Christine McGuinness and Paddy McGuinness

[Allusernamesiputinaretook]

Aww I really like Christine, she’s a bit of a bubblehead but my god she’s a brilliant mother to them kiddies and a very Vocal autism advocate, her mum has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer.

 

[maytoseptember]

Re the autism diagnosis, if it’s genuine then I would feel awful for questioning it, especially as adult women do have a harder time being diagnosed; on the other hand if it is not accurate, then it’s not unfair to question it given how some of how Christine acts is entirely inconsistent with everything most of us would understand ASD. Kind of a tricky one.

So I won’t say anything too disrespectful, but I have my own private opinion on whether it’s likely to actually be the case that Christine is autistic and that influences my opinion of how she acts and publicises herself and her family’s business.

I have a bit in common with Christine in that I have two children and both are autistic, and since they were diagnosed I now realise that I’m autistic too.

The way she has spoken about how she’s felt all her life chimes exactly with my experience. She perfectly summed up what it’s like to be an undiagnosed female. I even think her Barbie doll image/plastic surgery is a form of masking.

 

[Sloobsc]

From liverpool and sold her soul to the scum, nice!

 

[Mardymermaid]

Autism isnt a competition it varies just because a person may have it more severely it doesn't give people a right to shut down other autistic people or shade their diagnosis there are no gold stars for who autisms harder Paddy has always been punching with Christine I don't know why he does it to himself

 

[Sloobsc]

Well considering she’s diagnosed Autistic… Pretty much hard to *not* discuss that part of her. And the dismissive tone of her diagnosis across the thread is disgusting.

yes, SHE has. We’re now on about 3 pages discussing peoples own personal views, opinions and experiences of autism in all its forms in about 30 other people besides christine.

 

[veevee04]

I am genuinely autistic, diagnosed as a (female) child and before it was trendy. I am hugely disabled by it, and am disgusted by this crop of celebs (and non-celebs) getting themselves diagnosed after an independent adult life. Myself and my peers will never live independently or be employed, and if we ever did reproduce, we would need help to look after them.

Autism has become meaningless and one study from 2016 showed that 9% of diagnoses are wrong. This is surely higher these days.

Even if Christine and Melanie Sykes and the like really did have autism, I don’t care. They obviously have the mildest form of autism ever and it’s ableist privilege that enables them to be the public faces of the condition, as opposed to the huge majority who are seriously disabled.

Masking is bullshit. All these mild “autistics” do is go on about how hard it is to look totally normal. They’re actually privileged to have that ability.

I am entitled to my own opinion by something that Christine is putting into the public eye, and clearly benefiting from, both financially and in terms of celebrity status, and in PR.

People more disabled by autism are entitled to have opinions on recent trends, confirmed in studies that people with milder and milder symptoms are getting diagnosed, and how that impacts us.

It's called Autistic Spectrum Disorder! It's a spectrum as you are posting on tattle you are already much more able than a lot of people with autism who are non verbal. I was diagnosed later in life and it's helped me understand questions about my childhood, why I felt different. I was bullied horrendously and always felt like I had to mask to fit in. I no longer mask so much and it's been amazing. I feel much less exhausted and I know myself so much better.

I think Paddy probably blames Christine for having 3 autistic children.

 

[neroli]

Hopefully she can pay to get an ADHD diagnosis too to get a co-morbidity "title". These people make me mad..They appear to "celebrate" a diagnosis which brings so much mental distress and angst to many people who don't flaunt themselves in front of the media and who can't deploy the "masking" excuse as a means to explain such behaviours.

Steeling myself for the "brave Christine speaks out" accolades..Thank goodness for all the honest and decent females who struggle on without the recognition or faux praise. Who recognise platitudes for what they really are..Empty words.

 

[Ndrangheta]

I just know him from that cringe dating show.

No Likey. My Wifey.

 

[Ndrangheta]

It's been at least an hour since I've seen Christine in the press going to the shops wearing a sports bra. I hope she's ok.

 

[State808]

Aww I really like Christine, she’s a bit of a bubblehead but my god she’s a brilliant mother to them kiddies and a very Vocal autism advocate, her mum has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer.

I don’t agree. As a parent to an autistic child, she has done nothing.
Thanks

 

[Fiddie]

I think he’s a dirty dog tbh.

 

[UsernameBlank]

Christine confuses me, I've heard her say about not being comfortable in crowds or with people she didn't know but still seems able to flaunt/socialise half naked ok.

Me too - I’ve mentioned this earlier in her thread.

A while back Christine’s was on This Morning and she described her behaviours that lead to her being diagnosed Autistic. She said she was a recluse for 7 years and missed out on lots of life due to her being unable to socialise and unable leave the house. When would of this 7 years been? She’s 33 now and has been on the glamour/model scene since she was a young teenager, after she won Miss Liverpool she had a glamour/model/tv career, met, dated and married Paddy then had kids. It doesn’t add up

 

[Bloody orange Hell]

Paddys back on instagram.
He posted himself in the bath, then in the shower. The posts seemed a bit odd really.
I find him really unlikeable and not at all attractive. Don’t know why. He doesn’t seem to have much warmth to him, does he?
And he seems the type of man who’d speak in a really loud voice, constantly talking over people.

 

[Allusernamesiputinaretook]

Wasn't a fan of her documentary last night but I suppose it raised awareness of autism. The kids faces being shown would have drawn people in more to the story being told and at times autism seem to come second to bigging up what amazing parents her and Paddy are.

I thought it was really good but I’m an autism mum so it’s a subject close to my heart, I found it refreshing they spent quite a part of the documentary talking about girls and autism and it’s true they do mask their emotions , not wanting to blow smoke up arses but autism parents are amazing , but so are all parents , I don’t put my kids on social media so I respect them keeping their identities hidden, in this day and age of instafloggers selling their kids soul for a freebie or ad revenue it’s quite refreshing.

 

[KfBr]

THANK FUCK THERE IS A THREAD ABOUT HER!!!!! I’ve honestly been tearing my hair out seeing her keep popping up on my insta. Jesus!! She needs to stop dressing up like a twat making tic fucking toks and her a life!!!
Get dressed woman, your kids will see you doing this shit in a few years!!
And the face Paddy is going along with her doing it... just no words

Sorry for the rant!! I thought I was being a miserable cow

 

[avabella]

It’s not their job to diagnose anything. They shouldn’t speculate and certainly shouldn’t be naysaying actual diagnoses after the fact.
DCD is very different from Autism.

I didn't say they should be. You seem to have a massive chip on your shoulder about the whole experience and so perhaps you need to take that up with the school and/or professionals.

 

[If i told you …]

Speaking from experience smaller schools don’t tend to have the experience when dealing with ASD. I know funding would never be an issue, but I do hope the school will seek ASD trained staff as the children progress.

The school has enough problems with her twirling around the playground dressed for a night at spearmint rhino!

 

[YouAreHiding]

He is hardly an oil painting …. Creepy McCreeperson. Hope someone spills who his side piece is or was. Be lots of them I bet.

 

[Thorongil]

Same. As someone who is neurodivergent, it’s making me feel uncomfortable reading it.

That’s life. Sometimes I read or see or hear things that make me uncomfortable. But so what? Should I wake up every morning expecting the world to pander to me?

 

[mrswiggins]

She’s now on celebrity hunted, is she ever with her children or does she have a nanny looking after them? I have two autistic children and don’t get two mins to myself never mind being in a different hotel every other night and having time to constantly take photos of myself.