Cliff on piers Morgan's Life Stories

I thought he had a long term partner - John Mcelynn. Isn’t this widely known?

I don't know whether he is gay (and don't care) but what I do know is that he used to spend a lot of time at the house of two gay cabin crew on our small estate in Weybridge. I have never particularly liked him but he was very kind to someone I used to know who lost her husband. Wherever he was in the world he got in touch every day. He spent time with her which is far more important than money.

Yep, he’s a phoney! Fake and hiding behind a veneer. Even his accent is Americanised. Watching clips of him trying to be Elvis. No, no no.

He looks happy and relaxed in that photograph Esspee.
Nice to see.
Whatever his sexual orientation it’s good to see happiness.
Their smiles reach their eyes.

Gingster

Yep, he’s a phoney! Fake and hiding behind a veneer. Even his accent is Americanised. Watching clips of him trying to be Elvis. No, no no.

Yes, that always irritated me - he kept on about how he was the UK version of Elvis, yet Elvis was all about the sex - you can't have it both ways (no pun intended ). The snarling lip was always completely at odds with his boy next door image.
He has seemed manufactured from the start.

I don't care whether he's gay, and don't see why he should have to talk about his sexuality if he doesn't want to, but he seems to patronise his fans with his fake persona.

I'm watching it now as a result of this thread, and he's really annoying me - so many obviously rehearsed answers to pre-arranged questions. It does make you wonder if there is something darker going on behind the facade.

About 35 years ago, my cousin was a Met Police Officer. (Quite wrongly) he told me back then, that the police national computer showed that Cliff Richard "likes little boys".

I don't know whether I believed him at the time or not, and I still don't know.

I didn't see the Life Stories programme, but I will have a look and see if I can find it on catch up.

GrannyGravy13

Sorry I cannot warm to Cliff Richard, I watched last nights interview and my opinion is unchanged.

Me too. Don't trust him given he clearly lies about having work done on his face. Its' patently obvious from the shape of his eyes he's had either a lower facelift or his eye bags done. You can't disguise the reshaping of the outer lower corner of the eye when incisions are made.
Why not just tell the truth is the question. Who the hell would give a damn?

Cliff's fake persona and lack of personality, plus appearing to hiding who he really is means I do not take to him at all.

Music wise, there are 'greats' who have given us a wealth of wonderful songs...Elton John, Queen, Abba, Beach Boys, Tamla Motown artists, Beatles, Elvis to name just a few. I wouldn't put Cliff in with them, his songs are mediocre.

The rumours have been consistent for forty years to my knowledge. From reliable sources like The source referred to by Hurdy Gurdy. We know that many public figures claim to have been totally exonerated only later for that to be confirmed as untrue.

HurdyGurdy I was being measured in my previous post but also know a bit more than I'm saying. I've heard facts, not rumours.

Well bluebirdswm - same

I can take Cliff or leave him - and I’d rather leave him. He is a bit of an enigma and I think he even said as much in the interview with Piers Morgan. I still don’t know whether to believe the allegations against him were true. I wouldn’t like to speculate as to his sexuality, and that’s fine - it’s his business not mine. The jury’s definitely out as far as I’m concerned. Interesting that he no longer has a home in the UK. Some of Cliff’s answers were witty, throw away remarks - possibly rehearsed - and not giving much away. I’ve never been a fan of Cliff - he’s a bit vanilla for my liking. I do quite like to watch Piers Morgan doing these kind of interviews - he’s probing, without being as aggressive as he can be on the morning programme.

He has seemed manufactured from the start

They were all manufactured from the start. Remember all the managers and record producers who made a fortune out of them? It was only later that acts like the Beatles and the Stones were able to let their natural personalities shine through.

I liked Cliff in the early days but went off him when he went all 'holier than thou,' He was lucky it didn't kill off his career altogether.

I remember, from my dim and distant past, a campaign by some of Cliff's fan club and his sisters to urge Beatles fans to switch their allegiance to the Dave Clark Five who were the number two group at the time. I swore I'd never buy another Cliff Richard record again!

He'd clearly practiced his answers because he never once paused for thought before replying. He answered everything so quickly barely before Piers had finished the question.
I doubt anyone cares about his sexuality but he's so self obsessed he thinks that's all we think about. Idiot.

Editing!

Apparently John Lennon was told not to let the fans know he was married as it would put them off him. I don’t think he hid Cynthia away and the fans didn’t give two hoots.

Sorry to disagree Ladyleftover. As a life long Beatle nut, I remember John Lennon did indeed hide Cynthia away until the truth came out.Some if the fans were very unhappy. A friend of mine was madly 'in love' with John. When it came out that he was married, she smashed all her Beatles records and tore up all her pictures.

Kate1949 is right. The same went for Paul McCartney's relationship with Jane Asher. At school we were fans of both and Jane Asher was considered very 'cool.' When we read a newspaper article about them there were howls of anguish and JA was 'cancelled' (or whatever we called it in those days.)

Yes merlot From the age of 14 I was 'in love' with George Harrison. I hated Pattie Boyd. We were just kids. I loved George until the day he died. It's bizarre as obviously I didn't know him. He did chat to me once Strangely he didn't drop Pattie for me after the chat

I watched it and my opinion of him has not changed. Selfish in the extreme. Especially the part about dumping the girlfriend, when questioned by Piers about that I think his reply was 'well I did give her a kiss good bye!' Sometimes one statement gives a big insight into someones personality.
Reminded me of Prince Charles being asked upon his engagement to Diana if he was in love, to which he replied something like 'yes, whatever that is!'
Cliff's biggest problem, as I see it, was he became famous in a a time when being 'gay' was accepted or legal as it is today. Even at the end of the interview when they showed a photo of him with his now live in partner he wasn't open about it.

Sorry! previous message should read NOT accepted as it is today.