When celebrities attack!
It’s been a strange week for some of our sporting stars.
Firstly, my congratulations go to Dame Kelly Holmes. She has made the sensible decision, in my opinion, of bowing out at the top of her sport and can now look forward to some lucrative money making ventures. I understand she’s signed up for a celebrity ice show!
On the other side of the coin, there’s poor old Gazza. Sacked from his managerial job and then arrested within a couple of days, for an alleged incident…….
The part that saddens me most is the claim that he had been on the wagon for a while and then had one drink in memory of the late George Best. As George knew more than most, alcoholics can’t have just one drink. That’s all it takes, to destroy all of the hard work that it takes for someone with an addiction to stay clean.
George Best had asked for pictures of himself, on his deathbed, wracked with the ravages of addiction, to be printed in a tabloid newspaper. He wanted them to act as a warning to others about the problems caused by drink. It’s a pity Paul Gascoigne couldn’t find the strength to follow the warning.
Naturally the target of the alleged incident turned out to be a photographer. Now there’s a surprise. Now I don’t condone violence in any way. But I’m sure there had to be more than a little provocation involved. I get the impression that these types of “When celebrities attack” type incidents occur. The victim is usually a persistent photographer who has continually pushed his luck, or just one who happened to the last in a long line of snappers, shoving their cameras in an already uptight celebrities face. Either way it can turn nasty and a whole new story has been created.
Firstly, my congratulations go to Dame Kelly Holmes. She has made the sensible decision, in my opinion, of bowing out at the top of her sport and can now look forward to some lucrative money making ventures. I understand she’s signed up for a celebrity ice show!
On the other side of the coin, there’s poor old Gazza. Sacked from his managerial job and then arrested within a couple of days, for an alleged incident…….
The part that saddens me most is the claim that he had been on the wagon for a while and then had one drink in memory of the late George Best. As George knew more than most, alcoholics can’t have just one drink. That’s all it takes, to destroy all of the hard work that it takes for someone with an addiction to stay clean.
George Best had asked for pictures of himself, on his deathbed, wracked with the ravages of addiction, to be printed in a tabloid newspaper. He wanted them to act as a warning to others about the problems caused by drink. It’s a pity Paul Gascoigne couldn’t find the strength to follow the warning.
Naturally the target of the alleged incident turned out to be a photographer. Now there’s a surprise. Now I don’t condone violence in any way. But I’m sure there had to be more than a little provocation involved. I get the impression that these types of “When celebrities attack” type incidents occur. The victim is usually a persistent photographer who has continually pushed his luck, or just one who happened to the last in a long line of snappers, shoving their cameras in an already uptight celebrities face. Either way it can turn nasty and a whole new story has been created.
posted by Steven at 4:47 PM
1 Comments:
No I haven't heard her being interviewed, except after she won her gold medals. I was hoping the interviewer would ask her "How it felt to win two gold medals" And god bless him, he did! Apparently it felt great, fantastic, words can't describe it.(aren't great and fantastic, words?)a lifelong dream.
Although she gave the exact same answer when asked how it felt to be lined up to appear on a celebrity ice dancing show!
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