I declare up front I’m not a fan but one of his vids popped up on my home page. I’ve now watched a few. Seems a bit less shouty and more controlled, although he lives a bit of conspiracy Example
Thought him an utter prick back in the day. Been a subscriber to his channel for few years now, he does have some good stuff and interesting guests IMO. Surprised the Utube Stasi haven't banned him tbh. I think 'conspiracy' is a bit disingenuous....
Love the quote he said in one the other day about reporting on covid, something like “today’s conspiracy is the newspaper headline in 6 months’ Plenty of truths in many ‘conspiracies’
Ive been following the NYSE and the American markets for the last 7 months or so and the amount of sheer fuckery is incredible - im fully in on GameStop and AMC and buying shares each month.
Well, ironically its the NYSE thats the one thats been "cut out" of the loop as it were....they aint getting their cut at the moment and the SEC, DTCC, NSCC cant make and pass rules fast enough...the American economy is on the verge of collapse and theyre trying to ring fence the bad actors at the moment..
A lot of people I know are saying good things about him nowadays but I can't get over what a cock he used to be, along with his whining voice. I'll not be following him...
The only time he’s made me smirk is when he referred to his student audience as a bunch of Harry Potter puffs!
I was producing a conference for senior ITV management a fair few years ago and they booked him for the after dinner 'entertainment'. This was before all the problems with the Radio show before he was that well known, although he was being talked about in the media and his profile was rising. He turned up 1.5hrs late (the dinner had been finished by at least 30 mins when he got there), vanished into the toilets for 15 mins (I think we can all guess why) and then came out and did a pretty pathetic set. Most of it involved him talking in graphic detail about wanking (several people walked out) and he then started laying into a guy in the audience who pointed out that the TV program he was slagging off wasn't actually on ITV or made by them. He got really heated about being made to look a bit stupid and went bat shit crazy at the guy. As an attempt at career suicide in front of a room full of producers and commissioning editors it couldn't be bettered. The weird thing was after he finished all the girls were all over him, hanging on his every word. I do think in the last few years he does seem to have turned a corner and is open about his past and addictions and has tried to help others.
I was invited to a london fashion week do many moons ago at the astoria club in london and similarly he was booked as some kind of warm up act. Arrived on stage you could tell he was battered from the off (drugs more than alcohol) rambled on for ten minutes or so incoherently and then bent over and stuck a barbie doll up his arse. Quite a way up too. Wasn't until a few years later when he started to do big brother that I even knew who the fk he was but I have to say I've warmed to him since. Very clever and articulate chap who's clearly dealing with his demons on a daily basis still. which you have to admire
I'm not joking, he was doing some kind of weird act with a shabby old table on stage with barbie dolls and action men, as I said I could barely understand what was going on. When he stuck the doll up his arse he was chanting "and barbie doll got stuck" repeatedly. It quite often comes up in conversation whenever I catch up with those unfortunate enough to be there that night so I know I wasn't imagining it.
