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celebrities who need to wash their linen in public

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paddyann Tue 20-Dec-16 23:48:09

I watched Colleen Nolan on Loose Women ,apparently her marriage is in crisis,she has discussed it all with her 15 year old daughter and thinks the public want to know whats happening too.Am I being olld fashioned to believe that marriage isn't a spectator sport and that the ONLY people who should be discussing her "crisis" are her and her husband ? Is she just looking for publicity to keep her income rollling in?Or does she REALLY think the world wants to know that her husband and her have problems ?Will her husband think making it public will makke things worse and not better?

Christinefrance Wed 21-Dec-16 16:01:34

Maybe you should check out Loose Women again dogsmother, as someone else said it has become an anti man platform in the main.

dogsmother Wed 21-Dec-16 15:43:26

Can't help but agree, 'snobby comments '.
If you watch loose women you pretty much know what you are going to get, a bunch of women sharing what's going on in their lives and discussing other topics of the day. I haven't seen it for a very long time however I know what expect of it.
Just saying x

hulahoop Wed 21-Dec-16 15:43:08

Don't know why she as made it public knowledge some things should be kept behind doors . My oh always says of celebs he thought everyone should know them it's a word what's wrongly used now trouble is young people are influenced by these people

Sheilasue Wed 21-Dec-16 15:41:03

I hate loose woman it's a load of rubbish celebs talking rubbish, none have got a brain between them. Really couldn't careless about Colleen nolans love love . There are people in this world who are going through much more pain and sorrow.

Christinefrance Wed 21-Dec-16 15:34:22

Sorry Sarahellen, if a woman wants to keep slim, look young etc it should be for herself and her own self respect not for a partner. I don't want to be a Stepford wife.

marionk Wed 21-Dec-16 15:22:52

Not interested, but from the HUGE amount of 'celebrity' magazines for sale lots of people seem to be.

sarahellenwhitney Wed 21-Dec-16 14:45:43

Who can fail to agree that sometimes we women feel comfortable and secure within ourselves taking our partners for granted that no matter what, they will always see us as the same woman they married years before. Colleen was a very attractive woman but she took her husband for granted that he would always see her as the woman he married all the years before. The same can apply to men.He admitted he did not find her attractive any more and looking how mumsy (sorry for that ladies) Colleen has become I can see why.I don't agree with plastic surgery to keep you looking young but keeping your figure with the correct diet changing your hairstyle and fashion makes a world of difference.This does not mean it is always the answer and there could be other reasons for a failed marriage.Looking at other women on LW around Colleens age especially Jane Moore should give her an idea of what her husband means.

nipsmum Wed 21-Dec-16 14:38:33

I don't want to know anything about celebrities. It's the public that makes them celebrities. They are people and nothing special..

Brigidsdaughter Wed 21-Dec-16 14:25:57

I haven't seen much of it and years ago too so must dip in some day to see what it's like. My son watched it as a teenage so suspect it's entertainment at a low level to get the numbers up.

I had no idea an existing marriage would be a topic. So sorry for the child/children. Have some parents lost it Altogether? Forgotten how things can be held inside emotionally for years?

Superficial trash yeuch...

GrannyMac1945 Wed 21-Dec-16 12:48:19

I have a friend who likes to think of herself as an intellectual , I don't watch Loose Women, I think they panel are very 'C' list , but she often regales me with their doings, much to my surprise. I thought they would have been beneath her interest.

Neversaydie Wed 21-Dec-16 12:37:57

Whoops 'people venting'

Neversaydie Wed 21-Dec-16 12:37:23

Don't watch programme but what's with all this 'emotional incontinence'.Peolr centi g everywhere. Including on facebook. DD1 has a friend who comes over as being so needy on FB. She's nearly 31 not a teenager .If I were her mother I'd be having a word

Christinefrance Wed 21-Dec-16 12:33:26

Don't think it could be classed as vitriol Chrishappy, and if people choose to put themselves out there then they have to expect candid comments good or bad.

Christine1955 Wed 21-Dec-16 12:22:05

So agree, your marriage problems should stay , private , I certainly wouldn't be going on TV and telling the world about.

Chrishappy Wed 21-Dec-16 12:20:39

I occasionally watch loose women and find it entertaining. Yes it's celebs created by the media, but if it wasn't getting viewers it would be scrapped. I find it amusing and chatty.its like having a group of girls together for a gossip,very cleverly done as they make money and the production team make money.Men appear on it willingly usually to have a laugh. It's not a serious journalistic program it's just a magazine program really. It deals with current issues and society not our era, that would be called 'All our yesterday's ! And what harm has Coleen Nolan done to deserve this vitriol ? She is who she is and its her way of dealing with stuff, who are we to criticise

GrammaH Wed 21-Dec-16 12:18:10

Sorry folks - several references to people/things being "vulgar" - actually the kind of thing I can hear my own mother saying about women celebrities...I'm afraid I do find it a snobbish sort of attitude. Sorry, I'll keep quiet in future...

Skweek1 Wed 21-Dec-16 12:09:39

I feel sorry for anyone struggling to deal with marital or other family/friendship problems, but do agree that it is not for outsiders to take sides. However, would point out that, being honest, we at GN are somewhat prone to give advice based on one side of a family rift. R2 Saturday Graham Norton show has an agony aunt slot where people rush in with well-meaning advice and it makes me see red!

gillyjp Wed 21-Dec-16 11:43:34

Watch Loose Women? - I'd rather watch paint dry. That goes for all the other celeb based rubbish on TV. However I confess to loving Strictly Come Dancing blush

radicalnan Wed 21-Dec-16 11:34:41

Nothing is sacred now where money is concerned.

Then people wonder why everything is such a mess.

Elegran Wed 21-Dec-16 11:20:43

These comments are not snobby/snobbish, they are exactly what my grandparents (neither lot in the least snobbish) would have said.

HannahLoisLuke Wed 21-Dec-16 11:18:24

I've watched a bit of it occasionally and agree wholeheartedly with most of you, especially Christinefrance. These harpies give women and feminism a bad, bad name.
I imagine the people who enjoy it also enjoy that terrible Jeremy Kyle programme.
Why isn't private life private any more? Nowadays it seems everybody is fascinated by the seedy sordid side of everything.
I was dismayed to read that Robbie Williams wife (Ayda?) has joined this coven of witches.

Welshwife Wed 21-Dec-16 11:14:43

I am another one who knows who few of the new set of celebrities are - I didn't even know who many of the Strictly people were to start with! Many of them all look the same to me - and what is it with this fashion of trying to curl straight hair which then has those bad ends because normally the person has a 'club cut' sort of style that hangs beautifully?

sarahellenwhitney Wed 21-Dec-16 11:09:19

No 'self respecting' man or woman would air their linen in public unless it brings in the money

That is what it is all about.

Jane10 Wed 21-Dec-16 11:05:20

'Snobby' surely you mean 'snobbish'! Just off to pedants corner.tchgrin

Rosina Wed 21-Dec-16 11:04:04

I do find these 'celebrities' almost tragic; they expose every area of their lives, however private, painful, embarrassing or vulgar and unfortunately there must be people whose own lives are so empty of interest that this is where they find entertainment. Katie Price is the epitome of the 'cult of celebrity', and...where are her talents? She is very rich, so this just shows how many people out there want to follow her life and read endless autobiographies written by someone in their thirties. I have never set out to watch her, but put the TV on one evening and there she was in a car with someone who I now know to be her ex husband, a man called Pete Andre (what does he do?) and they were getting nasty and talking about divorce. Unbelievable - would you invite a camera crew along? And don't get me started on startling photos and sex lives - I thought sex was a beautiful and private matter between two people, and 'private parts' are called that because they should be. Sorry - rant over. Merry Christmas!