Ben Fogle - I don't like him, but..

[JayKaybi]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7699638.s...

News said:

TV personality Ben Fogle has caught a potentially fatal flesh-eating disease while filming a BBC TV series.

The star, 34, has a hole at least an inch wide on his right arm...

Feck that, ey?

[MitchT]

I quite like the guy. Hope they get it fixed.

[zac510]

Yeah, I'll pass on that disease!

[staceyb]

[HundredthIdiot]

zac510 said:

Yeah, I'll pass on that disease!

Not if I see you coming!

[OllieWinchester]

'Potentially fatal'. Hmmm.

The above phrase used by a tabloid suggests to me there may be some poetic licence going on here. I'm sure The Sun would swear blind a common cold is 'potentially fatal' if they felt like it.

[diesel head]

I hope he gets better soon, he always seems like a nice guy (although you never can be sure with these TV types!)

[OllieWinchester]

Isn't he a bandit of the bum variety, on the sly?

[tonyvid]

OllieWinchester said:

Isn't he a bandit of the bum variety, on the sly?

If he is, he also has a rather lovely fiance.

[mat205125]

tonyvid said:

OllieWinchester said:

Isn't he a bandit of the bum variety, on the sly?

If he is, he also has a rather lovely fiance.

Cover?

[911motorsport]

staceyb said:

It's turned him black? That is one scarey bug

[OJ]

Urgh! Wikipedia says that if he gets the Organ variety then he might need Chemotherapy! If he's only got the skin one then its nasty but probably not going to kill him

[bobt]

I don't like him either. Talentless public school boy. He just about gets away with programmes where they can have many many takes whilst filming, and then edit out his bumbling, but when he is on live e.g. when he anchors the cruffts coverage, you really see how ste he is.

Any he did Peter Purvis out of the job.

[Gun]

OllieWinchester said:

'Potentially fatal'. Hmmm.

The above phrase used by a tabloid suggests to me there may be some poetic licence going on here. I'm sure The Sun would swear blind a common cold is 'potentially fatal' if they felt like it.

You are correct, it's only fatal if it goes untreated, he is now receiving treatment so he should be ok, sounds nasty though!

[V8S]

bobt said:

I don't like him either. Talentless public school boy. He just about gets away with programmes where they can have many many takes whilst filming, and then edit out his bumbling, but when he is on live e.g. when he anchors the cruffts coverage, you really see how ste he is.

Any he did Peter Purvis out of the job.

"The adventurer was still planning to take part in the inaugural South Pole Race in December with Olympic gold medal-winning rower James Cracknell, according to his spokeswoman."

Fair dos though. Seems a likable chap. And keeps many a granny from reaching for the KY.

[paoloh]

911motorsport said:

staceyb said:

It's turned him black? That is one scarey bug

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[Risotto]

I don't mind the guy - he's a lot more committed than most TV presenters.

Isn't he the bloke who rowed across the Atlantic? It might not call for much in the way of talent, but it shows a certain pig-headed determination I suppose.

I think I saw him on an adventure series too - he took groups of ordinary people across the Andes, etc.

Edited by Risotto on Thursday 30th October 18:27

[Simpo Two]

bobt said:

I don't like him either. Talentless public school boy.

Do you not like him becaue he has no talent, or because he went to a decent school?

[OllieWinchester]

mat205125 said:

tonyvid said:

OllieWinchester said:

Isn't he a bandit of the bum variety, on the sly?

If he is, he also has a rather lovely fiance.

Cover?

Definately. Didnn't some old gay bloke who was no relation leave him a sizeable sum of money in his will for 'looking after' him before he died? Closet gayer fo'sho.

[FourWheelDrift]

tonyvid said:

OllieWinchester said:

Isn't he a bandit of the bum variety, on the sly?

If he is, he also has a rather lovely fiance.

He married her in 2006.