Secret Celebrity Gossip #164

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helcob1977 said:
Sounds terribly unscientific but its a vibe I get from her. Since being diagnosed I feel like I can sniff out fellow neurodivergents a mile away!

For me it's the angst and "immaturity" in the lyrics, the difficulty in relationships. Her slight awkwardness, the flapping when she's excited, possible eating / weight issues, difficulty with food textures, obsessions and special interests.

I'm aware the above are all human traits and it's very hard to know where a cluster of traits turns into adhd / autism so it could just be that she has those traits or that they're due to something else (trauma / anxiety/ BPD can often look look like adhd and autism and vice versa)

Currently you only tend to be diagnosed or considered a problem if you're not able to contribute to capitalism - conveniently ignoring the mental toll on "high functioning" or "high masking" people. My husband and I are high functioning autistic and adhd respectively but we've been on anti-depressants our entire adult lives because the "productive" lives we lead are very difficult to cope with and involve us masking / suppressing our true selves.

I can see why a lot of people would write T.S off from a neurodiverse perspective (she's rich and successful so can't have it) but some people are lucky or privileged enough to harness the positive "power" they have. I'd imagine it's less of a barrier to a blonde attractive, white, middle class talented girl than it is for a person of colour who is working class and comes from an unstable home for example.

Again not saying she does have it just trying to broaden minds about how it looks and affects people. People get very defensive about "armchair diagnosis" because they think saying someone is anything other than "normal" is a huge insult and that to me reveals an ableist mindset which I think the vast majority of us have, myself included.

Btw, not trying to be combative just pre-empting the pile-on from people who see being different as something awful.

Sorry for the essay, my adhd meds have kicked in 🤣
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Thank you for replying (and to the other person who commented too!) The reason why I asked is because I’m also neurodivergent, so my question wasn’t coming from a negative place 🙂

I’m not a TS fan so honestly, I don’t know enough about her to comment about this, it’s just not something I heard speculated about before so I was a bit curious.

I appreciate you broadening people’s minds - using your voice to raise awareness is always a positive thing!

I’m sure Taylor has a very good medical team supporting her, so if she is diagnosed then I hope one day she’ll use her platform to advocate for others and raise awareness too (if she’s not already done this before). I may not be a fan, but I recognise the impact that would make for many ❤️
 
styc said:
I would just like to say how much I admire Katie Piper as she bravely undergoes yet another operation.
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What happened to her was terrible but she has really been brave.
It’s partly why I don’t find milkshaking politicians funny no matter how much I disagree with them. When you see it happen live I always have a couple of seconds of thinking the worst. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
 
Grifty Mc said:
What happened to her was terrible but she has really been brave.
It’s partly why I don’t find milkshaking politicians funny no matter how much I disagree with them. When you see it happen live I always have a couple of seconds of thinking the worst. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
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Did they ever find her attacker Stefan Sylvestre after he left the county when he was released on license or has he been returned to the UK?
 
My view on Jade was that she’d had a really crappy upbringing surrounded by some very unpleasant people and she’d done a lot to turn her life around. Unlike KP or KK she had no substance abuse issues. Jack Tweed was an awful man so her taste in men with poor, and I’m not sure Jeff was a great partner to her either. But I don’t see her as irredeemable had she lived.
 
Affiliatemebaby said:
My view on Jade was that she’d had a really crappy upbringing surrounded by some very unpleasant people and she’d done a lot to turn her life around. Unlike KP or KK she had no substance abuse issues. Jack Tweed was an awful man so her taste in men with poor, and I’m not sure Jeff was a great partner to her either. But I don’t see her as irredeemable had she lived.
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I think she did anything she could knowing time was running out to ensure some sort of financial security for her boys.
 
EL1976 said:
I think people are overlooking the fact that Jade Goody was just 27 when she died. There’s no doubt in my mind she would have grown as a person as she matured into middle age. Can anyone in their 40’s on here say they are the same version as their late-20’s self? I know it took me until my mid 40’s to become the person I was always meant to be.
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I agree that she probably would have matured- I doubt she'd have stayed with Jack and probably fallen out with her mum again. However- she was 27 and not 17 and should have known not to be a racist twit.
 
Marshallmum1982 said:
I agree that she probably would have matured- I doubt she'd have stayed with Jack and probably fallen out with her mum again. However- she was 27 and not 17 and should have known not to be a racist twit.
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Absolutely. The only person responsible for Jade Goody’s disgusting racism is Jade Goody. The excuses some people make for her appalling behaviour knock me sick.
 
Grifty Mc said:
What happened to her was terrible but she has really been brave.
It’s partly why I don’t find milkshaking politicians funny no matter how much I disagree with them. When you see it happen live I always have a couple of seconds of thinking the worst. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
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I absolutely hate to see something being thrown at anyone regardless of what I think of the person, at whom it's thrown. I really hate seeing it, and I always did. It's so cowardly anyway.
 
ChastityDingle said:
I absolutely hate to see something being thrown at anyone regardless of what I think of the person. I really hate seeing it, and I always did.
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Same. I have no time for Nigel Farage, but the photos of the incident really bothered me.

I loathe that there are parts of our society that have no qualms about launching an assault on someone because they deem their opinion to be wrong.
 
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