[chuff me dizzy]

In 1998, he released a memo to his staff saying that as part of his upcoming stage show he wanted the dead body of a "black man" saying that he planned to end the show by "snorting cocaine from his negro cadaver". Interviewed about this in The Daily Mail (following his interview with the police) Davidson was adamant that "I just said I wanted the dead body of a man, I didn't tell anyone to kill them, there's no harm in that. I mean, the dead bloke wouldn't be needing it." and said that the specified-race was important "for contrast reasons with my stage set, although I suppose that's racist now!" however he backed down on the taking of cocaine

[chuff me dizzy]

In 2005, it was revealed that Davidson had been a member of the BNP but had been expelled for "bringing the good name of the party into disrepute".
Davidson has also courted controversy by beating-up his good lady wife. Asked to talk about this incident, Davidson said:
"I actually went to throw a bowl at her but ended up smacking her about until I broke her ribs instead. We did laugh about it afterwards. Well, I did. She even played it up in the following days by groaning and coughing-up blood more than she really needed to when we were out in public. The silly bitch."
Since then, however, Davidson has gone to great lengths to stress that he does NOT beat women on Sundays, due to his strict Hebrew beliefs.

[anne666]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

A bully,but only against women hes not got the balls against a man ,hes not had one fall out with a man in there ,and never nominated one either,speaks volumes ,hes arrogant ,but his fans are mainly young people who dont know of him ,when he went in I gave him the benefit of the doubt ,thinking I should give him a chance ,after Id not seem him on Hells Kitchen and only read what happened, first off I thought hes not as bad as I thought he was,but all that changed when he started bullying Linda,what he said that night was the sickest thing Ive seen on BB and should not be applauded by him winning the show
That would tell men its ok to beat your wife, be racist,sexist,arrogant people STILL like you

I agree. He was and still is a hideous role model. He wasn't that popular back in his hey day, even though attitudes towards his sadistic prejudicial humour have changed. He was a sleazy low life comedian and still is.

[MrWong]

Originally Posted by abhorson

Then you, only see what you want to see. Convenient at best.

Not really.

Bad news sells.

It has always been like that.

Otherwise the media would be full of fluffy, uplifting, heartening stories.

[anne666]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

In 1998, he released a memo to his staff saying that as part of his upcoming stage show he wanted the dead body of a "black man" saying that he planned to end the show by "snorting cocaine from his negro cadaver". Interviewed about this in The Daily Mail (following his interview with the police) Davidson was adamant that "I just said I wanted the dead body of a man, I didn't tell anyone to kill them, there's no harm in that. I mean, the dead bloke wouldn't be needing it." and said that the specified-race was important "for contrast reasons with my stage set, although I suppose that's racist now!" however he backed down on the taking of cocaine

Yes I remember that. Nothing unusual for him. He is loathsome. The list is endless. The singeing martyr routine has now been brought out to play.That's if you can't see through him

[Ellen]

Some will like him, some wont, some will believe everything they read in the media as gospel, some realise the media does not always report the truth.

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by anne666

Yes I remember that. Nothing unusual for him. He is loathsome. The list is endless. The singeing martyr routine has now been brought out to play.That's if you can't see through him

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...6#.UuEvyK5662w

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Ellen

Some will like him, some wont, some will believe everything they read in the media as gospel, some realise the media does not always report the truth.

Perfectly put, totally right.

[abhorson]

And yet, so many voters who are mainly women still love him. Maybe they do not want to hold a grudge forever and can see his star quality. Millions have watched and been entertained by his stage/tv shows from all backgrounds and walks of life., he is just liked even with his distasteful past. Which is why he probably will be the winner.

And of course Luisa and Linda have helped a wee bit.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by abhorson

And yet, so many voters who are mainly women still love him. Maybe they do not want to hold a grudge forever and can see his star quality. Millions have watched and been entertained by his stage/tv shows from all backgrounds and walks of life., he is just liked even with his distasteful past. Which is why he probably will be the winner.

And of course Luisa and Linda have helped a wee bit.

This^ My mom and dad watched loads of Jim Davison stuff,also Till death do us part,Steptoe and son,Chubby Brown,Mind your language,Love thy neighbour plus many more,ALL were guaranteed to have them rolling with laughter and ALL of them could not be aired today,so many over sensitive people ,Even todays comediens have to watch what they say,its a bit silly in my view.

[Patricia4]

They can say what they want Im not interested in any past stories Im here now judging Jim and what I see now I like.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Patricia4

They can say what they want Im not interested in any past stories Im here now judging Jim and what I see now I like.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Patricia4

They can say what they want Im not interested in any past stories Im here now judging Jim and what I see now I like.

[Vanessa]

At least we know Linda has 0 chances of winning. She's just too nasty and that's why her odds are getting worse by the day.

[abhorson]

Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle are the exceptions, bloody funny. Nearly everyone laughs at bad taste jokes, peeps can be silly.

[abhorson]

I wish i could put ten grand on Linda to win and owned a couple of Indian call centers.

[Seraphim]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

In 1998, he released a memo to his staff saying that as part of his upcoming stage show he wanted the dead body of a "black man" saying that he planned to end the show by "snorting cocaine from his negro cadaver". Interviewed about this in The Daily Mail (following his interview with the police) Davidson was adamant that "I just said I wanted the dead body of a man, I didn't tell anyone to kill them, there's no harm in that. I mean, the dead bloke wouldn't be needing it." and said that the specified-race was important "for contrast reasons with my stage set, although I suppose that's racist now!" however he backed down on the taking of cocaine

This sounds so horrendous that it's just ridiculous. He cannot have been seriously requesting a cadaver, and the police must have been satisfied that was the case, otherwise he'd have faced a criminal trial. Unless you have read the memo in question, you cannot really judge. Even his response sounds like a joke. I read the Mail Online, and they are very, very sneaky about the way they report things. Some readers get entirely the wrong end of the stick from their reporting. Do you have a link to any press articles about it?

I hadn't seen Jim on the TV before, but I watched a segment of one of his shows on Youtube recently. He didn't strike me as any worse than a lot of the other comedians doing the comedy circuit and actually he was funnier - he had enough good material to cut out the offensive stuff and still have a great show - a better one actually, because it wouldn't have hurt anyone. If people booed or didn't laugh at the offensive stuff, then he'd stop doing it. I think the audience are equally to blame for encouraging him by laughing. The offensive stuff in his routine was about fat women.. He could easily have made it more acceptable by saying that he needs to go on a diet, then made the same types of jokes about himself.

So far on BB, he has behaved appropriately and he hasn't come out with anything offensive. He wants to change his image and that can only be a good thing.

I think people weren't supporting him because they're fans. They were supporting him because of the way he's handled Linda and what he's brought to the show.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Seraphim

This sounds so horrendous that it's just ridiculous. He cannot have been seriously requesting a cadaver, and the police must have been satisfied that was the case, otherwise he'd have faced a criminal trial. Unless you have read the memo in question, you cannot really judge. Even his response sounds like a joke. I read the Mail Online, and they are very, very sneaky about the way they report things. Some readers get entirely the wrong end of the stick from their reporting. Do you have a link to any press articles about it?

I hadn't seen Jim on the TV before, but I watched a segment of one of his shows on Youtube recently. He didn't strike me as any worse than a lot of the other comedians doing the comedy circuit and actually he was funnier - he had enough good material to cut out the offensive stuff and still have a great show - a better one actually, because it wouldn't have hurt anyone. If people booed or didn't laugh at the offensive stuff, then he'd stop doing it. I think the audience are equally to blame for encouraging him by laughing. The offensive stuff in his routine was about fat women.. He could easily have made it more acceptable by saying that he needs to go on a diet, then made the same types of jokes about himself.

So far on BB, he has behaved appropriately and he hasn't come out with anything offensive. He wants to change his image and that can only be a good thing.

I think people weren't supporting him because they're fans. They were supporting him because of the way he's handled Linda and what he's brought to the show.

Exactly. I admire people who make the effort to change. He got the help he needed and he's happy in his life now.

[Seraphim]

Just to add to what I was saying about the Mail Online.. Just take a look at their reporting. Their favourite device is to use the words "a source said" then enclose a quote in inverted commas, thus cleverly avoiding any libel action. Journalists can make up whatever rubbish they want, and they do.

Incidentally, Liz Jones writes for the Daily Mail, but she engages in none of that gutter journalism. She writes about issues she feels strongly about, plus fashion, and every word she writes is her own opinion. I only watched Celebrity Big Brother because she was on it. I've never watched it before.

[reece(:]

Hopefully he does a Wolfy.

[abhorson]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Hopefully he does a Wolfy.

NEVER, a lot more quality than the animal talker.