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Sheila Hancock
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Please do not think I am being insensitive. I really do not mean to be, but I've read a series of interviews with Sheila Hancock over the last few weeks and I am getting extremely fed up with her self-pity. Yes, she lost her husband at a tragically young age and I'm sure it was devastating, but we have all lost loved ones (me included). That's not even the issue I have with her.
She goes on about being alone, but she has a family, a good job and money in the bank. There are lot of bereaved/elderly people who have nothing and no-one to turn to. She is reasonably healthy and working at the age of 81. She talks about travelling the world. There are a lot of elderly people who have to choose between eating and staying warm.
Again, I'm sorry if being I'm insensitive but she needs to stop feeling sorry for herself and count her blessings. Surely I can't be the only one who thinks this?
She goes on about being alone, but she has a family, a good job and money in the bank. There are lot of bereaved/elderly people who have nothing and no-one to turn to. She is reasonably healthy and working at the age of 81. She talks about travelling the world. There are a lot of elderly people who have to choose between eating and staying warm.
Again, I'm sorry if being I'm insensitive but she needs to stop feeling sorry for herself and count her blessings. Surely I can't be the only one who thinks this?
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Journo's are lazy & will relentlessly ask celebs about juicy or interesting aspects of their lives?
I also agree that she has a right to be lonely, miss him & verbalise this. Better this way than bottling it up & hiding it.
Don't worry about it. It's just a rant and we all need one from time to time. I don't intend for that to sound patronising. I've had a horrendous day (worrying about losing a parent who is seriously mentally ill) and just want to have a scream about those who are seemingly in a better position, sometimes. We're human. Just like Sheila.
@BritFlicks1 - 100% what Dorydaryl (beautifully) said. :cool:
She was in a stage show last year with Keeley Hawes. Keeley left before the end of her contract because of the bad relationship between her and Sheila. Unusual step for an actress to make. It was a rubbish show though so perhaps that created a certain amount of tension.
The thing with Keeley, it wasn't just Sheila who bitched about her. She was classed as a TV actress who had never done live theatre before and wasn't up to the strain.
OP, no need to apologise, you are entitled to your opinion, no matter what others may think.
BIB I liked it and thought Keeley Hawes was very good in it. IMO although she' s also very good, Sheila Hancock has an inflated opinion of herself as an actress.
That show rather invites people to be bitchy.
We're all obviously picking up on something, wonder what it is?
I respect her in that when she and John met (they were in the same play) there was an immediate attraction, but nothing came of it because she was married and committed to her husband. It was some time after his death that their paths crossed again and this time she was free.
I've read her book 'The Two Of Us'. Her first husband died from cancer so imagine how she felt when John was diagnose with it too. In fact, if I remember right, it was even the same kind of cancer.
People will always ask her about John. It's because of him that I read the book (I loved watching him in Morse and enjoy the books too). I haven't read her subsequent book, about her life as a widow.
Fair enough if you just don't like someone, but not very 'mumsy'!
Are there any male actors who are not 'dadsy' enough for you?
It's a pity that Sheila seems to have forgotten how she felt from this incident and should have shown empathy towards the younger Ms Hawes out of this but she didn't. I know Sheila can be blunt sometimes but unfortunately it gets interpreted as her being bitchy that way.
I saw that and couldnt believe what I was watching, she was horrendous to the young comedian (who actually has OCD type anxiety) and very personal about him.
Yes she did.
You can add me too..I've never 'liked' her either (not that shes worried about my opnion)
I can't say what it is either...it could be the endless interviews she's done talking about her pain, loneliness, widow hood on and on.
My dad's been widowed 20 years btw mum was 47 when she died. She talks like she's the only one
P.S. I don't agree about judging someone on their 'mumsiness' just because of their age and/or sex.