Wiggins on Sky News
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Tiberius Baltar
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I liked him after he finished the TT and was pushing the camera man out of his face. The bloke seems like he just wants to be left alone with his family and gets a bit miffed with all the talk and hype that this country seems to generate so much.
I agree with his attitude because as soon as he has one bad race or a slightly under par performance you can be damn sure that the headlines will be about him "losing his touch" or "is this the end of Wiggins"
I hope he makes a shed load of cash for his family and gets out before the system turns him into a puppet for the media to berate.
I agree with his attitude because as soon as he has one bad race or a slightly under par performance you can be damn sure that the headlines will be about him "losing his touch" or "is this the end of Wiggins"
I hope he makes a shed load of cash for his family and gets out before the system turns him into a puppet for the media to berate.
It was somerfield he was getting the pint of milk from on bbc last night
hmm maybe he's already been approached by tesco !
Risex4
Dropped by the autobus
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- The Green/Gray Hills Of Debunshire
What summed it up for me was after he'd won, he was straight on the bike and apart from a cursory passing salute to the crowd all he was looking for was his family. Road back out to the finish straight, and you could see there was only one thing on his mind.
Even when he stopped and was swamped by autograph hunters and people wanting to blow smoke up his **** (< Yes, 4 stars
), after such a monumental moment in his life (where he could have justifiably lapped it all up, played to the circus and milked the moment for all its worth - how often in life is anyone likely to have x-thousand people there cheering for you as you walk by?) all he wanted was those closest to him. 
Chuffy
Veteran
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- On the banks of the Exe
Marginal gains....
Smokin Joe
Squire
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Great interview, like all true champions he knows where the ground is.
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- London
Great clip - thanks - I didn't know youtube allowed such language 
400bhp
Guru
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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If you make a point of saying that the cult of the celebrity is crap and of contrasting celebrities to soldiers risking their lives for their country in Afghanistan, then take the piss out of a teammate for doing the celebrity thing by appearing in shampoo ads, then yes, I think it would be a bit hypocritical for Wiggo to appear in an ad for sideburn shavers next week! If he did it for a joke and donated his fees to charity then I'd think it was very funny and I wouldn't have a problem with it.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
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Thanks for posting the link. I think he must have had some alcobooze sloshing about in him, particularly after the H*lmet comment.
400bhp
Guru
Sorry Colin but I'm not sure I fully understand your point. In your eyes, given what he said about celebrity culture and a joke about Cav, he is not allowed to advertise products as that would make him a hyprocrite? Additionally, is it your place to judge such an individual on perhaps a marginal matter?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Of course he is 'allowed to' advertise products and Cavendish and Pendleton are two examples of riders who have already done it. I think it is pretty laughable that people would go out and buy a product based on a famous sportsperson being paid to say they use it but good luck to them - their careers won't last forever.
If Wiggins did the same thing then the problem I would have is that he has indicated that he doesn't like that kind of thing and said that he wants to stay ordinary and have nothing to do with celebrity. Advertisers do not pay people like you or me to advertise Shampoo or bread.
By definition, saying that you disapprove of something and then going off and doing it yourself is hypocritical. For example - senior male Tories lecturing us on 'family values' while happily romping with their mistresses.
Is it 'my place' to question such matters? Blimey, this is the UK in 2012 not the USSR in 1952! I will question anything I want to question!
Is it 'your place' to question 'my place'? Answer - yes, why not?
400bhp
Guru
Firstly, questioning and being judgemental should be diametrically opposed.
Boris Bajic in the other thread sums up what I see as Wiggins point on celebrity culture. The undeserved celebrity, or the person who is to be (or being) applauded by achieving little to nothing is what I believe Wiggins is referring to.
Perhaps you believe he is talking about being a celebrity as an absolute rather than a relative noun? And I'm not sure he has indicated that advertising or endorsing a product is against his ethos, other than us reading between the lines of a rather short media interview shortly after achieving the gold and being on an emotional (and perhaps alcoholic) high.
Boris Bajic in the other thread sums up what I see as Wiggins point on celebrity culture. The undeserved celebrity, or the person who is to be (or being) applauded by achieving little to nothing is what I believe Wiggins is referring to.
Perhaps you believe he is talking about being a celebrity as an absolute rather than a relative noun? And I'm not sure he has indicated that advertising or endorsing a product is against his ethos, other than us reading between the lines of a rather short media interview shortly after achieving the gold and being on an emotional (and perhaps alcoholic) high.
Smokin Joe
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
The undeserved celebrity status belongs to the likes of Jade Goody and her ilk, famous for nothing more than being tabloid tarts.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It is true that he has talked about people becoming 'manufactured' celebrities, on Big Brother for example but he has also indicated that he isn't really into celebrity even though he definitely has earned his. He has got better at talking to the media, but it always seems to me that he doesn't enjoy it and would rather be doing something else.
That's all from me on this one...
That's all from me on this one...
