Gloria Hunniford - New Day - Same Nonsense.

[andy-hughes]

I was changing between two recordings on my digi-box, and the set picked up the current broadcast on the last channel I was watching - which happened to be Loose Women.

There was a feature about 'belief in angels' - a tattooed guy was offering his views when, within ten seconds of my set picking this up, Gloria Hunniford was talking about how "... my daughter Caron always used to ask the angels for a parking space, and we always found one."

Can this woman not go a day without turning the conversation round to her (tragically) deceased daughter!!!!

I feel better now ...

[naomi24]

hereIam, no, you are not the only one who feels sorry for her.

andy-hughes, you seem as obsessed with Gloria as she is with the loss of her daughter - but, unlike you, she has a valid and understandable reason for her pre-occupation.

[anotheoldgit]

/// Ms Hunniford endless mawkish references to her loss don't offend my sensibilities in the slightest - I simply refer to it as and when I hear it, and then I forget about it again. ///

Yer like.

/// And I know exactly where my remote control is - thank you. ///

Pity you still know where the keys are on your keyboard.

[jno]

I simply refer to it as and when I hear it

pretty much what Hunniford does, andy: when the subject of the dead comes up, she talks about her daughter; when Hunniford comes up, you talk about Hunniford. Her obsession with a dead daughter is at least understandable; but you could maybe give a grieving mother a break?

[andy-hughes]

Zacs - //'no-one is forcing you to read it'

And no one is forcing you to watch it. You should live by your own advice dear boy. //

An absolutely fair point - but in my defence, I don't watch daytime TV which is the usual haunt of the lady in questions. I simply happened upon her by accident, and that set off the Pavlovian response that I have to her witterings, and I felt the need to vent on here.

As I said in my OP, I do feel better now.

[andy-hughes]

AOG - //Pity you still know where the keys are on your keyboard. //

How very wounding!!!

LOL!!

[ummmm]

AOG - that was such a childish comment.

[andy-hughes]

jno - // simply refer to it as and when I hear it

pretty much what Hunniford does, andy: when the subject of the dead comes up, she talks about her daughter; //

I have to argue there, it's not that when the subject of the dead comes up she talks about her daughter, it is her recognised - by others as well as me - habbit of turning conversations round to her dead daughter, and more specifically, talking about her loss when others are on the programme to talk about theirs. The Sara Payne and husband of Linda Bellingham sections were particularly uncomfortable examples of how she hogs the atteiont of an audience who are waiting to hear from someone else.

// when Hunniford comes up, you talk about Hunniford. Her obsession with a dead daughter is at least understandable; but you could maybe give a grieving mother a break? //

Actually I don't think Ms Hunniford is obsessed, and I am certainly not. As advised, it's not that she talks about her loss, it's her habit of making every opportunity to mention her, even when the subject is not under discussion, she will make it so.

As for giving a grieving mother a break - I seriously doubt that Ms Hunniford reads my opinions on here, so she is oblivious of my opinion of her, which is absolutely fine.

[douglas9401]

I imagine this is what trying to convince Chris Packham that he's wrong on a given subject is like.

[ludwig]

andy-hughes - New day - same nonsense.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - // No, you are not the only one who feels sorry for her. //

I have said, and am happy to say again, I do entirely sympathise with Ms Hunniford over her loss, I would not wish to imagine the pain of losing a child, but that is not the issue I have with her.

It is not that she grieves, which is normal and acceptable, it is that she has virtually made a career move out of her bereavement, and I find that inappropriate.

// andy-hughes, you seem as obsessed with Gloria as she is with the loss of her daughter - but, unlike you, she has a valid and understandable reason for her pre-occupation. //

As I have also said previously, there is no 'obsession' going on here - if you want genuine obsession, there are others on here who exhibit theirs on a daily basis, as I am sure you know!

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, for someone who doesn’t watch daytime television, which you say is the usual haunt of Gloria Hunniford, you seem to happen upon her rather frequently.

[andy-hughes]

douglas - // I imagine this is what trying to convince Chris Packham that he's wrong on a given subject is like. //

I am not wrong factually in my OP - Ms Hunniford's approach has been verified by others on here.

If you disagree with my view of her, that's another matter.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - // andy-hughes, for someone who doesn’t watch daytime television, which you say is the usual haunt of Gloria Hunniford, you seem to happen upon her rather frequently. //

I explained in my OP the circumstances under which Ms Hunniford and I crossed orbits in my OP, and to the best of my knowledge, I posted once, at the most, twice about her previously.

So if that is three mentions in seventeen years, that's not my idea of 'frequently'.

[andy-hughes]

Ludwig - // andy-hughes - New day - same nonsense. //

It passes the time ...

[douglas9401]

Right you are Chris, now, let's go over and see what the badgers are up to.

[ummmm]

You've posted more than that, Andy.

[ludwig]

'New day - same nonsense' would actually be a great tagline for the Answerbank. How about it Ed, can we stick that at the top of the page?

[naomi24]

Selective memory.

[andy-hughes]

ummmm - // You've posted more than that, Andy. //

Maybe - maybe not, perhaps someone who is obsessed with my 'obsession' will be along to clear that up for us.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - // Selective memory. //

No, sadly, it's failing memory!