Can I get away with that headline yet?
I think so. Because it seems that the Irish Independent is treating the death of Katy French in much the same way that the Daily Mail in England treated (and still treats) the death of Princess Diana. And I remember everyone in Ireland making Diana jokes after about 2 days and walking around going “I don’t give a fuck! Why is this still on the telly!” Remember the jokes? Whats the last thing that went through Diana’s mind? The Boot! What was she wearing? A bonnet! Hahahahahaha!
Oh how we laughed. And that JFK Jr fella. Remember all the jokes that sprung forth when he crashed his plane a few years ago? They were out straight away, big lists of them flying around on emails so we could all have a jolly good laugh.
But it seems the shoe is on the other foot now. You see, Katy French was one of our own. And you can’t make jokes, or criticise the dead, despite being allowed to when they were alive. Until last week, I had heard of Katy French, but I couldn’t pick her out of a line up. I genuinely had no idea what she looked like, and nor did I want to. I knew what she was about, and she didn’t interest me. This week however, she’s been forced into my life as she shuffles out of her own, by the Metro, the Sun, the Star and, of course, the Irish Independent.
The Indo is a fucking rag. Look, everyone thinks so. Bock, Twenty, Fatmammycat, Mulley, CupidStunt. Everyone.
The Indo’s fawning article says that “critics have been silenced as stars flock to Katy’s bebo tribute page”. The Indo fails to grasp that any ‘critics’ haven’t been silenced at all. Their comments on the Bebo page have merely been ignored by the moderators. I’ve seen plenty of ‘criticism’ of Ms French on the internet over the last couple of days, but as far as the Indo are concerned, we should all be wearing black this weekend, and wearing our knickers at half mast for the death of the newly crowned princess of our hearts.
I feel bad for the girl’s family and 24 is no age to die, but as they say, ‘if you get into bed with the devil, you’re going to get fucked’.
I have also learnt this week that ‘celebrities’ (like Katy, Ray Shah and Michael Healy-Rae) don’t go on 4 day drug crazed binge drinking sessions like the rest of us. They ‘party into the night with friends’.
I’m off to do something constructive with my day.
Update: since posting this yesterday morning, 47 visitors have been directed to this site because they were searching for Katy French jokes on Google.
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11 pages in the indo?! too much.
People should remember that she is someone’s daughter, sister and friend and leave her alone and let her family mourn her. Go after the low lives who deal in this stuff.
Im Glad the police are on the ball regarding the supplier… I mean in th first place the dealer was supposed to be dealing… should do it properly so…
“However, if tests confirm that banned substances were a factor in her death, gardai involved in the investigation said they will make “stringent” efforts to bring charges against the dealer who supplied illegal drugs. ”
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article3234055.ece
The Tribune of all papers had an article today calling her “role model for a generation”.
Personally I wouldn’t want my daughter to end up like her (either before or after her death).
Agree with you about the Indo. By the way - thats Glenda Gilson, not Katy in the photo
That’s not Katy French in that picture… that’s Glenda Gilson…
Ah, the people who say she was someone’s daughter, leave her in peace etc are way off. You can’t court the media like it’s going out of style, expound fabricated opinions in national press, blatantly contradict yourself behind closed doors and expect to be mourned with dignity and respect akin to that reserved for Mother Teresa.
(You’re bang on with the Sindo/Mail comparision btw)
I’m most annoyed that as usual, a death is required before people cop on to the dangers rife in Irish society. Gay Byrne will be stabbed by a ten year-old before antisocial children are taken seriously. St Stephen’s Day will be renamed Boxing Day before something’s done about the obsession with aping the British our ancestors fought long and hard to oust. Johnny Logan will slip on a pile of dog shite on O’Connell bridge and might’ve survived if a discarded Big Mac wrapper wasn’t on hand to accelerate a plunge to his watery death in the Liffey before knackery Irish littering is tackled.
Z-list model dies of cocaine OD? Who’d'a thunk it?!
big balls……..for the headline that is…..
Ah the joy of living abroad, I have no idea who she is.
‘I’ve been thinking about you’ by Londonbeat is a very underrated song
I had no idea who she was either till she was in hospital.
Just heard that the Taoiseach sent his Aide de Compte to her funeral. Did this guy also go to the funerals in Waterford?? I think not.
Proportion, balance - totally out the window.
Sorry, this thought has crossed my mind. And my process of dealing with the Death of KF is to just say it.. I dont mean to offend anyone and I appologise in advance.
But, What are the odds of a few lines being passed around at the wake?
Topic of conversation… “more people for her funeral than her birthday?”
Thats terrible, my heart goes out to her family and friends.. and the loss theyve suffered. Victims of the Celtic Tiger.
OMG,
I cant believe someone actually said this…
“Only 24 years old and dead. That has to be one of the most poignant aspects of this. I guess she makes a beautiful corpse, something not many of us will achieve.
Gorgeous, the world at her feet and she chooses suicide by drug infusion.
Massive moral panic? No, just sadness that a lovely young woman with everything to live for is now cold and dead.”
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=707066
Folks. I KNOW that’s Glenda Gilsen in the picture.
That was the joke.
I’m also dubious of the fact that she’s meant to have been 24, but I suppose that’s a moot point now.
why didkaty french fail her driving test?
she kept going over the white lines……..
although nobody nose that for sure!!
what do worms eat?
katy french
tut tut tut
What did the former irish supermodel katy french tell her agent?
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I’m not getting out of bed for less than 10 grams a day!
oh Anto, thats gold….white gold even
It’s the post that keeps on giving…
whats the difference between a mobile phone and katy french?#
a mobile doesn’t die when it gets a bad line!
Lets see how long this thread will stay alive for…(insert Katy French punchline here)