No I think it's totally understandable that people are sceptical, i do not believe a thing the woman says nowdays.
Another is thinking that only people that only underweight people are anorexic. That's totally inaccurate. And I've seen it repeated several times in this thread.

I watched her 'performance' with the usual teeth grinding. I agree the presenters were absolute rubbish at interviewing, but one thing stood out: whenever J or E said "it's the parents you have a problem with, isn't it", she always responded with "Mums" don't do this or "Mums" don't do that. Which is odd because, as we know, she is a great supporter of Women... oh, and the book is #1939 in the Kindle charts...

Just a quickie... The Dreary is up a day early online. She names a few names and it's worth a gander for those she doesn't name: the RS, Trever, Jeremy... Go and have a gander, it's almost worth it!

The new 'name and shame' diary has to be one of the most pathetic yet. How dare all these people move on with their miserable lives when Liz hasn't? Glad that most didn't respond to her. Liz is locked in a time-warp, still fantasing about her ex-boyfriends and holding grudges against her former BFFs. I'm sure seeing their names in print in a national newspaper will help them see the error of their treacherous ways.

W ow. That was...filler? . Seriously, zero content even by LJ standards.

Her ramblings are so poorly strung together these days I'm not even going to read the latest one. How can anyone enjoy what she writes, just based on the appalling penmanship alone? I find her literally unreadable and not because of the inane content of her scrawlings.

I said that the example I gave were not relevant to proving or disproving Liz's claims - I never said she was in the early stages of anorexia.

BIB - not true at all. While it's true for some, many sufferers have come forward to denounce this as a myth. They're not blind. Anorexia is always portrayed as some kind of vanity disease, but most often it's about control. They feel their weight is the only thing that they can control in their lives and it gives them a sense of purpose. Other sufferers (especially female) are terrified of growing up, and try to avoid it by not allowing their body to grow.

It's a very complex mental health disease, and causes are even more complex, and little understood. I feel LJ does a lot of damage to the public's understanding of the disease (who's sufferers receive little sympathy) by living out the untrue stereotype of a shallow, vain, bitchy woman who looks in the mirror and thinks she's fat.

Margaret Thatcher's voice in your head when you read my posts?
Bizarre but funny all the same!

Not sure who comes to mind when I read yours - especially last years "slapper " post about Denise Welch (who by the way I can't stand!) which for some reason, still sticks in my mind.

I have to say your "great love and respect for the written word" didn't exactly fly off the page there!

Really strange farticle today. Clearly she is trying to wind up the royalists by saying Kate should have waited and adopted at 40, not had her own child.
Then the usual all mothers are fat and smug carp.
Clearly angling for another spot on This Morning.:yawn:

very strange farticle, I had to read the 1st paragraph twice (my poor eyes!) before I understood what she was waffling on about. She really is an embittered little troll of a woman.

I think she is one of those people who hate seeing someone else happy, an emotional vampire type of person, who sucks all the joy out of another person so the only way people can get away from them is to cut off ties completely. And from her You mag column it seems to fit. Lizzie, if you ask people to reply on "why did you dump me" then they are not going to reply because you will print it in your column like you print every aspect of your ex friends lives.

oh! anyone want to meet Liz?! Only £15 AND you get the chance to buy both her books so she can sign them!!! *watches the tumbleweeds start to pile up*

Just read that and wondered if I was missing the point as there really didn't seem to be one.

And I would bet my mortgage that the scene on the plane never actually happened.

what a golden opportunity,missed the promo for that. Oh dear never mind.

She doesn't have the bottle to speak to people like that in real life, see how quickly she caves in when being interviewed.
I have never watched it, but is SATC that riveting that anyone could want to see it as many times as LJ claims?

I'm sure there will be a DS coach booked to take us all to the exclusive book signing! If no one is shelling out to buy the actual book why would they pay more to go and see the old bat, oh, and book it through a premium rate phone line as well We can ask her questions eh? Ok,

"Hello Liz, can you tell us who the rock star is and how, in this multi-media age you two love birds have managed to keep your golden love so private and sacred?"

"Pardon? I'm deaf? Next question, preferably about animals..."

"You've made him up haven't you Liz, he doesn't exist does he?"

"Sorry, I can't hear the question, I have borderline selective hearing, here is a slide show of my animals though..."

Oh my, I just found the promo piece. Fifteen pounds plus another four for admin.

T&C, By attending the event you agree to be photographed and waive all rights, including moral rights, in any photography.

Bloody hell! DM really taking the pee now.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/...Liz-Jones.html

I thought last week's Diary had scraped the bottom of the barrel (a rehash of a whinge published in the MoS a couple of weeks earlier, taking the usual potshots at the usual person). But this week we sink even deeper.

In a nutshell: She wanted to write an article to promote her book. (The idea for the article was someone else's,already done by someone else in another publication). It involved contacting a load of people who no longer want anything to do with her, asking them WHY they no longer want anything to do with her, and then whingeing because they don't reply (er, I think the clues were all in place for that one Liz!) So the article she had planned to write didn't happen. But what the hell, she writes about them and names them anyway. Full names. Charming.

Shame on the DM for printing this. Imagine if you were one of those people, living your life and trying to forget whatever unfortunate experience led you to cut someone out of your life years ago. And then suddenly this. Shockingly bad journalism. And there's something inherently vicious about the attitude "You don't want to be a part of my self-indulgent article? Tough. I'll write about you anyway, and I'll name you too."

ETA: I think I vaguely remember the original feature, in fact I think we may have discussed it on this thread? Another female journalist sought out a load of ex-boyfriends, and tried to get them to chew over the relationship with her. They all ran a mile from the idea IIRC, and she took this to be a sign that she must have hurt them very badly (it didn't seem to cross her mind that she might have been an absolute nightmare to go out with and maybe they couldn't bear to think about her!) Can't remember who it was...one of the usual bunch I guess!

A simple question for astor: do you condone Jones' practise of altering her stories to fit, her blatant lies and her equally blatant plagiarism of the words of other, passing their experiences off as her own ? A straight yes or no please.

Some of the comments on the book signing really set me up for this morning

I loved: I am sorely tempted, as I have many questions that I should like to put to Liz. A bit worried about the photos though, wouldn't like to end up pictured in the Mail with a gurning Liz clad in plastic apron and gloves beside me. So, on balance, I think I'll pass and tweeze my knees instead.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, jeff

Liz Jones' book features as a digested read in the Guardian today - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013...jones-digested

The send-up on this was funny Habibti. In the comments section after it, plenty of people didn't know who she was and Googled her. I think the army of 'Liz loathers' will grow as a result as she does herself no favours whatsoever in everything she writes.
My bloke likes to buy the Sunday papers rather than read them online, so I always read the Dreary in YOU magazine. Directly beneath it is a cartoon entitled DEMENTED, the first word printed after Liz's last. Apt.

Well, well... the book-signing is sold out. But... The Mail reserves the right to cancel at no notice and tickets are non-refundable. Who'll offer odds on it going ahead??

Sold out ? All ten ?

If I were Liz I'd be very afraid. Those that have bought tickets are either there to have a laugh and try to ask her questions about the fictional rock star, etc, or her scary 'devoted fans' who just want to be her best friend. Either way, I don't think it's going to go the way Liz anticipates, I wouldn't be surprised if she pulls out at the last minute (and no one will be able to claim a refund)

It does sound a bit unbelievable that this is sold out. Are they just wind up comments on the article perhaps? ( I'm not ringing a premium line to find out.)

If it does go ahead, filled with her devotees, we will all see their pictures in a farticle. what with them giving up all moral/legal rights.
I can't see any detractors wasting that amount of money somehow.