Nigella: I Worry
I saw Nigella Lawson's show Nigella Express the other night and I have to ask: is she all right? She seemed to be suffering from several overlapping manias - a need to eat all the time AND talk about it, an overwhelming desire to tell us how busy she is and a compulsion to speak in a manner so excessively, glutinously upbeat that one can only conclude she must be concealing some appalling depression or, perhaps, malfunction like the Stepford Wife who carries on gabbling after she has been stabbed. I shall not, under the circumstances, be trying her recipes.

25 Comments:
At October 10, 2007 7:59 AM,
Richard Havers said…
We watched her show for the first time last week and me and Mrs H. had the self same conversation. It is a supreme example of programme makers being completely out of touch with the of the rest of the country. It is SO London, so upper middle class and so dull. Oh, and worrying....
At October 10, 2007 8:28 AM,
ian russell said…
well I'm known for my fussiness but in her case I'd be willing to make an exception.
cooking programmes?! why don't this tiny minority just buy a book - or a video?
At October 10, 2007 8:29 AM,
philip walling said…
The prog. is intriguing.
Why is there no mention of Mr Saatchi? Nigella seems to live on her own with her children.
She is obviously terribly vulnerable and my heart goes out to her; I just want to give her a hug and look after her. On the other hand she must be very tough to have got where she has. Is the combination not irresistible?
At October 10, 2007 9:06 AM,
ian russell said…
I can answer that, Philip, even though I have never watched it. It is filmed in a mock-up, inside a commercial lock-up off Kensington High St., and not in Saatchi Towers.
Haven't you heard?! Television is all lies!!!!
At October 10, 2007 9:08 AM,
Nige said…
I'm afraid Nigella once smiled at me, thus entirely disabling my critical faculties where she's concerned.
At October 10, 2007 9:10 AM,
Nige said…
Anyway the name alone puts us on the same side.
At October 10, 2007 9:15 AM,
ian russell said…
I think that was probably wind, nige, from licking too many sticky spoons. also I heard she's a bit mr. magoo without her specs. sorry.
At October 10, 2007 9:57 AM,
Dr Hackenbush said…
ungallant of me, I know, but one thing she's concealing -- or that's being concealed by the editing -- is a large derriere
At October 10, 2007 10:20 AM,
Sophie King said…
My husband finds Nigella admirable. I can't think why.... The whole show is utter fakery. Not only is Nigella's 'kitchen' a complete fabrication, but the producers have hired buses and extras to make it look as though Nigella moves among the common people. And what's with her pretending to be eating on the move (in the aforementioned bus) and in the street. Yeeurgh - plain bad manners if you ask me. I can only watch this guff if I have been stunned beforehand by a large gin and tonic.
At October 10, 2007 10:58 AM,
Nige said…
Now Doctor H - what's wrong with a large derriere?
At October 10, 2007 11:05 AM,
Recusant said…
Like most things that are wrong, she is wrong because she tries too hard. Tries too hard to be sultry, sexy, knowing, voluptuous, devil-may-care, etcetera and bloody etcetera.
It's the curse of our age: Trying Too Hard.
At October 10, 2007 12:16 PM,
Selena Dreamy said…
It doesn't get more obvious than that, does it?
At October 10, 2007 12:24 PM,
Mark said…
Slow Food is what life is really all about. Sophie has the problem down perfectly. In any case, the basic premise of the program is silly, very silly: someone that distracted 24/7 is lining themselves up for health trouble and a rotten time. Never having more than five minutes to devote to anything is a great way of losing your mind, of becoming not mindful but mindless.
I hope Mr Saatchi is holding up under the deluge of supermarket packets and is able to slip out for a decent meal every now and then.
At October 10, 2007 2:18 PM,
ian russell said…
two points of order; her arse is bog standard size. it's her 18 inch waist that makes it look disproportionate.
slow food is not, as often claimed, the antithesis of 'fast food'. good food is.
At October 10, 2007 2:49 PM,
Simon B said…
I'm afraid Nigella once smiled at me, thus entirely disabling my critical faculties where she's concerned.
I can see that in a book of quotations, very nice.
At October 10, 2007 3:52 PM,
Mark said…
Slow Food is about a lot more than food, Ian. That's why it is the antithesis of the life style Nigella is trying to sell us: the life style of the Poncetariat. The Poncetarians are welcome to it.
At October 11, 2007 7:05 AM,
Colin Campbell said…
Who is Nigella Lawson?
At October 11, 2007 7:06 AM,
Bryan Appleyard said…
A cook and the wife of Charles Saatchi
At October 11, 2007 7:44 AM,
ian russell said…
isn't that a film by Peter Greenaway?
At October 11, 2007 8:42 AM,
ian russell said…
well, yes, I believe I know what you mean, Mark (I agree, of course) but it isn't the speed that's wrong with 'fast food', but the crap that goes into it. junk food is a better description only McDonald's turned it down.
At October 29, 2007 9:15 PM,
Anonymous said…
Yes I did wonder tonight when I watched the programme, about Mr Saatchi.
And my husband wondered why her children are always featured.
Still that Margarita ice cream looked yummy...
At October 30, 2007 3:24 PM,
pundy said…
She seems to have turned into a caricature of herself, which is okay as long as she knows we're in on the joke but seriously worrying (for her) if she doesn't.
She's also constantly re-defining the meaning of the phrase "larger than life".
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