Reasons you will hate me

Shut up, nan!

Both my grandmas are dead, so I don't have much trouble when it comes to their speaking to the press. But what's with the ageing relations of celebrities spilling their guts any time some journalist picks up the phone? Are paparazzi preying on lonely ol' ladies and bribing them with offers of gin rummy tournaments and foot massage? If you had done the dirty on your partner, would you want someone to ask your grandparent's opinion about it?


Brad Pitt's grandma Betty Russell had plenty to say about his split with Jennifer Aniston, telling random passers-by:

'It was like a bolt from the blue when he called to say they were separating. Brad never gave any hint that something might be up. They have too much love to throw it all away. They just need to spend a little time apart before they realise how much they miss each other.'


Were things tense around the Pitt family Christmas table after that? How about at Lindsay Lohan's joint after her gramma tried to sell childhood pictures of her to rake in some cash?


By far though, my favourite big-mouth septuagenarian is Justified's matriarch Sadie Bomar.

Aside from constantly bagging out Cameron Diaz and publicly jonesing for a Spears wedding , she was involved with this gem:

'Justin Timberlake's grandmother says Britney Spears was wrong to suggest he's got a tiny penis.
Sadie Bomar says Spears wasn't being truthful when she hinted on TV last week Timberlake isn't well endowed.
His 70-year-old grandmother said: "I helped raise him - and I can assure you there is nothing wrong with him physically."


Can you not just see the hurt look on her face when he gently takes her by the throat and throttles her to death?



I guess he can at least be happy he's not the grandson of Kath Pettingill.


917 days til the next election.

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