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No more topless Cliff Richard calendars

(82 Posts)
GagaJo Fri 30-Oct-20 09:05:33

Cliff Richard thinks that maybe “it’s time to gracefully exit the Chippendales market,” Sir Cliff says in his book.

I actually feel sick.

uk.news.yahoo.com/sir-cliff-richard-chest-calendar-092142298.html

Mapleleaf Thu 31-Dec-20 15:28:21

Sorry, that should have been Graham Norton, not Piers Morgan.

Redhead56 Thu 31-Dec-20 15:33:59

In my younger days a hairy chest was worth a look. But Cliff Richard no way!

BBbevan Thu 31-Dec-20 15:34:46

Is that a promise?

Whingingmom Thu 31-Dec-20 15:40:58

What a shame, I could do with a good laugh!!!
My daughters bought me the Cliff calendar as a joke one Christmas - it was hilarious. August Cliff posing topless in jeans with pitchfork and straw hat made us cry with laughter. Well worth the money for comedy value!!

lemongrove Thu 31-Dec-20 17:13:26

Granny23

It is a biological fact that while most men are turned on by pictures of nakkit women, few women find pictures of nakkit men arousing, Calendars or Magazines with pictures of hunky men are aimed at the Gay market.

I think you’re right granny23

Most women find men in uniform or dressed up to the nines in formal wear much more sexy.

Kalu Thu 31-Dec-20 17:14:19

Never did like Cliff. Would I like to see him bare chested at any age? God NO!

Elegran, I am shocked, but......apart from the tattoos. Yuck!

MissAdventure Thu 31-Dec-20 17:24:10

I think Burt Reynolds looks great in that pic. tchsmile

Grannycool52 Fri 02-Jul-21 19:26:45

I was never a fan of Cliff, but really, even his face is positively weird now. It's after all the years of Botox, I guess.

Grannycool52 Fri 02-Jul-21 19:27:53

Oops, old thread, sorry!!

M0nica Fri 02-Jul-21 20:13:55

No, I would rather watch paint dry.

Flossiebo Fri 02-Jul-21 20:16:09

Sorry, I know its an old thread, but we were in Rome a couple of years ago and I was agog at the calendars of young, very attractive Priests that were on sale ?
I am not religious, but was actually quite shocked!

Thebeeb Fri 02-Jul-21 20:24:55

Well ……. Think at 80 shirt on is preferable.
But I have to admit To having saved all his calendars for more years than I can remember. It’s a tradition that one of my children buys me one for a Xmas present each year. Silly but I can’t throw them away. Got stacks of them.

PinkCakes Sat 03-Jul-21 09:25:40

Elegran What gorgeous creatures (and the animals are alright too). I prefer a bit of hair on a man's chest, though.

DanniRae Sun 04-Jul-21 08:58:51

I am surprised that no one has mentioned Cliff's hair - I don't know about him posing by a haystack it looks as if he has one on his head! shock
I actually feel sorry for him because I can imagine all those people who make money out of his calendars convincing him that he still looks great.......and, of course, he really doesn't. sad

adaunas Sun 04-Jul-21 10:45:24

I buy a Cliff Calendar for an older friend who likes them.
I don't have Cliff or any other person on a calendar. But why not, if you like a person. At least he’s still alive (just). I wouldn’t help the producers make money by buying Diana calendars either. I find the thought of a dead person, not family or friends on the wall repulsive, but if you like it, why not.

Calendargirl Sun 04-Jul-21 10:52:06

Must be hard accepting you are ageing and just not as attractive as you once were, when you have been in the public eye.

Thinking of Cliff, and Brigitte Bardot, but maybe she isn’t bothered, as she does a lot for animal rescue or similar.

Probably the old life seems rather shallow now.

Kate1949 Sun 04-Jul-21 10:53:55

I am not particularly a Cliff fan but I think he looks great for 80. He has looked after himself and looks slim and healthy and I like the way he dresses. I dont know any 80 year olds who look as good.

DanniRae Sun 04-Jul-21 15:11:45

I don't imagine he looks half as good in real life Kate - a lot of photoshopping me thinks!!

DanniRae Sun 04-Jul-21 15:13:28

I feel I have been quite unkind to Cliff in my posts - I am sure he is a perfectly nice man grin

jaylucy Sun 04-Jul-21 15:29:25

Just give me a man in a dinner jacket with the tie loose or in a shirt and jeans with bare feet (I don't know why the bare feet bit, it just works for me!!) and I am quite happy!
Many ladies prefer being able to use a little imagination - and the lights out, so you don't see the reality!!!

Allsorts Mon 08-Nov-21 07:28:17

I think he is and was definitely better clothed.

TillyTrotter Mon 08-Nov-21 07:37:33

Uniform every time. Not a Cliff fan, but I do like looking at Richard Gere as Zack in “An Officer and a Gentleman” and have watched it many times ?

Calmlocket Mon 08-Nov-21 07:47:36

Im with TillyTrotter ?

Mollygo Mon 08-Nov-21 08:12:48

I like calendars with places on - places I’ve visited or those I’d like to visit. Pictures of animals, human or not, famous or otherwise aren’t for me.
If you like a person, even Cliff, then why not have a calendar with his pics -but not his pecs.

DillytheGardener Mon 08-Nov-21 08:27:18

Flossiebo I wish I could buy a hot priest calendar as a joke present for a Catholic inlaw?