Al Porter Scandal

Ursus Horribilis

It depends whether they want a loud camp guy who's harmless or one who's allegedly a bit handsy.

I think he's about as funny as herpes but someone must have found him amusing. It'll be interesting to see how his comeback goes. He doesn't appear to have been charged with anything so technically he's an innocent man.

ToddyDoody

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

From being a bit handsy?

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Beechwoodspark

I think had he been a straight man all the me too feminist crowd would be absolutely disgusted by him but as he’s gay there doesn’t seem to be the same outrage - hopefully there is consistency in how ppl treat him

RocketRaccoon

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Wouldn't it have been better if he just went through with it instead of running to the media with this story? As someone said, he's angling to get on the late late for the misery segment

He’ll probably say he was under influence of drink or drugs, wasn’t his true self etc, and got treatment and is rehabilitated.

Beechwoodspark

[Deleted User] wrote: »

He’ll probably say he was under influence of drink or drugs, wasn’t his true self etc, and got treatment as is rehabilitated.

The allegations stretch from his school years to recent times. Was he drunk or drugged on each occasion? I’d say very very doubtful.

mistersifter

suicide_circus wrote: »

his act is shit but he has to have a path to redemption

He might be entitled to move on from the past, but he's not entitled to revive his media career, which was always based on his cheap sexual innuendo.

He can go work elsewhere and build a normal life for himself. If he keeps out of the media he'll be forgotten about and able to achieve all the redemption he wants.

I think it would be fairly insulting for RTE and co. to try to market him as a reformed character who has been through hell and back. It would just be a way of indirectly capitalizing on his past behaviour as far as Im concerned.

The suicide stuff is nonsense. Sure he was previously on the anxiety and depression bandwagon too with Bressie and co. A terrible victim altogether.

EmmetSpiceland

[Deleted User] wrote: »

He’ll probably say he was under influence of drink or drugs, wasn’t his true self etc, and got treatment and is rehabilitated.

No, the old drink and painkillers combo only gets you off with acts of public lewdness, like **** on an airplane or trying to force your way into a colleague’s hotel room naked.

Beechwoodspark

Some say he was in danger of becoming another jimmy savile but thankfully the allegations came to light early in his career

Ash.J.Williams

ToddyDoody wrote: »

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That's great

Ash.J.Williams

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Some say he was in danger of becoming another jimmy savile but thankfully the allegations came to light early in his career

I'm going to call b0llox to that

Beechwoodspark

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I'm going to call b0llox to that

Sorry do you know what the allegations were? The hospital one? Clearly parallels there

mistersifter

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

The allegations stretch from his school years to recent times. Was he drunk or drugged on each occasion? I’d say very very doubtful.

yeah, I've heard some fairly serious allegations from his school years from people who were around him. I grew up in the same area.

gmisk

fryup wrote: »

i think he's great

he's our Joe Lysett

Totally disagree, Joe lycett is clever and hilarious Porter was always just a series of crude dated innuendo gags.

Peter Dudley

Porter's a freak.

Ash.J.Williams

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Sorry do you know what the allegations were? The hospital one? Clearly parallels there

I'd be more interested in charges or settlements to be honest

Beechwoodspark

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I'd be more interested in charges or settlements to be honest

I would also. Could well happen

ToddyDoody

Peter Dudley wrote: »

Potter's a freak.

I don't like Harry Potter either.

Peter Dudley

ToddyDoody wrote: »

I don't like Harry Potter either.

Haha ****ing autocorrect.

redbuck

The saddest part is the guy has absolutely no remorse if he’s got his PR people putting out all these stories floating the idea of a comeback.

If he had any remorse he’d stay out of the spotlight, his only gay in the village shtick had gotten very old very quickly too.

Roger Hassenforder

Im beginning to feel a small bit sorry for the unfunny annoying fcuker.

Everyone makes mistakes, and deserves a second chance. Maybe he can rebuild a career for himself in the panto/crap theatre scene, where people excercise a choice to see him.

Just dont put the unfunny, one trick pony on mainstream entertainment.

Achasanai

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

I think had he been a straight man all the me too feminist crowd would be absolutely disgusted by him but as he’s gay there doesn’t seem to be the same outrage - hopefully there is consistency in how ppl treat him

There may be a bit of truth in that (in that it might apply to a small section of that crowd) but I imagine the reverse is true: people up in arms about Al Porter but would scoff at the allegations made by the 'me too feminist crowd'.

Cienciano

Peter Dudley wrote: »

Potter's a freak.

You sound like Malfoy trying to sound tough in front of crabbe and goyle

Church on Tuesday

DJIMI TRARORE wrote: »

He's back in the papers today telling us how he contemplated suicide,so he must be about to launch a comeback,hell be on the late late show soon for the misery segment

Ah the tried and true rehabilitation attempt in the public eye, Bertie Ahern has nearly completed his, interesting to see how this creeps attempt goes.

xabi

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Wouldn't it have been better if he just went through with it instead of running to the media with this story? As someone said, he's angling to get on the late late for the misery segment

https://twitter.com/thealporter/status/1114966695008002049?s=12

redbuck

If you're reading this Al, did you send love and positivity to your victims?

Church on Tuesday

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Ah the tried and true rehabilitation attempt in the public eye, Bertie Ahern has nearly completed his, interesting to see how this creeps attempt goes.

Somehow I can’t imagine Tubridy giving him an easy ride ride on LLS (did I say ride, what an unfortunate term!)...I could imagine him doing a Peter Casey on it. Porter/Kavanagh wouldn’t come out good.

Galwayguy35

It's a big love fest for him in the comments section over on Twitter, I get that he was depressed and that's not something to be taken lightly but he brought all of the attention he received in the media on himself.

If he wasn't going around feeling lads up he would have had nothing to worry about.

Cienciano

Thing is, I don't think he can make a comeback. His type of humour won't go down well at all after doing what he did. He can't make the usual sexual innuendo jokes any more. If he was an actor in fair City or some shít he might get away with it. But not when his entire person revolves around sexual innuendo

Dante7

The old suicide card. It's a disgusting tactic. It basically boils down to, if you don't stop being mean to me I will kill myself, and it will all be your fault, even though I am the one who is in the wrong.

It's a tactic designed to shut down any criticism and to stifle debate.

BlackandGreen

Cóp the f**k on and take responsibility for your actions, Al.

You're a grown adult but tbh I think you're more so just a narcissist so I doubt you'll ever get a grip.



In this age of social justice and social media, I hope your attempts to come back are shot down with just as much uproar, especially from your victims.

cazzer22

Farawayhome wrote: »

If he's making up his suicidal thoughts to gain sympathy from the public then he's the lowest form of scum. Only he can tell us if that is true or not.

I'm not defending his actions, but he actually didn't even speak to the papers about this. He tweeted a reply to someone to say something like he had been down a dark path and had seen the light and then the papers reported this.

debok

Has he or will he be charged with anything?
He's not funny and should never have been on mainstream TV just not good enough. Old biddies and auld fellas seemed to live his camp style. Reminded them of the carry on films. As regards feeling depressed and suicidal maybe he wouldn't feel like that if he didn't try to touch people up but worse still he wouldn't feel like that if he hadn't been found out.

cazzer22

mistersifter wrote: »

He might be entitled to move on from the past, but he's not entitled to revive his media career, which was always based on his cheap sexual innuendo.

He can go work elsewhere and build a normal life for himself. If he keeps out of the media he'll be forgotten about and able to achieve all the redemption he wants.

I think it would be fairly insulting for RTE and co. to try to market him as a reformed character who has been through hell and back. It would just be a way of indirectly capitalizing on his past behaviour as far as Im concerned.

The suicide stuff is nonsense. Sure he was previously on the anxiety and depression bandwagon too with Bressie and co. A terrible victim altogether.

When you're talking about a subject such a suicide, who are you to say whether the person actually experienced suicidal thoughts or not? or dealt with anxiety or depression? You seem to be incredibly non sympathetic and assume that everyone is jumping on a bandwagon. I agree, some are. It's not 'nonsense'. This is the exact reason people keep quiet about the topic. Please read 'Me and My Mate Jeffrey' and then I'll be interested to hear your thoughts.

Beechwoodspark

Timepiece10 wrote: »

Hopefully when or if he makes a comeback he'll leave out the constant dick jokes, dick jokes purely for the sake of saying dick or Mickey followed by an exaggerated laugh. So tedious and tiresome.

That’s it really. His “comedy” made missus brown seem highbrow and that’s some feat in itself

pgj2015

Jesus, his twitter are just the ravings of a total narcissist. if i was in his position, I would have deleted my twitter a long time ago, he must have no shame. Its weird how he keeps posting stuff about his "career" so often on twitter, does he not realize his career ended a long time ago?

Farawayhome

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

I think had he been a straight man all the me too feminist crowd would be absolutely disgusted by him but as he’s gay there doesn’t seem to be the same outrage - hopefully there is consistency in how ppl treat him

If he was a straight man, there'd be many other men defending him!

Dante7

Farawayhome wrote: »

If he was a straight man, there'd be many other men defending him!

And that would obviously be wrong.

The same way it is obviously wrong for anyone to defend him just because he is gay.

The Talking Bread

Farawayhome wrote: »

If he was a straight man, there'd be many other men defending him!

What are you basing that on???????? I can't think of any examples off hand that suggest such a bias?

fryup

pgj2015 wrote: »

Jesus, his twitter are just the ravings of a total narcissist. if i was in his position, I would have deleted my twitter a long time ago, he must have no shame. Its weird how he keeps posting stuff about his "career" so often on twitter, does he not realize his career ended a long time ago?

and who's to say he won't make a comeback???

poisonated

If he is guilty, he should be tried and be convicted. However, until such a time, this trial by social media crap is not helpful for anyone.

ToddyDoody

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

That's great

Only in Ireland do we not really take compulsive stuff like this seriously.

Farawayhome

Dante7 wrote: »

And that would obviously be wrong.

The same way it is obviously wrong for anyone to defend him just because he is gay.

Damn straight.

fryup

fryup wrote: »

i think he's great

he's our Joe Lysett

gmisk wrote: »

Totally disagree, Joe lycett is clever and hilarious Porter was always just a series of crude dated innuendo gags.

and Lysett is any different???? c'mon all gay comedians do crude innuendo jokes....Norton, Carr, Lucas, Clary etc etc

Farawayhome

The Talking Bread wrote: »

What are you basing that on???????? I can't think of any examples off hand that suggest such a bias?

Have you never heard of some men defending rapists and extremely rapey behaviour?

The Satanist

I U, Al!!!!

smurgen

It's just mental looking at a perpetrator trying so desperately to morph into a victim.

The Talking Bread

Farawayhome wrote: »

Have you never heard of some men defending rapists and extremely rapey behaviour?

I am asking for examples of "defending them" .

I am asking for like for like examples.

fryup

rape? whats with this talk of rape? he didn't rape anyone as far as i know

Ursus Horribilis

Al should have done a Jeff Bezos on this. If he had admitted to everything at the start and said he was genuinely sorry and would be taking steps to avoid doing it again, it'd all have been over by now. His mealy-mouthed non apology did him and his reputation no good whatsoever. I'm not sure he has learned anything from this.

The Talking Bread

Dante7 wrote: »

The old suicide card. It's a disgusting tactic. It basically boils down to, if you don't stop being mean to me I will kill myself, and it will all be your fault, even though I am the one who is in the wrong.

It's a tactic designed to shut down any criticism and to stifle debate.

He is watching you, Dante, watch your back, pun intended.................

https://twitter.com/TheAlPorter/status/1114992755602853888