[Crimson Dynamo]

Fans' fury as ex BBC DJ Andy Kershaw blasts 'hysterical over-reaction' to George Michael's death and calls him a 'frivolous, glib and fleeting pop star'

• Former DJ went online after star's death warning of 'bogus sentimentality'
• He said George Michael wasn't 'one of the greats' and his fame was 'fleeting'
• Fans hit back, telling him it is not up to him to tell them how to grieve

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-s-death.html


Top Comment: tinytum, london, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

at last a man with a back bone,,,he is so correct

[Amy Jade]

Fleeting? Sure.

[MB.]

Let's do as Andy Kershaw wishes and not give a **** when he dies, then

[Greg!]

Who? Doubt he'll get a reaction let alone an overreaction when he kicks la bucket

[Cherie]

I don't agree with him about GM being fleeting however I do think we should be celebrating people while they are alive, we should have days dedicated to the greats of music, TV, movies rather than endlessly playing their songs when dead, we should have learned especially after this year that we shouldn't wait for people to die to pay them some respect

[thesheriff443]

I was a fan of George Michael, but some people Are morons.

[Kizzy]

Fandom is something that has always baffled me, I find this kind of adoration to celebrities passing unnerving.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Last night on 5 Live they interrupted the 606 football phone in for a 15 minute special on Carrie Fisher
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I mean wtf?

[Black Dagger]

I'm so sick of this "OTHER THINGS ARE GOING ON IN THE WORLD, YOU CAN'T MOURN CELEBS" bollocks.

[Marsh.]

I wasn't a George Michael fan at all but to call his fame and popularity fleeting is just incorrect.

[Shaun]

I can't fathom the misery and stubbornness required to sit there and bemoan public outpourings of grief. Read a book and shut your sour mouths.

[Brillopad]

Personally I find it a bit odd when people actually go to their houses to make a show of their grief. Bit dramatic.

[reece(:]

Trying to be Hopkins

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

Personally I find it a bit odd when people actually go to their houses to make a show of their grief. Bit dramatic.

I think its so they can tell people they did that

makes their lives shinier

[Deirdre]

He was certainly very talented but I get where he's coming from in terms of Carrie Fisher. Never heard of her

[MB.]

...anyway

[Tom4784]

I imagine this hack is just trying to salvage a career by trying to be the new Katie Hopkins. He obviously lacks the talent and likeability to forge an actual career in broadcasting.

People can grieve however they wish to grieve.

[Vicky.]

I honestly cannot imagine mourning someone I didn't even know..I find the idea odd tbh. Even if my fave celeb died I wouldn't be bawling my eyes out and stuff. But maybe its me thats weird, given it appears 90% or my facebook feed seem to be absolutely distraught over the recent celeb deaths..

[Marsh.]

I can understanding shedding a tear or two. But bawling and hysterically clinging onto their parked car is like stop it. You wouldn't do that with an actual loved one.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Make Christmas Great Again

I think its so they can tell people they did that

makes their lives shinier

Originally Posted by December

I can understanding shedding a tear or two. But bawling and hysterically clinging onto their parked car is like stop it. You wouldn't do that with an actual loved one.

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[Jamie89]

I think it's ok to feel an emotional connection with someone you've never met. If you admire someone or they've created something or done something that's touched you and holds some sort of meaning to you then I don't think there should necessarily have to be any further 'rules' surrounding whether and how you grieve for them. Andy's point doesn't even seem to be about that anyway though, it's more that he thinks George Michael isn't worthy of that grief compared to other 'greats' who are, but it's pretty arrogant to try and dictate what everyone else should consider as 'great'.

[Tom4784]

I think it's understandable, especially with musicians.

It's very easy to develop connections and associations with music and with it's artist as an extension. You might not know them personally but you could be deeply affected by their death because that connection is there. George Micheal had a lot of passionate fans, their outpouring of grief doesn't surprise me one bit and I think it takes a particularly miserable kind of person to take issue with it.

[Amy Jade]

We all grieve differently and it's sad to me anyone is judged over that.

[jennyjuniper]

I'm the kind who find outpourings of grief 'unBritish' and feel embarressed by over the top emotions. However, that's me and other people handle their grief any way they can.

[Kizzy]

Maybe that's it... it does seem a bit unBritish, we are the stiff upper lip brigade... we don't do public displays of emotion.
Looking at it from an attachment theory perspective I'd say this is a case of redirection we are mourning George who was Greek as really our sorrow is for Europe?