What is it with men? Some men, perhaps, but TOO MANY

I’m beginning to believe your comments reflect your own behaviour and experience David. Tacky to say the least
I’d bet the farm that my dad, husband ad friends would never sink to behaviour they despised in other men

Iam64

I’m beginning to believe your comments reflect your own behaviour and experience David. Tacky to say the least
I’d bet the farm that my dad, husband ad friends would never sink to behaviour they despised in other men

Quite.

I don't know why it's so difficult to comprehend that there are in fact men who - not simply because they are married - just don't like this kind of crude 'banter', and won't join in with it.

The men who don’t have a taste for that sort of thing (and porn) are the ones who are having a really good sex life and making their partners happy.

The sleazy banter and suggestive remarks always come from the men who really aren’t very good at it and have to talk themselves up.

Lathyrus3

The men who don’t have a taste for that sort of thing (and porn) are the ones who are having a really good sex life and making their partners happy.

The sleazy banter and suggestive remarks always come from the men who really aren’t very good at it and have to talk themselves up.

Very true.
It is the ‘gentle’ men who walk away from the misogynistic banter who show real strength and courage.

Lathyrus3 I do agree this seems to be the case from what I have observed and experienced.
and these deeply unattractive personalities never seem to learn either do they? I can’t decide if they are just a bit thick or genuinely intend to disgust women. Perhaps a bit of both applies.

I guess a lot more of us now know what it means

mum2three

Is it only men who have a problem attracting women who make this sort of remark?

Well, he was married with children, divorced and has a new partner so probably no.

What a disgusting expression, I've never heard it and wish I hadn't looked if up. Whst is he thinking of? I suppose he'll be claiming it's all due to a breakdown soon.

I was puzzled when watching the ITV News this evening they showed a picture of him with a message from him, but underneath was a caption as if his words were spoken by a London Councillor, a woman who, I presume, has nothing to do with this.

RosiesMaw2

^What is said in the locker room is not for repeating in mixed company, however in the bar late at night the language can get quite loose, any women there tolerate it or leave^

Why should anybody have to tolerate crude, pornographic, misogynistic language or leave
A bar is a public place and just as racist or anti- religious (eg anti-Semitic) language is unacceptable - so is this.

Agreed!!

Casdon

JamesandJon33

He is made a lot of in Wales. Can’t think why.

Is he? I live in Wales, but I didn’t know who he was other than being the Go Compare man until Strictly was on. I must be losing it.

He was in a concert last year; we were thinking of going but couldn't get tickets as it was sold out.
Then it came out about Strictly although people who went said it was a very entertaining evening.

After this latest revelation, I am so relieved we didn't go.

He is being given too much attention by the media, in my view. He is full of himself, thinks he's so funny with all his "jokes", and is giving the impression that he was the one who decided to have a break, not the BBC taking him off the Strictly tour.

And Shirley Ballas has come out in his favour! What's going on there? No sisterhood that's for sure.

Now it seems his girlfriend has ended their relationship. A wise move on her part methinks.

He is also not on his BBC radio show or any other BBC commitments, and apparently in talks regarding the Go Compare Ads.

What a silly entitled man, he has just lost his career due to his own arrogance and filthy mouth!

It worries me that someone connected to the Strictly Tour thought it acceptable to give him a spot after his behaviour on the show. His partner came out and said it was only fun but she looked anything but amused when he was edging his hand further and further around her waist. Did they see him as a bit of a lad who enjoys a bit of banter? If so, it doesn't bode well for showing respect to women.

Well said GrandmaFrench 👏 👌 👍

I haven't copied your words again but I agree with every one of them

I had heard the expression before, maybe on the TV or at the cinema, and gathered it was something horrible but have just looked it up to find the true meaning, what a disgusting creature he is.

I wonder what his children think of this, especially his daughter. They are both young adults.

I had no idea what the expression meant, and couldn't begin to imagine it until I read it just now. Yes, having done so, it's foul. Would never have guessed that , ever.

In the spirit of fairness, I wonder if HE knew what it meant.

It sounds, like Gregg Wallace, Huw Edwards inter alia very much like someone who has bcome a "celebrity" at least in their own eyes, the attention and adulation having gone to their head, plus a dose of trying to keep up with the lads (or "down with the kids") resulting in the disappearance of any decency they may have had along with a sense of proportion and what is appropriate
I have no sympathy for these men but some pity for what they have lost ie any self respect .

I’d never heard of the expression but now that I have looked it up I find it quite disgusting. It’s an awful thing to say and I hope he’s cancelled for good!

I’m 66 and Welsh the same as him and I’ve never heard of that expression and neither has DH.
I don’t understand why he has to be crude maybe he thinks he is being sexy which he definitely is not, he is just vulgar and a pain in the posterior

I’m certainly not condoning this behaviour but, just to provide a little balance, he knew my younger sister through Go Compare and visited her in her care home when she was in the last few years of her life with a degenerative condition and also attended her funeral despite a hugely busy schedule. His rendition of Calon Lan was truly wonderful.

I lead a sheltered life, never heard of this expression except in cooking

I only heard the expression apropos of a report about some footballers referring to the practice. I remember thinking back then 'so that's how you describe women as a lump of meat' could they be anymore disparaging. Who do they think they are to describe a fellow human being in such a way. Arrogant! With an over inflated sense of their self worth, they don't save lives for a living, they kick a ball about

I am a little fed up with the way certain words, phrases and expressions have been hi-jacked and given a salacious meaning.

This nudge, nudge, wink, wink, sexual innuendo stuff is becoming increasingly boring.

It's very crude and definitely inappropriate, but I'm sorry when I read it, I laughed. It sounds like something you'd do at an orgy or for a porn movie. Just shows what gutter minds these men have.

He's a rude boor

But I hope he can handle all this. Social media is toxic.