Peaches Geldof, classic or dud?

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This should be fun.

― Matt DC, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:00 (nineteen years ago)

Inspired by her UTTERLY UNNECESSARY COLUMN in the Graun today.

― Matt DC, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:00 (nineteen years ago)

As Lisa Simpson once pointed out, if you turn your back and don't look, they disappear.

― Noodle Vague, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:01 (nineteen years ago)

It's not going to work.

― Matt DC, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:02 (nineteen years ago)

Dud but I'd say that we all know of a regular who'll be on here calling her a Classic soon enough :)

― kv_nol, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:02 (nineteen years ago)

she has to share a computer with her sister? Bob is such a tightwad.

― blueski, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:03 (nineteen years ago)

Passantino?

― Matt DC, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:03 (nineteen years ago)

haha anna-marie and i are just emailing about exactly this!!!!

― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:04 (nineteen years ago)

a place to sit procrastinating (my speciality) with other procrastinators, for hours on end.

Send her an invite to here, then!

― Mark G, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:05 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know anything about her

― Tom D., Friday, 30 March 2007 10:05 (nineteen years ago)

Let's hope she doesn't go the same way as Lisa Kudrow.

― Noodle Vague, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:06 (nineteen years ago)

No Matt. Think Paris...

Call me old fashioned (why thank you) but I think I would object to my 18 year old revealing that she shares a bed with her boyfriend. I am such a prude I know!

― kv_nol, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:06 (nineteen years ago)

she has to share a bed with her boyfriend? Bob is such a tightwad.

― blueski, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:07 (nineteen years ago)

she is to the noughties what Victoria Coren was to the eighties.

― Grandpont Genie, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:07 (nineteen years ago)

I've enjoyed more of Alan Coren's work than Bob Geldof's.

― Noodle Vague, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:08 (nineteen years ago)

people be linkin guardian articles.

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:08 (nineteen years ago)

blueski otm, bad enough she reveals how cheap he is about pc but that she has to share a bed as well? One wonders if they even have indoor plumbing... She seems to blame the dog for a lot of things... Just thinking out loud...

― kv_nol, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:09 (nineteen years ago)

Victoria Coren is waaaaaaay hotter than Peaches Geldof.

― The Wayward Johnny B, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:10 (nineteen years ago)

victoria coren sometimes makes me laugh, has never made my eyes bleed

― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:11 (nineteen years ago)

I don't anything about Victoria Coren

― Tom D., Friday, 30 March 2007 10:12 (nineteen years ago)

Victoria Coren and Doyle Brunson are the only two poker players I'd fuck.

― Dom Passantino, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:13 (nineteen years ago)

Mark C will be so disappointed.

― Matt DC, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:13 (nineteen years ago)

lol @ "Alexander Chancellor is away"

― DJ Mencap, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:14 (nineteen years ago)

i know coren a) can't write b) got job family connection c) is kind of hot.

so unlike most of fleet street's sisterhood.

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:15 (nineteen years ago)

"Alexander Chancellor is away wi' the fairies" (Scottish edition)

― Tom D., Friday, 30 March 2007 10:15 (nineteen years ago)

wonder who ghosted peaches anyway.

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:17 (nineteen years ago)

i know coren a) can't write b) got job family connection c) is kind of hot.

Giles? He's moved into the overcrowded "I'm a posh git, who's useless at everything else, what can I do next? Ah, I know, food" market

― Tom D., Friday, 30 March 2007 10:18 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't get past the first paragraph. You could probably pick somebody at random off the street, bus or train, and the likelyhood is they'd turn in more interesting copy than that.

― Pashmina, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:20 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, but ALL THOSE GNARDIAN readers who don't know what Myspace is!

― Mark G, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:24 (nineteen years ago)

You could probably pick somebody at random off the street, bus or train, and the likelyhood is they'd turn in more interesting copy than that.

(cue lightbulb forming over head of lurking Graun section ed)

― DJ Mencap, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:26 (nineteen years ago)

of course they would, but then don't forget Pashmina that newspapers are paid for by those who buy the advertising space within them, primarily, rather than the public who buy the papers. why else would there be so much free content online? It is in the graun's interest to have someone saying vacuous things that don't leave us better informed than when we first started, provided that they make copious references to myspace, Hollyoaks or whatever. And the ideal person to do this is some spoilt brat with loads of disposable income and time on their hands. If I met Peaches I'd prolly tell her to forget about her hair, nails and clothes and go and do VSO or summat.

― Grandpont Genie, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:26 (nineteen years ago)

I'd tell her to take it steady with the drugz.

― Noodle Vague, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:29 (nineteen years ago)

i swift jab to the chin would be more pithy, mark.

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:31 (nineteen years ago)

jab using what?

― Grandpont Genie, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:31 (nineteen years ago)

an I-pod.

― Mark G, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:32 (nineteen years ago)

Peaches is a slut. she dumped fred from les inc for someone else more famous but I can't remember who.
I met her once at a gig and tried to talk to her. And yes, she really is that dumb.

― sly_x, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:33 (nineteen years ago)

If I met Peaches I'd prolly tell her to forget about her hair, nails and clothes and go and do VSO or summat.

Don't tell her to voluntary work, that'll make her 10 times more unbearable

― Tom D., Friday, 30 March 2007 10:33 (nineteen years ago)

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:34 (nineteen years ago)

Millions of Peaches
Peaches for free

― DJ Mencap, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:35 (nineteen years ago)

Best of the (otherwise lousy) comments:

FeraFestiva | March 30, 2007 10:24 AM

Dear Peaches,

UR t3h n00b. STFU.

Sincerely,

Fera

Offensive? Unsuitable? Email us

Hahahaha. Is "fera" actually gkit, I wonder?

― Pashmina, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:36 (nineteen years ago)

it's probably Bob, the tightwad.

― blueski, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:38 (nineteen years ago)

A new meme is born.

― Mark G, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:39 (nineteen years ago)

OMG OMG I am going to Channel Four now to pitch a Paris and Nicole Real World style series starring Peaches, but instead of going to work on a farm she has to build a hospital in Burundi or something. It will be patronising and insulting and make everyone's lives just that little bit worse but I'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

― Matt DC, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:43 (nineteen years ago)

didn't she already do that? like...with islam, or something.

― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:44 (nineteen years ago)

Islam is so early 00s.

― Matt DC, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:45 (nineteen years ago)

Like Friendster.

― Matt DC, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:45 (nineteen years ago)

Do they need the money? The Islams?

― Tom D., Friday, 30 March 2007 10:45 (nineteen years ago)

Peaches Does Dubai

― Noodle Vague, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:46 (nineteen years ago)

The obvious thing is to do a sort of "In the Footsteps of Daddy, Yah?" trip to Ethiopia

― Tom D., Friday, 30 March 2007 10:48 (nineteen years ago)

It could be called 'In The Footsteps of Daddy, Jah'

― Matt DC, Friday, 30 March 2007 10:50 (nineteen years ago)

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oh, and he's called Bunny

― yungblut, Sunday, 8 February 2009 13:07 (seventeen years ago)

Victoria Coren and Doyle Brunson are the only two poker players I'd fuck.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 30 March 2007 11:13 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^underrated post

― Limoncello Carlin (The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics), Sunday, 8 February 2009 13:10 (seventeen years ago)

five years pass...

BBC reporting that she's died.

― Merdeyeux, Monday, 7 April 2014 17:13 (twelve years ago)

woah 25, so young

― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Monday, 7 April 2014 18:13 (twelve years ago)

Peaches Geldof, classic or dead?

― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 7 April 2014 18:20 (twelve years ago)

sensed this revive would be a death notice

rip

― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Monday, 7 April 2014 18:21 (twelve years ago)

holy shit

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 7 April 2014 18:26 (twelve years ago)

Bob Geldof's statement

Peaches has died. We are beyond pain. She was the wildest, funniest, cleverest, wittiest and the most bonkers of all of us.

Writing "was" destroys me afresh. What a beautiful child. How is this possible that we will not see her again? How is that bearable? We loved her and will cherish her forever. How sad that sentence is.

Tom and her sons Astala and Phaedra will always belong in our family, fractured so often, but never broken.

Bob, Jeanne, Fifi, Pixie and Tiger Geldof.

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 7 April 2014 18:28 (twelve years ago)

christ, 25 with two kids under 2

― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 April 2014 18:28 (twelve years ago)

man that's tough to read

― Raptain Chillips (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 April 2014 18:40 (twelve years ago)

The only thing I really knew about Peaches Geldof was that she seemed the sort who would die at 25. Sad to hear she had apparently cleaned up, but then ... maybe she didn't.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 April 2014 18:47 (twelve years ago)

But wow, talk about a bad run. Michael Hutchence, Paula Yates, Peaches ... a lot of empty chairs at the extended family reunion.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 April 2014 18:50 (twelve years ago)

And the chance of bono to boot

― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Monday, 7 April 2014 18:52 (twelve years ago)

Man, just occurred to me that it's Monday ...

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 April 2014 18:59 (twelve years ago)

josh you're being a bit of a dick

― waterbabies (waterface), Monday, 7 April 2014 19:01 (twelve years ago)

Was hoping Josh was parodying the very worst pricks on Twitter and Facebook with that last crack.

― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Monday, 7 April 2014 19:04 (twelve years ago)

he has a strong authorial voice in his posts iirc

― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Monday, 7 April 2014 19:06 (twelve years ago)

Haven't read or seen anything about this death anywhere but here, tbh. Do people know who she is in the States? Anyway, I do honestly feel bad about her and her extended family, who have indeed dealt with a lot. I also honestly didn't know anything about her except that I thought she was the type destined to die young (like, say, the Libertines guy). The Monday thing I was half-serious about, since in the States Boomtown Rats are a one-hit wonder punchline and that song in particular is often trotted out as its own punchline, but it never occurred to me that people would actually publically use such a tasteless joke. Here? Eh. I'm not sure it is worse than the Brad Delp/Cobain joke that made me wince elsewhere. But all's fair.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 April 2014 21:26 (twelve years ago)

oh give me some credit, that Delp/Cobain joke was definitely worse.

― pplains, Monday, 7 April 2014 21:39 (twelve years ago)

I did not know BG had a famous child.

― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 April 2014 21:43 (twelve years ago)

She wasnt famous for anything but tbh

― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Monday, 7 April 2014 21:51 (twelve years ago)

for having a very long name

― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Monday, 7 April 2014 21:53 (twelve years ago)

She was famous for being the type of person you should hate - rich and privileged and stupid and reaping more riches and privilege and stupidity off the back of that - but at the same time she seemed pretty OK, in the minutes I paid attention to her at least. Maybe too nervous and thoughtful or something. Google her face and it's never hateful, just sad.

― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 7 April 2014 22:14 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY3v2KQkGmE

If you want to see hateful, it's sitting beside her in this clip

― there was a definite cool-factor in tupac's hologram (stevie), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 06:44 (twelve years ago)

ugh I didn't know who katie hopkins was until just now, disgusting.

peaches seemed sad. I wonder if this was suicide or just some horrible freak thing. What a crap life BG has had with all of this.

― akm, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 06:50 (twelve years ago)

it's really sad. yes, she was rich. she was also born into more crazy and tragedy than most.

― there was a definite cool-factor in tupac's hologram (stevie), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 08:12 (twelve years ago)

I also honestly didn't know anything about her except that I thought she was the type destined to die young (like, say, the Libertines guy).

Except he's still alive and he's about 40. Don't recommend annoying the guy at parties though, you might just die young if you do that.

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 12:25 (twelve years ago)

i didn't even know bob geldoff had a daughter, but she came across as smart, thoughtful, and feisty in that clip above.

(by contrast, that katie hopkins came across as a horrible, moralizing, tsk-tsker. who is she, and why did they make her and peaches geldoff sit uncomfortably close together on that normal-sized tv chat couch?)

― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 12:29 (twelve years ago)

hopkins is a comedy troll who has somehow managed to swindle a TV career following her win on the UK version of the Apprentice.

― there was a definite cool-factor in tupac's hologram (stevie), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 12:52 (twelve years ago)

google says she won nothing

― conrad, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 12:55 (twelve years ago)

was she runner up? i've never watched the apprentice, and try not to watch anything hopkins is on.

― there was a definite cool-factor in tupac's hologram (stevie), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 13:09 (twelve years ago)

okay, straight from thewiki's mouth:

She appeared on the third UK series of TV reality programme The Apprentice, but resigned during the eleventh week, having made herself memorable for controversial comments.[2

― there was a definite cool-factor in tupac's hologram (stevie), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 13:09 (twelve years ago)

Wow, Pete Doherty is 35? He still looks so babyfaced.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 13:46 (twelve years ago)

That fat fuck

― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 13:50 (twelve years ago)

A fat junkie, nice going there, 'Peter'

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 14:20 (twelve years ago)

Holy crap that Hopkins woman is fucking horrible and Peaches seemed very bright and sweet and I am weirdly sad about this.

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 14:38 (twelve years ago)

little bit too GOD I HATE YOU, YOU HORRIBLE AWFUL CUNT

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 14:38 (twelve years ago)

(sorry)

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 14:39 (twelve years ago)

also i didn't even know bob geldoff had a daughter

I thought most people would have known this just because so much has been written about their names.

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 14:39 (twelve years ago)

And the fact that he got custody of Yates' and Hutchence's daughter.

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 14:39 (twelve years ago)

wtf @ that bizarre moment when the female presenter leans in, all but rubs her thighs and asks about peaches' sex life, and peaches recoils slightly

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 15:27 (twelve years ago)

it's sort of like she hasn't yet worked out that sex can be had outside of bedtime hours

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 15:28 (twelve years ago)

also i didn't even know bob geldoff had a daughter
I thought most people would have known this just because so much has been written about their names.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, April 8, 2014

in my defense, i am old and out of many cultural loops.

i have heard of miley cirus and bruno mars, tho!

― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 16:05 (twelve years ago)

Geldof Interview

The interview with Pixie Geldof in today's ES magazine was printed before the death of her sister Peaches was announced.

― Mark G, Friday, 11 April 2014 17:14 (twelve years ago)

fucking christ

― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Friday, 11 April 2014 17:21 (twelve years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/peaches-geldof-died-from-heroin-overdose-30234230.html

― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:00 (twelve years ago)

ugh

― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:02 (twelve years ago)

newspaper onslaught in ten minutes

― Mark G, Thursday, 1 May 2014 04:07 (twelve years ago)

The list of celebrity diets a local news site had on after this skinny celeb died turns out to be incomplete.

― StanM, Thursday, 1 May 2014 05:43 (twelve years ago)

two months pass...

It's official as well now.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28438913

― StanM, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 22:43 (eleven years ago)

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