Would you agree to sit at THAT table?

I always think he sounds such a BORE.

I don't know a lot about the effect of drugs (never tried 'em) but isn't one of them the intensification of sexual experience and enthusiasm? So if he is so keen on it he should have been delighted if Nigella was pepped up.

He sounds exhausting as well as noxious.

Didn't the shoes keep getting caught in the sheets?

As far as I am concerned they never get a chance to impress me in bed unless they have first impressed me out of bed and fully dressed.

He wouldn't fancy me then.

#jeansandgardeningboots

He might be very good in bed. Perhaps he's got animal magnetism.

I read somewhere that Nigella told a friend that at the beginning of her relationship with him they were in bed a lot and all she ever wore were stockings, suspenders and high heels.

Who, him or you?

I think I can guess!

Ahahah join the club

I console myself with the thought that I am absolutely the last woman on earth that Saatchi would want to share a table or relationship with. To confident and too self-assured.

Oh no I wouldn't !!!

He's probably told her the same story such men tell, that Nigella did not 'understand' him, that Nigella's hormones were permanently up the creek, etc, etc. And there is one type of woman that seems to fall for it, again, and ... again.

He certainly seems to have some control over these women or surely they would get up and walk off - pouring their wine over his head en route. He seems an unpleasant individual but obviously has 'something' about him to attract vulnerable women.

Yes Flickety, is it.

I would add this is the classic relationship in emotionally abusive, and often violent relationships.

A powerful autocratic man who is attracted to and attractive to vulnerable women. He likes to be in charge and manipulate them, they are attracted to his certainty and control.

I have known a lot of couples in this kind of relationship. it rarely ends happily and some times the end is catastrophic.

I think it's attention seeking.

I agree he seems to be a rather slimey repulsive creature, but this incident seems rather strange. Why would she sit with him there? Do you think it's a setup and they're trying to frame him?

He seems to pick on women who are vulnerable or going through a period of being vulnerable, though how he still manages to get away with it now that he's been 'outed' as a manipulating bully is one of life's mysteries.

This man will never change he has always managed to get away with his bullying ways and he expects to because of who he is and if it wasn't Nigella or Trinny it would be someone else I fear.

Oh dear suebailey1, you put your finger right on one of the contributors to the number of women who are abused, even murdered by Bad Men. The rape scene in the Alan Rickman/Kevin Costner's sheriff of Nottingham was unnecessary. Alan Rickman is a much more attractive man than Kevin Costner, but if he was a potential rapist like the character he played, I certainly wouldn't find him attractive.

An attraction to Bad Boys is not a Good Thing, it's dangerous for so many women. Trinny is a recovering alcoholic, who has suffered eating disorders. These psychological problems don't disappear, people learn to live with them, or relapse.

Bad men have always been more fascinating- much preferred Alan Rickmans sheriff of Nottingham to insipid Kevin Costner's Robin Hood and with Trinny's shopping habits she needs a billionaire and will probably put up with a lot. But to Nigella - I have always wanted to strangle her.

Strong genes captured, with no more contact with the overbearing b*****d.

Very nicely put

He just seems like an unattractive slimeball to me and all the money in the world can't hide the fact that he enjoys belittling women to boost his own ego.

I agree with you Elegran as I certainly don't want more contact with the overbearing ba****d!

Or any other kind either.

Maybe it was a good strategy when we were still almost animals and the male's input () was the "wham bam, thank you ma'am, goodbye" of many animal species. Strong genes captured, with no more contact with the overbearing b*****d.

There are a lot of built-in reactions which are still in our DNA, though our conscious minds reject them.

What is it that attracts these women when they should know by now what nasty things they get up to?
Is it that these women do somehow think that they can change this man by loving him, when every one else can see a mile off how full of themselves this type of men are.

It surprises me in a way these apparently successful women do not recognise these men for what they are.

Elegran - I do see that others have different priorities, I just don't understand why negative traits would be seen not only as tolerable but also desirable.

To be honest, I'm not sold on the whole 'strongest male' bit either - there are many women (and always have been) that have stronger backbones than some men.

Ah well, it takes all sorts I suppose.