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MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
I am delighted to say that the latest recruit to this website is no less than television superstar Michael Barrymore!!
From Wikipedia....
Michael Kieron Parker (born 4 May 1952), better known by his stage name Michael Barrymore, is a British comedian who appeared as a presenter of game shows and light entertainment programmes on British television in the 1980s and 1990s. These included Strike It Lucky, My Kind of People, My Kind of Music and Kids Say the Funniest Things. He headlined the 1993 Royal Variety Performance and was voted the UK's favourite TV star several times, becoming one of the highest-paid stars on TV.
His career went downhill following the death of Stuart Lubbock in Barrymore's swimming pool on 31 March 2001. Since then Barrymore has appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and other shows including The Friday Night Project, The Bigger Picture with Graham Norton, This Morning, The Sharon Osbourne Show, Celebrity Coach Trip and The Saturday Night Show. On 7th December 2011 Michael Barrymore was found guilty of cocaine possession.
Barrymore was born Michael Kieron Parker in Bermondsey in 1952. He lived on the Dickens estate, Bermondsey, for the first 18 years of his life. His parents, George and Margaret, had moved there in 1950 with Barrymore's brother John (born c. 1944) and sister Ann (born c. 1946). His father, a violent heavy drinker, left when Barrymore was 11; they never saw each other again.
Barrymore spent his early career working as a Redcoat at Butlins holiday camps, and then in the West End theatre shows of London, where he met dancer and life long friend Cheryl St Claire in 1974. They married in 1976, With Cheryl as manager and the mastermind behind Barrymore's meteoric rise, he first won a 1979 edition of New Faces, and then became a regular panelist on Blankety Blank and the warm-up man for Larry Grayson on the Generation Game.
From there Barrymore rose to fame presenting his own show, The Michael Barrymore Show, and also appeared in a number of Royal Variety Performance shows. He became the host of ITV entertainment shows Strike It Lucky (which later became Strike It Rich) from 1986, then it was his own light entertainment show entitled Barrymore followed by a talent show My Kind of People and gameshow My Kind of Music together with Kids Say the Funniest Things and Animals Do the Funniest Things. Barrymore was voted the UK's favourite TV star several times, and became one of the highest-paid stars on TV.
At the height of his popularity, Barrymore suffered increasing alcohol problems. Barrymore claims he wanted to seek help, but that Cheryl continually told him: "No, you're not (alcoholic). Don't be stupid."
In mid-1995, at the height of his fame, Barrymore went to the The White Swan gay pub in London's East End, where he gave an impromptu stage performance to the largely local crowd singing the words: "Start spreading the news - I'm extra gay today". Within 48 hours, every tabloid newspaper had printed its own version of the evening's events, including an untrue claim that the star had thrown away his wedding ring.
After appearing as the headline act on the 1993 Royal Variety Performance, where he sang a version of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" with the Queen's Guard gun drill, in November 1995, Barrymore attended the National Television Awards, where, clearly drunk, he made a rambling, incoherent speech. At an after-show party on a live late night radio show, he publicly declared he was gay and "no longer wanted to live a lie", following which he split with Cheryl. She later claimed that Barrymore took the step and did not tell her because of his talks with Diana, Princess of Wales. Barrymore, as of 2010, has said that he is no longer gay after setting up a relationship with a woman. However, he has acknowledged that he may be bisexual.
After several aborted reunions, Cheryl and Michael divorced in 1997 and Cheryl went on to publish the autobiography Catch a Falling Star which contained details of their acrimonious split. The couple subsequently had no contact, and Cheryl at her request ceased to be Barrymore's agent or manager.
Barrymore later suggested in his 2006 autobiography Awight Now: Setting the Record Straight that Cheryl was a control freak who controlled his every movement including his clothes, and she had created the character that was "Michael Barrymore", which consequently drove him to alcohol, drugs and gay affairs.
In an interview in 2002, Barrymore admitted that he is an alcoholic.
On 1 April 2005, Cheryl died of lung cancer at the age of 55 at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital in St John's Wood. Shortly before her death she asked that details of her condition be kept secret from her former husband, and left instructions that he should not be invited to attend her funeral.
WITH CHERYL
Following the revelations of Stuart Lubbock's death at Barrymore's home in 2001, ITV terminated his contract and his UK TV career subsequently collapsed. A new series of Kids Say the Funniest Things recorded prior to the scandal was pulled from the ITV schedule and never broadcast. The Guardian reported that the BBC cancelled publication of Barrymore's life story.
In September 2003, Barrymore staged a one-man show at London's Wyndham's Theatre, which closed after a few days. He subsequently emigrated to New Zealand to live with his partner, Shaun Davis. He has since had live stage shows in New Zealand and Australia. In 2005, he appeared in the stage musical, Chicago, in Napier, New Zealand.
In December 2005, it was announced that Barrymore was being paid £150,000 by Channel 4 to take part in the British version of Celebrity Big Brother commencing 5 January 2006.
His time in the house will particularly be remembered for his visibly strong dislike of model Jodie Marsh, and his difficult relationship with housemate George Galloway, which culminated in a 20 minute slanging match between the two men. On 27 January 2006 he finished runner-up to Chantelle Houghton.
ON CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER
Remaining in the UK, Barrymore was booked to be the guest host on Channel 4's The Friday Night Project for the edition broadcast on 3 February 2006.
It was announced that for Christmas 2006, Barrymore would play the title role in Bill Kenwright's new production of Scrooge – The Musical" Barrymore performed the lead role at the Empire Theatre, Sunderland, but the production's scheduled transfer to the West End was cancelled.
In January 2008, Barrymore took the role of comedian and writer Spike Milligan in the stage play 'Surviving Spike'.
In February 2010 he appeared on Irish television on The Saturday Night Show, where he unexpectedly performed numerous bizarre and controversial antics, including pretending to be Jedward's father.
In May 2010, Barrymore startled his co-contestants on a reality TV show by revealing that he had fallen in love with a woman. Barrymore was filming an episode of Channel 4 show Come Dine With Me with former Generation Game host Anthea Redfern and presenters Pat Sharp and Jenny Powell when he said he was going to have a party to celebrate that he was "coming back in".
In March 2011, it was announced that Barrymore would be returning to the stage for a season at Blackpool's North Pier Theatre, for the summer of that year.
Barrymore is a contestant in a forthcoming series of Channel 4 reality television show Celebrity Coach Trip.
In November 2011 he was arrested for cocaine possession.
From Wikipedia....
Michael Kieron Parker (born 4 May 1952), better known by his stage name Michael Barrymore, is a British comedian who appeared as a presenter of game shows and light entertainment programmes on British television in the 1980s and 1990s. These included Strike It Lucky, My Kind of People, My Kind of Music and Kids Say the Funniest Things. He headlined the 1993 Royal Variety Performance and was voted the UK's favourite TV star several times, becoming one of the highest-paid stars on TV.
His career went downhill following the death of Stuart Lubbock in Barrymore's swimming pool on 31 March 2001. Since then Barrymore has appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and other shows including The Friday Night Project, The Bigger Picture with Graham Norton, This Morning, The Sharon Osbourne Show, Celebrity Coach Trip and The Saturday Night Show. On 7th December 2011 Michael Barrymore was found guilty of cocaine possession.
Barrymore was born Michael Kieron Parker in Bermondsey in 1952. He lived on the Dickens estate, Bermondsey, for the first 18 years of his life. His parents, George and Margaret, had moved there in 1950 with Barrymore's brother John (born c. 1944) and sister Ann (born c. 1946). His father, a violent heavy drinker, left when Barrymore was 11; they never saw each other again.
Barrymore spent his early career working as a Redcoat at Butlins holiday camps, and then in the West End theatre shows of London, where he met dancer and life long friend Cheryl St Claire in 1974. They married in 1976, With Cheryl as manager and the mastermind behind Barrymore's meteoric rise, he first won a 1979 edition of New Faces, and then became a regular panelist on Blankety Blank and the warm-up man for Larry Grayson on the Generation Game.
From there Barrymore rose to fame presenting his own show, The Michael Barrymore Show, and also appeared in a number of Royal Variety Performance shows. He became the host of ITV entertainment shows Strike It Lucky (which later became Strike It Rich) from 1986, then it was his own light entertainment show entitled Barrymore followed by a talent show My Kind of People and gameshow My Kind of Music together with Kids Say the Funniest Things and Animals Do the Funniest Things. Barrymore was voted the UK's favourite TV star several times, and became one of the highest-paid stars on TV.
At the height of his popularity, Barrymore suffered increasing alcohol problems. Barrymore claims he wanted to seek help, but that Cheryl continually told him: "No, you're not (alcoholic). Don't be stupid."
In mid-1995, at the height of his fame, Barrymore went to the The White Swan gay pub in London's East End, where he gave an impromptu stage performance to the largely local crowd singing the words: "Start spreading the news - I'm extra gay today". Within 48 hours, every tabloid newspaper had printed its own version of the evening's events, including an untrue claim that the star had thrown away his wedding ring.
After appearing as the headline act on the 1993 Royal Variety Performance, where he sang a version of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" with the Queen's Guard gun drill, in November 1995, Barrymore attended the National Television Awards, where, clearly drunk, he made a rambling, incoherent speech. At an after-show party on a live late night radio show, he publicly declared he was gay and "no longer wanted to live a lie", following which he split with Cheryl. She later claimed that Barrymore took the step and did not tell her because of his talks with Diana, Princess of Wales. Barrymore, as of 2010, has said that he is no longer gay after setting up a relationship with a woman. However, he has acknowledged that he may be bisexual.
After several aborted reunions, Cheryl and Michael divorced in 1997 and Cheryl went on to publish the autobiography Catch a Falling Star which contained details of their acrimonious split. The couple subsequently had no contact, and Cheryl at her request ceased to be Barrymore's agent or manager.
Barrymore later suggested in his 2006 autobiography Awight Now: Setting the Record Straight that Cheryl was a control freak who controlled his every movement including his clothes, and she had created the character that was "Michael Barrymore", which consequently drove him to alcohol, drugs and gay affairs.
In an interview in 2002, Barrymore admitted that he is an alcoholic.
On 1 April 2005, Cheryl died of lung cancer at the age of 55 at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital in St John's Wood. Shortly before her death she asked that details of her condition be kept secret from her former husband, and left instructions that he should not be invited to attend her funeral.
WITH CHERYL
Following the revelations of Stuart Lubbock's death at Barrymore's home in 2001, ITV terminated his contract and his UK TV career subsequently collapsed. A new series of Kids Say the Funniest Things recorded prior to the scandal was pulled from the ITV schedule and never broadcast. The Guardian reported that the BBC cancelled publication of Barrymore's life story.
In September 2003, Barrymore staged a one-man show at London's Wyndham's Theatre, which closed after a few days. He subsequently emigrated to New Zealand to live with his partner, Shaun Davis. He has since had live stage shows in New Zealand and Australia. In 2005, he appeared in the stage musical, Chicago, in Napier, New Zealand.
In December 2005, it was announced that Barrymore was being paid £150,000 by Channel 4 to take part in the British version of Celebrity Big Brother commencing 5 January 2006.
His time in the house will particularly be remembered for his visibly strong dislike of model Jodie Marsh, and his difficult relationship with housemate George Galloway, which culminated in a 20 minute slanging match between the two men. On 27 January 2006 he finished runner-up to Chantelle Houghton.
ON CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER
Remaining in the UK, Barrymore was booked to be the guest host on Channel 4's The Friday Night Project for the edition broadcast on 3 February 2006.
It was announced that for Christmas 2006, Barrymore would play the title role in Bill Kenwright's new production of Scrooge – The Musical" Barrymore performed the lead role at the Empire Theatre, Sunderland, but the production's scheduled transfer to the West End was cancelled.
In January 2008, Barrymore took the role of comedian and writer Spike Milligan in the stage play 'Surviving Spike'.
In February 2010 he appeared on Irish television on The Saturday Night Show, where he unexpectedly performed numerous bizarre and controversial antics, including pretending to be Jedward's father.
In May 2010, Barrymore startled his co-contestants on a reality TV show by revealing that he had fallen in love with a woman. Barrymore was filming an episode of Channel 4 show Come Dine With Me with former Generation Game host Anthea Redfern and presenters Pat Sharp and Jenny Powell when he said he was going to have a party to celebrate that he was "coming back in".
In March 2011, it was announced that Barrymore would be returning to the stage for a season at Blackpool's North Pier Theatre, for the summer of that year.
Barrymore is a contestant in a forthcoming series of Channel 4 reality television show Celebrity Coach Trip.
In November 2011 he was arrested for cocaine possession.
Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
Hi, awight?
MrBarrymore- SPECIAL GUEST
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
My missus reckons you are the greatest comedian ever and says she has never had a good laugh watching TV since you were on there regularly. Is there any chance you may be back on our screens soon?
Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
Hi, you are a genius and it is such a terrible shame that your career went downhill. You were in so many great programmes, which are you proudest of? Which did you most enjoy?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
Hi there! I am sure I remember seeing you years ago when you were a Butlins redcoat....were those days good fun? Do you have any memories from those days that you can tell us about?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
I think your surname was originally Parker. Was there any reason for hitting on the name Barrymore or did you just like the sound of it?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
Hi and thanks for doing this. If you were to be offered a new TV series of your choice what would you like it to be? And is there anyone you would particularly like to work with?..... Oh, and good luck for the future!!
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
When you were at the top of the tree, your inter-action with members of the public in your shows was spot on and so funny.................but I somehow got the impression that it did not come naturally to you. Did you have to 'psych' yourself up to perform or was it easy??
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
Hi! Are you a football fan? Which team do you support?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
I read that you 'came back in' last year when you fell in love with a woman. Is that relationship continuing? Is there anything about that side of your life that you feel able to talk to us about?
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Hi Michael.....Are you superstitious? Is there anything you do or anything you wear for good luck?
SaintsChick- A VOICE TO BE LISTENED TO
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
Can you tell us about a time or two that things have not gone quite right in front of the cameras? Some embarrassing moments??
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
Hey there Michael, What would you like to be doing with your life in 5 years time?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
If you had not become a famous entertainer what job would you have liked to do?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
Is there anything you are working on at present? Are you in panto this year, or have you done panto recently?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
You were great on Big Brother. Are there any stories you can tell about the series?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
I believe you must be well over 6ft tall, is that right? Is your height a family thing or are you a one-off?
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Do you have any tattoos? What are they and where?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
A lot of people must recognise you, can you tell us an amusing story or two about encounters with members of the public?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
Have you performed in Southampton? What memories do you have of working here?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
When you were a boy which comedians did you most admire? Who did you want to be like?
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Re: MICHAEL BARRYMORE.........AW-WIGHT?
If we were to ask someone close to you to tell us your most annoying or disgusting habits, what do you think they would say? (We will know if you are not telling the truth!! )
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Hope to get these completed soon, maybe when I am away next week, awight?
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