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I am feeling bored so just started this thread to have a little rant t.

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3nanny6 Sun 13-Jun-21 15:07:06

I expect most of you have much better things to do than watch Celebrity Gogglebox and my post is about the programme from yesterday evening. If you watched it were any of you
a bit angry over some of the remarks made about Bonny Langford?
The Celebrity people were given a short piece of television to watch, what they viewed was "The Masked Dancer" where someone is covered in a costume and they have to guess who it is.
Bonny Langford performed a truly energetic dance routine
and all the celebrities were guessing people in their 30-40s,
it got to the point where Bonny had to remove the top part of her disguise and everyone was completely taken aback that an older person could be so energetic and supple.
I was upset that Anne-Marie who was paired up with Tom
Jones just blurted out "Who the f**k is that I do not know who she is. I am not sure if Tom was embarrassed or not he just carried on the conversation.
Also many of the celebrities were using rather a lot of F----
words which really lowered the tone of the show so I switched off.
Just wondering if anyone else viewed it and what were your thoughts.

Esspee Sun 13-Jun-21 21:23:37

I know who Tom Jones is!

Callistemon Sun 13-Jun-21 21:33:25

Well done Esspee!

He's Welsh, I think ?

luluaugust Mon 14-Jun-21 10:31:03

I shouldn't think much would embarrass Tom Jones by now! It sounds a delightful way to spend the evening hmm

GrandmaKT Mon 14-Jun-21 10:43:27

I watched it and it occurred to me that when Anne-Marie said "who the fuck is that" and Tom Jones didn't answer, he had probably forgotten her name!

You must admit that she is pretty exceptional, in terms of flexibility, for her age. Good for her, but I too was surprised it wasn't someone younger.

Regarding swearing, it doesn't bother me. In fact I think Celebrity Gogglebox and Gogglebox itself just show how much we all swear at home (some more than others of course!), and that the TV companies bleeping words out and issuing warnings of 'offensive language' all the time is very nanny-state.

FannyCornforth Mon 14-Jun-21 10:49:14

Bonnie is a musical theatre performer - of course she can dance!
Anne-Marie (whoever she is smile) sounds rather ignorant about her own industry
Not a good look

FannyCornforth Mon 14-Jun-21 10:54:11

Bonnie was in 42nd Street in the West End as recently as 2019

Alegrias1 Mon 14-Jun-21 10:54:41

What an uncalled for post about Anne-Marie Fanny. Not a good look.

FannyCornforth Mon 14-Jun-21 10:56:25

Oh behave! I even put a smiley face! Here's another one smile

Alegrias1 Mon 14-Jun-21 11:06:49

Here's my cross one angry

wink

Blossoming Mon 14-Jun-21 11:11:19

Play nicely Here’s my sad face sad

glammanana Mon 14-Jun-21 11:15:18

Calendargirl

Bonnie Tyler?

Where does she come in to the debate?

To many Bonnie's CG getting the Langford's mixed up with the Tyler's grin

Gabrielle56 Sat 31-Jul-21 12:57:51

I suppos if you call the croaky sore throat style of wailing (àlà Adele) singing? Very very few so called singers can actually sing nowadays, and I only know Anne Marie cos she was on a show the other night, surprised she can sing at all with all that bloody Botox she's had pumped into her fizzog!!! Boy have these youngsters started to store up a sh*t load of trouble for themselves when and if they reach their 60s +++..........

lemongrove Sat 31-Jul-21 14:07:59

Callistemon

No, I didn't see it, but who the f* is Anne-Marie?

I know who Bonnie Langford is and have in fact heard of Tom Jones too smile

Ann-Marie is a vacuous singer with pink hair and a limited vocabulary who has been partnered with Tom Jones to do the Gogglebox show.He smiles a lot and looks embarrassed by her every utterance.
The only intelligent and humorous offerings on the show come from Gyles Brandreth and Maureen Lipman.
Celebrity Gogglebox isn’t a patch on the normal show.

marionk Sat 31-Jul-21 14:24:36

Anne-Marie is also a black belt in karate

eazybee Sat 31-Jul-21 14:28:29

Why does this Anne-Marie (another one who has never heard of her) think Tom Jones should swear more?

He seems to have done quite well without her advice so far.

BlueBelle Sat 31-Jul-21 14:37:32

Well you see we re all different I love Maureen lipman (not Giles Brandreth) but I don’t think they are at all good in celebrity google box quite boring
I don’t watch Celebrity gogglebox because I m totally fed up with ‘ celebrities’ getting their fingers in every pie it’s very boring
I think AnneMarie for the most part comes across as a nice person quite feeling with a good voice I very much doubt if Tom Jones would be shocked I didn’t realise AnneMarie had had Botox mind you I think Toms probably had plenty, still a good looking man and still a great singer

What you have to realise is language changes and fxxx is not a swear word at all to the younger generation it’s the equivalent of us saying ‘bother’ it’s a very normal exclamation nothing at all to be shocked about

Daisend1 Sat 31-Jul-21 14:56:43

3nanny6
Who the {grin} is Ann Marie ?

BlueBelle Sat 31-Jul-21 15:11:24

As said many times above she a young singer with pink hair and a decent voice Keep up daisy

trisher Sat 31-Jul-21 15:22:51

I watched The Masked Singer and I was totally surprised when Bonnie Langford revealed herself. She did perform like a much younger person, and that isn't being ageist it's just admitting that out of the people who can do the splits at 20, there are a lot less by 50.
I don't mind a bit of swearing.
I didn't know who was with Tom Jones (and I'm not sure he did)

crazyH Sat 31-Jul-21 15:35:54

I like Giles B - I think he’s quite witty

crazyH Sat 31-Jul-21 15:37:42

Sorry, I like him that much, I can’t spell his name ?

crazyH Sat 31-Jul-21 15:38:10

Is it Gyles?

Chrissyoh Sat 31-Jul-21 16:14:37

JaneJudge
???

BlueBelle Sat 31-Jul-21 16:20:37

Was it the masked singer or the masked dancer trisher
Tom Jones has been working with AnneMarie on the Voice for a while so I m sure he knew who she was ??

User7777 Sat 31-Jul-21 16:40:18

I know who Tom Jones is, but who sat next to him I don't. Bonnie Langford has been in showbiz a long time.
I switched of Celebrity Gogglebox as I was bored. Prefer Below Deck Mediterranean. Now that is fun, and it makes me laugh...