I’ve got a couple of stories for you lot. Firstly, anyone who watches Doctor Who (or Torchwood) will know about John Barrowman. If you don’t, he’s a man who many women adore, but is gay and has been basically married to his partner for over 16 years. Anyway, a while back, I was talking to a fellow Who fan and I mentioned that I thought Tennant was cool and she said she thought that John was hot. I frowned. “But John Barrowman’s-” She interrupts me with “Don’t say it!” while covering her ears. I argue “But he talked about it in an interview in the TV Guide!”. This was when she explained to me that (okay, this is my explanation) that she knew he was gay, but she was in denial. If anyone else has experienced something like this, please tell me.
Okay, second story. Recently, we were doing orals at school. The bell went partway through them. Noise galore. At one stage, another teacher opened the door, but our teacher immediately (not caring who they were) waved him away and he promptly shut the door. One of the girls likes to exaggerate this, so makes it sound like our teacher drew out fangs, made an almost phlegm-y noise and that the other teacher sprinted off.
I just watched Top Gear. It showed Clarkson driving around the BBC office in this midget car. He admired someone’s bottom out loud (by accident), drove in the background of the news program- oh! I loved it. Only Clarkson could do something like that.
I’m also aware that everyone is going nuts over the fact that David Tennant (The Doctor) has a girlfriend (and that it’s someone else who he’s worked with). My view: basically, I feel sorry for the poor bloke. I focus on how good an actor he is and how nice he is in interviews or whatever. Apart from that, I wouldn’t care who or what he fornicates with.
That’s something. I loved the rumours going around that Richard Hammond (or, as he is more affectionately known as, Hamster) was going to be the next Doctor. I bet that one got all the women excited. Also, when everyone used to compare him to Tennant and talk about how they looked alike.
Hi there. I stumbled across this on a search and thought I’d leave you a message, as I have been in the first situation you describe, on several levels. It’s actually fairly common. Normally it’s a ‘people who conveniently forget/ignore/deny that their favorite actor/singer/sports star is married/gay/attached and they have no chance, above the normal no chance’ with someone famous. It’s definitely an odd experience if you don’t do it. So long as it sticks to famous people who they wouldn’t normally meet and know anyway, it’s usually not an issue. Worry if/when it translates into the real world.
You aren’t alone in this experience. I know when I first hit it I was like “What!?” I hope this helps. Good luck.
Yeah, it does help. Except now I feel weird ‘cos I don’t do it.