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Just reading some earlier posts and Fred Tablot popped up that someone met saying he was lovely, it's frightening how we never truly know someone.
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What's O'Grady like in real life?
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Just reading some earlier posts and Fred Tablot popped up that someone met saying he was lovely, it's frightening how we never truly know someone.
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I've been watching a lot of Red Dwarf recently and I wondered, has anyone met any of the cast? At cons or anywhere else?
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non disabled people using disabled toilets is one of my bugbears, as I have a rare medical condition that means I get pain if I hang on, even for a few minutes, and the longer I hang on the worse it gets. Not only that but hanging on actually makes my overall medical condition worse, So if I was prevented from using the loo by someone non disabled, I would be very angry.
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How would you know if they were disabled?
Also, where I come from, a handicap toilet is not only for the disabled. It just means it is especially equipped to make it easier for people with certain handicaps to use it in comparison with standard toilets. |
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non disabled people using disabled toilets is one of my bugbears, as I have a rare medical condition that means I get pain if I hang on, even for a few minutes, and the longer I hang on the worse it gets. Not only that but hanging on actually makes my overall medical condition worse, So if I was prevented from using the loo by someone non disabled, I would be very angry.
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I'm currently on holiday in Cornwall. On Tuesday, my son and I were playing football on the beach when the ball - a very lightweight beachball type - was taken by the wind and accidentally knocked against the leg of a woman standing with her family close by.
My son immediately apologised but she scowled at him and didn't bother to throw the ball - about 2 inches from her leg - back. I then recognised the woman standing next to her as Janet Ellis (the pain in the arse who is often on Matthew Wright's show) and then noticed the woman who the ball had (very gently) knocked was Sophie Ellis Bextor. They were there with their whole family - kids, husbands etc - and I put Sophie's reaction down to being pregnant (which was evident) and having her hands full with her middle child who was running round naked (and just a bit too old for that, looked about 5 or 6) and was generally a bit of a handful. I don't like Janet Ellis at all but to give her her due, she looked fantastic in her swimming costume, not a trace of fat or cellulite. Considering she's about 55, she looked amazing. |
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I'm currently on holiday in Cornwall. On Tuesday, my son and I were playing football on the beach when the ball - a very lightweight beachball type - was taken by the wind and accidentally knocked against the leg of a woman standing with her family close by.
My son immediately apologised but she scowled at him and didn't bother to throw the ball - about 2 inches from her leg - back. I then recognised the woman standing next to her as Janet Ellis (the pain in the arse who is often on Matthew Wright's show) and then noticed the woman who the ball had (very gently) knocked was Sophie Ellis Bextor. They were there with their whole family - kids, husbands etc - and I put Sophie's reaction down to being pregnant (which was evident) and having her hands full with her middle child who was running round naked (and just a bit too old for that, looked about 5 or 6) and was generally a bit of a handful. I don't like Janet Ellis at all but to give her her due, she looked fantastic in her swimming costume, not a trace of fat or cellulite. Considering she's about 55, she looked amazing. Is it me or does she seem to spend most of her time pregnant thesedays? |
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I saw Peter Crouch in a cafe in London yesterday but was too shy to say hello.
I was sat about a foot away and he was in line, the family behind him realised who he was and got chatting. He was absolutely lovely, laughed and joked and took pictures. |
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Anyone met natalie dormer?
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Exactly! Being disabled does not necessarily mean your handicap is visible.
Also, where I come from, a handicap toilet is not only for the disabled. It just means it is especially equipped to make it easier for people with certain handicaps to use it in comparison with standard toilets. |
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Saw Sophie on GMB this morning.
Is it me or does she seem to spend most of her time pregnant thesedays? |
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Saw Sophie on GMB this morning.
Is it me or does she seem to spend most of her time pregnant thesedays? |
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Many years ago, working in showbiz, I met lots of famous people. From that time, the nicest person I spoke with was probably Johnny Walker (legendary DJ). He was natural, friendly and a pleasure to interview at Radio 1. The nastiest was Leslie Joseph (Birds of a Feather), who came across as self-obsessed with a vastly over inflated idea of her own minimal talent.
Today, living on the IOW, I sometimes bump into David Icke, who contrary to what many may think is a nice bloke with some interesting thoughts. I also bump into Melvin Hayes (It Ain't Half Hot Mum) who is shy of celebrity, and just wants to be given space to live his life. Which is fair enough. |
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This will be her 4th, quite a lot for someone in their early 30s (I'm guessing her age, she looks very young in real life). Saw her and her brood in Fowey yesterday afternoon, she again looked pretty stressed as she herded them along.
).She's had a few complicated births, so she might be extra edgy compared to the average pregnant woman (will be interesting to see if this one will be a girl; she already has 3 boys). |
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Many years ago, working in showbiz, I met lots of famous people. From that time, the nicest person I spoke with was probably Johnny Walker (legendary DJ). He was natural, friendly and a pleasure to interview at Radio 1. The nastiest was Leslie Joseph (Birds of a Feather), who came across as self-obsessed with a vastly over inflated idea of her own minimal talent.
Today, living on the IOW, I sometimes bump into David Icke, who contrary to what many may think is a nice bloke with some interesting thoughts. I also bump into Melvin Hayes (It Ain't Half Hot Mum) who is shy of celebrity, and just wants to be given space to live his life. Which is fair enough. |
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Insaw Lesley Joseph in the audience at the Theatre once. She made sure she stood up for ages looking around so everyone would see her.
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I met Lesley J and thought that she was very nice
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On the Rowan Atkinson subject, my dad met him once when they were both guests at a motoring event. They were paired on the same table and my dad tried to strike up conversation. As far as I know, Atkinson chatted back but was very quiet and rather awkward. Dad does say that as Atkinson was leaving, though, he made a point of waving goodbye to my dad as he went. I don't know about him really - he's either extremely pompous and hides it by pretending to be shy, or - as I think is more likely - he's extremely shy and hides it behind pomposity so people are more likely to leave him alone. Still no excuse for him to ignore people who are supposed to be dealing with him though, as mentioned above.
I do recall Frank Skinner's documentary on George Formby, where there was conjecture about his "dragon" wife Beryl, who ruled over him with a rod of iron, and stopped him fraternising with the public or fellow performers when "off duty" The theory was that he was actually very shy and hated meeting people as "himself", so tipped Beryl a signal and she would drag him away from people he was sitting with. |
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The late Ronnie Barker, like Atkinson did very few interviews, I only recall one for Parkinson I think.
Great comedy actor but mostly lost for "funny" words in real life without a script though he was a comedy writer too. Unfortunately his son attained some notoriety a few years back and still profits from his back catalogue. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...00-profit.html |
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What is Nick Grimshaw like?
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My friend met Hugh Laurie in Morocco a month or so back, think he was filming some spy thriller or something.
My friend was admiring an old motorbike outside a bar and got chatting with a tall guy with sunglasses on who was also into bikes. He said he was chatting for about half an hour and he was a great bloke. He didn't even realise it was HL until someone in the bar told him afterwards. |
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I saw Peter Crouch in a cafe in London yesterday but was too shy to say hello.
I was sat about a foot away and he was in line, the family behind him realised who he was and got chatting. He was absolutely lovely, laughed and joked and took pictures. |
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Peter Crouch came to our local Child Development Centre, when he had just started to play for the Villa and wasn't a really big name. Have to say he was lovely, a wee self conscious, but very kind. I really hoped that if he did hit the Premiere League big time he wouldn't lose that loveliness and from what I've heard, he hasn't.
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