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Celebrities you think you could get on with.

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Daddima Sat 10-Mar-18 23:48:30

I’ve been catching up with Cruising With Jane Macdonald on Channel 5, and I think I could get on with her.
I also think I could get on with Graham Norton.
What about you?

kittylester Sun 11-Mar-18 12:07:45

Michael Ball, Tom Burke and Rufus Sewell.

radicalnan Sun 11-Mar-18 12:09:05

I'll take Kim and Aggie, I am not interested in getting on with celebrities, I want someone to get on with my housework.

harrysgran Sun 11-Mar-18 12:10:26

I'm with missdeke I'd imagine it would be a good laugh I'd probably add jane Macdonald Linda Robson and Pauline quirke to the list

Grandma70s Sun 11-Mar-18 12:25:58

Bill Turnbull, Judy Finnegan (sp?), Stephen Fry, possibly Alan Bennett. I’d like to spend some time with all of those (not together), but I doubt if they would become
lifelong friends.

Both my cousin and my DIL have met Judi Dench. They say she is very amusing and funny.

quizqueen Sun 11-Mar-18 12:27:24

I don't think I would get on with many celebrities as the majority are Labour supporting Remoaner luvvies who profess they care about the so called poor but then seek to keep their distance from them as much as possible. They add to the nation's general poverty by demanding such high salaries. Imagine if footballers, film stars, musicians etc. earned less then ticket prices should be reduced to a level where most people could enjoy the entertainment more often. They are all hypocrites who say the UK should take in thousands of 'refugees' as long as they live by someone else, but none have taken any into their own homes. I'm sure there are plenty of 30 year men pretending to be 14 who could share bunk beds with their own celebrity children if they care that much about them!
The only celebrity leavers I can think of are Michael Caine, Ringo Starr and Mick Jaeger so I'll choose Ringo.

Eloethan Sun 11-Mar-18 12:51:33

Penny Smith, Billy Connolly, Graham Norton, Paul O'Grady, Brenda Blethyn.

petra Sun 11-Mar-18 13:01:38

quizqueen
I know exactly what you mean. I have one such friend who ticks every box on the luvvies scale but actually despises poor or uneducated people.

Elrel Sun 11-Mar-18 13:31:37

Grandma - how could I overlook Alan Bennett?! I think though that I might scare or horrify him, I believe he’s a private, reclusive person. ?

Camelotclub Sun 11-Mar-18 13:35:59

George Clooney, definitely!

Jane43 Sun 11-Mar-18 13:46:34

Bill Connolly, I could overlook his swearing because he is so funny and down to earth.

Martin Kemp seems a lovely man too. He always comes across as a devoted family man and is very easy on the eye too.

NonnaW Sun 11-Mar-18 13:51:53

Joanna Lumley, Felicity Kendal, Julie Walters. All seem the type of person you could get on with immediately.

lesley4357 Sun 11-Mar-18 14:02:31

Kathy Burke, Marion Keyes, jo Brand, Victoria wood, Tom Kerridge , Sandi Toksvig, Michelle Obama - that I can think off at the moment!

lesley4357 Sun 11-Mar-18 14:04:55

I forgot Martin Clunes

merlotgran Sun 11-Mar-18 14:13:54

Joanna Lumley, Monty Don, Lee Mack and Graham Norton.

sarahellenwhitney Sun 11-Mar-18 17:00:29

Paul O'Grady and Criminal Barrister Robert Rinder.
Paul for his love of animals. Robert and the looks he casts that speak a thousand words.

Grannybags Sun 11-Mar-18 17:10:52

Brenda Blethyn, Sandi Toksvig, Joanna Lumley (especially as Patsi from Ab Fab!)

GrammaH Sun 11-Mar-18 17:23:24

Yes I'd like to meet Martin Clunes too, I'm sure we'd get on. DD has met him on a number of occasions and says he is a really lovely man. I think Giles Coren would be very amusing and I would choose Tom Kerridge for some recipe tips and Rufus Sewell for obvious reasons!

Lilyflower Sun 11-Mar-18 18:09:02

Phil Spencer always seems full of good humour but you can’t tell if what you see is what you get, can you?

KatyK Sun 11-Mar-18 18:15:04

Most of them are putting on a show, hence the term 'show' business. We were in Port Isaac one year when they were filming Doc Martin and Martin Clunes was lovely with the fans who asked for a photo/chat. A friend was shopping in town once and she saw Christopher Biggins. She stopped him and she said he was delightful.

Gillcro Sun 11-Mar-18 18:24:49

I'm going to add ruth Langford, Eamomn Holmes. Stacey Solomon. Colleen Nolan.

Redrobin51 Sun 11-Mar-18 18:32:52

Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman and Judy Dench as they all seem very down to earth. Some celebs seem to come from another planet.x

AsarahG Sun 11-Mar-18 18:45:06

Quizzqueen, I am definitely with you on everything you have said. I am not sure how a lot of them sleep at night.

NanKate Sun 11-Mar-18 18:45:56

Gyles Brandreth, Tim Vine and Lise Doucet.

Kitty does your DH know about RufusSewell ? ?

Sulis Sun 11-Mar-18 18:57:20

Hmmm, spent half a day hanging out with Jeremy Irons who is quite amusing, spent a lot of time around Uri Geller re-writing one of his books - now there's an extremely interesting man who loves his fans, has an amazing energy and it is difficult to keep up with him. I miss him being in the U.K. I've seen him do incredible things. Have met loads of celebs when I did the photography at the Henry Cooper Walkabout back in the 80's - Joanna Lumley, (wonderful and very commanding) Jimmy Tarbuck (not my favourite) and a host of others.

Oopsadaisy12 Sun 11-Mar-18 19:22:20

I would like to invite so many people for tea, I would need a marquee, however one person who wouldn’t be on my list is Janet Street Porter, can’t stand to listen to the woman.