cws
Formerly kcmimichar
You learn something knew everyday.
Poisonous Daily Mail
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cws
Formerly kcmimichar
Judging from the comments, most people agree with you and are going after DM for writing up an article about her.Agreed. She's 81. She's beautiful. Good on her!! I'm half her age and I'm scundered going out with out my make up! But then she's prettier than me
MarkDallasAddict
Telly Talk Member
I think that they intended to suggest some how she had become reclusive and hardly ever seen out (which isn't true) and that she is far away from her glamour days (also not true). I clicked the link as I am interested in Linda Gray and all things Dallas. That said I won't be doing it again.
Willie Oleson
Telly Talk Schemer
I'm not sure if this topic is about one or two (different) articles, and I have no intention whatsoever to find out, but the first post in this thread reminds of the "life and sad ending" videos from one of the VILEST clickbait channels on youtube.
On the other hand, there's no such thing as bad publicity (as the saying goes) and it's nice to know that our favourite soap stars still generate some kind of curiosity (however uninformed).
As for not looking her most glamorous, that's her own decision and I'm sure she doesn't care.
Joan Collins is having none of it and she only wants to be known as the most beautiful woman in the world. Always and forever
On the other hand, there's no such thing as bad publicity (as the saying goes) and it's nice to know that our favourite soap stars still generate some kind of curiosity (however uninformed).
As for not looking her most glamorous, that's her own decision and I'm sure she doesn't care.
Joan Collins is having none of it and she only wants to be known as the most beautiful woman in the world. Always and forever
cws
Formerly kcmimichar
I can only imagine what Linda and Larry went through in the 80's. They were rock stars!!!! This is probably nothing compared to the 80's.
Sarah
Moderator Emerita
She was standing looking over a bridge somewhere in Europe and didn't realise that all these fans had started to gather behind her. Larry was there too. When she turned around, she had no place to get out and said it was very frightening as the thought of accidentally falling due to the crowd and being hemmed in was overwhelming.
Luckily I swept in in my Supergirl outfit and pulled them out.
cws
Formerly kcmimichar
Luv it!!!
MarkDallasAddict
Telly Talk Member
I am glad my original message has generated so many lovely and interesting replies. Linda you are an icon and are so loved by so many!
cws
Formerly kcmimichar
I still don't know if it was you or the fact I posted the article link in the first place. Any way, I guess most people feel DM is not to be trusted, and everyone lives Linda!!
cws
Formerly kcmimichar
I meant "loves", not lives!!!
Sarah
Moderator Emerita
Well I live AND love her!
Crimson
Telly Talk Star
I think there's a wee bit of missing the point going on. The articles and photos aren't an attack on Linda or her appearance, but they are a gross violation of her privacy. She's not on a red carpet or at a fan convention; she's just trying to do some grocery shopping. She also looks visibly uncomfortable in at least one of pics.
So to anyone who thinks the photos are fine, I guess you'd be okay with random photos of yourself running errands being on the internet and on a tabloid?
So to anyone who thinks the photos are fine, I guess you'd be okay with random photos of yourself running errands being on the internet and on a tabloid?
Laurie!
Telly Talk Fan
Do you think tabloids post those types of photos to impede someone's privacy? No, they post them in an attempt to make viewers/readers see the celeb supposedly at their worst because there's a market for that.
Do I agree with celebs being stalked...absolutely not. Do I think they know what they signed up for when making large sums of money to be famous...yes. Do I still feel bad for them...yes.
I myself have never once made any attempt to meet someone famous...like waiting at a back door, etc. Reason being, to me, they're off duty at that point and deserve to be left alone.
My only point was, that Linda doesn't look bad so the article is a fail. She isn't a Quasimodo recluse who fears being seen in public.
Angela Channing
Telly Talk Veteran
The Daily Mail is a rabid right-wing, racist, Brexit loving, anti-judicial system, Islamophobic, anti-refugees , Conservative-loving, hate-mongering rag. They have been wrong on all of those issues so it's no surprise to me that they would be wrong about Ms Gray. Stirring up hate and invading people's privacy to achieve sales and clicks is more important to them than accuracy. During a toilet roll shortage I wouldn't contaminate myself to use that Tory rag to use to wipe my bum.
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I don't know what kind of paper "The Daily Mail" is but I thought the worst of the tabloids in the UK is "The Sun" or?
Either way I do know that the UK is notorious for their nasty tabloids, who doesn't respect any celebrities privacy. Not even the British Royalties are respected by them, as they were really mean to Fergie calling her "Duchess of Pork" etc. already back in the 1980s. They have also been really cruel to Meghan Markle, with their racists slurs, making her flee the country and move back to the US. Poor Princess Diana fared even worse. I still blame the Paparazzi for her death.
So I really dislike the Paparazzi although I've never had any encounters with them myself, since I am not famous. Yet I think these kind of informal photos are snapped and distributed to show ordinary people that celebrities are just like us and make us feel better about ourselves. So there is a market for them. Heck back in the 1960s or 1970s Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton had their own photographer on the payroll taking causual photos of them when they were unaware that were then sold to the papers. Maybe that was done to give the movie audience the kind of photos they wanted without the paparazzi profitting from it?
I did end up clicking the link to see the Linda photos everyone was talking about. I know I shouldn't have but I was curious. I didn't read the article though. I think Linda looks beautiful without make up and in glasses. She doesn't look her age and I do love her.
I don't see how the paparazzi snapping photos of Linda doing grocery shopping is any different from them snapping photos of Patrick with his girlfriend the other week. I guess this means that they still consider Dallas to be newsworthy.
But if the papers didn't buy the paparazzi photos and distribute them there would be no market for them. So yes do write the paper that we'd love to read a nice article about Linda with nice photos. Not these type of photos. I think this type of journalism that only writes nasty headlines to paparazzi photos are the worst kind that is giving the whole profession a bad rep.
Either way I do know that the UK is notorious for their nasty tabloids, who doesn't respect any celebrities privacy. Not even the British Royalties are respected by them, as they were really mean to Fergie calling her "Duchess of Pork" etc. already back in the 1980s. They have also been really cruel to Meghan Markle, with their racists slurs, making her flee the country and move back to the US. Poor Princess Diana fared even worse. I still blame the Paparazzi for her death.
So I really dislike the Paparazzi although I've never had any encounters with them myself, since I am not famous. Yet I think these kind of informal photos are snapped and distributed to show ordinary people that celebrities are just like us and make us feel better about ourselves. So there is a market for them. Heck back in the 1960s or 1970s Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton had their own photographer on the payroll taking causual photos of them when they were unaware that were then sold to the papers. Maybe that was done to give the movie audience the kind of photos they wanted without the paparazzi profitting from it?
I did end up clicking the link to see the Linda photos everyone was talking about. I know I shouldn't have but I was curious. I didn't read the article though. I think Linda looks beautiful without make up and in glasses. She doesn't look her age and I do love her.
I don't see how the paparazzi snapping photos of Linda doing grocery shopping is any different from them snapping photos of Patrick with his girlfriend the other week. I guess this means that they still consider Dallas to be newsworthy.
But if the papers didn't buy the paparazzi photos and distribute them there would be no market for them. So yes do write the paper that we'd love to read a nice article about Linda with nice photos. Not these type of photos. I think this type of journalism that only writes nasty headlines to paparazzi photos are the worst kind that is giving the whole profession a bad rep.
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James from London
International Treasure
And that curiosity is precisely what the Mail and their ilk thrive on. The more clicks they get means the more attractive they are to advertisers which means the more profitable and powerful they become. All the sternly-worded letters of complaints in the world won't make the slightest bit of difference next to that. They are without shame.
The Mail is worse, i.e., more dangerous, than the Sun now, if only because it is more powerful. That's because it was the first of its kind (at least in the UK) to understand how to harness the power of the internet.
I respectfully disagree. The papers wouldn't buy the photos if there wasn't an appetite/curiosity from the public (i.e., us) to see them.
I'm not saying any of this to upset or offend anyone here. It isn't meant personally.