Rudeness towards Charlie Dimmock

I don't care what she looks like
She can come and sort my garden out if she likes!

I quite agree henetha couldn’t have put it better myself.

Galaxy

Perhaps she has got to the stage where she realises that whatever you do with your appearance as a woman someone will have a view on it.

That’s true Galaxy. Imagine if we had to have our photos on GN.

Agree - totally unacceptable! No one focuses on Monty Don's wrinkles do they!!!

I love them both for what they teach me!!!

She is obviously a good gardener and if she is in grubby work clothes and dirty hands, well that goes with the territory.

I loathed her years ago, called her the Braless Wonder. I will never forget the look of horror on Nelson Mandela when she transformed his garden in his traditional homeland into something that should have been in Ideal Home Exhibition. Poor man.

There is a difference between youthful size and putting on enormous amounts of weight in 50s and 60s which she obviously has. There is a need to keep weight under control for health issues. We nearly all struggle with that, and I am well overweight but I couldn't let myself get to that size.

Forgot to say, I've always liked Charlie Dimmock and her gardening and pond advice is the best.

It seems to me that it is ok to say anything you want to about someone on line which you wouldn’t think of saying to their face!

Gabrielle, I am not a saddo, my brain is pretty sharp and not tiny thank you and timetogo I am not shallow. I expect the same applies to others who have dared to comment on CD’s unkempt and grubby appearance. No-one has questioned her horticultural abilities or suggested she is a misery.

henetha

I just think Charlie always seems like a really nice person, and good at gardening. I do think it's a pity that such emphasis is placed on the way she looks.

I agree Henetha. Leave the poor woman alone.
As an aside, she does tie her hair back sometimes.

Dunno! I detest those articles proclaiming in shocked terms how someone who is now 50/60/70/80 looks in comparison to in their 20/30s !!!I'd luuuurve to see the haters after 40+ years and have a good old pop at their matured rumps!

People who critisize others are just shallow imo,i`ts who you are,not what you look like.

Charlie has matured into the absolute image of her Darling departed mum! Saddos feel the need to denigrate , their tiny brains know no better but we do and she's still a jolly and accomplished gardener and broadcaster!

olliebeak

If Charlie appeared well-groomed on her gardening programmes, it would be proof-positive that she was NOT involved with any of the practical work involved!

Frances Tophill, Katie Rushworth and Arit Anderson seem to manage it.

It's truly horrible how cruel people can be. My husband is not cruel exactly in this respect, but I am trying to educate him to not comment on anyone's appearance unless it is to say something nice. He cannot seem to do this. Everyone changes as they age, but there's no need to make any comment at all.

Sarnia

Does it matter what she looks like? She is a gardener for heaven's sake. She's not likely to turn up with manicured talons and designer clothes. Just because she dares to weigh more than 8 stone, she is a target for the image police. Leave the poor woman alone.

Agree it's her talent for gardening that interests me, certainly not how she now looks. She comes across as a thoroughly nice woman. Why are we as a nation so blessed judgemental.

She’s older and she’s put weight on. It happens to many people. I wonder how many of us would bear up under this kind of scrutiny. I like her and Mary Beard. I don’t fancy Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen, but there’s nothing wrong with the way he looks and dresses.

Maybe it's because she has changed so much from her former self. She is extremely overweight now and as my mum would say 'let her self go', but if she is happy fine, her body, her choice. I'm not so keen on the garden rescue show she hosts but nice to see her getting her hands dirty!

If Charlie appeared well-groomed on her gardening programmes, it would be proof-positive that she was NOT involved with any of the practical work involved!

I’ve got to be honest here even though I’m ashamed to admit it. But I’ll be watching a news report from somewhere and, interested as I am in the the report I’ll notice what the reporter is wearing straight away. Last night the lovely lady on Ch4 News (my go to news programme) was wearing the most gorgeous pink shoes, the sort of high heeled shoes that I’ve never been able to wear even when I was young. I really am embarrassed to admit to this .

wildswan16

I just think she is a breath of fresh air! She is knowledgeable and skilful in her chosen profession. I loved watching her on Garden Rescue, along with the two Rich brothers. I never give her appearance a thought, (but have always loved her hair).

I just wish she'd tie it back while she's working-the perpetual brushing it back always got on my nerves! (I always liked her though)

She has basically had the same thing change with her body as many of us also have - gravity has taken over!
I have also noticed that in many magazine or newspaper articles about women, that for some reason there seems to be a compulsion to publish the woman's age and comments about body shape, facial appearance etc- yet very rarely do men get the same treatment!

MayBee70

I do remember a picture of Charlie in a magazine naked with just a few strategically placed flowers. Which seemed a bit odd at the time. And she did make a big thing about never wearing a bra, too.

Exactly. She played on her "looks" so really is it a surprise that her looks are still being discussed?

Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen really is gorgeous. Totally agree. Yes, he probably shouldn't wear the leather trousers and he probably shouldn't do whatever he does to perfectly normal homes but oh, he IS lovely!!

I think she's a typical example of someone who's let herself go. Is she still braless these days? I doubt she cares about her appearance at all and good luck to her I say. She's probably just carried on doing what she's always done and the weight has piled on and the boobs have descended unfortunately. She was never a glamour puss but she seems like a nice person.

I think her coquetishness is totally annoying…..