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Old 24-08-2015, 17:49
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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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Old 25-08-2015, 03:15
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What's O'Grady like in real life?
Almost universally agreed to be utterly delightful, charming and generous. But at the same time that doesn't mean you have to be a soft pushover either, which I doubt he is for a moment.

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.
It reminds me a bit of the old adage "the banality of evil". People don't look like monsters they are made out as, but just very ordinary everyday types who commit some dreadful deeds.
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Old 25-08-2015, 20:17
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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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Old 26-08-2015, 19:51
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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.
How would you know if they were disabled?
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Old 26-08-2015, 20:31
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How would you know if they were disabled?
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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Old 26-08-2015, 23:36
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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.
Yes, but do you 'look' disabled? People might think the same about you. Even if you suffer terribly from your condition, others might not necessarily guess unless you tell them. People don't walk around announcing 'I have Crohns/ Colitis/ colostomy, bladder dysfunction/ catheterisation, [insert condition of choice}...'. You get where I'm coming from?
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Old 27-08-2015, 00:22
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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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Old 27-08-2015, 07:26
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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.
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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Old 27-08-2015, 11:14
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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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Old 27-08-2015, 12:52
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Anyone met natalie dormer?
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Old 27-08-2015, 13:37
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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.
Yes exactly. In certain establishments a disabled toilet is not for disabled people only, it can be used as an overflow if the ladies or the gents are fully occupied. It's just called disabled so that disabled people know that particular toilet is wider than the other toilets and has a red alert cord in there but anyone is free to use them.
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Old 28-08-2015, 06:13
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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?
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.
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Old 28-08-2015, 08:16
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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?
You're right! She's like the modern day Dana! I remember Dana being in just about every panel show going in the 80s, forever pregnant.
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Old 28-08-2015, 08:34
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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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Old 28-08-2015, 10:34
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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.
Sophie is 36 years of age and she last gave birth about two and a half years ago (so, she isn't constantly pregnant, otherwise Strictly two years ago might have been a problem with that Charleston ).

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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Old 28-08-2015, 11:29
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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.
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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Old 28-08-2015, 12:16
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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.
Yes, it's very much a case of 'look at me, aren't I marvelous.' I met her at the same time as Pauline Quirk, who was lovely.
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Old 28-08-2015, 15:55
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I met Lesley J and thought that she was very nice
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Old 28-08-2015, 16:18
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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.
Rowan Atkinson has done very few interviews as himself, Nicholas Lyndhurst is of a similar disposition apparently.

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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Old 28-08-2015, 17:07
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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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Old 28-08-2015, 18:32
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What is Nick Grimshaw like?
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Old 29-08-2015, 10:41
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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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Old 30-08-2015, 00:09
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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.
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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Old 30-08-2015, 12:30
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Loved the last one from the Patton Brothers.


Me too!
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Old 30-08-2015, 18:07
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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.
I've heard similar things and my Mum accidentally bumped into him at Liverpool Lime Street when the team were catching a train. It was a good few years back now but Jamie Redknapp and both Peter Crouch were meant to be lovely.
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