Paula was quite flirty with George Michael, too
Really relate to this. It’s such a sad case. I had a lot of trauma with losing a parent young then my other parent becoming very mentally unwell and an alcoholic but we had money so outwardly it looked “ok” so nobody helped. It’s only now I’m a mother I had therapy and realised how neglected I was from age 12 plus and how important it is to go back and work out those pieces before moving forward. She seemed like she really wanted to do better as well.The legacy of generational trauma in the Geldof family is just immense. I feel like Peaches was a victim of all of that, she never really got away from the unresolved pain of her past. She just acted out using sex, fame, drugs right to the end, like mother like daughter. You look at Paula's life and how she used her sexuality / the limelight / relationships with precarious men like it was some sort of lifeline and forgot entirely about her adult responsibilities and there was clearly so much trauma there, and she just passed that on. It's so sad.
Sounds a bit bizarre I admit, but makes me really grateful to have done a lot of therapy myself, because the self awareness you get of how you can use these external things - relationships, sex, success - to be "ok", instead of understanding yourself and learning how to support yourself, can be life changing.
I hope Peaches' kids and the other Geldof siblings are more content and peaceful within themselves.
God she had a great job!Paula was quite flirty with George Michael, too
He really wasn't that great a father by all accounts.Just read through this thread and although it’s already been said I have to add; say what you want about Bob Geldof but he fought hard to take care of those girls the way they deserved to be looked after. I think he’s a pain in the backside but will always have a massive amount of respect for him for that.
But he was a father and gave them a familyHe really wasn't that great a father by all accounts.
She was gorgeous!
Panellist on Loose Women?Paula had a really nice voice, listening to those interviews too. If drugs weren’t on the table, I wonder what she’d be up to now professionally.
My dad wasn’t a great father... he didn’t have a role model and didn’t know how to be a dad. He made up for it as a grandfather.He really wasn't that great a father by all accounts.
A father and a good father aren't the same thing. The girls were allowed to do whatever they wanted - that isn't really parenting (good or otherwise), is it?But he was a father and gave them a family
I don't know.A father and a good father aren't the same thing. The girls were allowed to do whatever they wanted - that isn't really parenting (good or otherwise), is it?
Fifi said he wasn't great and I'll take her word for it. People have commented that he left the girls to their own devices in their own flat in central London. It's pretty obvious how things were going to go. Also, the 'boring' part of rearing children ie the nitty gritty was done by the nanny.I don't know.
IF they were allowed to do whatever they wanted, then maybe this was because he believed in personal freedom and didn't believe in rules? Maybe he had good intentions and didn't want to restrict them? I don't know him but he comes across as a bit of a free spirit so this might be possible.
But:
They had a stable place to live, good education, a stable family unit that was not torn apart or relocated frequently, consistent parent figures (Bob and Jeanne, who he was with since Paula left him - he didn't indulge in many affairs etc) and siblings.
And I feel this counts for something.
We didn't live with them so we can only speculate how his parenting was, what conversations they had etc.
When did she say this?Fifi said he wasn't great and I'll take her word for it. People have commented that he left the girls to their own devices in their own flat in central London. It's pretty obvious how things were going to go. Also, the 'boring' part of rearing children ie the nitty gritty was done by the nanny.
So was he. He was stunning, but that voice. If he'd told me to rob a bank dressed as a clown, I would have!She was gorgeous!
It was on iPlayer but seems to have been removed. I don't know if it's available on any other streaming site. Your best bet might be renting it from iTunes, Amazon, etc.Anyone know where I can watch theMystify doc?
I kept thinking the fella in the pale blue with this back to MH was Bob Geldof! It isn’t but he looks a lot like him
Apologies if this has been posted before! Just thought it's interesting to see the Tube interview to compare with the Big Breakfast one. Totally different circumstances so no chance of her straddling him across the bar but you can see she's flustered. She's interviewed big names and knew many celebrities personally, being flirtatious in interviews was her usp but MH clearly had a deeper effect on her.
It's so weird in this interview knowing Paula is gonna be the mother of his only child, she's gonna be the last relationship Michael will have and of course how doomed their future is together.
Charming. Someone here suggested a screenwriter in the Jane Goldman model.Panellist on Loose Women?
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