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to be offended by OK magazine?

132 replies

BecauseImWorthIt · 26/03/2009 13:15

Banner across the top of the cover:

"A nation mourns the loss of its brightest star"

How dare they speak on my behalf?

I'm not mourning and she was certainly not our brightest star!

Who writes this drivel? And who believes it?

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beanieb · 27/03/2009 11:55

YABU to waste time being offended. Whats the point?

lucykate · 27/03/2009 11:55

whispy - i agree, i found her funny rather than dislikedble. problem was, i was laughing at her, rather than with her.

whispywhisp · 27/03/2009 12:01

Yea she made me smile - even with her stupid ways!

Her boys will be fine. They've got a lovely caring Dad and grandparents.

Sorry...I don't like Jack Tweed. When my Dad died I couldn't face food for days and lived off the bare minimum just to exist for weeks. I know Jack knew she was dying and the end was soon but seeing that photo of him in the paper, with his mates, enjoying a meal just doesn't seem right. He's an angry individual, he's hurt people physically and I wonder how they feel seeing him in the press/tv when they've been injured by him? I don't think he'll ever change. He's only 21yrs old, he's just married into money, he has a criminal record with cases ongoing and he's suddenly been placed into the spotlight with the media through marrying someone who is no longer here. I just hope for Jade's sake and her family he can keep himself out of jail, go get a normal job and live a normal life.

lucykate · 27/03/2009 12:02

actually, i think the analogy with the apprentice candidates is a good one, sometimes it's got very little to do with education. but a lot to do with common sense.

2shoes · 27/03/2009 12:05

whispywhisp don't you think it is all rather planeed(by him) he got back with her when she got her dx and he was facing a trial, used her illness to try and get a lighter sentance, and I bet he will use her death to try to get out of going to prison.

wannaBe · 27/03/2009 12:09

he's being sentenced today isn't he?

As for getting married to escape inherritence tax, surely that just adds more weight to the argument that he will walk away with her money and her boys won't see a penny of it. They can only escape inheritance tax if jack Tweed is the beneficiary of her will, thus meaning he will walk away with the cash if he so chooses.

Her boys will be far worse off for her having married him.

whispywhisp · 27/03/2009 12:14

I read in the paper yesterday that one of the main reasons they married was so her money will go thru him to the boys so I guess, therefore, she left everything to Jack and put some money in trust for the boys. I know the house goes to him.

I'd like to think it wasn't all planned beforehand and they actually married because they wanted to. Somehow I don't think that was the case at all.

whispywhisp · 27/03/2009 12:17

...and in response to the OP...YANBU. I haven't seen the magazine but I'm not mourning her death - yes, its sad, incredibly sad especially as she has left two gorgeous little boys but so have many other parents - she put herself in the public eye, we didn't ask to be shown her slow decline whether it be on tv, in the newspapers or in these waste of money glossy magazines. I do feel sorry for the children but hopefully, with the right family support, they will grow into lovely lads and not follow in the footsteps of their Step-father.

wannaBe · 27/03/2009 12:17

well, in theory she could say that "I'll leave the money to you and you must give it to the boys" but in practice that wouldn't mean anything legally. because although she obviously could have put some money in trust for the boys before she died and could have made some provision for them in her will, everything she left to Jack is legally his to do what he wants with. So while he may have told Jade he would give the money to the boys, technically he can just walk away with the lot and there would be no legal recourse.

whispywhisp · 27/03/2009 12:19

That's shocking isn't it Wannabe? He doesn't look like someone, or acts like someone, who would act any differently is he?

Nabster · 27/03/2009 12:20

I have read that she left nothing of significance to her mother or husband and that she had a secret will leaving £2 milliong each for the boys.

wannaBe · 27/03/2009 12:20

oh no I stand corrected he did not benefit from her will. but he's

selling his story instead

lucykate · 27/03/2009 12:21

i'd read jack gets nothing, the boys have trust funds and her mum gets the house.

wannaBe · 27/03/2009 12:22

the wedding was purely a money-making exercise. For her it was for the magazine deals, and for him it was for the money he could make after she'd gone. After all the story of the newly married bereaved husband makes for a far better story than the bereaved partner...

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BecauseImWorthIt · 27/03/2009 12:41

beanieb - it was clearly a waste of energy on my behalf! Actually it was a purely visceral response whilst I was waiting at the checkout. I think I'll invoice OK for the energy that I expended.

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seeker · 27/03/2009 12:47

How come I got called all sorts of names for daring to question Jade Goody's fitness to be a role model for my teenage daughter and now there's a thread with everybody saying it?

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BecauseImWorthIt · 27/03/2009 12:48

It's the way you tell them, seeker

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wannaBe · 27/03/2009 13:11

clearly you are a trend-setter seeker

I think that possibly on the day Jade died people were being a bit more politically correct about the whole thing. Now that she's been dead a couple of days people are less sensitive about it all.

Either that or the now-that-jade-is-dead-all-ill-must-be-forgotten-and-she-must-be-sainted brigade haven't seen this thread or have chosen to ignore it.

wannaBe · 27/03/2009 13:12

or they're so consumed with grief that they haven't been able to think about anything else.

whispywhisp · 27/03/2009 13:27

Jack Tweed...write a book? Oh come on....I don't think he could string a few words together to make a sentance let alone write a book...unless of course he gets bored whilst he's banged up for assault, when he's finally charged, and he starts to practice a few lines and don't forget A is for apple, B is for...

I'm not knocking the fact that Jade wanted to earn as much money as she could for her boys and her Mum and good for her to making sure there was enough money in the pot for the rest of their days BUT I think we've all seen and heard enough of Mr Tweed now. Let the courts decide his next few years and with any luck they'll deal with him like they would anyone else and not let him off 'just because' etc etc...

FigmentOfYourImagination · 27/03/2009 13:30

FWIW, I suspect strongly that Jack Tweed will fade back into obscurity now that Jade is dead.

whispywhisp · 27/03/2009 13:33

Let's hope so cos anyone who could possibly face going out with his mates for a meal and drink on the SAME DAY as his wife passing away is simply beyond belief. Maybe I'm a bit dim but going out for a meal and drink is like celebrating something (maybe I don't go out enough?!!) - or perhaps he was?

Kimi · 27/03/2009 13:40

Ok mag is a chav fest, anyone with half a brain cell knows that.

I think it is wrong to say no one is morning her, her family and her sons will be.

I don't think she deserves the nastiness that has been displayed here and elsewhere lately it is rather low to have a go at a dying woman.

It is sad she died, it is sad she left behind two young children, it is good that however it was attained she has raised awareness of how evil this cancer is and how fast it can kill.

As for her being stupid well, she got lemons and made lemonade, (and more money then most people here will see in a lifetime).

If you don't like OK don't buy it, don't look at it simple at that, leave it on the shelf with the rest of the tat.

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BecauseImWorthIt · 27/03/2009 13:48

Kimi - I didn't say no-one was mourning her. I wasn't nasty towards her and I wasn't having a go. I didn't buy it and I couldn't help looking at it as it was right in front of me at the checkout.

I saw it, read it and was annoyed!

Nothing to do with Jade.

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whispywhisp · 27/03/2009 14:00

...and I certainly don't remember displaying any nastiness on here either towards Jade and nor have I had a go at a dying woman. In fact I have said the complete opposite.