Jack Monroe #162 She slightly undercooked her pasta and lost her slot

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Jelly Bean said:
She needed to be actually good to justify the slagging of JO and the hype around it. Unfortunately she was not good. Far from it. Just not a natural on TV. And it wasn't just here who saw that - evidenced by never being asked back to a cookery programme by the BBC.
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There were articles in papers covering just how bad she was on This Morning, too! Quoting viewers' comments - that wasn't anything to do with tattle.
 
Orphan_Black said:
Nadiya comes across as completely authentic in every way. I bet that riles Jack. I love how open Nadiya has been with her anxiety struggles and challenges, she is a great example and voice for the mental health soap box. She genuinely seems like a lovely person, who enjoys cooking and feeding her family yummy stuff, and is honestly quite humble with all her success.
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I recently read Nadiya's biography, dear reader I hooted and cried and there is a recipe for left over take away chips she used to make her little brother
 
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CabalofBolorneaise said:
I have never understood how, knowing she had a 6 min slot, she hadn't precooked the pasta and just had it sat waiting. I appreciate that in real life serving the cold pasta with her sauce would have been vile but her segment was about the bloody sauce and the viewers wouldn't have known it was cold.

She could honestly have likely got away with the undercooked pasta even if she'd not mentioned it.

It was like she deliberately sabotaged herself.
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Or she could have done the really maverick thing and started it 3 mins before her slot began then quickly turned it off whilst mixing the sauce. I mean how to chefs manage in busy kitchen with more than one Pan.
 
blurstoftimes said:
Look at the guy who is currently a guest chef on This Morning! His food looks amazing but he also makes me feel weird because he is so hot but probably more than 10 years younger than me. Can you imagine him serving raw pasta and telling Eamonn to stop stressing him out? I think not
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He's actually practised his recipe before he goes on the telly? Outrageous. No true maverick would do this!
 
Readingismyhobby said:
I bet he uses two hands to play it.
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He could use both hands to play me ..

My oh my, he could charm the nectar out of the honeysuckle.
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Cack Slumrow said:
I really bleeping hate it when people say something to *look* honest or plain speaking.
Like when a good looking woman walks in and another woman will drag her and say"I am just being honest" when challenged
No love, being honest would be saying "I am insecure and jealous and am putting her down to make myself feel better". Not the best example, but you know what I mean!

Like with Jack's self deprecating comments, they are said to make her look honest and open, and so she can chat tit about how self aware she is, also so that everyone says "oh no, you are AMAZING"
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That level of self deprecation is usually a lack of confidence, honestly. To quote the best advice I've ever received¹ "Don't be evil to yourself".

¹Courtesy of a goth girl called Sarah, in Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire in 2002.
 
On the patreon, I contribute to (patronise) someone for extremely minimal patreon benefits - it's Maddie Moate and Greg Foot, who have put together hours and hours of free science programmes for kids during lockdown. I am totally happy to do this for no special Patreon benefits because they have done so much work for no payment which is free to all to access (sidebar, they are both excellent live presenters, whether through natural talent or hard work).

But if like Jack you get paid for your work and don't make content for your patreons then what, are they sponsoring you? I don't understand it.
 
I'll be honest, Nadiya makes a lot of recipes that look pretty gross to me (she too is an occasional bean rinser!) - but she seems like such a warm and genuinely lovely person that I give her a pass. She has a great TV presence. A real star.

Jack is much better in her earliest TV and video appearances. Crucially they were all either in a studio, or not live. I really do believe it when @essexgirl101 said that laziness was Jack's defining character trait. She'll never rehearse, rerecord, or edit. Everything she shits out into the media or online ought to be captioned "will this do?"

ETA: to add to Nadiya, I would say that Islamophobia is so incredibly rampant, and she NEVER presents herself as a victim. I have enormous respect for her, even if I don't care much for her food!
 
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