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Tom Daley steps into the world of drag

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HannahinHampshire · 05/10/2026 20:27

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/962ef028c3a0222b

How depressing. I thought we were done with drag . . .

Tom Daley takes plunge into the world of drag

Olympic diver is unrecognisable after donning dress and blonde wig for YouTube makeover show

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/962ef028c3a0222b

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alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:08

Hedgehogforshort · 05/10/2026 22:07

Still have no clue what you are on about.

additionally i, and only i can decide what offends me.

just get back in your cupboard when it comes to me as i have no wish to engage with you further.

thanks in advance.

Of course you do. I'm just calling out your hypocrisy. It's Lily Savage btw.

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:09

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Myalternate · 05/10/2026 22:11

I personally only liked Lily Savage and Dame Edna. Neither of them played their characters in an offensive fashion.

I don’t like clowns.

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alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:12

Myalternate · 05/10/2026 22:11

I personally only liked Lily Savage and Dame Edna. Neither of them played their characters in an offensive fashion.

I don’t like clowns.

I'm assuming you only ever saw the sanitised TV-version, then?

GreyskySexRealistsky · 05/10/2026 22:15

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:08

Of course you do. I'm just calling out your hypocrisy. It's Lily Savage btw.

And that was supposed to be some kind of gotcha! 😂

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:17

GreyskySexRealistsky · 05/10/2026 22:15

And that was supposed to be some kind of gotcha! 😂

Quite a good one considering that poster can't and won't answer.

JustTalkToThem · 05/10/2026 22:20

I think he looks great - Lots of women dress and do make-up like that. I feel like the dress doesn't fit well, but of all the drag acts, I actually think this one is pretty respectful.

GreyskySexRealistsky · 05/10/2026 22:21

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:17

Quite a good one considering that poster can't and won't answer.

Like the way you cant and won't answer the question asked by @thekeatingfive on the other thread? The question about trans rights?

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:22

GreyskySexRealistsky · 05/10/2026 22:21

Like the way you cant and won't answer the question asked by @thekeatingfive on the other thread? The question about trans rights?

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The one I answered? How awkward. Weirdly I've noticed you and that rollingpinwonder do keep popping up with your own failed gotchas and then disappearing. Very similar behaviour.

Coatsoff42 · 05/10/2026 22:23

Tom Daley can play dress up if he wants, he looked like a cartoon character. He didn’t look real at all, it was a strange thing to do, but then he just looked exactly like the person who did his make up, so not exactly a unique look.

GreyskySexRealistsky · 05/10/2026 22:25

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:22

The one I answered? How awkward. Weirdly I've noticed you and that rollingpinwonder do keep popping up with your own failed gotchas and then disappearing. Very similar behaviour.

Ooh I'm flattered you noticed <preens>

GreyskySexRealistsky · 05/10/2026 22:27

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:22

The one I answered? How awkward. Weirdly I've noticed you and that rollingpinwonder do keep popping up with your own failed gotchas and then disappearing. Very similar behaviour.

No, the one you haven't yet answered

Weird

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:28

Coatsoff42 · 05/10/2026 22:23

Tom Daley can play dress up if he wants, he looked like a cartoon character. He didn’t look real at all, it was a strange thing to do, but then he just looked exactly like the person who did his make up, so not exactly a unique look.

You mean the video about the drag queen transforming people into her own style of drag wasn't unique? SHOCKED, I AM.

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:28

GreyskySexRealistsky · 05/10/2026 22:27

No, the one you haven't yet answered

Weird

I've answered. You just don't like the answer. Curious and curiouser.

Myalternate · 05/10/2026 22:31

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:17

Quite a good one considering that poster can't and won't answer.

I choose which posters and posts I want to respond to.
I choose not to respond to you. Live with it 👍

GreyskySexRealistsky · 05/10/2026 22:31

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:28

I've answered. You just don't like the answer. Curious and curiouser.

Nope. You've made a series of evasive responses but you haven't answered the question. Funny that.

Myalternate · 05/10/2026 22:32

Coatsoff42 · 05/10/2026 22:23

Tom Daley can play dress up if he wants, he looked like a cartoon character. He didn’t look real at all, it was a strange thing to do, but then he just looked exactly like the person who did his make up, so not exactly a unique look.

They both looked plastic 😳

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:33

Myalternate · 05/10/2026 22:31

I choose which posters and posts I want to respond to.
I choose not to respond to you. Live with it 👍

You've not stopped love.

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:35

GreyskySexRealistsky · 05/10/2026 22:31

Nope. You've made a series of evasive responses but you haven't answered the question. Funny that.

You say evasive, but is there anyone else you expect to answer for another woman?

GreyskySexRealistsky · 05/10/2026 22:37

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:35

You say evasive, but is there anyone else you expect to answer for another woman?

@TheKeatingFive asked you what you thought

Not what anyone else thought

That you can't answer speaks volumes "love"

This thread, for clarity
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5585596-mary-ann-stepenson-in-the-times-trans-activists-wrong-to-say-single-sex-code-limits-rights?page=2

Hedgehogforshort · 05/10/2026 22:46

Lilly Savage, as it happened portrayed a socially marginalised transvestite prostitute.

Not because he wanted to talk about the social issues of said transvestite prostitute, he wanted to talk about politics in the thatcher era, from the point of view of a left wing scouser and fuck me side ways he swore a lot.

Paula Calf was another funny as fuck to me, whose love child was Richard Whitely

I liked Les Dawson and his over the fence skits too because he portrayed my grandmother, arms folded under her breasts talking about unmentionable women's issues. Talking in whispers and surreptitious looks.

historic comedy is always worth a look because it holds the best and the worst in social commentary.

as for Tom what is the point other than to present a man as a better woman.

Hedgehogforshort · 05/10/2026 22:50

I forgot to mention cosmo small piece, the pervert, reading the news.

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:52

Hedgehogforshort · 05/10/2026 22:46

Lilly Savage, as it happened portrayed a socially marginalised transvestite prostitute.

Not because he wanted to talk about the social issues of said transvestite prostitute, he wanted to talk about politics in the thatcher era, from the point of view of a left wing scouser and fuck me side ways he swore a lot.

Paula Calf was another funny as fuck to me, whose love child was Richard Whitely

I liked Les Dawson and his over the fence skits too because he portrayed my grandmother, arms folded under her breasts talking about unmentionable women's issues. Talking in whispers and surreptitious looks.

historic comedy is always worth a look because it holds the best and the worst in social commentary.

as for Tom what is the point other than to present a man as a better woman.

Lily Savage was the drag queen persona of Paul O'Grady. One that had two children - a daughter and a son. Not a transvestite.

Hedgehogforshort · 05/10/2026 22:58

alcovecupboards · 05/10/2026 22:52

Lily Savage was the drag queen persona of Paul O'Grady. One that had two children - a daughter and a son. Not a transvestite.

Yes i fucking well know. I have seen him live. He only had one child a female. His act, not personae was a prostitute transvestite, not real you nit wit.