The Duchess Fergiana of the Kingdom of WeightWatcher has not once, not twice, but three times this morning savaged Allison Pearson over the Mail writer’s rude remarks about Princess Bea. “Does she want my daughter to be an anorexic?” asked the Ferg on GMTV.
Then on Lorraine Kelly’s show 10 minutes later she called Pearson a coward for failing to respond to her luncheon invitation (delivered via PR to phone message service). LK milked it well: “Maybe she’s feeling ashamed,” she ventured of Pearson, trying to be helpful. “Poor lady,” said Fergiana with sarcastic brevity.
On This Morning about half-an-hour later she attacked Pearson for “trying to sabotage a person’s confidence.” On this occasion Fern Britton put things in some context: “All newspapers employ female columnists to attack and ridicule people.” Female columnists like Lorraine Kelly on The Sun? Fern is quite formidable.
But anyway I’m surprised Pearson has not displayed savviness here – it’s not every day an ex-member of the royal family pleads to talk to a journo – think of the copy potential Allison! My own fantasy is The Ferg and Bea belly-flopping the hapless hackette in a public restaurant. My only fear is that the mother-daughter duo would bounce off Alison’s mattress-tum and out through a window pane, causing themselves and innocent bystanders damage. But it would make wonderful copy.
5 comments:
Well done, Fergie. The sad thing, though, is that this all just adds to Pearson's profile and brings the Mail more attention. If she were taken seriously as a journalist, this might have the potential to damage her credibility/reputation. As it is, since she's just a Glenda Slagg / Polly Filler hybrid on a tacky tabloid, there's not much lower to go. All publicity is probably good publicity.
Lynda Lee Potter would have faced Ferguson - fact is, Bea does look a bit rounded which is nice if you're a beach ball.
I suggest readers write to the editor demanding her dismissal.
Never liked her at first- but Fergie's a gutsy lady and who cares if her kids aren't skinny runts like some dopey models. They look like their dad and he was always the jolliest looking one in that family.
How hilarious that Pearson has so severely pissed off the precise demographic she was lured to the Mail - and paid an obscene amount of money - to keep sweet: women. Slagging off a young girl for having hips? Bad move, sister. Let's hope the Mail's female readership votes with their kitten heels...
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