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Original poster

that i couldn't give a stuff about katie and peter and think people who do care

34 replies

southeastastra · 04/02/2010 15:30

should get a life?

OP posts:
ghandisflipflop · 04/02/2010 15:32

YANBU

lou031205 · 04/02/2010 15:32

I am not particularly drawn to the Katie/Peter saga, but do think that they and their difficulties are a product of their media exposure & society's interest in them, so I think we should feel a little responsible, tbh.

muggglewump · 04/02/2010 15:37

I can't resist a bit of sleb twaddle and have just spent time trawling around for more stories about them

beeny · 04/02/2010 15:38

I agree who cares they are freaks

eggontoast · 04/02/2010 15:38

Katie and Peter who??

thumbwitch · 04/02/2010 15:38

they're still people when all's said and done, and although I despise their meeja-fuelled lifestyle, I still think that Peter André had an unnecessarily tough time from that "journo".

However, it doesn't dominate my life or thoughts - only when I read about it on MN or the news, then I think "that was mean" and move on.

MrsC2010 · 04/02/2010 15:39

YADDDDDNBU.

(That's a few definitelys for good measure.)

Even the adverts for their cringeworthy TV programme used to make me...well, cringe.

Sassybeast · 04/02/2010 15:42

Lou012354 - Why shoul;d 'we' feel resonsible ? I don't watch their shows, I don't buy celeb 'mags', I don't read tabloid newspapers, I don't buy any of their endorsed products. I have no interest in them or what they do so why should 'I' feel responsible for them being torn apart by the media ? I'll leave that feeling of resonsibilty to those who read OK

GrimmaTheNome · 04/02/2010 15:44

katie and peter who?

littlestmummystop · 04/02/2010 15:45

if you are so 'not interested' then why start a whole new thread?

Original poster
southeastastra · 04/02/2010 15:48

because i am hoping there are others who are not interested also back at ya

OP posts:
lou031205 · 04/02/2010 15:48

I didn't say 'you' Sassybeast, I said 'we'. Society as a whole. Society puts people on a pedestal, then they get so screwed up, and society moves on. Car crash gawping until the clean-up crew arrives.

shockers · 04/02/2010 15:49

YANBU

pagwatch · 04/02/2010 15:52

I am not interested but it gets shoved at you all the time and I find myself watching like this through my fingers.

MrsC2010 · 04/02/2010 15:55

Yep, I agree Lou, but in the meantime they make a lot of money/gain publicity in order to make a lot of money.

wannaBe · 04/02/2010 15:57

I don't think society as a whole should feel responsible. Perhaps those who buy ok/hello/heat magazines and watch the "katie and whoever it is/isn't this month" show should feel responsible, after all, without a market there wouldn't be a product. I also wonder about what must be lacking in peples' lives that they feel the need to pay money to read about other peoples'.

As for peter/Katie, I certainly don't care, although on balance I dislike her far more than I dislike him, but I think they have only themselves to blame if people despise them.

EleanoraBuntingCupcake · 04/02/2010 16:04

there isn't enough money in the world to stuff in the huge aching hole where katie price's soul should be.

Sassybeast · 04/02/2010 16:06

I know you didn't mean 'me' personally but I'm part of society and to blame 'society' means blaming me I think it's the get out clause that sleb hawkers use when things turn bad. When OK published obituary editions for Jade Goody before she was dead, 'society' was blamed for feeding the demand. Errr - I certainly didn't feed the demand for mawkish pictures of a dying woamn, neither did my friends or family. So saying that 'society' is to blame is really just people who buy this shite justifying their actions when the media oversteps the mark.

Astrid28 · 04/02/2010 16:28

YANBU! I cannot stand her to the point where I turn over the tv now if I see her face! I also refuse to buy mags with her on the cover (unfortunately however she usually lurks within)

I think that that particular dog has had her day

Astrid28 · 04/02/2010 16:28

YANBU! I cannot stand her to the point where I turn over the tv now if I see her face! I also refuse to buy mags with her on the cover (unfortunately however she usually lurks within)

I think that that particular dog has had her day

Sassybeast · 04/02/2010 16:30

Astrid - if she is featured in the magazine, do you take it back and ask for a refund ?Od you read it anyway ?

Astrid28 · 04/02/2010 16:30

Ooh apparrently so much so that I had to say it twice!

Astrid28 · 04/02/2010 16:35

No Sassy, I just said if she's on the cover. Didn't I??

Astrid28 · 04/02/2010 16:35

No Sassy, I just said if she's on the cover. Didn't I??

porcamiseria · 04/02/2010 16:46

you care enough to post here, so shuddup!

I used to love , but now HATE her but have secret love for alex and peter