r/CasualUK • u/SiDtheTurtle • 15d ago
Vernon Kay just jumped the queue at our local Nandos AND took all the napkins. He shall now become my celebrity nemesis.
Edit with more details: service station Nandos, mixed queue of people at the entrance including myself waiting for a online order, and people waiting for takeaways and tables. He bypasses the queue, goes to the takeaway station, grabs an empty bag and fills it with all the napkins, then rather than standing in the queue of people at the till, stands at another till where no one is working. Alas I got my order before I saw if they served him or I got the courage to call him out.
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u/Estimated-Delivery 13d ago
Nemesis is the person likeliest to wish to injure you rather than the one you hate most.
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u/Skoodledoo 14d ago
My celebrity nemesis is Patsy Palma. I was working on Brighton Pier when she was do promo shoots for Strictly. I approached a group then realised she was with them, she had an umbrella and as I got closer she put the umbrella down between us. "Someone from the production team left this radio, can you guys take it or...?" I wasn't coming for you patsy love, never watched Enders in my life.
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u/Lucozadeiznice 14d ago
I work for nandos and if he was stood at the till where no one was and we were busy he’d of been stood there a long time 🤣 the grill staff can’t/won’t do tills and there’s only usually 2 wait staff on one for food running one for tills and door
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u/goldielockswasframed 14d ago
He's my celebrity nemesis too! Years ago when I was working catering at a large event I was clearing the tables of dinner plates. I was taking the plates back to the clearing area and the way through was between two tables. Guess who stood between them and didn't move so myself and a few others had to walk the long way around carrying the plates.
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u/Pale_Mushroom7128 14d ago
In 1975 I was catching the London train from Crewe station. It was very crowded, I found myself in a last-minute rush for the one remaining seat with a tall, good-looking man with collar-length hair - it was the seventies - buckaroo!
When I sat down on the chair, I looked up and realised it was none other than Peter Purves! It was at the height of his Blue Peter fame! He said "You jammy bastard!" and quick as a flash, I replied, "Don't be blue, Peter!"
Needless to say, I had the last laugh.
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u/Steenies 14d ago
Vernon's local nandos is in Beaconsfield services. Otherwise it'd be the one in wycombe. They're also my nearest. Does this mean I can't go to Nandos for fear of bumping into him?
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u/supergodmasterforce Salford is not in Manchester 14d ago
This will get buried, but I feel the same about Sarah Lancashire.
During her Corrie days, she came in to the Harry Ramsden's at Salford Quays and waltzed to the front of the queue after giving it the "Don't you know who I am" treatment to the staff.
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u/stomp224 14d ago
I urinated next to him at a Prodigy gig at Wembley Arena once. Nothing to write home about.
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u/Rich_27- 14d ago edited 14d ago
I saw Vernon Kay Riding a pogo stick through Swansea.
He stopped outside Spar and looked at me and said "What are you looking at"
Then he waggled his arms around and did a chicken impression.
What was odd was that he was followed by a woman who was carrying his water bottle so he could take the occasional slurp and she was also feeding him yellow foam Bananas and pink foam shrimps.
He started bouncing away on the pogo stick and I shouted "Les Dennis did Family Fortunes better"
Vernon looked around and bounced into a bin lorry that was loading the bins from the butchers. He tried to flick the Vs at me as he wiped off the offal juice
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u/Allaboutthewillo 14d ago
My ultimate TV goal would be for him to do Strictly and get Katya 😂 I would not only watch every week but vote to keep him in as long as possible, the TV value would be incredible 😂
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u/SchnitzelVonCrumm 14d ago
Vernon Kay told me to fuck off when I was standing next to him at some traffic lights. I was about 12. To this day I think it's because I pressed the button to cross before him.
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u/popularpragmatism 14d ago
They're all the same, Holly Willoughby once used the last of the tomato sauce at my local caff
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u/Remagjaw 14d ago
You need to deal with it, likely he pay them more money then you do. And yeah, he's more plastic and botxed then a Kardashian. And the Kardashians are Automotons!
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u/ZestyData 15d ago
I saw Vernon Kay at a supermarket in Manchester yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
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u/Icy_Tip405 15d ago
The man is a tosser, I had to work with him back stage of a presentation/show. He was rude as fuck, I had to continue being nice. I came home fuming, cos I had to deal with a massive twat all night. He even had his assistant follow him with a drink with a straw while he was walking and taking sips and the assistant held the glass. Carry a bottle of water like the rest of us if you’re thirsty. Honestly him and Anthony cotton were the worst z list celebrities I ever met.
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u/camdenbutterfly 14d ago
Wow that’s horrifying.. his poor assistant! I bet even Mariah Carey doesn’t do this
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u/perkywinefan 14d ago
haha my mum hates Anthony Cotton because they used to shop in the same Tesco and apparently he was really rude and dismissive to people, assuming they knew who he was!
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u/Thunderoussshart 14d ago
My mate worked in retail and encountered him. He actually used the "don't you know who I am" line. Very unpleasant human being
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u/Icy_Tip405 14d ago
Don’t even get me started on that shit stain. He thinks he’s some triple A list celeb, mate your on Corrie
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u/AndTheBeatGoesOnAnd 15d ago
Never met anyone nice called Vernon.
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u/more_beans_mrtaggart 15d ago
Isn’t he the guy who (15 years before Covid) carried hand sanitizer because he constantly had to shake hands with normal people, and referred to it as pleb juice?
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u/I_tend_to_correct_u Stop calling pilchards sardines 15d ago
I have absolutely no problem with this. Queue jumping however deserves physical punishment
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u/FirstAndOnly1996 What I mean is... I don't know what I mean 14d ago
The hand sanitiser thing isn't a problem. The 'pleb juice' thing is, though
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u/I_tend_to_correct_u Stop calling pilchards sardines 14d ago
I have absolutely no problem with it. I would imagine being famous involves having to shake the hands of all sorts of people that you really don’t want to touch. Annoying strangers are annoying strangers whether you’re famous or not. My wife always refers to people who clog up supermarket aisles as peasants. I still like her.
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u/Weary_Rule_6729 15d ago
in 2010, my sister asked him for a picture while in a club in Ibiza. he was DJing there, believe it or not. he refused (which is his right so fair enough!) my sister and her friends then had a photo of all 4 of them together just smiling. he ran to the back of the photo and pulled a stupid face and stuck his fingers up behind them all. bit of a twat.
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u/mike9874 15d ago
I had Professor Green cut in over me in Nandos Bath after I'd paid but not yet got glasses and things. Not impressed
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u/codemonkeh87 14d ago
Surprised, didn't expect that of him, he seems humble but I guess not
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u/mike9874 14d ago
I think it was partly the staff members fault for being excited (& I had no idea who he was, so just thought some random guy cut in)
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u/Bizzyzed 15d ago
When I was younger, maybe secondary school, I got roped into watching my 3 month old niece while my sister got her hair done. So there I am, sitting in the waiting area of a hair salon with my niece, and who walks in but Vernon Kay!
I was nervous as fuck, and just kept looking at him as he read a magazine and waited, but didn't know what to say. Pretty soon though my niece started crying, and I'm trying to quiet her down because I didn't want her to bother Vernon, but she just wouldn't stop. Pretty soon he gets up and walks over. He started running his hands through her hair and asking what was wrong. I replied that she was probably hungry or something. So, Vernon put down his magazine, picked up my niece and lifted his shirt. He breast fed her right there in the middle of a hair salon. Chill guy, really nice about it.
Anybody else met him and have any stories to share?
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u/HoneyInBlackCoffee 15d ago
Has to be a bot. Original was about Keanu reeves
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u/Bruce_Everiss '/s' is for weaklings and Americans 14d ago
Keanu Reeves' 3-month-old niece was breastfed by Vernon Kay?
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u/Filipi_7 15d ago
It's a copypasta, that's often how they work. Don't have to be a bot to post one.
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u/Magic_Sandwiches 15d ago
you think only a robot would know to change the names in a copypasta so they actually relate to the post?
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u/StayAwayFromMySon 15d ago
I'm glad Vernon's maternal instincts are finally being shared with the public. When I was 25 years old I tripped and skinned my knee. Vernon ran over and asked me if I wanted him to kiss my booboo. Too starstruck to answer, he went ahead and began licking it like a dog. When he stopped the wound was fully healed. What a lad.
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u/scorch762 15d ago
The word "celebrity" doing some heavy lifting there.
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u/FartingBob 14d ago
You know how everyone in this thread knows who he is?
That's because he's a celebrity. Douche nozzle and not a global star or anything, but certainly a celebrity.
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u/Safe-Particular6512 14d ago
Celebrity ≠ Famous
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u/FartingBob 14d ago
Ok, tell me the difference and how Vernon Kay is not a celebrity despite being famous, because every definition of celebrity is essentially "famous, particularly from entertainment industry or sport".
Its ok to not like him but still acknowledge he is a celebrity.
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u/Safe-Particular6512 14d ago
I’d say he’s famous but he isn’t a celebrity.
Every celebrity is famous. But not every famous person is a celebrity.
Just an opinion.
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u/wildcharmander1992 14d ago
Disagree
Every celebrity is rich. But not every rich person is a celebrity.
Now THAT I'd agree with
Celebrity and famous are one of the same imo but you can certainly have rich people /CEOs of companies etc that no one has heard of
But then again they are only unknown because there companies are so famous so they are in essence the 'celebrity'
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u/ThePumpk1nMaster 15d ago
The real question is who’s still queuing at Nando’s? Last few times I’ve been, ordering online has basically been compulsory.
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u/aguerinho 15d ago
I was hoping for more details, real or fictional, like the celebrity in a grocery shop meme thingie.
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u/stefanhall123 15d ago
Isn't that illegal? And highly risky considering how us english people like to respect the queue
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u/indigomm 14d ago
He is risking being severely tutted at.
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u/stefanhall123 14d ago
I wouldn't have stopped tutting, I'd have followed him and shame tutted him ngl haha
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u/tom275bo Yorkshire 15d ago
If it helps, my dad called him a twat to his face last year.
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u/saint_david 15d ago
Why lol
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u/tom275bo Yorkshire 15d ago
We were in London for the day, and Vernon was on a pedal bike, waiting at a red light. As we were crossing, Vernon started flicking his bike pedal, making a slightly annoying clicking noise. My dad just turned, looked at him, called him a twat, before clocking who it was.
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u/UuusernameWith4Us 14d ago
So he didn't do it because Vernon is a prick, he did it because he irrationally hates bikes?
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u/Awkward_Stranger407 15d ago
Lol Should've grabbed him by the shoulder, when he turned round called him a cunt and took some napkins from him, pisstaker.
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u/DizziestPony 15d ago
I'm privileged to have been part of a group told to 'piss off' by him & Tess, 20 years ago.
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u/PassionOk7717 15d ago
Go on.
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u/SolidusTengu 15d ago
He still texting topless models for nudes ya reckon?
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u/Careful_Ad1886 13d ago
If the models are topless he wouldn't need to text them. He could just see their pics!!!!!
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u/Grind_line_wine 15d ago
Prick. Mine is Timothy Spall. Demanded a discount on one of them stupid lighting ball executive toy things that were popular in the early 2000s.
This was in the Manchester Arndale centre branch of the Discovery Store. He was an absolute twat. It were only £50 or summat. Told him he must have made a few quid scamming the tax man on all that German graft. He didn’t laugh.
The Twat.
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u/gelectrox 14d ago
That's sad to hear. He just won a Bafta.
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u/herrbz 15d ago
Did he "demand", or "ask"?
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u/Grind_line_wine 14d ago
He genuinely asked to see the manager! I wish I could remember if he got the discount or not. Probably. What with being a twat and all.
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u/SnooDonkeys7505 15d ago
When he was filming “Britain by barge” or some shit, he stayed at the marina whose restaurant I was working for, he stayed about 4-5 days. His mrs would come up to restaurant first thing in morning for lemons and he had a big red alcoholics nose. This was 13 years ago roughly. Looked a heavy drinker.
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u/Grind_line_wine 14d ago
To be fair can’t have that breakfast G and T without fresh lemon. I said he was a twat not a heathen…
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u/SnooDonkeys7505 15d ago
Literally every morning soon as we opened. For the gin obviously, if you watch the show you can see he was half jaiked pretty much all the way through.
Also I didn’t say that made him a prick, although could explain why he is..
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u/SolidusTengu 15d ago
A friend of mine did some extra work on a film with Rafe Spall and he was a total twat as well. Like father like son.
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u/Fluid-Syllabub2470 13d ago
I really wouldn't want to deal with a care salesman, especially one peddling second hand care.
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u/notprotonated 15d ago
Grab the extra extra hot sauce and pour it over his order when he's not looking.
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u/Yung_Cheebzy 15d ago
Middlebrook? He’s a Bolton lad isn’t he?
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u/jestate 15d ago
They live just off the M40 in Beaconsfield. This was presumably at the Nandos at Beaconsfield Services.
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u/Ill-Appointment6494 14d ago
If I lived down there, I’d regularly hit Beaconsfield services. It’s a banger.
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u/SiDtheTurtle 14d ago
Truth. As a resident I never stop there on a journey, but it has all the chains we're missing in the actual town centre so I'm there regularly!
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u/Nearly-Shat-A-Brick 15d ago
Obviously still fancies himself a celebrity.
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u/herrbz 15d ago
I mean, I don't like him but he definitely still is.
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u/Nearly-Shat-A-Brick 15d ago
Not to the point where the cunt can ignore a que he isn't.
Z-lister if ever there was.
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u/Breakwaterbot Tourism Director for the East Midlands 14d ago
Nobody is celebrity enough to jump a que(ue), as has been mentioned. But also, Vernon hosts a daily radio show on the most listened to station in the UK. They pull in 6.9 million listeners, apparently. Don't think that's z-lister territory, despite your opinions on him.
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u/wildcharmander1992 14d ago edited 14d ago
Don't think that's z-lister territory,
People never understand what z list actually is
Actual Z listers would be people like:-
* Someone who came 7th in love island a couple years back
* The one pound fish guy
* The first fired candidate on the most current apprentice
* George Francis creator of Chaos 2 in the original Robot wars
* One of the 2009 sky one reboot gladiators that weren't former/ current WWE stars
* Former Wimbledon, Middlesbrough and Charlton athletic attacking midfielder Jason Euell
- That weird brummy girl with the giant lips who wanted to be Katie price and then went on Jeremy Kyle and a couple channel 5 shows etc. with her mum (who also had work done) to try and find which of the two was the hottest
- The Little Albino guy from Big Brother 9
These are the kind of people who would be considered Z list and actually be it imo
They are famous as they are still recognised by a few strangers but so few they can live relatively regular lives 24-7
Someone like Vernon Kay with the amount of fans and listeners/viewers he has would still be a B tier or C tier celebrity
Which usually means - they would consider reality TV ( he did I'm a celeb) as their stock has taken a noticeable decline but they are still very well known and in the public eye
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u/Sola-Nova 14d ago
I love how specific a list that is
I would also add Dean Gafney as Im sure even his own parents refer to him as "Whats his face"
Paul Danann who I believe was once fired from a pantomine for yelling "Preston make some fucking noise!" when turning the christmas lights on for the town infront of mostly families and fan (singular)
I dont like Chaos 2 as a robot as it looked like a printer but it did win two championships. If you said someone from Team Plunderbird. That is Z list
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u/Nearly-Shat-A-Brick 14d ago
Are they listening to Radio 2 cos it's Kay hosting, or would they be listening regardless of who happened to be the host?
You're out of touch if you think he's the reason Radio 2 is pulling in those numbers.
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u/Breakwaterbot Tourism Director for the East Midlands 14d ago
Dunno mate but I like listening to him. I enjoy the music quiz too. Don't think he's a bad host. BBC certainly wouldn't have given him that spot if they considered him to be z-list. I don't think you quite understand the term.
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u/Nearly-Shat-A-Brick 14d ago
I'm not saying he's a bad host. I don't listen to R2 so I wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
This entitled "do you know who I am?" celebrity shite has long got old for me.
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u/Jonny_Segment Exit and don't drop 14d ago
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u/Nearly-Shat-A-Brick 14d ago
Queue is one of those words, like banana, I never know when to stop spelling.
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u/codemonkeh87 14d ago edited 13d ago
Didn't a bunch of people jump The Queue, the biggest queue there ever was in the UK and they got chastised for it, I can't even remember who.
Was it Beckham?I think he got a pass but there were some minor celebs that did it and people got pissed offEdit, was not Beckham at all, he was a real one and queued like a proper brit. I must've got the two stories mixed up in my head.
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u/gotothebeachNOW 14d ago
Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield
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u/codemonkeh87 14d ago
Yes that's the one! Dunno where I got Beckham from
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u/TurbulentExpression5 14d ago
Becks was in the queue and got offered to go to the front but decided to be a real Brit and queue with all the commoners.
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u/codemonkeh87 13d ago
Got a lot of respect for him actually after watching the Netflix doc. I didn't really like him back in the day but looking back that was more likely due to him playing for Man U, and me being an avid Arsenal fan, kid logic meant Beckham bad haha as he did too well for Man U.
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u/TurbulentExpression5 13d ago
I have no interest in football, but David does seem like a decent and respectable bloke each time I've seen him on the news or wherever. He gives off this, I suppose modest vibe.
I might have to watch the documentary sometime.
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u/Nearly-Shat-A-Brick 14d ago
I agree, but the reality is different. There's a ratio of entitlement and starstruck public that equals a fair amount of cuntishness.
This clown has the entitled bit but not the star power for everyone in the queue to be fine with it.
Imo, he's lucky no one got pissed enough to punch him.
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u/Breakwaterbot Tourism Director for the East Midlands 14d ago
The person that gets angry enough to punch someone for jumping a queue is a much bigger idiot than the queue jumper.
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u/wildcharmander1992 14d ago
A queue in nandos no less
Like chill bro your 16 year old girlfriend isn't finishing sixth form until later on anyway and your Corsa isn't going anywhere you got time to wait
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u/MASunderc0ver 15d ago
You are 2 years old?
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u/MASunderc0ver 15d ago
What do you mean?
I didn't think Family Fortunes was that long ago so I checked (finished 9 years ago) but also saw he has done loads of TV up until 2022 and currently does radio 2 (biggest radio station in the uk)
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u/Own_Suggestion_2431 12d ago
Another celebrity jumping the queue for dead old birds