Sky Arts ‘Portrait artist of the year’ - anyone watching?

[Toughie]

‘Our sitter is one of the most celebrated comedians of our time, she has ....she is ....’
I was expecting Jennifer Saunders or Ruby Wax.
No. Eddie Izard.
‘I’m gender-fluid’... ‘I want to be in full-on girl mode from now on’ ... ‘I’ve asked to be referred to as ‘she’ and ‘her’ etc.
I’m trying to work out why it irritates me so much.
I think it might be the black high-heeled lace up boots.

Yep........with you, OP

I have been following this programme for multiple series and I will watch this on catchup. If i were one of the lucky contestants I would have been upset at having to paint the drag queen 'the Vivienne' more - at least Eddie has a characterful face and less filler. How many artists will feminise Eddie's features to Eddie's satisfaction I wonder?

Good question.
They are painting what they see so I think all three will end up looking like a bloke.
I also feel uncomfortable with this ‘girl-mode’ phrase.
Isn’t the use of the word ‘girl’ quite telling?

Imagine if he said he was race-fluid or full on asian mode...

Would be more appropriate to say they were in old crone mode

I think he said he's "in girl mode TODAY", which is worse.

It's made me really cross and I was so looking forward to it! WTF is "girl mode"? This is just topping off a generally WTF day as my 15 yr old DD was made to watch a film about "puppy play" during RSE today at school! I asked what the teacher said the rationale for this was? I suspect it's just the wokeism that is now normalising fetishism in the guise of educating our DC.

More annoyingly this had led to me dropping several stitches in my knitting project. Hey ho, I can pick up dropped stitches because I'm like, in "girl mode". As my DD said, he's too old for that anyway he should have said "woman mode"

He hates them all lol

Oh, he just referred to himself as "he".

Eddie didn't seem impressed with any of the portraits

Yes, I don't think those portraits meet with the sitter's approval, somehow....

That’s because he’s a narcissist.

Dd pointed out that he picked the one that looked least like him

Also......pink neon in the background?

It kind of cheered me up to see how disappointed he was.
Am I a bad person?

Me too. I'm afraid it made me laugh.

I like Kofi best

I've watched the whole series and was avoiding this episode because Izzard annoys the fuck out of me. I'm glad he hates them, might watch now. (Petty)

Can't believe these are the best 3 artists as well!

I’m picturing Eddie on the phone to his agent ‘don’t ever put me through that shit again’

There have been some fabulous artists.
Have really enjoyed it.
Until this one.

I wanted Kofi to win - loved his work

Curtis gave him beestung lips when he actually has thin lips. I guess that's why he picked it

@Tollergirl be very interested to know how the teacher justifies that. Because how on earth can there be any justification?

My DD is 4 and was excited to see a police woman the other day because she "didn't know women could be in the police". Just so depressing.