Richard Madeley…

[CurlewKate]

I just saw a clip of him for the first time in ages….What on earth has he done to his hair????

I was wondering that the other day!! It looks like he left the hair dye in too long on one side.

He’s gone blond?!

Photo?

and the mahogany tan.

I can't stand him, he's such a know it all. He really needs Judy with him to rein him in. I thought his hair was a wig, it doesn't look natural.

He does have a slight air of thinking he's way more important a personage than he actually is. Never liked him much.

That explains it very well.

I'm not particularly familiar with his work, but that is the sort of impression I get.

Top Gear's Richard Hammond once hit the nail squarely on the head when he referred to himself as a 'minor bloke off the telly' and I think maybe a few others could take a leaf out of his book.😁

Very true. I think Madeley only got where he is riding on Judy's coattails. She used to do a grand job keeping him in his place when he came out with nonsense.

I saw today that Hammond, Clarkson and May are coming back with a new Grand Tour cameo appearance soon.

I’m not that fussed with Top Gear but some of them are surprisingly watchable.

I’m not a fan of him or of breakfast TV generally, but in the clip I saw with his new Michael Fabricant hair he was doing very good job of holding Lee Anderson to account. So I’m currently approving of him!

Oh, that's confused me as would have thought he'd be a loose Lee Anderson fan.

Haha just saw it! Ridiculous. I find Madeley hilarious just because he's so Partridge. I always feel like it MUST be a character he's playing but I really dont think it is. I just think he's bonkers. God knows how Judy puts up with him!

Slight?!

In the old days of Richard and Judy on this morning (compulsory student viewing) she absolutely kept him in his place. I avoid him now he’s been let loose and gone rogue. I loved Judy and tolerated Richard.

He's actually surprisingly good at political interviews. I think it's because he's so shamelessly unbothered about making things awkward, so he has no qualms about asking blunt questions and pushing them for answers.

Although he looks absurd these days, and is frequently more Partridge than Partridge, I feel I must defend him because I met him a couple of times in a previous job 20-ish years ago and to my great surprise he was absolutely LOVELY. Properly nice and friendly, and also incredibly kind to a shy work experience teenager who was accompanying me on one occasion.

I saw him doing a documentary about that ultra strict prison in (I think) Panama. He looked scared shitless.

He has an overinflated opinion of his self importance. And of how much people want to know about his family.

He is Alan Partridge in so many ways.

I'm pretty sure I read that Alan Partridge was based on a mix of Madeley and Richard Whitely - may he RIP.

God people are horrible on here. He’s a 70 year old man. He’s happily and long term married and looks to be a good father and grandfather, and still has a successful career.

None of that stops me disliking him sadly

No pics?

I think he has taken the mickey out of himself anyway regarding the Partridge comparison.

In a world where people are apparently encouraged to 'be themselves' and bring their whole selves to work, a person does that and then is derided for who he is.

Well this is who he is.

Agreed that Judy was the boss though.

Oh god OP, I thought you were going to say that he'd died!

I haven't seen Dickie Madeley on telly for ages but I've always had a bit of a crush on him since the This Morning days (with the exception of the Ali G costume).

I didn’t mind him really. He isn’t as bad as some of them and seems fairly grounded.

Should we be commenting about his appearance?

I recall several women getting very very frothy on the Lilly Allen thread because I said her boob job looked wonky...