You Couldn’t Make It Up
June 16, 2010 3 Comments
Earlier this afternoon, I wrote a post in which I expressed my disdain for The Jeremy Kyle Show. You can read it, here. After work, I popped into Asda next door, and I was shocked to see the following:
Yes, Jezza himself will be making a public appearance right next to where I work, tomorrow! Is this a coincidence or has he used his occult powers to track me down and make me pay for what I’ve written? It’s quite, quite disturbing.
Will I take this golden opportunity to confront JK and put all my concerns to him? Probably not. Will I nip to Asda and skulk about while giggling at him? Quite possibly. I’ll keep you informed.
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I scared myself with my reaction to your post. I hate the whole fascination with celebrity that’s grown in the last few years; celebrity for its own sake, fame simply for being famous and not actually being good at anything. Yet seeing the sign for JK’s impending visit gave me an odd thrill. I know that you live in the same locality as me so I’m thinking the ASDA in question is either Runcorn or Widnes branch? And I can’t deny that the thoughts of seeing the legendary Mr Kyle in person is kind of compelling. Im starting to hate myself for that. I’m kidding myself that its because I feel the urge to give him a piece of my mind, or because I want to subvert the whole thing in some way, or simply because the bloke has the same initials as me. But no, I think I’m just annoyingly, disappointingly, sickeningly star struck. Bugger!
It was the Warrington branch of Asda that Jezza presumably attended. I completely forgot about it the next day so I sadly didn’t get to confirm his presence, or confront him about his heinous TV persona.
I think that the reason celebrity culture has taken hold is that we’re genetically wired to respond to famous people, despite our better intentions.
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