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Does anyone else find Giles Coren oddly attractive in all his mad Supersizers outfits?

73 replies

Olihan · 15/06/2009 21:42

The whole Adam Ant thing kind of passed me by but Giles looks yummy .

Please tell me I'm not alone in this.......

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Molesworth · 15/06/2009 21:43

Yes, me. He's hot

Olihan · 15/06/2009 21:48

Did you see him in the Edwardian one, a la Mr Darcy.

Breeches and boots

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Molesworth · 15/06/2009 21:49

He even looked hot in the Tudor one

yappybluedog · 15/06/2009 23:00

I thought it was just me

notnowbernard · 15/06/2009 23:01

Yes

Molesworth · 15/06/2009 23:02

Is he extremely short or is it a telly optical illusion?

Marthasmama · 15/06/2009 23:03

Oh no, not just you at all. He's lovely! I think the foodiness makes him more attractive. He is very funny too.

TheMoistWorldOfSeptimusQuench · 15/06/2009 23:20

Ooh yes, he's scrummy. And oh yes to the Mr. Darcy look (wasn't that Georgian, btw?)

My ex & he used to be mates / colleagues, but sadly I never got to meet him. Apparently he's completely lovely and v funny in real life too

curlyredhead · 15/06/2009 23:20

oooh, yes, me. GC is lovely

MoominMymbleandMy · 15/06/2009 23:24

I think I'm going to be sick.

Try reading some of his not so lovely notorious emails.

Olihan · 15/06/2009 23:30

Ah, yes, Georgian, probably.

Breeches, that's all I remember. Was too transfixed to be registering anything else .

His emails are hilarious. The one about the indefinite article at the end made me PMSL.

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MoominMymbleandMy · 15/06/2009 23:33

Ah, well, if you wouldn't mind getting an email from a colleague wishing you would die that's ok then.

Molesworth · 15/06/2009 23:34

I've never seen this emails - are they online somewhere?

Molesworth · 15/06/2009 23:35

"this emails"?

controlfreakythecontrolfreak · 15/06/2009 23:35

he's a grade A arse (imo).

MoominMymbleandMy · 15/06/2009 23:39

You sure hit the nail on the head there, Controlfreaky.

At least one of the emails has been on MN, Molesworth, so if you do a search it should come up, together with more dribbling about him.

Molesworth · 15/06/2009 23:59

So he's a twat then?

But an aesthetically pleasing twat.

MoominMymbleandMy · 16/06/2009 00:20

If he looked in the Mirror of Erised (remember, it's an anagram of 'desire') he would see himself.

Nancy66 · 16/06/2009 00:33

There's only been one leaked email hasn't there? to over zealous sub editors which, as a journalist, I would say was pretty justified albeit a little OTT.

PortAndLemon · 16/06/2009 01:42

Giles Coren, for example, is a twat.

(Nancy, there have been several to sub editors and at least one to another restaurant critic... enough to suggest strongly that sending long abusive emails is his default position when riled)

Personally I'd have thought better of him if he hadn't explained that he'd written an entire paragraph of a restaurant review purely in order to work in a feeble pun about oral sex. Although possibly his sex-scene writing (see winning Bad Sex Award entry) would be improved if large chunks of it were given over to restaurant descriptions instead, so he may be onto something after all.

wotzy · 16/06/2009 09:27

I don't know of emails, but you can tell he is a prize idiot from the show. I had no idea he was a restaurant critic I would imagine that is like asking Keith Chegwin to be a theatre critic for Shakespeare.

I did enjoy the 80's one last night only as it brought back so many good memories and what a silly time it was. I do like Sue Perkins.

bbc site with a video of Giles for Olihan.

Marthasmama · 16/06/2009 11:47

Awww that's a shame. I didn't realise he was a nob. For me his attractiveness was based on apparent personality and if he's a twat then he is not attractive IMHO. Oh well.....

HeadFairy · 16/06/2009 11:56

He is a vitriolic arse sometimes, but I took quite a fancy to him too... but then I keep reading him slagging absolutely everyone that isn't him off, and the attraction is starting to wane... he's got the same birthday as me too, so we'd probably have a terrible clash of the Leos.

beardydad · 16/06/2009 14:58

I like the way Sue P gets very squiffy very quickly !

squeaver · 16/06/2009 15:01

I thought he looked HOT last night and Sue was so on-trend with her shoulder pads.

I fancy him in a "I know I shouldn't but I do" sort of way. Apparently he is also willy-obsessed.