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It still looks bad for Robin Gibb, could be another talent passing into history again very soon – lets hope not.
What about Simon Cowell and Dannii Minogue – naughty boy – no wonder there was so much jealousy on the X Factor judging panel.
Then we have a member of Pippa Middletons bunch of idiot, out in a country that has just suffered a shooting tragedy waving a gun around pointing it at a camera man while the other prats look on giggling still money and posh schoiols doesn’t gaurantee brains. It would have been interesting if someone had pointed a gun at their party – wonder what the response would have been then.

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Karly Ashworth Discusses Kenneth Tong & His ‘Managed Anorexia’ Fascination

Ladies, I have been outraged over the past week to see someone I used to know to has turned into something of a hate figure. Whilst I can’t go into the details of our past, I thought my blog would be a great platform to tell you all that this whole size zero debacle is completely absurd.

As you all know, Kenneth and I were once a couple (and he even continued to Tweet under my name for a good year) but since he dropped the Karly Ashworth tag, Kenneth has embarked on a tirade of insults against women, and it makes me hang my head in shame that I was once associated with him.

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This latest fascination of his is quite humorous because it’s clearly a publicity stunt on his part, the truth is, people are outraged by WHAT he is saying and could not actually care less who he is – of course he will think differently – but let’s face it… a homeless guy could come off the street, tweet the exact same things and have the same public battering, celebrity interest and be a Trending Topic alongside the likes of Victoria Beckham.

It’s a sad cry for attention which I urge you ladies of all shapes and sizes to ignore… I’m no size zero, and to be quite honest, I’d rather be known for doing nothing, than to be known as a HATE figure. To me, a person who measures there popularity by how many twitter followers they have must be a very empty person.

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Speaking of the content of this Twitter page, anorexia is not something that can be ‘managed’ as he claims. Anorexia is an illness, if this was a ‘manageable’ disease, do you not think that we could have in fact eradicated it completely?!

The only way this disease can be managed is when sufferers are managing their eating habits on the way to recovery, so for someone to endorse such a devastating illness is SICKENING! His words could potentially damage the health of young girls not only suffering from anorexia, but for others who may eventually develop the disease.

To me, the mere fact that Twitter are allowing him to use their service as a platform for his ignorance is shocking, the simple thing to do, would be for them to delete his account and get rid of the vile remarks. Surely they have to see this as a very serious situation?! Or then again, seen as he’s STILL talking, maybe not!

If he is going to continue bleating on about weight and body size, then perhaps Kenneth should try to practice what he’s preaching rather than being a keyboard warrior behind the safety of the computer whilst rubbing a double chin?! I mean all those Twitpics of Kenneth eating day in, day out has surely has to take its toll?! So why not try and slim down to a size 0 yourself Kenneth? I fear that he would be soon telling everyone that curves are in and to start eating again!

As for me, I am proud to promote curves and would STRONGLY advise all ladies to take no notice of the whole anorexia chat on Twitter. After suffering from bulimia myself after Big Brother, I know how difficult it is to live with an eating disorder and to overcome it, but I did (and I ditched Kenneth Tong and his archaic opinions) and now I feel better than ever.

Embrace your shape, live healthily, don’t live up to a mans expectations, be who you are and change for no one but yourself! Feeling good is all about how you feel, If you feel good in your own skin, that will show!

HELL NO SIZE ZERO!

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Managed Anorexia – Is That Really A Message We Want To Be Sending?

Kenneth Tong; former Big Brother housemate, self-titled Playboy and fame-hungry Twitter addict has now branched out from bragging about his latest sexual conquest to preaching how women should be a size zero.

But is his so-called idea of ‘managed anorexia’ a message we want to be sending out to teenagers and impressionable young women?

The thing is, up until a few months ago, Kenneth Tong was using his joint Twitter account with ex-girlfriend Karly Ashworth to hang onto the speck of fame he had experienced in the wake of Big Brother, and he would regularly post pictures of himself wining and dining various women. However over the past few weeks, Kenneth has done a complete 360 and decided that women shouldn’t eat.

That’s right readers, this man believes that all women should be a size zero, and that anything larger is ‘disgusting’ and a ‘failure’. Only this morning he lectured; “Breakfast? You don’t deserve to be awake, let alone food. You are horrible. We both know it. You are disgusting. You are fat.”

The thing is, how can a man – who is far from being a sex symbol – preach about what women should look like?

Kenneth’s Twitter background isn’t food shy…

He has even tried to piggyback on the fame of other celebrities by Tweeting to ridicule them over their weight or meal decisions, take last nights bitchy comment to One Direction’s Harry Styles; “@Harry_Styles No Nandos my Son! What kind of example are you setting for the youth of today encouraging fast food?!”

I think Mr Tong needs to take into account the irony of this Tweet; the sad fact is… what kind of example is HE setting to the youth of today by – as a Z List Celebrity -  endorsing the idea of eating disorders, because let’s face it, that’s what anorexia is.

I am left wondering whether this is all an OTT publicity campaign by a 25-year-old bloke struggling to cling onto any remnants of the ‘fame’ he got from his few hours in the Big Brother house. I mean, clearly Tweets like; “Tell me what you ate today and I won’t listen as you’ve eaten too much. To be thinner, skip dinner. Anorexia is not evil, it is an oft mismanaged blessing.” Are going to attract publicity for this fame monster, and he’s gotten what he wanted after the likes of Rihanna, Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsey and Rochelle Wiseman have hit back at his words.

Rihanna said; “This is exactly why girls are doing everything to destroy their bodies!” whilst Cowell tweeted: “Just been informed about Mr Kenneth Tong. Twitter has a new village idiot. In fact he doesn’t even deserve the village. He’s an idiot. Mr Kenneth Tong you keep telling people to lose weight. The only weight people should lose is you. You’re not worth my time.”

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When The Saturdays star Rochelle told Tong: “Your tweets are upsetting a lot of people, including myself! It’s very vile!” he tried to squeeze every last dreg of his interaction with the celebrity by goading her with the response; “If you were fat, do you think would you’ve been part of the Saturdays?”

Rochelle Wiseman is an inspiration to so many young women, and for a girl to see Kenneth Tong telling their idol that she would be nothing had she not being thin is a very dangerous line to walk…. Is size zero (despite the fact that Rochelle clearly isn’t a size zero) the kind of image we want impressionable teenagers to aspire to? Surely not.

So, is it not about time Twitter did something about Kenneth Tong? Whilst it is easy for many women to ignore his warped ideas of how a woman should live their lives, there are going to be some who succumb to his desire to control them and really believe that; “Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.” To those women (and men) out there…. I implore you to try some warm chocolate fudge cake.

Ruth.x

Karly Ashworth Discusses Kenneth Tong & His ‘Managed Anorexia’ Fascination

Thinspiration? Pass the nachos.

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Matt’s Shiner on life Monday

I see the Rooney’s are trying to get back together once again under the glare of media attention… The paps are trying to justify there constant attention by saying ‘if he advertises bla de bla brand and sells his wedding photos to the papers they have every right to do what they want, ably backed up by that famous and highly successful footballer Kevin Kegan. What absolute bo***cks. Just because the guy does a job doesn’t give them any rights to judge pontificate and slobber all over his private affairs.

Now we also have the prostitute from the States allegedly counter suing the legend that is David Beckham for interfering with her freedom of speech. Her lawyer says how they prize their freedom of speech in America and she should be able to accuse and slur whoever whenever she wants and if the injured party objects they are ‘interfering’ with a person freedom of speech…., it stands believing. But the IRS are after her regarding her tax declarations, and the little matter of not having a work permit… still she has her freedom of speech. We are behind you David hope you stuff them. Oh and this is my opinion and freedom of speech

But to lives most important Cheryl Cole axing Gamu Nhengu in favour of Katie Waissel and Cher Lloyd.. well what can you say but actually is it just part of the publicity machine as surprise, surprise, each of the judges will get to pick a wild card…. never saw that one coming, honestly Simon do you think we are that naive. Who will Si choose.. Husstle, Louis seemed happy with his three and Dannii withe her three. Here’s an idea why not get each judge to pick a wildcard for one of the other categories – now that would be interesting.

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Celebs don’t they get on your………

I see Michael Lohan is still banging on about getting his hands on daughter Lindsay’s estate, and wanting to control her life. Using your kids troubles to gain publicity for an otherwise uneventful life strikes of desperation – I do hope that is not the case….

We have pictures of Julia Roberts looking rather plumper than she used too with captions like ‘curvy Julia looking good’ no Julia showing the signs of middle age spread….

While I am on a roll Madonna is revealling all at 50+ dear me spare us the pleasure (have you seen some of the recent pictures of the singing icon)

If they want idea’s on how to grow old disgracefully take a leaf out of the Hollywood greats such as Bette Davis, now they knew how to leave their mark, and with style…

X-Factor and The Cowell is urging the hopefuls to be rebelious and evil – about time I am sick of these “I’m doing this for my long lost pet chicken yada yada ya”

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Haiti Charity Song – Cowell, It’s The Wrong Song Choice

Is it just me, or does anyone else think the choice of REM’s single, Everybody Hurts as Simon Cowell’s Haiti charity single is just a bit of an odd choice? I mean, it is one of my all-0time favourite songs, but it’s like ‘Everybody Hurts Haiti, get on with it.‘

So, I wasn’t expecting Kool & the Gang’s Celebration to be the choice, but this would NOT have been my first thought, I mean, it’s just a bit depressing isn’t it? Surely it would have been better to chose something which inspired hope?

Either way, it hasn’t stopped stars clamouring over each other in the hope of being chosen to feature on the track, and vocalists such as Leona Lewis, JLS, George Michael, Rod Stewart, Lady GaGa, Michael Buble, Take That and Robbie Williams are all said to have offered their services.

At the same time, Florence and the Machine will donate all the proceeds of an upcoming gig to the charity whilst Will Young, Joe McElderry and even N-Dubz (cough cough) are keen to get involved.

I know I’ll be buying the track, regardless of whether or not I think Cowell picked ‘the wrong song’

Ruth.x

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Rage Against The Machine Slammed By Simon & Cheryl (YAWN!)

Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole are shaking in their highly shined and highly expensive snow-proof shoes this morning as it looks as though Rage Against The Machine could snatch the number one spot from X factor winner Joe McElderry.

So scared of losing out to some decent music in fact, that they have decided to brand the whole RATM Vs. Joe campaign ‘bullying’…

Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but this campaign is nothing against Joe himself (as it was set up before the winner was even announced) but against the X Factor winners automatically getting to number one with whatever mediocre single they chose to release off the back of the show.

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If Joe McElderry and co think this is bad, then they’ve clearly got a lot to learn about the music business…. No one deserves instant recognition… it’s all about hard work. And singing one or two songs a week over the course of 12 weeks does NOT count as hard work!

So, as Simon rants from his holiday home out in Barbados; “All these musical snobs have ganged up against Joe. If you take me out of the equation, you have a teenager with his first single being attacked by a huge hate mob on Facebook. It almost feels like a little kid being bullied.”

And Cheryl followed suit (obviously, as Girls Aloud were another tv show victor) adding; “I cannot bear to see him [Joe] lose to a mean campaign. If that song, or should I say campaign, by an American group is our Christmas Number One I’ll be gutted for him and our charts.”

Yesterdays late figures showed the RATM was still ahead of Joe, but the gap is closing… so what are we going to do kids? Let the people who think a campaign for some rock music is bullying win?

I bet if it was a Facebook campaign to get the original Miley Cruyus track to number one, it would be a totally different story. After all, pop fans could never be accused of bullying right? Not like us dirty, beer swilling rockers?

Ruth – Team Rage.
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X Factor Blog – Rock Week

So they finally got her ousted then? Poor Rachel, who I am assuming was told to calm it down on Saturday’s show after making a real spectacle of herself the week before with her Stacey impression, has been booted.

I had thought Lloyd would have been saying Ta-ra to the show after that horrendous performance mind you.  I mean, what on earth was ‘our’ Cheryl thinking.  I Kissed a Girl, a rock song?

These song choices by these judges have me reeling week after week, these are folks who are supposed to know their stuff and they keep messing up time and time again jeopardizing their acts’ future in the competition. But hey, we like seeing folks make fools of themselves on live TV don’t we? However it was Rachel Adadeji who had to say her farewells last night in the sing off, which was a bit of a shame as Rachel could actually sing, but it just wasn’t meant to be.

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Twit and Twat killed it again this week with that old Irish charm keeping them in for yet another week. Do they have the potential to make it to the final I wonder? I mean in all fairness they suck, but still would I rather watch them make total asses of themselves as opposed to Lucie cavort around the stage, yes I would.

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Even though folks around me are tipping the Welsh chick to win it, my money is still on one of Simon’s lads to reign supreme this year. I must admit, Danyl is obviously close to cracking point after being voted as ‘more unpopular than Hitler.’ As serious as that may sound, dude seriously do you think people are really bothered by you that much?

Methinks someone is playing the drama queen role in hopes of securing an Emmy nod as well. It is not that serious. Yes Danyl has his haters that’s for sure, but only for one reason, that he is a threat to the rest of the contestants. So my advice to Danyl this week would be dry your eyes, man up and get out there and sing your ass off next week and, brushing up on a wee bit of Latin on this fine Monday morning, Illegitimi non carborundum ( translated as don’t let the bastards grind you down.)

Olly is looking very comfortable up there on that stage and for once I am in total agreement with the judges who commented on just how much he improves as the weeks go on and on. I am sure they will have our Essex boy in the beauty parlour this week for a spray tan and waxing after baring his chest this week to the sheer delight of all his female fans out there (myself included.)

Vanity is as important in this competition as vocal talent obviously after I found out that each of the contestants goes through a rigorous teeth whitening process before the live shows begin.  Nothing like a Colgate smile ;-)

I hope next week is a bit more exciting as the live shows are becoming just as predictable as the auditions, our ‘Cheryl’ gets to promote her new solo career, Danii upstages our ‘Cheryl’ with her sense of style, Louis and Simon gripe about rules and the contestants continue to play it safe. Please step it up folks, or you can expect to see the gruesome twosome in that final.

Melanie Cornish

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Louis Admits He Won’t Win The X Factor

The X Factor live shows kick of this weekend, and what better way to motivate your category than publicly announcing that they are rubbish eh Louis?

Poor old John & Edward, Miss Frank and Kandy Rain might have been looking to Louis for guidance ahead of this week’s show, but after he admitted that he doesn’t think any of his groups are good enough to win the show we feel very sorry for them.

Understandably he admitted that he would much rather be mentoring the Over 25’s (is that because they’re AWESOME? Louis) and he confessed; “I’ll get into the final, but I won’t win. He [Simon] always gets the best ones. They’ve all got more experience than mine.”

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Simon Cowell, responded by giving Louis a telling off; “It’s not a question of being spoiled for choice, it’s how you prepare your contestants on the day. And I prepare my contestants better than the others.”

Whilst we admit that Simon does have an incredible category this year, we can’t forget about Stacey and Lucie from the girls and the super gorgeous Lloyd in the boys (is it wrong that we’re crushing on a 16 year old?), and also, I think Miss Frank are pretty damn good, and if anyone is going to make it in the groups, my money is on them!

But what do you think…. Who are YOU rooting for?

Ruth x

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X Factor Blog – Week Seven – The Final 12

So our final 12 have been selected and well not like there was too many surprises was there? We all knew that Louis would put through Dumb and Dumber  John and Edward, he would be bowled over by the ex-strippers, even though he said they wouldn’t really have the vote of the ladies behind them.

Louis also admitted that he would enjoy the challenge that Miss Frank would give him, the trio of course being my top pick out of Louis’s three. But that rain was not doing anything for the Italian Tourism trade was it? Were the Gods really crying over the choices he had made or was that Louis trash-talking after a heavy night on the Guinness I wonder.

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Anyone else think ‘our’ Cheryl was out of line with her ‘can I take a minute’ drama when she was about to boot out the 2009 version of Rhydian? I mean that poor guy, I bet he wanted to pull off each of those false lashes individually with tweezers when after all that she gave him a ‘No’.

Cruel is not the word and shocking that she failed to put through my cutie patootie Duane and the charismatic Ethan, who, if I am true to myself, was basically banking on his looks to carry him through when his vocals weren’t right. He will probably turn up in the next episode of American Idol anyway. So for ‘our’ Cheryl we have Lloyd, Rikki Lonely (some stage name there right) and her homie Joe who I think is the strongest out of the three.

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Dannii didn’t really bring too many surprises in her picks really. After the audition on Saturday I had succumbed to the fact that Essex girl Stacey would be put through instead of my previous prediction, Despina. Overjoyed for Stacey though, as she is that one contestant that I think many of us can relate to and get behind.

As for Rachel, I just love her and think she is super-talented, so pleased to see her go through too. No real views on the Welsh singer Lucie really, except she can sing, so with that being said Danii is in with a chance of getting to the final at least, but I would be putting my money on Stacey no matter how good the others are. Essex stand up and stay standing…

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…because Simon put through Essex native Olly. Even though I was devastated for all three of those given the boot out of the over 25s category as they all should have been there, I think Simon and the semi clad Sinnita (what the hell was that all about? I mean seriously talk about attention deprived, even Cowell looked shell-shocked when she walked out) made the best choice.

There was just no way he could let an afro and a Mohican go through… that would have been too much for the hair and make up to deal with each Saturday! But seriously, Simon had a tough job as both those girls sang their hearts out on Saturday night, Treyc blew me away for the first time when she did her audition, more so than those Robert Palmer-esque backing singers who failed to compliment any of the contestants.

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And was it just me who was concerned as to how close those guys were to the pool as Simon sat up on his deck looking down on them as he gave them the verdict? A couple of steps back and drowning your sorrows might be taken a bit more literal for those who failed to make the cut.

So with Danyl, Olly and Jamie making up the final 12 get ready for the live shows kids as they are just five days away

Melanie Cornish.x

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