Stephen Fry

[Winthropp Tuesday]

Over on the Huw Edwards thread there’s a lot of discussion about Stephen Fry at the moment, link to look at the chat so far: https://tattle.life/threads/huw-edwards-15.46259/

Here’s a thread to carry on discussing him for anyone interested…

 

[Libbylulu]

I’m parking myself here. I watched a documentary about him and bipolar years back and found it informative. He blamed running away from the show he was performing in, leaving the country by ferry and going ‘missing’ down to his illness but there’s a lot of speculation that it was something else entirely.

I don’t like him, I think he’s a pompous arse.

 

[Winthropp Tuesday]

My opinion of him has altered drastically from thinking he’s a national treasure to just feeling like he’s a pompous, misogynistic hole. With potentially problematic issues around predilections for young men…

 

[VC10]

Never been a fan , think he's an oddball. Bet hes a right old ' luvvie' . With all the money he's got, why wouldn't he fix his wonky nose it looks bloody stupid. Think he thinks it makes him look endearing, or something. It doesn't.

 

[Tookster]

Never been a fan , think he's an oddball. Bet hes a right old ' luvvie' . With all the money he's got, why wouldn't he fix his wonky nose it looks bloody stupid. Think he thinks it makes him look endearing, or something. It doesn't.

He’s definitely getting more slobbish as he gets older.

Sandi T made QI so much better!

 

[mee43]

I’m parking myself here. I watched a documentary about him and bipolar years back and found it informative. He blamed running away from the show he was performing in, leaving the country by ferry and going ‘missing’ down to his illness but there’s a lot of speculation that it was something else entirely.

I don’t like him, I think he’s a pompous arse.

Rik Mayall never forgave him for that.

My opinion of him has altered drastically from thinking he’s a national treasure to just feeling like he’s a pompous, misogynistic hole. With potentially problematic issues around predilections for young men…

This about sums me up, too.
I feel like he’s a fraud; acting the part of the jolly old national treasure but being completely different behind the mask.

 

[Tookster]

Rik Mayall never forgave him for that.


This about sums me up, too.
I feel like he’s a fraud; acting the part of the jolly old national treasure but being completely different behind the mask.

Yep. You just know he’s a total bleep in real life.

 

[TapToBoreMeRigid]

Makes me laugh that people think he's smart when he just regurgitated a script on QI.

 

[Auga]

Here's an old article about a play he wrote himself (Latin! Or Tobacco and Boys), though unfortunately by Johann Hari so we can't be sure if he even read the script.

 

[GrunkaLunka]

As I said on the Huw Edwards thread, Stephen's husband looks very young. You'd be forgiven for mistaking him for a teenager in pictures like this...

 

[Tookster]

As I said on the Huw Edwards thread, Stephen's husband looks very young. You'd be forgiven for mistaking him for a teenager in pictures like this...

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He looks like a lad accompanying his grandad to a wedding.

 

[Metropolis]

It’s strange that they haven’t been pictured together for years.

Records of his misogyny go back years: There’s the comments around sex being the price women are prepared to pay for a relationship. https://ontd-feminism.livejournal.com/425752.html? Also, in that article, he compares being interviewed for a magazine article with being r*ped. He criticised those who condemned his comments.

Then, more recently there’s the comments he allegedly made at the MCC dinner.

MCC defends president Stephen Fry after official complaint over 'misogynistic and racist jokes'

Fry has attracted controversy since becoming MCC president last year

www.telegraph.co.uk

He seems to have a real problem with women. When asked about when he realised he was gay, he responded, “I suppose it all began when I came out of the womb. I looked back up at my mother and thought to myself, that’s the last time I’m going up one of those.”

Jeopardy!: Stephen Fry in profile and marriage with Elliott Spencer

Stephen Fry is back on telly for ITV’s new gameshow Jeopardy! - but when did Stephen shoot to fame? And why did he go missing?

www.entertainmentdailyuk.com

He seems to be a narcissist who hates people disagreeing with him. He’s always deactivating then reactivating Twitter/X .

 

[Sea]

Can not stand him, there's something nasty about him. He's not a national treasure, he's a pompous posh boy

 

[WeTalkAboutBruno]

This thread is interesting for me (heaven forbid we dare go off topic though ) because I'm a big fan of Stephen Fry and he has always been quite open with his struggles. I know that he has gone AWOL on occasion but I've always put that down to his mental health. Curious to see why people have the views that they do - yes, the marriage is creepy!

 

[Doll Parts]

Glad I'm not the only one who can't stand him, the smug misogynist b. Didn't he sort of defend paedophilia once too?

Actually, I think it's this I'm thinking of: https://www.archive.is/https://www....comments-abuse-victims-self-pity-charity-mind

 

[Winthropp Tuesday]

I've been trying to find the thread on X but can't at the moment - someone had compiled a list of tweets, comments, and links to articles/work by Fry that highlight the fact he's problematic when it comes to his sexuality/liking young men, etc and potentially dodgy views on p-d-files etc (like Tatchell). When I saw it laid out like that it was a massive red flag.

 

[Dotty Merton]

'there’s no storm like pubescence and no port like a pretty boy’s bum'

Thats a quote from his autobiography.

I seem to remember reading online there was an incident involving him, a younger lad and a snooker table. But where it was I know not. He has since become a snooker fan so searching for his name and snooker is no help.

 

[Beetle.]

Glad I'm not the only one who can't stand him, the smug misogynist b. Didn't he sort of defend paedophilia once too?

Actually, I think it's this I'm thinking of: https://www.archive.is/https://www....comments-abuse-victims-self-pity-charity-mind

As a childhood sexual abuse survivor, I remember this well. I was disgusted with him. Before this, I thought he seemed like an OK person - I wasn’t a massive fan of his or anything, but I didn’t dislike him either. Since those comments, I cannot stand the man.

 

[ilovedogss]

Stephen Fry supports Kevin Spacey

 

[maytoseptember]

My opinion of him has altered drastically from thinking he’s a national treasure to just feeling like he’s a pompous, misogynistic hole. With potentially problematic issues around predilections for young men…

Same! Back in the 00s I loved him. He was a very early adopter of social media; one of the first celebs to really embrace Twitter IIRC.

The funny thing about Twitter at that time was how revolutionary it was. Celebs really did use to have an air of mysticism about them. You didn’t hear about their lives and inner thoughts unless they did an interview somewhere.

The problem was, it ruined the mystique and made you realise what dicks some of them were. Stephen Fry having regular tantrums and flouncing off was the #1 example of this for me. I unfollowed him such a long time ago… does he still do it @Metropolis?