Higella

Tiddlypeeps

I have no idea if she actually did drugs or not, nor would I care in the least if she did. To each their own.

But what I do find highly suspect is the whole situation with the assistants that were brought to court for fraud. They were first charged with it a year ago, well before any of the husband stuff popped up in the media. They mentioned nothing of her drug use at the time in their witness statements.

If she was taking drugs daily and she knew the assistants knew about it then why in the world would she ever try to have them charged with fraud. Surely she would have known they would out her about the drug use and her career would be very negatively effected by it.

It just doesn't make sense. It was a year before the assistants mentioned anything about the drugs, conveniently shortly after the whole wife beating thing came to light.

The whole thing is very suspect.

chopper6

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

If she was taking drugs daily and she knew the assistants knew about it then why in the world would she ever try to have them charged with fraud. Surely she would have known they would out her about the drug use and her career would be very negatively effected by it.

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Fraud of 300k is a lot more serious than somebody pointing the finger and saying you're into drug taking.

I mean she's a tv cook with a largely male following and a famous father,she's not an outspoken anti-drugs Tory MP.

Stone Deaf 4evr

To hell with flouride, if cocaine helps you look like that at 53, they should be putting it in the drinking water.

Penny Dreadful

Soft Falling Rain wrote: »

These "I'd do such and such and such and such to her" posts never get old, like at all.

....or tired or predictable

Ash.J.Williams

She may do coke but she does not look like someone who is an addict, therefore i'd say that this is just public oneupmanship....you can't be a daily coke user and look like that it's impossible...

Birneybau

TiltedBrain wrote: »

*Nigella

I hate it but think the following smiley is apt: :rolleyes:

anncoates

Soft Falling Rain wrote: »

These "I'd do such and such and such and such to her" posts never get old, like at all.

Or, indeed, the hand-wringing entreaties about them.

clairefontaine

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

What sword did she live by? She was a TV chef, who injected a bit of sensuality into it. What am I missing?

She lived by being a public figure.

She married a Saatchi. A man like that is not going to play nice.

salacious crumb

clairefontaine wrote: »

She lived by being a public figure.

She married a Saatchi. A man like that is not going to play nice.

I think the person Femme_Fatale was responding to said something like.. [she labled herself a goddess, live by the sword] etc., when it was actually "the media" who called Nigella a goddess, and from what I've read she was not comfortable with the title.

Femme_Fatale

clairefontaine wrote: »

She lived by being a public figure.

She married a Saatchi. A man like that is not going to play nice.

Cryptic stuff. She obviously didn't marry Saatchi knowing things would turn out as they did. Being a public figure in and of itself = living by the sword?

Lapin

BillyMitchel wrote: »

But yeah wealth, diet, not having to worry about normal things would have an affect on how an older person would look. The queen for example - what do you think she'd wake up on a Monday morning and worry about?!

What her husband might say next !

Ash.J.Williams

old men shouldn't whinge about what recreational drugs their young wives do

OldRio

To paraphrase Mrs Merton
Well Nigella 'What first attracted you to the multimillionaire Mr. Saatchi'

clairefontaine

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Cryptic stuff. She obviously didn't marry Saatchi knowing things would turn out as they did. Being a public figure in and of itself = living by the sword?

Saatchi is king of an advertising empire. You don't that way from being kind. She decided to call herself a goddess, she no doubt benefited from having a husband with such clout. And now she will be destroyed by it. The British press elevated and destroys. She entered the game and married straight into it.

You honestly think if you marry a man like that and then piss him off he will be nice to you?

anncoates

OldRio wrote: »

To paraphrase Mrs Merton
Well Nigella 'What first attracted you to the multimillionaire Mr. Saatchi'

Is she not wealthy in her own right?

OldRio

Look up Saatchi and Saatchi on Google.

April O Neill II

anncoates wrote: »

Is she not wealthy in her own right?

Yes, her mother was from a very wealthy family.

anncoates

April O Neill II wrote: »

Yes, her mother was from a very wealthy family.

But she must have also made a lot of money herself from books, TV etc.

Call Me Jimmy

She must have a lot of money because she hasn't accepted an offer of A Night-In Nigella. The money (and coke) she'd be offered for that would make her wealthy all over again.

Jake Rugby Walrus666

She has a cake sale now and again. Makes a few bob.

Femme_Fatale

clairefontaine wrote: »

Saatchi is king of an advertising empire. You don't that way from being kind. She decided to call herself a goddess, she no doubt benefited from having a husband with such clout. And now she will be destroyed by it. The British press elevated and destroys. She entered the game and married straight into it.

You honestly think if you marry a man like that and then piss him off he will be nice to you?

I... honestly don't and never indicated that either. What's the point of saying that though? She shouldn't have married him in case he got pissed off with her? Strong bang of "She brought it on herself". Not sure she decided to call herself a goddess either.

When she married him, she hardly saw into a crystal ball that all this was going to happen; no matter how ruthless he is. None of us know anything about their relationship before it soured, so stuff about her marrying him for his wealth is entirely speculation. They could have loved each other.

He's responsible for his behaviour, not her.

ringadingding

I wonder will her Christmas Day be a white Christmas or cold turkey ?

:-)

General General

salacious crumb wrote: »

I think the person Femme_Fatale was responding to said something like.. [she labled herself a goddess, live by the sword] etc., when it was actually "the media" who called Nigella a goddess, and from what I've read she was not comfortable with the title.

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I... honestly don't and never indicated that either. What's the point of saying that though? She shouldn't have married him in case he got pissed off with her? Strong bang of "She brought it on herself". Not sure she decided to call herself a goddess either.

When she married him, she hardly saw into a crystal ball that all this was going to happen; no matter how ruthless he is. None of us know anything about their relationship before it soured, so stuff about her marrying him for his wealth is entirely speculation. They could have loved each other.

He's responsible for his behaviour, not her.

Wasn't one of her first books called "How to be a Domestic Goddess"???

_Whimsical_

General General wrote: »

Wasn't one of her first books called "How to be a Domestic Goddess"???

One of her cook books was called How to be a Domestic Goddess but it was clearly a reference to culinary skill. It was a hardly an across the board standard she held herself. Intact if you watch her show, outside of the cooing and making eyes at the camera, she goes to pains to paint herself as "ordinary" talking about eating with her fingers and getting up in the middle of the night to left over chicken legs etc.

salacious crumb

General General wrote: »

Wasn't one of her first books called "How to be a Domestic Goddess"???

I stand corrected.

clairefontaine

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I... honestly don't and never indicated that either. What's the point of saying that though? She shouldn't have married him in case he got pissed off with her? Strong bang of "She brought it on herself". Not sure she decided to call herself a goddess either.

When she married him, she hardly saw into a crystal ball that all this was going to happen; no matter how ruthless he is. None of us know anything about their relationship before it soured, so stuff about her marrying him for his wealth is entirely speculation. They could have loved each other.

He's responsible for his behaviour, not her.

Sure.

But he is a Saatchi. It's like marrying Donald Trump and expecting not to get slammed when things don't go his way.

Men that rich and powerful don't get that way from being kind.

General General

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

One of her cook books was called How to be a Domestic Goddess but it was clearly a reference to culinary skill. It was a hardly an across the board standard she held herself. Intact if you watch her show, outside of the cooing and making eyes at the camera, she goes to pains to paint herself as "ordinary" talking about eating with her fingers and getting up in the middle of the night to left over chicken legs etc.

I don't see too many other 'how to' books out there that claim to know the path to becoming a God/Goddess... & this 'ordinary' thing, that you actually say 'she goes to pains to paint herself as "ordinary"', I'm not sure what I can say about that.

Anyway, my point is that it wasn't a tag that the media or others came up with 'out of the blue', which I thought was obvious.

Stojkovic

OldRio wrote: »

Look up Saatchi and Saatchi on Google.

Why ?

Loafing Oaf

I wonder will Nigella be required to answer questions about her, ahem, consumption habits at the trial? Puts her in a pretty invidious position if there's any truth at all in Saatchi's claims I'd say...

Femme_Fatale

clairefontaine wrote: »

But he is a Saatchi. It's like marrying Donald Trump and expecting not to get slammed when things don't go his way.

Where is there any indication that she didn't expect it, and what exactly is your point?

Men that rich and powerful don't get that way from being kind.

Who said they do?

He has been out of line - and he's wrong, simple as. The way you're blaming her is bizarre.

jimgoose

clairefontaine wrote: »

Sure.

But he is a Saatchi. It's like marrying Donald Trump and expecting not to get slammed when things don't go his way.

Men that rich and powerful don't get that way from being kind.

They don't tend to get that way from taking their wives by the throat either.

.jacksparrow.

No idea who she is and couldn't care less.

Mint Aero

I'm trying to figure something out here...

"Not one sh*t do I give"

Or

"I don't give two sh*ts"

???????????????

Profit.

flutered

salacious crumb wrote: »

Having read the story in the paper today, I suspect her husband may be flinging some sh*t her way before their impending divorce.

so that what the big row in the cafe was about, all about coke, did she refuse him some, did he refuse her some, did the maids refuse them both, did she refuse the maids, did she refuse him the maids, some refusals here:eek: or there:cool:

Busted Flat.

It's payback time for Saatchi, he and his brother foisted the Wicket Witch on England and Europe.

The brothers from Baghdad were virtually unknown when their brilliant ad campaign rocketed Margaret Thatcher into power. Ivan Fallon looks back

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fmedia%2Fsaatchi--saatchi-the-agency-that-made-tory-history-744791.html&ei=J8eYUurpJsashQfguYDIBg&usg=AFQjCNESi7seFOvzq6jIJIahoZE4841nFg

Busted Flat.

flutered wrote: »

so that what the big row in the cafe was about, all about coke, did she refuse him some, did he refuse her some, did the maids refuse them both, did she refuse the maids, did she refuse him the maids, some refusals here:eek: or there:cool:

Sounds like one big refusal. :cool:

McPete

She did nuthin' cos Baz sez

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/nigellas-not-a-cocaine-user-just-really-good-crack-29798872.html

Aidric

McPete wrote: »

She did nuthin' cos Baz sez

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/nigellas-not-a-cocaine-user-just-really-good-crack-29798872.html

Comedy gold.

wheresblueface

Ah Barry Egan, the Indos name dropper extrordanaire.

Sulla Felix

General General wrote: »

I don't see too many other 'how to' books out there that claim to know the path to becoming a God/Goddess... & this 'ordinary' thing, that you actually say 'she goes to pains to paint herself as "ordinary"', I'm not sure what I can say about that.

Anyway, my point is that it wasn't a tag that the media or others came up with 'out of the blue', which I thought was obvious.

There's a couple hundred across a variety of genres, including multiple cooking books, on amazon. Your personal lack of knowledge of them does not a convincing argument make.

Birneybau

McPete wrote: »

She did nuthin' cos Baz sez

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/nigellas-not-a-cocaine-user-just-really-good-crack-29798872.html

What an absolute bottom feeder.

I'm actually cringing.

vitani

McPete wrote: »

She did nuthin' cos Baz sez

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/nigellas-not-a-cocaine-user-just-really-good-crack-29798872.html

There just aren't enough words to describe that piece - it's either the finest bit of satire I've ever read or the delusional ramblings of a never-was. Either way, it's amazing.

Meangadh

McPete wrote: »

She did nuthin' cos Baz sez

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/nigellas-not-a-cocaine-user-just-really-good-crack-29798872.html

Ok well now I definitely think she does drugs. There's no way you could get through dinner with Barry Egan without some sort of chemical influence. The poor woman.

Aidric

I love how his twitter handle is 'realbarryegan'.

A. Who would actually wish to purport to be Mr Egan?

B. Even as a parody account it wouldn't work as the real Mr Egan has that covered also.

Ash.J.Williams

Aidric wrote: »

I love how his twitter handle is 'realbarryegan'.

A. Who would actually wish to purport to be Mr Egan?

B. Even as a parody account it wouldn't work as the real Mr Egan has that covered also.

yeah that makes me laugh....there's a few z listers with "real" in their name

Meangadh

Meangadh wrote: »

Ok well now I definitely think she does drugs. There's no way you could get through dinner with Barry Egan without some sort of chemical influence. The poor woman.

If she wasn't on them before, chances are she was on them afterwards.

General General

Sulla Felix wrote: »

There's a couple hundred across a variety of genres, including multiple cooking books, on amazon. Your personal lack of knowledge of them does not a convincing argument make.

Even if there were a couple hundred, & I'd really like to see some evidence of that, then that is still quite a rare thing (given there are say 250,000 'how to' books or so out there)... & anyone who wrote such a book (say, for example, How to be a Haskell Programming God) would want to expect that their God-ness would be spoken about, most likely not in an altogether 'respectful' fashion.

Also:

General General wrote: »

Anyway, my point is that it wasn't a tag that the media or others came up with 'out of the blue', which I thought was obvious.

Nice use of 'does not a convincing argument make', especially combining it with a reference to my 'personal lack of knowledge', by the way... I hope it made you feel sexy.

Femme_Fatale

Oh Embarrassing Ego - always good for the lolz.

Some great comments to the piece also - quite surprising for Spindo readers.

WilyCoyote

And I always understood that it was caster sugar that she was licking off her finger :P

Cienciano

How the hell could anyone finish that article? I puked a bit into my mouth and closed the tab after the bit about bonding over eggs benedict and love.