Ant and Dec- will it now be just Dec? Celebrity gossip alert

Oops sorry crossed posts Welshwife

A & D did Suzuki adverts on Tv . The contract was apparently worth £20 million . Suzuki have now withdraw the contract and I can’t say I blame them .

They didn’t say they weren’t sorry OldMeg what a ridiculous suggestion

I heard on the radio that the backers of their show - Suzuki I think - is stopping the sponsorship but said they will continue to the end of this series - 2 more shows- which Dec will host on his own.

I don't think one can assume PS and LK don't feel sorry for the people in the other car just because they haven't publicly said so. I expect they feel sorry for everyone involved. Why wouldn't they?

I would hope I would stick by any friends who were in trouble. You can hate the deed but support the person.

I didn’t actually hear that bit where Lorraine Kelly and Philip Schofield saud they are not sorry for the people in the other car. Must have missed that news item ?

It has sickened me to hear the likes of Lorraine Kelly, Phillip Schofield etc. saying how sorry they feel for their drunk driving friend. They don’t seem to feel quite so sorry for the people who’s car he hit while he was intoxicated and driving on the wrong side of the road . Double standards ?

The idea that all crimes are equal is ridiculous.

But all are against the law , seems some are guilty whilst others are a bit guilty

The two things are not equally comparable, the potential for injury to oneself & others is greatly increased when accompanied by an engine tuning over at 5 miles an hour let alone any faster.

True you can't be injured by bumping into each other, but what of the addicts who break into houses , this too is against the law. Begging on the street is against the law too.

Seems breaking the law is ok if there is no fear of injury or worse. Or should people with money think logically but not people without money.

Deaths by knife attacks is on the increase and this is blamed by gangs involved in drugs

I am not casting stones Jane10, just saying logically one is dangerous to the actuall person driving & endangering others , the other situation is not endangering others , I don’t believe you can be seriously injured if two people bump into each other on the street, homeless or otherwise.

Give it up*Anniebach*. They're just not going to see it. Motes and beams! (Another biblical reference along with casting stones - my old Re teacher would be proud)

What has money got to do with it? I said a homeless person is endangering themselves, as in they are not driving a car whilst being drunk the two things are not comparable

He is different because he has money ?

And it is not true all homeless addicts only hurts themselves .

Annibach, we cannot compare a person refusing shelter to drink/ driving ,a person refusing shelter is not endangering any one else, apologeise if I miss understood your point.

And try getting into rehab on the NHS

Chew I meant using taxis or employing a chauffeur

Of course he’s different - for one thing he employs a whole range of staff who could make sure he didn’t drive and could have reported him to the DVLA - as for his mother, what was she thinking of? I know people who have drink/drug problems don’t think rationally all the time but he’s obviously able to function well enough for his tv appearances so should have thought through strategies for avoiding driving. The homeless addict who refuses shelter is ‘only’ harming himself and not threatening the lives and well being of innocent drivers and pedestrians.

Hopefully he will be healed of the torment of addiction . Is he any different to a homeless addict who refuses shelter. We who have no battle with addiction expect those who do to think as we think.

Sadly He has behaved no differently than some other men who come from a entirely different set of circumstances & background, they do not get excused for drink driving by the general public,they are usually condemned & looked upon as irresponsible morons . There may be a huge difference in their situations but no difference in their behaviour. Doesn’t make either bad people, but can result in bad things happening, that's obviously why the drink /driving law was passed. He broke that law, but luckily not someone else’s life. At the very least we should not be attaching any justification to his choice of behaveiour. Hopefully this will be a very big wake up call for him & he will address his problems.

he knows he’s got a problem and yet he’s not prepared to use his resources ( which are imo not hard earned but over paid) to sort himself out.

That's not strictly true though is it? He has already been in rehab for his addiction to Tramadol and alcohol and has gone there again now, I expect as a private patient. And for the record: I heartily condemn drink driving, whether the perpetrator is rich or poor; famous or not; young or old and of any ethnicity, culture or creed.

It’s bloody disgusting ab to say I’m troubled by his wealth- how bloody dare you- - what his wealth means is that he can buy the best help avsilable but what I’m troubled by is that he’s quite prepared to ruin the lives of innocents - he knows he’s got a problem and yet he’s not prepared to use his resources ( which are imo not hard earned but over paid) to sort himself out.

That's my take on it. He has better resources than most people to stop driving if necessary.
I suppose the trouble is that the sort of problems he is having are denied, usually, until a crisis happens.

he’s got the resources not to have to drive at all and yet he still does.
Yes - why?
He could afford a chauffeur.