Preston Walks | Never Mind The Buzzcocks | Hosted By Simon Amstell

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[@peterclarke7240]

I still think Simon's off the cuff "I can't believe that upset him. I've read the whole thing, and it upset me..." is a superb joke.

[@johngilmore697]

Not necessarily off the cuff

[@peterclarke7240]

@@johngilmore697 You think Preston storming off in a huff was staged, do you?

[@johngilmore697]

@@peterclarke7240 No, but that line could have been in Amstell's head, It could have worked without him walking off

[@pionelpessi1022]

The photo shoot was for the Daily Mail which made me feel really posh and upmarket

[@robkayes7356]

That’s out of order

[@patriciaabidi4481]

Jay Cartwright 🤣🤣🤣

[@FLIPMODE630]

Daily mail the most read paper in the U.K. That's full of shit

[@thecinematicmind]

Bait sock and it gives cancer

[@Zlikken]

@@FLIPMODE630 the sun is the mos read paper in the uk, but they are both full of shit

[@OneAndOnlyLC]

“Oh no, we can’t lose Preston...!!!”

[@Dim4323]

Bill baley: is their anyone who looks like him (Run to the audiance)

[@MisatoKatsuragiHD]

“I only read his girlfriend’s book!” “That’s his wifes!” “I only read his wife’s book!”

[@IDontKnowCorp]

Replacement Preston took the anonymous audience member to panelist transition surprisingly well

[@TheBattProductions]

That's out of order!

[@thursoberwick1948]

Staged.

[@timothydraper3687]

@@thursoberwick1948 lol

[@jazzhands7771]

​@@thursoberwick1948proof?

[@devilrobbie25]

Preston s face every time he thinks he's off camera is the most awkward thing I've ever seen

[@seane6599]

It's like every time he smiles, he forces himself to put on this smolder-y look

[@DendyJungle]

👁️👁️

[@quitpayload]

"You're smiling when we make fun of you, you're already being a bad Preston."

[@JL-tk7ng]

He tried to blue steel his way out of the insults

[@Sirinwara]

Blue steel is hard to pull of if one looks like an unemployed circus clown

[@ElDantae]

Lmao yeaah

[@Atombender]

"What is your name?" "Ed." "Hello Preston!"

[@jamesedrof3097]

I watched this live in 2007. Realising that this happened about 14 years ago is terrifying.

[@JoniMarie85]

I can remember watching this with my parents. I was 10-11. Was sooo funny. Never heard my dad snort laugh b4 then

[@rileymckenzie6276]

16 years now

[@jamesedrof3097]

@@rileymckenzie6276 Time flies...

[@adlofheltirchiefadvisortot40]

bill deserved an award for how he reacted, made the show brilliant

[@adlofheltirchiefadvisortot40]

and the guest lol

[@stealthartex7162]

I love Bill so much ❤

[@andrea22213]

@@stealthartex7162 Is he the old one who thinks he can compensate for being bald by allowing his old, grey hair to look ridiculously foolish? I bet his kids beg him not to pick them up from school. What a twat!

[@AD-kv9kj]

@@adlofheltirchiefadvisortot40 That's out of order.

[@thursoberwick1948]

All staged.

[@darkeco]

Seeing this when it aired was like finding a unicorn.

[@Daniel-ri2dy]

I saw this on tv sometime after it aired and my mind was blown i thought it was just all a joke

[@orangewarm1]

Get out more.

[@ComradeDrake]

@@orangewarm1 don’t think many people can do that nowadays, Lee

[@jackcoleman492]

@@ComradeDrake June 21st and we’ll be free

[@Finn-lv5vd]

@@jackcoleman492 Keep dreaming

[@DR.MF.DOOMSDAY]

This is one of the most golden moments on TV but my god the awkwardness of it is unreal

[@illegaleagle3546]

Simon was bloody brilliant as the host 🤣

[@English_lifestyles]

Preston called Amstel a 'snotty posh boy' after this. Worth noting that Preston is descended from Earl Grey, the former British Prime Minister, was privately educated and his grandfather was a noted professor at Princeton.....

[@anneominous7172]

Yeah but 'e tawks loi' a geeza so 'e must be a rough'n, init!

[@CrashSable]

How nonchalantly everyone reacted at the time made me think Preston had already been mouthing off about walking out backstage

[@maxwarren2852]

I still wonder sometimes where New Preston is now, and how he's doing.

[@toffeemoyes]

Max Warren fuck all pal. He’s brown bread.

[@rigslut]

drilling lemonade wells

[@Keyecomposer]

He fixes machines now, specifically the ones that are out of order.

[@ginger5422]

KeyeGamer Haha, I can tell he ain’t that good because he’s still out of order.

[@coldworld5]

He’s a song writer and does really well

[@DDougz]

Bill Bailey hands down saved the show 🙌

[@davidjones6470]

Yes he did

[@_stayoung_]

We couldn't have done it without Preston, the real hero

[@Brandknob]

Simon Amstell looks exactly like Jesse Eisenberg.

[@nohmaanmustafa4413]

I think that's why I can never REALLY like him

[@ReservoirPunk]

Not at all

[@lurkzie]

Hes the slightly less Jewish version

[@dillzer12]

Yes just more talented

[@RunOfTheHind]

Racist!

[@michaelmorrisson7730]

he was riddled with anxiety by the look of his face prior, so leads me to believe he was looking for a way out as the flight overtook the fight.

[@DannyB497]

I thought the same. Looked like he was going through something.

[@highestsettings]

Yeah that's it, definitely not so far up his own arse he comes back out his mouth.

[@JamesLaverty08]

Oh no, we can't lose Preston

[@ShaiVang]

Preston is so awkward... its like he's never been in front of an audience before.

[@MrLachyG]

Green Whovian yeah Amstell really gave stick to his guests to the point where some didn't want to come on. Lamarr did as well but he was a lot wittier about it so he got away with it. They made a huge mistake putting Amstell in

[@joskimengstrom2853]

@@MrLachyG waaat, Simon is the best!

[@swophie5144]

have you heard his music? this probably was his first time in front of an audience

[@outsiders4951]

He's always trying to appear super cool and like he's so 'hard' that he's not the kind of person you want to offend, not realizing that the more he attempts to pull off that act the more pathetic and awkward he comes across as. I don't know what he's trying to prove, but he needs to get a grip and realize that if he could just learn to laugh at himself and just clap along with the jokes that he would appear way more 'cool' like he wants to be perceived and that Amstell would probably get bored and leave him alone realizing that he's not affected emotionally by the banter. Amstell just devours people like this who's ego is super inflated, knowing he can easily trigger them with relative ease by just making jokes designed to deflate the terribly fragile sense of warped self pride someone like Preston has. It makes excellent comedy/entertainment lol.

[@Zlikken]

@@MrLachyG eh? simon was brilliant, lamar was good but simon was better imo

[@dominusetdeus060644]

I sometimes wonder if new Preston is doing ok drilling his wells

[@antster1983]

Only the ones that are out of order.

[@chicomendez4680]

It would be a boring job though, but someone has to do it

[@santino4561]

lol simon's shit-eating smirk makes this 10x funnier

[@mikeyaaaay]

‘What’s your name?’ ‘Ed’ ‘Hello Preston’ 🤣🤣

[@crigdoglis5023]

This clip always brightens my day

[@11Garrett11]

#metoo

[@Dim4323]

I like how bill baley was on panic and had to get someone from the audience

[@ciaranwalsh96]

I love how 'Preston' just laughs at how ridiculous the whole situation is when Madge Bishop starts flirting with him (4:15)!

[@meatypatte7125]

Low-key I would have gone for it lmao

[@DrMcMoist]

Pound a legend of Ramsey Street? You bet your sweet biddy I would!

[@keir92]

Can you imagine if Simon was in the house with Pete Burns and George just making Preston cry.

[@baileyrob]

Oh no! We can't lose the massively charismatic and infinitely funny Preston! Even the audience member was more interesting than that personality abyss.

[@Donkey_Glossolalia]

😆

[@paulanthony5274]

I know, he's getting all upset about him taking the mick out of her and her book, but didn't Preston pull all types of faces in their wedding photos like it was all one big joke, on her wedding day!

[@baileyrob]

@@paulanthony5274 and therein may lie the shame he's desperately trying to hide. His fight or flight responses caused him to flee

[@LouiseTaylor-ub5zq]

‘Oh come on Preston we’re having a laugh’! - ‘I ain’t’😂

[@kevintwine2315]

'Oh no we can't lose Preston' 😂

[@Fmfcg]

I can't stop watching this, I don't know why but it's priceless

[@timberlande774]

Ed Byrne: “water wells or oil wells?” Ed Preston: “...neither..”

[@PlasticGirl65]

Is it a lemonade well? 🤣

[@poorcolossus]

"The photoshoot was for the Daily Mail, which made me feel really posh and upmarket." I'd walk off too if it was my wife, but only to get the divorce going. Fucking hell.

[@richardcrew417]

Lol, what an asinine quote, did she write the first draft in crayon?

[@carlt9265]

Did Gandalf just grass me up lmao

[@qdis662]

The funny thing about this is that this was the last time I ever heard or saw of Preston 😅

[@xuxuang8574]

Some say he's still walking.

[@umbertlambert2113]

Am I the only person who thinks the replacement preston was HANDSOME?

[@mjg239]

"It's all entertainment." But we forget these people are human. I am a fan of The Ordinary Boys and their music. I used to follow Preston online and MySpace around 2007-2009. I read his blogs and online diary entries after his divorce to his wife, and his humiliation on this show, and he revealed that he spiraled into a deep mental depression and left the UK for many years. And was in a creative/artistic/existential rut. Thankfully, he later returned to the UK, and wrote hits for Olly Murs and was a songwriter and musician behind the scenes. And still works in the music industry. He has a newborn child now, and is still active social media

[@MEME-gl4cu]

I also had a different feeling to others when watching this. It would be different if Simon was reading Preston's book- you go onto a show like that and expect to have the piss ripped out of you, but this was aimed at his wife. Many people can take jokes aimed at them but find it hard to take jokes at people they love. I felt incredibly sorry for him in this clip.

[@areteees]

@@MEME-gl4cu Yeah same, if it was aimed at him then Preston should've rolled with it and laughed it off but Amstell going after his wife is pretty out of order to be honest

[@highestsettings]

You see this mentality right here? That's why the Never Mind The Buzzcocks reboot is terrible. Its called having thick skin.

[@mjg239]

"This Mentality?" Mental health is REAL. Amy Winehouse ALSO was in the public eye and battled mistreatment by the paparazzi and tabloid press and it only served to further fuel her drug and drink issues which ultimately led to her passing. You can't pick and bully someone and expect them to just "tough it out" in the so-called name of comedy when it's outright abuse and lines are crossed. Sure, people can be in on the joke but if THEY are made the joke then it doesn't matter how "thick" ones skin is, it's still traumatic.

[@baders087]

and then he walked off back into obscurity...

[@scamblerr1133]

This is still great to watch hahahaha

[@andybannerman6678]

Anyone else notice the replacement Preston having a microphone magically appear on his collar at 4:13?

[@cdchantler]

Could it be that someone ran up, put it on, then it was edited it out ?🤡

[@andybannerman3897]

​@cdchantler Obviously. I know how telly works mate 😂

[@xuxuang8574]

It's all scripted

[@elliotttalksf1825]

The guy out the audience is great.

[@scottwolff6946]

Preston keeps making that "Don't mess me I'm well hard" face but he looks like he's 12 years old.

[@cnote2458]

“I read the whole thing and it upset me” Absolutely Savage 😂

[@Assenayo]

The funny thing is this tempter tantrum is all this "Preston" person will ever be known for.

[@baileyrob]

And Celebrity Big Brother 2006

[@carlt9265]

Simon was brutal 😂

[@Gallo_1.6]

look at Preston see himself on the screen above the audience and put his smoulder on!!! 1:55 knobend.

[@DaveWraptastic]

Thanks Ed I really wanted to know what kinda wells he dug but you just had to get a joke in huh?

[@AcridCrowd]

Then a few episodes later, Preston was once again roasted by Professor Green and Frankie Boyle, good thing Frankie wasn't the host or we'd have been reading Preston's obituary shortly after

[@antster1983]

"That was funny and there's no question But I'm not leaving 'cos I'm not Preston!"

[@AcridCrowd]

@@antster1983 some say, to this day, you can still smell the burn in that studio

[@x8Ball]

Frankie would have destroyed him 😂😂

[@x8Ball]

British comedy is just the best in this world

[@SardonicALLY]

Bill found someone that is way cuter than Preston, like miles better looking.

[@PBL187]

Actually not as hard as you might think, just pick anyone who doesn't look like a bell end ;)

[@georgebritten8208]

Okay Gaylord

[@stinksmcgee]

@@georgebritten8208 that'll show him!

[@flowen_music]

George Britten - haven’t heard that term since year 6

[@tomtalk24]

Well done Bill! Took charge of a bs situation.

[@questforreality]

We need to find the woman that angrily shouted out 'that's his wife!' and have her explain herself to camera.

[@Sabrinajaine]

I love New Preston

[@Mike--Oxmall]

Simon Amstell was truly the best part of the show.

[@DC_ABC_123]

Man, I'm from the US and even I know you get roasted on Buzzcocks. I saw it coming from a mile away with Huey Morgan from Fun Lovin Criminals

[@conorsmith8551]

Can ED please comment on this video?? 🤣 What a brilliant tv moment

[@emptee6581]

If you're gonna go on national television, dressed as a glittery wimp, you're gonna get treated like a glittery wimp, on national television.

[@TheDreamer1980]

I remember seeing preston and his guitarist swaggering around the fez club in reading in shades at night , wasnt there to see them it was a week night and they were playing , i agree , very ordinary those ordinary boys

[@medalion1390]

Turns out we lost Preston in real life too… not that he’s dead or anything, but just completely forgotten.

[@SteveCowlishaw]

earlier in the show he acts like he's okay with it, but reading something like that he starts crying and takes his ball home?

[@philmuggeson1849]

Once he reacted badly to the first joke about the ordinary boys only having 2 fans he was a sitting target, im sure to this day preston wished he'd dealt with this differently

[@PBL187]

I saw a clip of him talking about that and he said he didn’t know why he reacted like that. Can’t remember what show it was from but it was on here

[@5wheels178]

Yeah! I sympathised with him on the taking the piss out of his wife, but when you see how he's acting from the beginning of the show...and then what must have been edited out as well.

[@merrymonarch]

​@@5wheels178 what was he supposed to do - laugh along while people humiliate his missus?

[@Despond]

@@merrymonarch Humiliate? He read from a book. self-humilation. The show is built around roasting and comedy, he knew this, it was just some stupid social programing of "OH NO YOU SAID ANYTHING ABOUT MY PARTNER NOW I MUST PRETEND THATS OUT OF ORDER!". lol he is an idiot.

[@merrymonarch]

@@garrettkelly5568 i don't think I've ever seen someone's family being humiliated like that. Completely different to doing that to the person in the room - that happens all the time and is to be expected by al parties.

[@PoorSalopianTommy]

Classic British tv

[@DebbieLeighDriver]

what happened to the 'New Preston' :-0

[@TheMitchellWhite]

This video is more famous than Preston is

[@cdchantler]

I can at any time in my life come and watch this and find it hilarious Just so confusing- why do none of the other guests walk off when they are made fun of ?

[@JayHig14]

Oh no.. We can't lose Preston...

[@harryturner8701]

And this will be the thing he was most famous for

[@Bornflyhuhu]

Imagine being that random Preston lookalike lol

[@Splotched]

Preston's face at 1:57 the hell is that.

[@juliemariesmith8378]

Did replacement Preston stay on Til the end?

[@MJQueenForever]

Geniuses Amstell and Bailey

[@honourmission3670]

Bill Bailey was the anchor in that show and he saved the day by picking the right audience member.

[@SNOBYMILLS]

'The photoshoot was for the Daily Mail, which made me feel really posh and up market'

[@killachief187]

Bring it back. Especially with Toby ha

[@Robert___98]

Ed: It's...Dirty Harry? Simon: Is... Preston: Correct! Am I allowed to say that? :) Simon: I suppose you just did!! Preston: :(

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

This crushed any cred Preston could have ever had... You don't go on this show if your not prepared for Harsh witty banter...

[@friederikemuller3890]

Hi. Is there any way to watch full episodes? I've searched everywhere!

[@HorusHeresy1982]

If you still want it, turn on your popup blocker. Streaming website. vidzi.tv/bdz5ecr7v1lp.html

[@anthonyfable204]

thanks mate

[@pauloneill9880]

What happened to Amstell? He was excellent

[@_IHateHandles_]

They got that mic on him bloody quick didn't they? XD (Yes I know they probably had a cut where they mic'ed him up)

[@WOBNIARY]

This is the time that Preston walked off? Oh well, boys will be boys.

[@heblucky]

This is soooo awkward hahahahahahahahahaa

[@DeepCut89]

It's not that he was reading excerpts. He was doing so in a mocking way.

[@Vic35102]

Yes I only watch the this episode to see Preston walking off

[@philwilson4167]

I'm just now realising this whole thing was possibly set up, as new Preston was already mic'd and ready. Still hilarious 😂

[@user-tm7zt1eq1n]

it wasn't a live show, they just edited out mic'ing him up

[@philwilson4167]

@N ahh, that makes sense.

[@drexlspivey5828]

It's edited for broadcast If you look at the top of his t-shirt at 4:05 he has no mic, then in the next shot he does, they're not going to broadcast 5 minutes of someone getting a mic put on and sound testing it

[@nealjroberts4050]

I've worked out a little why he walked. His marriage with whatsherface was on the rocks

[@ZarkowsWorld]

Preston have an IQ only slightly above his shoe-size. 'New Preston' was better.

[@stuarttailor7342]

Zarkow has*

[@virtualarmageddon6232]

@Gary Pendleton Anyone going on the show now they'll be taken the mick out of. It would be like Corbyn going on Have I got News For You and not expecting to get made fun of, its what they do. This wasn't the full episode and Preston huffed like a pathetic teenage girl from the start of the episode. Donny was less embarrassing on the show because at least he could take it on the chin instead of being a fanny about it.

[@Zlikken]

@Gary Pendleton it is his fault for going on the show an apparently didnt have a clue what it would be about, the entire premise of the show is to take the piss out of the guests

[@ThreadBomb]

@@Zlikken To his credit I will say that famous people appear on dozens of shows, most of which they haven't seen. You can't expect them to do deep research on each and every show that waves a cheque.

[@Zlikken]

@@ThreadBomb i thought a 'normal' person might have atleast seen one episode and i would expect someone in the music industry to know of the show, it has been going a long time and was pretty popular so considered he is or was in the industry he might have known someone that has been on the show..... maybe someone from blue :D

[@greedysoul6591]

As You Were ☘️

[@hayleystratus7713]

I watched this thinking I would like a man like him.

[@pizzapunk8816]

and he was never seen or heard of again.

[@Fattydeposit]

I saw him since, running around doing a quick shop in Sainsbury's near London Road, Brighton. He was tiny and somehow with a couple of even smaller girls.

[@ezrafarrant298]

What ep is this

[@danawankinthewoods.5642]

Definitely felt a bit like bullying. They left a lot of bits out. Kind of talking shit to Preston all night.

[@deanlillley]

To wear that cardigan on national television your already asking for trouble

[@mavisusername]

Wait, did I miss something? how did Ed from the audience get a mic on so fast?

[@1saramak]

These shows are edited, they're not shown live

[@drexlspivey5828]

The show itself is probably an hour long but edited down to 30 minutes for the broadcast, they're not going to broadcast 5 minutes of just somebody getting mic'd up

[@jamesfallows8123]

Preston was so childish, I mean it's not like they weren't mocking everyone else on the show. Had he never seen a panel show before? The guests and the host taking the piss out of each other is half the fun of these things.

[@Timewarpiaman]

@@samnectar Found this from an alt account (I rarely use that) but yeah I mean that's part of the humour of these shows, you come right back at Simon with something else. It's just odd that Preston wasn't aware of this before going on the show.

[@Timewarpiaman]

@@samnectar That's the show, clearly his agent didn't give him a clear impression as to what to expect and Simon takes just as well as he gets, it's like going on Celebrity Juice and not expecting Keith Lemon to be crude.

[@Timewarpiaman]

@@samnectar I mean that is kinda the joke "You actually married this woman" also in defence of Simon he never said she was stupid, he merely read excerpts from her book. If Preston took from said excerpts that she was stupid that's on him.

[@Timewarpiaman]

@@samnectar From what I hear he'd been on the show before, I don't think Simon intended on bullying Preston just a "Haha your wife's kinda dim" but I do think after Preston walked off Simon did cross the line from good natured mocking to outright bullying. Simply because it got views so they were actively trying to cause another walk-off

[@lukefield1011]

@@samnectar they literally never spoke ill of his wife, they just read a quote from her autobiography

[@unknowncompany948]

Reported for misleading title.

[@RascalMcBants]

I wonder where Preston 2 is now?

[@celticwelsh]

Funny at the time but I think in hindsight Preston was right to walk off.

[@flipthebuzzard]

I don't particularly like Preston and will admit to a lot of love for Simon, so it's always a clips that , yes , I find hilarious , yet also do respect Preston for to a degree. He wasn't going to be able to handle that and took one for the team in support and respect for his love , whatever we may and even he may now make of that whole thing .... (added to Best Comedy Moments playlist)