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Mike Tindall - I'm a Celebrity

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Arnaquer · 12/10/2022 03:25

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?

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AngelinaFibres · 12/10/2022 08:46

Arnaquer · 12/10/2022 07:23

I know he has a podcast, commentates, does after dinner speeches all related to his sporting career, great.
I just think I'm a celebrity is crossing the line to cashing in on his royal status.

He was a very successful sportsman. Zara has Olympic medals. The other 2 are known because of who they are the child of and who they married respectively.

tellmewhentheLangshiplandscoz · 12/10/2022 08:47

I'd rather watch him than all the usual z list Twats this sort of show attracts

WhyCantNameLastMoreThanDay · 12/10/2022 08:56

Mike and Zara go to Australia every year to commercialise on their royalness.
They never seem to attract criticism unlike other royals who do similar.

LookingAtYou · 12/10/2022 09:12

He was famous way before marrying Zara, it isn't as if he is using his rf platform.

Perhaps he is doing it to raise awareness for charities he's supports? As long as he doesn't start moaning that 'no one asked if he was ok' around the bush fire or handwringing about how horrid the rf and the institution are then so what.

People get confused, it isn't that Harry exploits his royalness that is the problem, it's that he does it at the same time as slagging them all off.

notanotheroneagain · 12/10/2022 09:17

DillDanding · 12/10/2022 08:40

He’s not really thought of as a ‘royal’ is he?

I think he’d have done it regardless as he’s a relatively well known ex-sportsman.

Oh, he is not 'royal' now.

Is that why he was seated front row at HMQE funeral.

If you're not a rugby fan, you don't know who he is.

notanotheroneagain · 12/10/2022 09:19

flapjackfairy · 12/10/2022 08:26

@Roussette
Not everything in the universe has to be about the sainted Harry and Meghan .There are other people on the planet you know . Why do you have to turn everything into a defence of them even when no one is criticising them in this instance? .

It's the hypocrisy of it all.

If everyone was so understanding of them, as you are with others.

mondaytosunday · 12/10/2022 09:20

I think of him more as a rugby player. Considering the usual calibre of celebrities on these types of shows he's qualified in his own right, no matter who he is married to.

Snowpatrolsnowpatrol · 12/10/2022 09:23

So those who had a life before marrying a royal are free to do as they please. That’s good news to hear for another couple. The hypocrisy is another level on MN.

donquixotedelamancha · 12/10/2022 09:24

The Royal family are basically UKs version of the Kardashians. So this is actually a logical step for them

This. All reality TV is tacky and exploitative but I don't see why this bloke being on it is worse than anyone else. At least he's famous for actually doing something.

donquixotedelamancha · 12/10/2022 09:26

The hypocrisy is another level on MN.

You do know that the posters expounding different views are actually different people don't you?

LookingAtYou · 12/10/2022 09:27

Snowpatrolsnowpatrol · 12/10/2022 09:23

So those who had a life before marrying a royal are free to do as they please. That’s good news to hear for another couple. The hypocrisy is another level on MN.

Well not free to do as they please. Free to go on TV, just without constant digs at the rf. We haven't seen Tindall tell a chat show host how nasty everyone is have we?

MissyB1 · 12/10/2022 09:32

MrsMorton · 12/10/2022 07:37

He does loads for charity, especially Parkinson's U.K. so I hope this can raise some awareness.

He has been an amazing support to a friend of mine who has Parkinsons, she fundraises a lot and is an ambassador for The Parkinsons society. Mike Tindall has got involved in a ctivities she has organised, really tough and time consuming challenges.

FirstFallopians · 12/10/2022 09:38

I don’t get the issue- Tindal has been in “the system”, ie. linked to the family for so long that he’ll be well aware of how to behave and way to say.

He might let slip a few tidbits- like Charles likes to mix ketchup and mayo on his plate, Anne being amazing at charades or something, but he won’t be saying anything salacious or embarrassing.

It does seem a bit quick after the Queen’s death though- I doubt he would’ve been “allowed” to do it if she was still alive.

Ohnonevermind · 12/10/2022 09:38

Mike was famous in his own right before he met Zara.

That’s a lot of caps 75 - he was a talented player, that’s the rugby equivalent of A list.

It’s interesting that the RF have never seemed to ask him to be something he isn’t, or conform to some ideal royal husband ideal.
zara isn't a working royal and he’s able to have this freedom.

I don’t watch the show though

MrsMontyD · 12/10/2022 09:41

He's most definitely a celebrity, he has an MBE for winning the Rugby World Cup, amazing that people would think that someone of TOWIE is a celebrity but not a world class sportsman.

PutinIsAWarCriminal · 12/10/2022 09:42

I think he'll be good fun in it. He is a sportsman who married into the Royal family and is not a working royal. He and his family aren't titled, and certainly don't go on Oprah moaning that daddy cut them off with a mere £5m, so why not?

LookingAtYou · 12/10/2022 09:43

'He might let slip a few tidbits- like Charles likes to mix ketchup and mayo on his plate, Anne being amazing at charades or something, but he won’t be saying anything salacious or embarrassing.'

Exactly, surely he's an example of how to do it. Fine to be a royal and perhaps mention the odd titbit like the sweets at the Jubilee, but that is a million miles away from petulant demands and tantrums.

Mommabear20 · 12/10/2022 09:45

He's hardly prince william is he? 🤦‍♀️
He's an ex-rugby player fgs! He will never be king, and his wife will never be queen! I quite like that they're not stuck up and able to not take themselves too seriously!

derxa · 12/10/2022 09:49

Ironically this is something that Harry would be good at. Mucking in and chatting with the other contestants.

Mommabear20 · 12/10/2022 09:49

Arnaquer · 12/10/2022 07:23

I know he has a podcast, commentates, does after dinner speeches all related to his sporting career, great.
I just think I'm a celebrity is crossing the line to cashing in on his royal status.

He's not cashing in on his royal career! He's doing what tonnes of ex-sports people have done before him!

MadameCholetsDirtySecret · 12/10/2022 09:49

He isn't a royal. He has no title. He is married to the niece of the king - who also has no title. He can do wtf he likes.

NB. I am a republican and haven't ever watched that programme.

Pinkcadillac · 12/10/2022 09:49

WhyCantNameLastMoreThanDay · 12/10/2022 08:56

Mike and Zara go to Australia every year to commercialise on their royalness.
They never seem to attract criticism unlike other royals who do similar.

No one in Australia know when they are or would pay to see them anywhere.

KittenFight · 12/10/2022 09:50

notanotheroneagain · 12/10/2022 09:19

It's the hypocrisy of it all.

If everyone was so understanding of them, as you are with others.

notanotheroneagain, I've never posted on any royal family threads, but do read them sometimes. If I did post, I'd be quite critical of Harry and Meghan, but also happen to think that Mike Tindall appearing on I'm a Celebrity is tacky af. You'd think this sort of programme (and all the other cringeworthy reality show rubbish) would have run it's course by now, but apparently there's still an audience for stuff like this. Don't care if he's on the show because he was a succesful rugby player or thanks to the royal connection - it's embarassing and usually only done by broke z-listers.

I probably don't get to have an opinion on this as I'm not British or a UK tax payer, but over all, most members of the royal family seem a bit of a disappointment to me. Best education money can buy, a network like nobody else's and sufficient funds to really follow one's passions, do something actually meaningful, or even start a proper business and all they seem to manage is half-arsed charity work for personal reputational and sometimes financial gain, navel-gazing interviews and books, low-brow reality TV and even flogging milk in China. It's all a bit sad, really.

Having said all that, our elected president, who occupies a mostly ceremonial role like the BRF do for the UK, is also a complete tool and a bit of an embarassement, so I'm not sure what the answer is.

WinnieTheW0rm · 12/10/2022 09:53

He is a much-capped former England Rugby captain - I think that makes him exactly the sport of sportsperson they like to go for

He (like Zara) has links to a handful for charities, but they've never done duties as working royals - they're family, rather than part of the Firm

twilightermummy · 12/10/2022 09:54

I’ve really gone off him after reading his behaviour towards Harry. I also noticed him checking his watch at the vigil for the late queen.I just think that he’s completely full of himself and the polite guy act is just that, an act. I don’t buy into him at all.