Nigella Lawson

That seems a bit harsh. What about that Sheen actor chappy, he's well known for drug offences and seems to go in and out without a problem.

The US never fail to amaze me with some of their stupid legislation and "rules".
They ban someone who has taken drugs in the past but is not a convicted, or dangerous drug dealer from visiting their country and still have loads of needless killings each year, and some notorious mass shootings. All this as a result of their failure to control guns.

It makes you want to despair.

I don't think Nigella is any threat, or an undesirable. What nonsense!

Isn't Sheen an American citizen?

How humiliating for her !
Bet THAT Saatchi is gloating !

Annie, he is !

How humiliating for her. She really didn't deserve that.

Humiliating for her, and so very childish of Us customs or whoever decided to implement the rule. I am no admirer of drug taking, but she took them, didn't deal them. The US often makes itself look very silly, all this fuss over a middle class middle aged woman who took recreational drugs in her own home and at her own cost, it is not illegal to snort cocaine as far as I am aware. So how does Keith Richard of the Stones get in and out of USA? I abhor drug dealing, but to be honest, intelligent people deciding to use recreational drugs that they have bought and in their own home is not our business as long as children or vulnerable people are not involved.

Humiliating, and quite ridiculous. What a sanctimonious and hypocritical way to behave towards someone who hasn't been convicted of anything and poses no threat to anyone. This is in a country where drug use and gun crime are rife and where doctors who perform abortions are murdered by right wing "christians".
Team Nigella

She will get in, but they'll have her jumping through hoops and subjecting her to rigorous searches each time she visits. Pitiful! She's endured enough.

Good point Iam64 she has not been tried for or convicted of any drug crime.

Not a fan of the women, but it does seem quite ridiculous. Convictions are one thing but a confession during that daft court case (instigated by her nasty husband who I think rather enjoyed creating the drama) hardly seems a just cause. Hells teef we are of to the US next month .....wondering If I'll get refused for carrying too many aromatherapy oils (they help me cope with long flight and those nasty so-and-sos in Home Land security, who see grey-haired Saga tourists as some sort of security threat.

What part are you going to Hilda?

Ludicrous and sanctimonious.

Nonu, a trip from Washington down to the South including Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans . San Antonio and ending in Dallas.

Sounds quite lovely Hilda, been to all those place , Savannah you will find delightful ,. walking round the old squares.
How long you away for ?
Like 20 questions here eh , I just probably nosey , doesn*t make me a bad person !!
LAUGH!!

There is a lot I love about the US but they do have some daft rules. DH and I (both clearly over 21) were refused a bottle of wine with our meal in a restaurant because we didn't have ID!! And don't get me started on their gun laws

I think Nigella has fallen foul of what Americans like to describe as "moral turpitude". When I first went to America many years ago, we had to complete a form which asked whether we had been engaged in acts of moral turpitude, not knowing what it meant, I wanted to put "I do hope so!" which of course would have been the wrong answer! I'm sorry for Nigella, it's quite ridiculous.

Haven't they legalised cannabis in one state? What a country of contrasts!

I bet Saatchi is loving this. Hell hath no fury like a Saatchi scorned.

Yes, and how daft is Trinny Woodall to be involved with a man who treated his former wives to badly. She must be dimmer than I'd feared.

Saatchi seems to pick on women when they're vulnerable - Nigella with a dying husband and Trinny (allegedly) with drink and drug issues. Gives him control over them, I suppose.

Lol Nonu, Yes Savannah is a delight, wonderful to think of it being almost a 'flat-pack' city with the old timber houses shipped over from Britain all those years ago.

We are away for just over two weeks.....hey ho all those huge breakfasts to cope with!

Rose, Colorado , seems you can buy over the counter .
Although did read the demand has been so great that they are rationing it .
Thing of the States is that each State have their own laws , so you can pitch up in some States and find they are "Dry" so can"t buy alcohol in Walmart --irritating!

Hilda are you driving yourselves or going on a coach ?
Don"t eat too much, easier said than done over there .