I did wonder if they will be striding over graves on Sunday to copy our own service.
Yes, I wondered that as well. Will they be clodhoppering over the graves of veterans they never knew and couldn’t give a shit about? Gazing purposefully onto the headstones of the fallen? Her with stilettos digging into the grass covering the graves and him being dragged along after being told to look as if he is grieving cos he served?
Tell that to the marines whose memorial you both ditched to go sniffing around pitching for work at the Lion King premiere.
No, best to go with your wife and her smoulderingly constipated expression that’s supposed to convey grief. Backgrid photographer in tow.
Contrast this with the services taking place here over the next few days.
Everyone there has a reason for being there. Whether they have served, they have relatives who have served and are here no more, no one is there just for their own publicity. No Backgrid photographer in sight because these ordinary people have never heard of Backgrid in their lives. They are there because they want and need to be there.
It’s the fakeness that riles me up so much.
We know that you don’t give a shit. We know you’re only there to
look caring.
Do us a favour, we are not stupid.
We weren’t fooled the first time you pulled this publicity stunt and we certainly won’t be fooled if you try it again.
But I suspect you know this and won’t try it again after the backlash the last time you thought people were stupid enough to fall for it.
They weren’t and they didn’t.
