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  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    Southendaddick said:
    He’s just issued another statement apologising for yesterdays comments 
    So he's had to apologise for his previous apology?

    Just shows what an absolute mess of it he made the first time 
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,146
    Stop the world I have got to get off.  The days of work banter with either sex is well and truly over. Love to go out on a night out with those complaining and hear what they have to say and joke about men. Comparing the size of one's manhood usually goes round the table. 

    At our place women are allowed to have men's calendars displayed but we can't in our change area of women calendars. 

    My mother was a barmaid for 40 years and run her own hotel in Scotland. She said if I took offence at every innuendo or smut joke she wouldn't have any customers, and a mile long queue if prosecuting.

    Wonder what took them so long to get offended. Some been out of the limelight comes to mind. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,265
    I'm sure many people that try and defend idiots like Wally Wallace would have been the kind of people trying to defend slavery and rasict comments all those years ago too. Times move on but clearly some people can't/won't 
  • follett
    follett Posts: 1,034
    Chippycafc said:
    Stop the world I have got to get off.  The days of work banter with either sex is well and truly over. Love to go out on a night out with those complaining and hear what they have to say and joke about men. Comparing the size of one's manhood usually goes round the table. 

    At our place women are allowed to have men's calendars displayed but we can't in our change area of women calendars. 

    My mother was a barmaid for 40 years and run her own hotel in Scotland. She said if I took offence at every innuendo or smut joke she wouldn't have any customers, and a mile long queue if prosecuting.

    Wonder what took them so long to get offended. Some been out of the limelight comes to mind. 
    There's a pretty clear difference between banter with work colleagues you know well and harassment. It isn't difficult to understand that sexually related comments towards someone you don't know too well might be uncomfortable for them. 
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    sam3110 said:
    I'm sure many people that try and defend idiots like Wally Wallace would have been the kind of people trying to defend slavery and rasict comments all those years ago too. Times move on but clearly some people can't/won't 
    That’s a bit of a jump mate 😄
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited December 2024
    I don't watch MasterChef I have only seen clips of the ex Millwall hooligan.
    Gregg W, has a great face for radio.

    Yet again a man has let his ego get the better of him and he will probably go back to his market stall or start a pod cast under the Midas touch of Gary Lineker's Goalhanger productions.

    Wallace and vomit (sorry John Torode) are not my staple TV diet I'm more Nigella "I don't wear anything in bed" Lawson though I would think the richness of her food has seen the demise of many men but at least they popped their clogs with a smile on their face.
  • Super_Eddie_Youds
    Super_Eddie_Youds Posts: 1,977
    edited December 2024
    Henry Irving said:
    Southendaddick said:
    He’s just issued another statement apologising for yesterdays comments 
    Or his solicitors have told him his statement made him look even more of a tosser than before.

    Fear not Gregg, a social media career as an anti-woke warrior alongside working class hero Laurence Fox awaits.
    👆 This will prove prophetic. 

    Ventured on to Twitter and searched his name on Friday and then on Sunday. On Friday, pretty much solid condemnation. On Sunday, following his middle class women comment, the tribal battle lines had been drawn. 

    So depressingly predictable!
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,265
    edited December 2024
    SuedeAdidas said:
    sam3110 said:
    I'm sure many people that try and defend idiots like Wally Wallace would have been the kind of people trying to defend slavery and rasict comments all those years ago too. Times move on but clearly some people can't/won't 
    That’s a bit of a jump mate 😄
    I don't think it is though, think about what was accepted in society 70 years ago by some people and classed as banter or whatever they called it back then, blackface, calling people "W*gs" and the N word was widespread. When people then decided it was unacceptable and society largely rejected that kind of behaviour, there was still people trying to defend it. 

    Fast forward to now and racism, whilst still pretty rampant in places, has largely gone from everyday society. Now misogyny and sexism is frowned upon and people are generally trying to get rid of it, and there's some people desperately trying to cling on and saying things like "it's just banter" and "girls say sexist stuff too" and fail to realise that the world moves on and almost always for the better. 
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    There are calls for tonight's episode to be pulled. I don't think that is fair on the contestants, the show is bigger than one man.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,223
    ME14addick said:
    There are calls for tonight's episode to be pulled. I don't think that is fair on the contestants, the show is bigger than one man.
    If people don’t want to watch it then find something else to do. Leave it on and let the public decide 
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  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,605
    ME14addick said:
    There are calls for tonight's episode to be pulled. I don't think that is fair on the contestants, the show is bigger than one man.
    Wholeheartedly agree. 
    Completely unfair on those left in the competition to pull it.
    I’ve been successfully ignoring the cretin for years now.
    A few more episodes won’t hurt.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,041
    It won't be pulled and neither will the already filmed Christmas special(s)
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,652
    Wallace will probably be a Reform candidate at the next election. To be honest I wouldn't be surprised if he won a seat. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    ME14addick said:
    There are calls for tonight's episode to be pulled. I don't think that is fair on the contestants, the show is bigger than one man.
    Probably the last time the word "pulled" will be used in the context of Gropey Gregg for some time. 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,035
    Not a chance they pull the rest of the Professionals series but I never really understood why he was on it anyway. That show was absolutely fine with 2 judges. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    Very low down on the list of terrible comments he's made is his maths.  How on earth does he get 20 years of 50-60 contestants per series, plus 16 series of 40-48 contestants, plus 18 series of 20-24 contestants to come to 4,000?  Perhaps his terrible sums is part the reason quite a lot of his businesses have gone bust..? 
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,974
    sam3110 said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    sam3110 said:
    I'm sure many people that try and defend idiots like Wally Wallace would have been the kind of people trying to defend slavery and rasict comments all those years ago too. Times move on but clearly some people can't/won't 
    That’s a bit of a jump mate 😄
    I don't think it is though, think about what was accepted in society 70 years ago by some people and classed as banter or whatever they called it back then, blackface, calling people "Wogs" and the N word was widespread. When people then decided it was unacceptable and society largely rejected that kind of behaviour, there was still people trying to defend it. 

    Fast forward to now and racism, whilst still pretty rampant in places, has largely gone from everyday society. Now misogyny and sexism is frowned upon and people are generally trying to get rid of it, and there's some people desperately trying to cling on and saying things like "it's just banter" and "girls say sexist stuff too" and fail to realise that the world moves on and almost always for the better. 
    I think the point being that banter is fine amongst people you know well enough to know they're going to give as good as they get. That's why its banter. Gregg seems to think it's ok wherever he goes whoever he meets. That's at best pretty stupid and at worst harrassment.

  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,018
    I think we're all in agreement that Gregg has let himself down.

    Are we all in agreement then that Lorraine Kelly shouldn't be fawning all over Pete Wicks in a recent interview, which resulted in her giving him a sniff?

    I'm all for things being done right and equality but surely Lorraine has crossed the line here too and should be cancelled?

    Any chance someone can find something on Ben Shepperd and get him and Tipping Point cancelled too?  I'll give him a bloody boomerang drop!
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,974
    JohnBoyUK said:
    I think we're all in agreement that Gregg has let himself down.

    Are we all in agreement then that Lorraine Kelly shouldn't be fawning all over Pete Wicks in a recent interview, which resulted in her giving him a sniff?

    I'm all for things being done right and equality but surely Lorraine has crossed the line here too and should be cancelled?

    Any chance someone can find something on Ben Shepperd and get him and Tipping Point cancelled too?  I'll give him a bloody boomerang drop!
    Depends what bit she sniffed
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    The whole sorry episode is boiling away nicely...

    He is so painfully self-unaware. 
    The BBC get a kicking, which is ok by me.
    The media Chatterrati, are getting knickers/boxers in a right old twist, good stuff.
    Tabloids bottom feeding on the whole mess, no surprise there.
    Hopefully one less cooking show on TV, nice.

    Sit back and enjoy.
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  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,605
    To be honest, I’m finding watching Shirley fawn over Pete every week on Strictly extremely uncomfortable. So I definitely agree there needs to be consistency when it comes to this sort of thing.

    Just quit it altogether, it’s not difficult is it?
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,709
    soapboxsam said:
    I don't watch MasterChef I have only seen clips of the ex Millwall hooligan.
    Greg has a great face for radio.

    Yet again a man has let his ego get the better of him and he will probably go back to his market stall or start a pod cast under the Midas touch of Gary Lineker's Goalhanger productions.

    Wallace and vomit (sorry John Torode) are not my staple TV diet I'm more Nigella "I don't wear anything in bed" Lawson though I would think the richness of her food has seen the demise of many men but at least they popped their clogs with a smile on their face.
    Greg???  



     

  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,146
    Instead of watching masterchef tonight. Switch over to that's TV and see till death us do part, benidorm and benny hill show.

    Enjoy the times when people could laugh and not take life too seriously.

    This fake anger woke nonsense has got to stop.
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    ME14addick said:
    There are calls for tonight's episode to be pulled. I don't think that is fair on the contestants, the show is bigger than one man.
    I don’t think it’s fair that people have been subjected to that rubbish for the last 15 years, but there you go.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    JaShea99 said:
    ME14addick said:
    There are calls for tonight's episode to be pulled. I don't think that is fair on the contestants, the show is bigger than one man.
    I don’t think it’s fair that people have been subjected to that rubbish for the last 15 years, but there you go.
    I watch it only occasionally these days, though regularly watched it in the early years.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    edited December 2024
    Chippycafc said:
    Instead of watching masterchef tonight. Switch over to that's TV and see till death us do part, benidorm and benny hill show.

    Enjoy the times when people could laugh and not take life too seriously.

    This fake anger woke nonsense has got to stop.
    The problem is that you don't see any of this on what is broadcasted. I think we have to be mindful that the bloke hasn't physically assaulted anybody so shouldn't be spoken about in the same terms as Gary Glitter or Jimmy Saville. What I haven't seen/heard is what he said which caused the complaints and the amount of complaints. There is quite often no smoke without fire so I won't be defending him but I don't have the information to be too judgemental.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    Chippycafc said:
    Instead of watching masterchef tonight. Switch over to that's TV and see till death us do part, benidorm and benny hill show.

    Enjoy the times when people could laugh and not take life too seriously.

    This fake anger woke nonsense has got to stop.
    Woke, a very overused word these days, to justify behaviour which is no longer acceptable. 
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    Chippycafc said:
    Instead of watching masterchef tonight. Switch over to that's TV and see till death us do part, benidorm and benny hill show.

    Enjoy the times when people could laugh and not take life too seriously.

    This fake anger woke nonsense has got to stop.
    Times change ,Chippy.


  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,890
    The question for me is who will be next to be exposed / cancelled?

    Whilst not  at all defending him it does feel that the industry / the media is currently in a phase of always looking for the next high profile name to expose. Feels almost like they have a list of names they want to ‘out’ for bad if not illegal behaviour 

    Not clear if these exposes are being coordinated in some way or just coincidence or just giving people more confidence to come forward. 
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,560
    The only thing that has really surprised me a bit in all this is that Rod Stewart has waded in and defended his wife, fair enough, but as far as I’m aware she didn’t report it which surprises me considering she’s a Special Constable so must realise the impact this would have on others similarly affected who hadn’t reported it because they may have thought they wouldn’t be believed. Maybe if she’d reported it earlier she may have prevented others from any distress caused.
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