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I think they were badly managed or something IIRC after they split up one of the lads said in an interview he had to work at a cinema part time as well as being in the band They mustn’t of been paid! Hard times people..
Often bands don't get any money for at least a year. The record companies keep it for 12 months, get the interest then pay the band.
 
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C & A were such a big chain in the UK. Oxford Street had three branches at one stage, plus two Littlewoods. I really don’t know why they pulled out of the UK. I saw a branch in Budapest a few years ago. Like others I was excited. It had some great stuff in it. Bizarrely for the time (a time when skiing wasn’t as popular to the masses as it is now) C & A had an extensive skiwear range which people used to rate.
Yes! I always thought that was funny, as it’s a bit incongruous.

Yo
Do you mean Frankie Bridge from The Saturdays?
Youre back.
i was wondering where you were.
 
15 years ago in a Near Eastern Archaeology class a friend was lecturing said that early city states looked like a Greatful Dead t-shirt, cue silence! As I was listening in, we had a meeting afterwards, I spoke up and said it looked like a hippie t shirt, which they all got. My friend said to me after, had he finally reached that age!

I remember the big What Everyone Wants in Edinburgh, oddly I don't recall ever going in! We also had a big American style department store, Goldbergs, which had a mini zoo on the roof!! As well as ott at Christmas.
What a trip down memory lane for us Edinburghers. Remember Goldbergs well - up at Tollcross.
 
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Slightly off topic....is anyone else experiencing issues when loading comments on CDAN? I click the link but no comments load 🥺 I have tried on various browsers and search engines!
Haven't been able to read comments for months so would be interested if you find a solution!
 
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I can’t remember if it was a c&a but I defo did the same in a department store, I’m sure it was through the cafe area 🤣


I once queued on the long steps at the side of HMV in Aberdeen to get a single signed by Deuce 🤣🤣 Im not even sure I knew what I was queuing for but felt exciting at the time.
LOL don't think I ever bought anything from HMV in my five years up there...used online from the mid-90s and got sent from America as cheaper! Deuce I always remember when people went on about Steps or S Club 7 being the next Bucks Fizz with both men and women. See I was beaten to naming their other big song, plus there was another I recall called 'I need you'. I am music nerd lol, despite preferring Green Day or Faithless, I can remember 90s pop too well.

What a trip down memory lane for us Edinburghers. Remember Goldbergs well - up at Tollcross.
Yes, despite moving away, coming back, many times, the corner still makes me think of Goldbergs.
 
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Cassettes are back in amongst some Lo-fi alternative bands. My partner buys them! One arrived in the mail yesterday.

My first time in this thread. It's a great read and my favourite on Tattle ❤.
 
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If you have a look at the link I put up it mentions when he met his wife. He was 29 at the time and she was 13. They met at Jimmy Savile’s house. *Shudder
I was intrigued by this - like, how was a 13 year old girl cooking dinner at Savile’s house when Ed Stewart turned up? Note, it’s the cooking that is odd, not the fact that Savile was consorting with underage girls. Did a bit of googling and found that the Jimmy in question was one Jimmy Henney, the 13 year old girl’s father and Glen Campbell’s manager (random). It doesn’t make it any less weird though. She had to get permission from the headmaster to have a day off to marry him.

Ever curious, I then saw that Stewart made the headlines again in the noughties when he took viagra to prepare for an intimate moment with ‘sixties model Sue, who now runs a B&B’. Sue sold her story, the best bit was him saying, “baby, I’m so hot I’m on fire!” although Stewart was quick to point out that he didn’t actually need the viagra. No, it was a precaution.

Which led me to another viagra-based story about Vic Reeves getting a 16 year old stable girl pregnant when he was 40 and married to his first wife, with two small children. The stable girl’s family looked after Reeves’ wife’s three horses. Reeves and stable girl both had lager and a viagra and he told her that he didn’t like condoms. when she later became pregnant he at first denied everything to her parents then sent her a cheque for £2k - with her name spelled incorrectly! - to pay for an abortion. The newspaper that printed the story spoke to his agent, who said that the 2 grand cheque was for ‘a business transaction’ - with a 16 year old girl? - and that her client had nothing further to say on the subject!
 
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I was intrigued by this - like, how was a 13 year old girl cooking dinner at Savile’s house when Ed Stewart turned up? Note, it’s the cooking that is odd, not the fact that Savile was consorting with underage girls. Did a bit of googling and found that the Jimmy in question was one Jimmy Henney, the 13 year old girl’s father and Glen Campbell’s manager (random). It doesn’t make it any less weird though. She had to get permission from the headmaster to have a day off to marry him.

Ever curious, I then saw that Stewart made the headlines again in the noughties when he took viagra to prepare for an intimate moment with ‘sixties model Sue, who now runs a B&B’. Sue sold her story, the best bit was him saying, “baby, I’m so hot I’m on fire!” although Stewart was quick to point out that he didn’t actually need the viagra. No, it was a precaution.

Which led me to another viagra-based story about Vic Reeves getting a 16 year old stable girl pregnant when he was 40 and married to his first wife, with two small children. The stable girl’s family looked after Reeves’ wife’s three horses. Reeves and stable girl both had lager and a viagra and he told her that he didn’t like condoms. when she later became pregnant he at first denied everything to her parents then sent her a cheque for £2k - with her name spelled incorrectly! - to pay for an abortion. The newspaper that printed the story spoke to his agent, who said that the 2 grand cheque was for ‘a business transaction’ - with a 16 year old girl? - and that her client had nothing further to say on the subject!
Vic Reeves makes my skin crawl. Absolutely everything about him. I love Bob Mortimer though.
 
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Which led me to another viagra-based story about Vic Reeves getting a 16 year old stable girl pregnant when he was 40 and married to his first wife, with two small children. The stable girl’s family looked after Reeves’ wife’s three horses. Reeves and stable girl both had lager and a viagra and he told her that he didn’t like condoms. when she later became pregnant he at first denied everything to her parents then sent her a cheque for £2k - with her name spelled incorrectly! - to pay for an abortion. The newspaper that printed the story spoke to his agent, who said that the 2 grand cheque was for ‘a business transaction’ - with a 16 year old girl? - and that her client had nothing further to say on the subject!
Vic is, of course, married to Nancy Sorrell, famous beforehand for shagging Steve Coogan on a bed covered in money...
 
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Reminds me, I used to be in middle management for a well known book store in London. We used to have a huge amount of celebs come in to do signings. Poor Audley Harrison had about five people come to his, and therefore his two giant bouncers wearing TEAM HARRISON bomber jackets and sunglasses looked a little ridiculous.

We also had Michael Palin in who was an arse. Said he didn’t like our staff room for sitting in, so the manager moved him to her office instead. He then made a fuss over his coffee we got him, and knocked it accidentally all down his trousers and all over the manager’s computer keyboard, ruining it.

Stephen Fry came in and wouldn’t look at any of the staff, keeping his eyes firmly on the floor. He seemed very out of it.

Bruce Forsyth was very nice, had a huge turnout and proceeded to do NICE TO SEE YOU, TO SEE YOU NICE with the crowd.

Oh and Niall Quinn came in to do a signing. He arrived and went up to my colleague and said ‘hi, I’m here for the signing’. Male colleague who wasn’t in to football replied ‘I’m sorry, Niall Quinn isn’t here yet.’ So Niall smiles and says ‘no, no, I’m here for the signing!’. Colleague repeats that Niall Quinn isn’t here yet. 😂
Love this! I was a huge Niall Quinn fan and met him twice at book signings 😍😍😍😍😍
 
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Vic is, of course, married to Nancy Sorrell, famous beforehand for shagging Steve Coogan on a bed covered in money...

I didn’t know that! She gets around. The headline of this story is not quite as good as ‘Two Shags’, when John Prescott was caught diddling his diary secretary, but it’s pretty good nonetheless!
 
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I remember the C&A in Wembley and the one in Harrow. I think Primark now is where C&A used to be. I got my most favourite jackets from there....patchwork suede with a bit of fur lining. I got it the day before C&A closed for good in the U.K. I still have, and wear it now.
Mel Bs mum worked at C and A tit bit of gossip I know I’m working up for a good bit honest 😂
 
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