Mike Tindall - I'm a Celebrity

[Arnaquer]

Rumours circulating that he's signed up for the next series of I'm a Celebrity.
I know he and Zara have to make their own money but I find this tasteless and tacky.
Puts me in mind of the Royal It's a Knockout.
Surely they can't be that desperate for cash?

Ugh, that photo of the old creep groping her makes me feel sick. 🤮 She looks so uncomfortable.

Yes, because groping under the pretext of larking about always takes place behind closed doors, everyone knows that

You ever heard of the expression 'hidden in plain sight'? Happens all the time.

I don't understand how anyone can say nobody would grope someone in front of cameras when we all know Jimmy Saville did that with children. This is very well known so I honestly thought people would by now have known that this does happen all the time.

It’s weird people don’t seem to understand the law around workplace sexual harassment. This woman was at work. She was sexually touched at work, in public. That’s not allowed. At all. It is also unbelievable to see a member of the royal family doing it. Would Eugenie, Beatrice, or their husbands, ever be seen touching a woman on her breast and butt in public with a whole pack of photographers present? It’s insane to defend this. But it’s not unusual sadly.

'don't understand how anyone can say nobody would grope someone in front of cameras when we all know Jimmy Saville did that with children'

What a staggeringly offensive comparison to make. Let me get this straight you are likening Tindall larking about with film crew to Saville, a sex offender and paedophile?!

No janiie, she's reminding you that groping happens in plain sight all the time.

You can claim it's larking about all you like - those of us who recognise groping when we see it are less easily fooled.

Let me get this straight you are likening Tindall larking about with film crew to Saville, a sex offender and paedophile?!

No, that’s not what she’s doing at all. You’ve misunderstood. The analogy is with people saying nobody would sexually grope in public deliberately, and she gave an example of someone who did exactly that to an extreme level while nobody said a thing. In plain sight as they say. The comparison is in public displays of inappropriate sexual behaviour. She is not likening Tindall to a pedophile. She is comparing public behaviour that people ignore.

@SirChenjins yes exactly, posted at the same time. It’s just a form of deflection to invent a different analogy being made.

If that happened in the queue in a workplace canteen he'd be fired over it.

You are right what Mike Tindall did was illegal. But he is a member of the Royal Family so nothing will happen.
They are above the law.

We’ve all encountered these types. I recall a particular groper in one place I used to work being ‘handsy’ even when his wife was there. Creeping up behind women and grabbing and touching them. These weirdos get a thrill out of doing it in plain sight.

'The analogy is with people saying nobody would sexually grope in public'

Oh of course it happens. Difference is he will be very aware his every move and comments will be overanalysed (sadly, unlike Saville) so i very much doubt he would do anything dodgy when the eyes of the world are on him. Messing about is not 'sexually groping'.

"Messing about" is a way sexual groping gets minimised and excused.

Mike Tindall really doesn't come across as someone who gives a fuck whether his every move will be analysed - if he did he wouldn't grope a young woman at work.

so i very much doubt he would do anything dodgy when the eyes of the world are on him. Messing about is not 'sexually groping'.

Why do you doubt photographic evidence of him illegally touching the breast and butt of an ITV crew member? So even when it’s right in front of us, people doubt it happened! It’s right there. It is illegal whether you like it or not. You cannot touch women like that without their consent and certainly not while they’re at work. If it was one of my daughters, there absolutely would be a complaint laid.

Mike Tindall really doesn't come across as someone who gives a fuck whether his every move will be analysed

Correct, he said he doesn’t regret the drunken night out during the WC in NZ where he attended dwarf throwing and was filmed kissing and cuddling his former girlfriend, despite the fact the team was fined for it. If nothing else, it’s not very committed to be getting shit faced during a World Cup tournament. I can’t recall if he regrets losing his licence for drunk driving or not, but it was his second driving offence so probably not.

He's a man who's protected by his status as a rugby player, 'sleb, and being a member of the RF - he feels invincible, and when people like janiie up there brush off his behaviour 'larking about' you realise just how protected he is through his profession, his family life and by the way some parts of society view men like him and women generally.

The amount of paedophiles who will say ' I was just tickling her, I must have accidentally caught her breast or touched her vulva' same difference.
His hand is just below or on her breast.
She is a young girl, he has grabbed her from behind. It is not acceptable at all. He has no right to act in that way.

That article featuring Mike Tindall "larking about" ( yuck) is no longer on the UK news section of the Daily Mail app afaik.
Hmmm.

You can, however search for it on the DM app.

Are the Tindalls really that short of money or publicity that he subjects himself to the media scrutiny that entails when one joins "I'm a Celebrity" ?

Absolutely agree @Arnaquer - part of the thrill for these men is to see what they can get away with and then if anyone does question them they hold their hands up, all wide eyed and innocent, and claim it was an accidental touch. I'm willing to bet there's a substantial number of us on here who have either experienced this or who have witnessed it - and know exactly what it is.

Absolutely @SirChenjins I had a friend in a low paid role who was groped at work, arse grabbing etc and witnessed. He was the owner. She sued him and won.

Why do you think this? Famous people, often sportspeople, are often investigated for various allegations! Being a member of the rf didn't protect Andrew did it who has been stripped of titles and is now a pariah.

Tindall seems a not very bright boisterous buffoon but I really think some of you are doing a disservice to the victims of actual assaults and abuse by this false equivalence.

A photograph - even a series - doesn't give the full picture.

There's enough in that series to give a clear picture.

Another photo shows his right hand hovering at her hip. Way too low to be accidental.

Tindall seems a not very bright boisterous buffoon but I really think some of you are doing a disservice to the victims of actual assaults and abuse by this false equivalence.

Some of us are victims of actual assaults, and your comment is disgraceful and completely insensitive. Touching someone in a sexual place while they are going about their job is actually illegal. This isn’t something you can debate. It isn’t something we have inflated. Right there on the photos his hands on her in places that would constitute, by law, indecent assault. It is completely unacceptable. You are the one doing a disservice to all victims of assault by doubting something that is photographed! Nobody saying it’s rape. But it is 100%, legally speaking, assault. That’s not something any member here created, it is the law in Australia, here’s part of the definition of indecent assault: ‘the force used need not be violent, and can be as slight as a mere touch’

Being a member of the rf didn't protect Andrew

It did for a good number of years and even when it did finally fall apart he and his family had enough money to ensure he was never held to account in even a civil case.