Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: greenwichvilla on April 14, 2015, 02:37:20 PM
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I don't know the first thing to say about this...
Warning: Daily Mail link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3038210/Britain-s-vainest-man-spent-55-000-plastic-surgery-look-like-Joey-Essex-targeted-online-trolls-pelted-eggs.html#comments
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If ever there was a "news story" about nothing that is it.
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Well, yes.
But... Quite funny.
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Maybe, but the word "sad" comes to my mind.
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Has extensive plastic surgery ever done anything but make a person look weird? I've never heard of the bloke he's trying to look like, but to me all that he has achieved is a vague resemblance to Herman Munster and that is about it.
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Free money innit.
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There's always stories about him in the (Birmingham) Mail, usually being "lined up to appear" in some reality show or other which never happens. The poor lad's desperate for fame, he's got the same agent as White Dee and can't see that he's being used.
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How utterly, utterly sad.
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Has extensive plastic surgery ever done anything but make a person look weird? I've never heard of the bloke he's trying to look like, but to me all that he has achieved is a vague resemblance to Herman Munster and that is about it.
You see some frightening looking surgery cases on the telly. I don't understand why anyone would have a load of surgery. Same as wig wearers. When was the last time you saw or heard a group of people nudging and pointing at an old person for looking old or a bald person for being bald. But get surgery or a syrup for vanity purposes and you are making yourself a target.
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some real humdingers in this lot, haven't heard of half of them
http://thelollingtonpost.com/wtf/12-celebrity-plastic-botched-surgery-nightmares/?utm_source=taboola1&utm_medium=referral
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anyone who shares an agent with White Dee fully deserves that 'left by the fire to melt' look
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Trouble is that it is not the path to fame or celebrity, it is the path to derision and ridicule.
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His Grandad is Tony Barton. That's enough fame for any man!
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anyone who shares an agent with White Dee fully deserves that 'left by the fire to melt' look
I don't particularly blame him or her; they're victims of celebrity culture and are grabbing what they can get in their fifteen minutes. My contempt is reserved for the agent who put them in this position.
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People want to be famous for being famous without any talent whatsoever. It's all very sad.
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People want to be famous for being famous without any talent whatsoever. It's all very sad.
Exactly. Do something - anything - exceptionally well, especially in the sporting or artistic arenas, and the fame and the financial rewards will come. Having said that, I can't think of anything worse than being "famous". It's bad enough bumping into current or former pupils (and their parents) in Tesco on a regular basis.
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People want to be famous for being famous without any talent whatsoever. It's all very sad.
Exactly. Do something - anything - exceptionally well, especially in the sporting or artistic arenas, and the fame and the financial rewards will come. Having said that, I can't think of anything worse than being "famous". It's bad enough bumping into current or former pupils (and their parents) in Tesco on a regular basis.
These people clearly have a mental illness, problem is the NHS treat them with plastic surgery to help their 'anxiety' rather that counselling.
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Sometimes when people of my generation or older go on about the good old days, an episode of The Simpsons where Granddad starts to do something similar and Bart quickly says words to the effect that this is my generation's turn, so tough always springs to mind. The one thing that does make me feel completely out of touch is the desire to be on reality television. There definitely seems to be a certain amount of exploitation/manipulation - look at some of the deluded contestants in the early rounds of talent shows.
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I always understood celebrity to be a concatenation of celebrated artist. So you were an artist in some form, who was recognised. Not famous for being famous
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People want to be famous for being famous without any talent whatsoever. It's all very sad.
Exactly. Do something - anything - exceptionally well, especially in the sporting or artistic arenas, and the fame and the financial rewards will come. Having said that, I can't think of anything worse than being "famous". It's bad enough bumping into current or former pupils (and their parents) in Tesco on a regular basis.
That usually involves years and years of hard work though. The current culture is all about seeking instant fame and fortune.
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These people look at the brain cell they call Joey Essex, white Dee, Geordie shore, and Jade Goody, etc', and realise these people are not very intelligent but have made lots of money for just being a bit stupid, aka just being themselves.
When i see Joey Essex i always think he can't be that thick, he is making more money than me, but then realise he is thick.
These car crash TV programmes make money from these fools, and the viewing public lap it up. It's like paying to see animals do stupid things in the zoo.
Sad.
My ultimate nightmare would be for one of my children to aspire to be like Joey Essex et al.
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All that money could have been used in a better way The NHS is run by our money.
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This obsession has been going on for years so maybe in his early teens when all else had failed assuming he had several "good talkings" to by his parents when the administration of a timely clip around the ear might have sorted it all out. It's not something I would condone but this lad strikes me as someone it might benefit.
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you really do get pure class on here - someone mentioning a concatenation! ; the last time I read that word was in a Anthony Trollope novel. Brilliant, concatenation and Joey Essex in the same thread.
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These people look at the brain cell they call Joey Essex, white Dee, Geordie shore, and Jade Goody, etc', and realise these people are not very intelligent but have made lots of money for just being a bit stupid, aka just being themselves.
When i see Joey Essex i always think he can't be that thick, he is making more money than me, but then realise he is thick.
These car crash TV programmes make money from these fools, and the viewing public lap it up. It's like paying to see animals do stupid things in the zoo.
Sad.
My ultimate nightmare would be for one of my children to aspire to be like Joey Essex et al.
The reality show contestants and I use all words lightly in a descriptive sense is the Modern Day Freak Circus Show.
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People want to be famous for being famous without any talent whatsoever. It's all very sad.
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