. Nobody else in the world knows it was me.

not all heroes wear capes 🥰

KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 11:25

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