General Chat

David - you've summed it up so well, and reminded me why I don't buy newspapers any more, lol! I think I am 'celebrity immune' and if Channel 4 did a programme about the LEAST pointless celebrities, I'm sure I won't have heard of most of them (I have to confess I don't know who Jodi Marsh is!)

Elaine - just seen your comment about Liz Hurley being an actress:) Have you ever seen her 'act'? lol

I may be wrong but I'm guessing Gwynne and Roxanne probably think like me - that those you mentioned are pointless in terms of talent equalling amount of media coverage they get. David Beckham may be a good footballer but does that warrant the amount of times we have to see him in the papers etc? Victoria is talentless as are Liz Hurley, Jordan and so on. I know the media say these are the people we want to hear about but I don't. I don't care who they're having sex with, what they're wearin or what their hairstye has changed to. I don't buy papers to read about any of these and there are a lot of people with a lot more talent and who have paid their dues and deserve the column space.

Hi Elaine, My views on the royal family are a whole different thread! lol I think the programme is meant to be looking at celebrities who the public feel have done nothing to 'earn' their celebrity. People with zero talent or ability can become famous in a way that wasn't possible in bygone years. For that reason I would not have put David Beckham on the list - he is a talented footballer. His wife has no musical ability whatsoever but was in a manufactured pop group who mimed in all their live appearances. I'm not sure I'd describe her as pointless but she has done nothing to earn credit as a musical artiste. Credit to her for earning millions with no talent, though. I'm not fond of their ostentatious displays of wealth - the wedding and the kids' birthday parties would have fed a lot of starving people but it's up to them how they spend their money. They do give to charity but percentage-wise I bet a lot of ordinary people give just as much. As for Jordan and Jodi Marsh - words almost fail me. No talent for anything other than taking their clothes off and being famous. I think the programme is probably going to be quite cruel but I won't see it as I'll be out. I dislike deliberate cruelty as much as I dislike some of the people on the list so I wouldn't watch it if I was in. Gwynne

another point 99 % of celebrities were once unknown before they become famous for whatever. Often they became famous because people took to them and liked them for whatever. Who was Liz Hurley before she appeared with Hugh Grant on a red carpet wearing a dress held together with saftey pins ? She was known as the girl in THAT dress ! Now she is an actress. Its just a thought.... Elaine x

Gwynne Channel four had arranged the survey though. And its the public, in the first place who make people the celebrities they are E x (I respect your views though) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To be quite honest, anyone calling another human being pointless is hardly nice. (unless they have done a terrible wrong) As far as I can see none of the people on that list have done anything that terrible to be called pointless. The Beckhams do lots of charity work, often not making most of it public. David Beckham has made his celebrity name in football. The poor couple cannot do right in peoples eyes and I really feel sorry for them sometimes. and as for the royal family being called pointless celebrities, (I'm not a royalist by the way) that is unreal. The monarchy (with its good and bad) is part of British heritage. Royals have earned their status. If pointless, means HAVING to attend charity functions regardless of whether they feel unwell or want to chill out, then everyone must be pointless Elaine x

Hi Elaine, To be fair it wasn't C4 who said they were pointless it was the Great British Public. and as a member of the GBP I agree with most of the list. Gwynne

And as for Piers Morgan.....Yuk !

THE 'POINTLESS' BECKHAMS Victoria Beckham has been voted the nation's most pointless celebrity. The former Spice Girl topped a poll of viewers who were left asking: 'What is she for?' In a further blow for the Beckham brand, husband David came second. The survey was for Channel 4 show The Death of Celebrity, presented by former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan. The programme wages war on celebrities who are famous despite having little or no talent. Jordan is at number three, followed by Abi Titmuss. Prime Minister Tony Blair comes in at number five. Jade Goody is at number six, having forged a career and made millions from appearing on Big Brother. At No 9, the top 10 list includes everyone who has ever appeared on the reality show. The Royal Family are also deemed pointless celebrities, making it to number seven. Glamour girl Jodie Marsh is at number eight, while David Beckham's former PA Rebecca Loos - now milking her fame after claiming to have bedded the England captain - brings up the rear at number 10.

What about the REAL top pointless thing ....CHANNEL 4 !! At least Posh n Becks do a darn lot for charity and have compassion....GGrrrrrrrrr !.. Elaine x