Ricky Tomlinson No Fan Of Cilla Black Liverpool Scouser

Ricky Tomlinson was no fan of Cilla Black!
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[@trinovantian1]

A late friend was a chauffeur and told me that Cilla Black was the nastiest most rude celebrity he’d ever driven…….on the other hand George Clooney was an absolute gentleman and he showed me a ‘thank you’ card given by George that contained a lovely message.

[@luapaluap94]

SIR Ken dodd made it and never left his home city Respect

[@sandwormgod4771]

@@stringer-ik1pc So why do so many people come here for a break? (not just from the UK but from all over the world), and come back time and time again? If you want to hang around the dock and industrial areas, then that's a fair point but have you ever been to Allerton, Mossley Hill, Calderstones, Gateacre or Woolton? Ever been to Faulkner Square and around that area? Rodney Street and Hope Street. Ever visited Speke Hall or Croxteth Park. Ever been to Hale Village or West Derby? You obviously know f**k all about anything.

[@lennon1482]

@@stringer-ik1pc where are you from? go on give me a laugh

[@CockneyRebel1979]

Nor Gerry Marsden. He never left Liverpool either, to the best of my knowledge.

[@lennon1482]

@@CockneyRebel1979 he moved over the water

[@garymay799]

So many crooks in Liverpool doddy could hide better , good on him .

[@markjones9020]

Same as Ringo Starr always saying what a great city Liverpool is but never goes back there .

[@syriacchristianity9007]

The Beatles were pants.

[@davidlingard7369]

@@syriacchristianity9007 No,they were definitely Liverpudlians,lol.

[@TheLuigi69]

I thought Ringo said liverpool was a dump or words to that effect, and then the scousers turned on him because of what he said.

[@TheLuigi69]

@@davidlingard7369 Lol

[@gwinniboots]

He was quite insulting about Liverpool in one of his interviews.

[@deborahrower1729]

Ricky tells it how he sees it. He's a Legend.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

He's a tosser. Get real. Cashing in on his "roots"and you are too dumb to see the reality.

[@davidwilkinson8136]

I was a curtain fitter and went to her house one morning, started my job at about ten o clock she came down the stairs and walked into the room.She was pissed as a rat, like a lot of celebrities i unfortunately worked for her persona was nothing like the real person.

[@Bobble86]

Had the displeasure of meeting Cilla at a charity do once. Her spiteful arrogance was astounding.

[@aidanlynn]

Suprise Suprise Chuck

[@job9135]

They reckon she was such a snob she resented being in the same car as her chauffeur!!!

[@denis888red]

She was anything but a snob. As anyone who knew her well would tell you.

[@charliesouthgate6125]

@@denis888red, well Dennis, a brave statement looking at all the other posts, did she leave you a few quid in her will with the proviso that you sung her praises? Possible but improbable I think, bit like your summing up of our favourite " scouser"

[@denis888red]

@@charliesouthgate6125 Not brave Charlie. Just matter-of-fact. She was a friend and I knew her very well. Still... I'm sure these folks slagging her off knew her well too...right? ;)

[@mybeautifulview]

I can’t comment on Cilla as I never knew her personally (I watched Surprise Surprise as a kid, that’s about the extent of things!) but I know her chauffeur. Really lovely guy with whom she had a great connection and relationship of trust for years.

[@charliesouthgate6125]

@@denis888red Hello Denis, we had a few worde a month or so ago, are you a journalist by any chance? Rgds Charlie

[@jiggermast]

I always felt the same about professional Scotsman Sean Connery, constantly singing the praises of Scotland (which IS beautiful) & in reality couldn't get away from it & stay away from it fast enough.

[@Blackfive1945]

Being a son of Edinburgh myself I agree with you .

[@mnbv990]

agreed.

[@mikefisher9992]

As a Yorkshireman I feel the same about Parkinson

[@richardlove4287]

Connery left for tax reasons.....

[@obadiahspong2300]

I met hundreds of Scots while working overseas and they mostly admitted that they would never wear kilts, and have tartan wallpaper and claymore swords on their walls if they lived in Scotland. Yet as ex-pats they all went full on Brigadoon.

[@no1froggy]

I always thought that Cilla was a hypocrite as she lived in a massive house with grounds in Denham, Buckinghamshire.

[@taffytop]

She wasn't popular in Denham either.

[@smfvmd]

Why did living in a big house make her a hypocrite?

[@janetscarfe4798]

Yes you are right she lived in Denham Village. I have no problem with that she made money and wanted a nice home. I'm sure most of us would if given the chance. However I know someone who helped do extensive work on her house and told me she was not nice. I wont say exactly what he called her, just leave it at "not nice". I never was a fan, and that was just instinctive.

[@no1froggy]

@@smfvmd it's when these celebs claim to be like their home town folk but choose to live around fellow rich people 100's of miles away from their roots..

[@smfvmd]

@@no1froggy fair point, but if you knew what Scotty Road was like in those days you wouldn’t blame her, lol.

[@beatlebrian4404]

I have Always thought she was the luckiest girl in Liverpool, who was in the right place, at the right time and if it wasn't for the Beatles she would have only ever sang in pubs and working men's clubs.

[@denisegreen5351]

She couldn't even sing,pure luck

[@kazleslie6334]

Exactly ..She was born lucky ..awful voice

[@jrgboy]

I am sure that it was said that is was Beryl Marsden - no relation to Gerry - that Brian Epstein was meant to see singing at the Cavern but it was her night off so Cilla got signed up instead...

[@leolicursi3536]

True

[@beatlebrian4404]

@@stormytempest6521 quite obvious she owned everything to them

[@oldseadog3386]

Couldn't stand her either, always telling us how wonderful scousers are and Liverpool was the best place on earth while living in mansions in Surrey and Spain.

[@nevilletravis586]

cilla black show us your crack

[@anthonyeves2005]

Buckinghamshire not Surrey

[@oldseadog3386]

@@anthonyeves2005 What part of Liverpool is that

[@jual2047]

​@@anthonyeves2005no need to apologise

[@cf3443]

Never liked Cilla...her nasal gratings used to hurt my ears, she defended her son when he killed someone with his flash car by the telling the court It was her fault because she'd been a bad mother...he walked...then she had the hypocrisy to call out Rick Tomlinson.

[@lucius4556]

I used to turn down the volume when she sang at the end of her show 😅

[@patking754]

I saw her live at the London Palladium ,she was awful .

[@bettyboo8214]

She couldn't sing for toffee. An assault on your ears.

[@katewolfspirit6722]

@@bettyboo8214 I always wondered why she was described as a singer...she sounded like an animal in pain when she sang!

[@bettyboo8214]

@@katewolfspirit6722 Yes like a cat being castrated without an anaesthetic 🤣

[@poppybean7807]

💕 love Ricky 💕 sending him peace & love 💕🌸

[@tommytaylor5195]

An old mate of mine had his 1st police job for Thames Valley Police force many years ago, apparently it was well known Cilla was a pain in the arse.

[@airaction2257]

I heard cilla black was hated by all British airways flight attendants because of her attitude towards them.

[@PenzancePete]

I can assure you that this is absolutely true. A lot of restaurants would be booked in another name because they wouldn't have her and her screeching homosexual claque.

[@martinbrandom2654]

Allegedly theres a list of unloved celebrities at BA.

[@fifthof1795]

@@PenzancePete clique or claque?

[@smfvmd]

@@fifthof1795 Probably meant cack, lol.

[@kendaleckley5285]

Hated Cilla Black on Blind Date, she had no problem with women dissing their dates but hated men doing the same.

[@georgepiddington6563]

Wise man not liking cilla I always thought she was false

[@GladiatorsBoy]

Bit like Ant & Dec. Constantly preach about what proud Geordies they are and ran down south as soon as they could.

[@graemeyetts3465]

Talentless oiks

[@GladiatorsBoy]

@@graemeyetts3465 totally agree. The luckiest guys in showbiz.

[@paulweir7122]

Irish.

[@garymay799]

Hate the pair Geordie pricks.

[@timhancock6626]

They are trying to do something about the southern bias of TV. They are launching a project with The Prince's Trust. I think they are keenly aware that the opportunities they had no longer exist, and fair dos, they want to redress that.

[@michaelscales5996]

It annoys Londoners when Liverpudlians come down to live in London,and keep banging on and on about how great Liverpool is. Obvious question is why don't you all go back then ?

[@robertalford2257]

Same could happen to Londoners. No, wait, there wouldn't be a corner shop left open, would there,....

[@jameseadie7145]

Calm down,calm down

[@lennon1482]

now we have loads of londoners and middle class southerners up here buying up the property, alls I hear around my area in the south end is "poppy" " sebastian" "darling come here we have to wait for daddy while he buys his tampons and hemp based shaving cream for his attempted beard" they all vote green party and labour but moved up to liverpool to escape the diversity that they so dearly love, that said they have increased the value of my house

[@roseannalopez8793]

@@lennon1482 😂

[@kevinstones9326]

Yes they live in manchester too and call manchester ha ha

[@carmenandthedevil2804]

From what I've read here, I don't blame her leaving Liverpool.

[@nevilletravis586]

@@davidholgate123 were sensitive souls and are easily upset , its our soft upbringing

[@benconnolly4258]

David Holgate I’m born and raised here totally agree with you, not all but some “how dare you leave Liverpool”😡😡😡😡. If they become rich and famous it’s normal for them to relocate to London or LA, you got the whole world at your fingers tip, i wouldn’t stay here if i was rich and famous, i’d go somewhere warm and sunny all year round.

[@aldente3709]

And the scousers wouldn't want you either

[@aldente3709]

America would be the LAST place I'd move to

[@patagualianmostly7437]

@@aldente3709 ABSOUTELY! Hell on earth!

[@ExpressoMechanicTV]

Twenty years ago, I worked with a bloke, who had been in pantomime with Cilla Black. She had a scene where she came on stage with a glove puppet of a dragon and she was saying to the children that she need to kill it and asked them how she should do it. Of course, the kids were saying stuff like 'shoot it Cilla' and 'slit its throat Cilla', but one lad in the front row jumped out of his seat and shouted: Sing to to it Cilla! It was just at the point when the bloke had to make an entrance and bring her a prop. He said that he literally, entered stage left, exited stage right and was bent double with laughter, in the wings. He also told me that he had jokingly told her that he would nip round for coffee, the next time he was in the town where she lived, to which she replied that she would have him arrested. And she would, he said.

[@Morning404]

"sing to it Cilla" 💀🤣🤣

[@katrinestorebo]

😂

[@jamessky9155]

@@Morning404 That had me howling. Bloody brilliant.

[@eoinbyrne7581]

A relative of mine was a singing and entertainment contemporary of hers in the early to mid 60’s... hadn’t got a good word to say about her and she’d be a fairly easy going and relaxed individual... Cilla was notorious for treating people like crap, be it fellow performers, musicians, tv people... alll ego and screeches...

[@jrgboy]

Yes, she would not let Brian Epstein manager any other female singers..

[@robertmilton1829]

John Lennon airport was well named. It was the first place he headed to when he made some money.

[@ajreviewsfilms9992]

Dont know if you seen the post about my Nan thinking Cilla was fake. BTW she use to rant about John Lennon Airport too, As kids we thought it was funny, But she was right and so are you.

[@ajreviewsfilms9992]

@@noseytwit he was a legend

[@tonycannyfarm8434]

So if you make the money he did you stay in Liverpool?, the music says Lennon and McCartney not Liverpool city council. Lcc have made alot of money and still are from the Beatles, i wouldn't be in the UK never mind Liverpool, no matter how much money you make You move to to a better place, its like winning the lottery and staying in your job you are despised because you don't need that job. You make money you move to a better house in a better location simple never mind your neighbours f~~#/ them

[@ajreviewsfilms9992]

@@tonycannyfarm8434 there are Areas in Liverpool people can move too where there are big houses.Areas just outside of liverpool too with big houses.

[@tonycannyfarm8434]

@@ajreviewsfilms9992 Hi Aj ,i am not having a go at Liverpool, more having a go at myself i was moved from west derby road slum clearance to Cantril farm( Stockbridge Village) still here People saying as soon as the Beatles got money they moved all l'm saying is, be it a nicer car or house you want to better yourself, of course there's nice big houses in Liverpool But You don't get the Everton and Liverpool players living in big houses around Walton or Anfield, Jerry Marston born in Toxteth moved to the Wirral if you've got money and live in certain places, people will say the ' money he's got and he's living there it wouldn't be me'. I would listen to lads in work talking about buying a house i'd say there's one for sale in such a place they say ' i wouldn't live there' lol i was born in Liverpool and i'll die in Liverpool but i would have liked to seen a bit of the world, nice talking to you

[@kevinbillington9773]

She used to speak posh when not outside her house, ask her milkman.

[@Blackfive1945]

Like Lulu another wee gadgie

[@jackspring7709]

Lol - oh that were a good 'un!

[@ThefightingCelt]

There was a story in the UK press about this years ago , where a close friend of Cilla's son said that he couldn't believe how differently Cilla spoke in the confines of her own home . He noticed how posh she was , with not a hint of the thick Scouse accent she put on for tv .

[@me5969]

Probably true because she certainly didn’t speak with a scouse accent on the TV. She certainly sounded like someone terrible at accents putting one on but I’ve never heard a single person from Liverpool talk like that. She was clearly one of them who used being a scouser as a character to be famous. Paul Ogrady is the same and he’s from Birkenhead. My wife’s from Salford and she’s more scouse than someone from Birkenhead.

[@npet6842]

@@ThefightingCelt Cilla's accent was just weird in hindsight . I was brought up in Liverpool south , and when I hear myself after living in Oz for 40 years , I still hear proper Scouse not like Cilla's sound ...... It's the same with Aussie actors doing Yank on TV : rather fake .

[@penelopepitstop197]

She came back to Scotland road once and got chased 🤣🤣

[@JesusSaves-yq3cp]

They put a statue up of her on Matthew street an for what reason?? She did absolutely nothing, more Scousers would appreciate one of Ricky due to his Civil Rights Marchers, Workers Rights Marchers an being a proper Scouser

[@oleggorky906]

I remember when she was in panto and she had caught the rat. She asked the audience if she should kill it. They said yes. She said:. "How shall I kill it?" to which a young lad shouted: "Sing to it!" Straight out of the mouths of babes ... 😁😁

[@makz0r721]

if you hate someone before they died... it doesnt mean you need to love them once they die... get a grip all of you... he didnt like her for years... not his problem she snuffed it... i bet if he dies in a couple years or whatever you lot won't chance your arrogant views on him

[@thegrimreaper1991]

Exactly!!

[@rosswynne2379]

Bless

[@tracyholden7228]

Love Ricky. He’s a down to earth no nonsense man, says it how it is.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

Get real. He's a tosser. Cashing in on his "roots"and you are too dumb to see the reality.

[@tracyholden7228]

@@patagualianmostly7437 And so what if he is dickhead.

[@richardhorry]

Not related to Cilla, but we once met a lovely couple in a motorhome whilst we were camping with some friends on a caravan site. We got chatting, and we all invited the woman round to our tent for evening drinks. (Her husband wasn’t very well and she welcomed a change of scenery for the evening). Anyway, turns out the couple used to do security for films and tv locations before they retired and had worked with many celebrities. So as the drink flowed and we were chatting. I asked her “who was the worst ‘star’ you ever worked with?” Her answer, at the time, surprised me, but alas, not now........It was...........a certain Gary Lineker, who had just got with his new girlfriend at the time. She told us, he was absolutely horrible to them. Demanding, rude etc. I always thought he was a nice lad!

[@fifthof1795]

Well we all know what a massive c..t he is now. My brother was a commercial helicopter pilot and has flown many famous people. He said Freddie Star was an absolute nightmare.

[@katewolfspirit6722]

@@fifthof1795 Always thought Freddie was a bit unhinged...maybe that was the demon drink

[@davidread7492]

If we're making a list then I'll add Bruce Forsyth as a being right up himself. Guy I knew did some work for him, said BF was always complaining about the cost of the smallest thing and after the work was finished kept him waiting months to settle up the bill. Same guy did some work for Diana Dors and said she was an absolute angel.

[@fifthof1795]

@@katewolfspirit6722 My brother never actually said why he was such a pain. He also said Michael Winner was beyond hell. Ray Winstone was brilliant though.

[@katewolfspirit6722]

@@fifthof1795 Interesting...I believe many of these celebs (a.k.a plebs!) for the most part tend to be on the narcissistic spectrum. It's an over used word but when you look at the tell tale signs, many of them tick all the boxes. I'll let people do their own research and make up their own minds, though!

[@thegrimreaper1991]

I honestly think its pathetic these people saying hes being disrespectful just because Cilla is dead and gone. People always say how they loved people and how perfect and wonderful they were when they are dead, but when they are alive they say bugger all and even say they dont like them. Get a grip for gods sake!

[@robjanko3010]

maybe the truth hurts you

[@katewolfspirit6722]

Me and my daughter were saying exactly the same only yesterday and then this old video pops up in my feed the next day and I read you comment...how funny! My daughter (18) said she'd like to fake her death to see what comments all the people who she went to school with would write about her, ha ha!

[@petershirleyA3R7]

Don't really want to talk ill about the dead ie Cilla Black but Ricky Tomlinson good down to earth man, militant type who supported the miners during 1984/85 year long strike, What a Guy 👌

[@piphendry8612]

There are many people around the world who formerly came from Liverpool and other parts of the UK decades ago who have never lost their accent and remain extremely proud of their heritage. "Home is where the heart is!"

[@thegrimreaper1991]

I have and never will lose my accent completely and i work all over the place.

[@twatmunro9563]

Whereas I've lived in the city for all of my 65 years -- Everton born and bred. But I don't speak with a scouse accent at all.

[@roseannalopez8793]

@@twatmunro9563 hahaha my son doesnt have one born bred lpool 8

[@jrgboy]

Several people born in Liverpool but have no trace of an accent, Brian Epstein, Derek Nimmo, George & Andre Melly, Alison Steadman to name a few..

[@mackenzie77777]

@@jrgboy Tom Baker, Liz Sladen?

[@mattcash9609]

A lot of people on digital spy said cilla was the rudest celebrity going

[@Markycarandbikestuff]

Yep, read that on a forum recently, she was a pretty nasty person behind the cameras.

[@ronbartholomew9456]

helen shapiro wanted to punch her head in check out vis comic issue 314

[@artfuldodger9312]

You can run and hide, but your roots will always be a part of you. You can't erase where you were born and raised. I was born in Warrington; we used to travel to Liverpool most Saturdays; it was a lovely place.

[@Blonde_Somnambulist]

You can’t escape your roots and you can’t escape your genes .... no matter how far you run !

[@bryangreen9672]

Really !!!!!

[@graemesmellie5223]

I'm a warringtonian love Liverpool could never stand Cillis Black I have a mate who used to wait on he met her said she was an ignorant cow

[@ronbartholomew9456]

its such a shame that a great fight did not take place cilla black vrs helen shapiro, wow it would have been epic,,,, and the winner gets to eat the loser, ??? please folks send our votes in ,,,who do you think would have won this fight ?

[@jrgboy]

@@graemesmellie5223 Also Cilla said she would never let Brian Epstein ever manage another female singer and then the John & Paul song she recorded 'It's For You' only got to #7 in the charts she went mental and of course she refused to do Eurovision in 1966 in case she lost.. also just remembered that she did her nut when her version of the song 'Alfie' was not in the film, they used Millicent Martin's instead as she was in the film..

[@kevinmullin4504]

My dad was a steward on the Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston train years ago and and waited on Cilla and her cronies on many occasions. Snotty cow apparently.

[@carmenandthedevil2804]

"Apparently" Utube bullshit.

[@marcokite]

so many people who met her say she was so rude

[@marcokite]

@@carmenandthedevil2804 - thanks for the swearing Carmen but SO SO many people who met her say she was so rude, i know one of them

[@PatriciaKelly-gz7vg]

She was the most hated passenger on planes for cabin crew. She was famously rude and horrible.

[@PatriciaKelly-gz7vg]

There’s a whole website about people’s unfortunate en punters with her, or was? They might have had it removed after she died.

[@peterhaynes8258]

I wasn't to fussed about cilla black.

[@charliesouthgate6125]

Always a little surprised about her companions ,does not make her a bad person but if a man she would have received more press about her fondness for gay clubs 😉

[@stoptheworldiwanttogetoff3350]

Whenever I think of that most splendid of all cities which stands on the bank of the Mersey, Mr Tomlinson's is the face which springs to mind.

[@ajreviewsfilms9992]

My nan couldn't stand Cilla because said Cilla was fake. Think she was the only person my Nan didn't like lol.

[@robc6638]

Your right as fake as a three pound note in the 80’s she said Margaret thatcher put the great back into Great Britain and in the 90’s she was sucking up to the Blair’s she was an ok singer when she was young but when she sang on surprise surprise it made my ears bleed her success was down to her manager husband

[@stormytempest3907]

@@robc6638 Your Right, Liverpool was on its knees! we lived it, Cilla should have said nothing, Jimmy Tarbuck was another one!

[@janefriel6895]

I think your nan was spot on.

[@ajreviewsfilms9992]

@@robc6638 Supporting Thatcher says it all.

[@ajreviewsfilms9992]

@@stormytempest3907 what did Jimmy Tarbuck say ?

[@Truebritify]

This is from 2015 and came up on my feed just now. Must be because Alex made the video about Ricky's court case.

[@katewolfspirit6722]

Same here!

[@kiwitintinscott]

I remember back in the early 1980's, I was holding a door open at Manchester Airport for a person in a wheelchair when Cilla Black tried to push passed the chair with her friend. She gave a very rude comment to the person in the wheelchair but funny enough it was in a very posh accent, nothing like the scouse you would hear her talk on TV!! I was extremely 'Surprised, Surprised'

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

Good story/lie

[@paulkitchen1846]

@@KryptonitetoallBS how do you know, was you there?

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@@paulkitchen1846 Use your nut pal. Think about it...Cilla Black ( big star in her own mind) sees someone in a wheel chair, thinks " Oh I know if I'm rude to this person in a wheel chair it will give my ratings a boost"? Just use some common sense, it's clearly B/S 👍

[@beatlebrian4404]

@@KryptonitetoallBS All these stories, about how dreadful she was, are you saying that they all all lying?

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@@beatlebrian4404 Very good question 🙄...Can you see that I've said that anywhere?

[@lolly9080]

I met her once she was not friendly and drank lots of champagne

[@wangdangdoodie]

Perhaps your statement says more about you!

[@dnr2089]

@@wangdangdoodie Why?

[@janicebillington2633]

What the hell were Cilla's parents doing scratching for a living when she was living high off the hog? I'm disgusted. You're suppose to look after your own.

[@laurencetitusoates6328]

That was before she made it I'm guessing

[@faltskog36abba]

She bought her parents a house.

[@stormytempest3907]

No, That was before she made it, hard times for some back then, when she hit the big time bought a lovely house in woolton village not far from were John Lennon lived for her mum and dad, asked Brian Epstein were is the best place to buy a house in Liverpool? Woolton hill said Brian!

[@paulweir7122]

@@stormytempest3907 appallingly badly written.

[@stormytempest3907]

@@paulweir7122 Got a point, didn't now it was an exam!

[@chrisschmid9167]

about 15 years ago i worked at a house where all the brothers owned the big nightclubs in bham, he was the oldest brother of a well known family and he told me that cilla black and noel edmonds were the worst to get on with, i said to him who were the best? replied russ abbot and jimmy tarbuck.

[@faltskog36abba]

This morning tv show relocated to London because guests weren't prepared to travel up to Liverpool, This was in the late 90s-early -00s. So how come Cilla and everyone who made it big gets criticised for moving south to further their career?. I was brought up in a very poor area of Manchester, but I would never go back...Because I have moved on-not to a better area but I met my partner. I still speak about my days growing up quite fondly but you make new friends and a new base for your family. Liverpool is a lovely city though.

[@jonnysupreme]

It was Moss side wasn't it?

[@Sl1pstreams]

It’s pretty consistent worldwide. Places that are not successful have a love-hate relationship with their people who become successful and leave as a result. First they build them up for having made it. Then they seek to tear them down for having made it and moved on to bigger and better things… but every single one of them would do exactly the same thing themselves if they had the chance.

[@wildskel6350]

She was a fan of Thatcher who also pronounced that she "never turns right on a plane." Well, good for her.

[@chriss6733]

Plenty of stories about cilla from airline staff. She sounded awful.

[@user-xy9vi7hs2q]

"CILLA MY ARSE"....😂😂😂

[@stanneyfield]

Used to see Ricky and his band at the Bramley Moore on the dock road. Fantastic entertainment!!

[@marksharp1443]

Huge fan of yours saw you once at Newark palace theatre giving a talk it was brilliant and you waited outside and spoke to everyone who came out top bloke 👏

[@stephenborsbey4350]

she actually became a bit of a tory at one point when she was in the money and admired margaret thatcher. which didnt go down well in liverpool.

[@ronbartholomew9456]

sadly if cilla black did not die, then there was talk about a new version of that great classic film spartacus being made cilla black and helen shapiro in the arena cilla would have a net and spear and helen would have a tommy gunn and cilla would have been beaten,,, god bless helen for this smart move

[@apemoon1731]

So what? Unfortunately, scousers tend to be a rather narrow minded lot, so it's hardly surprising it 'didn't go down well'.

[@T4SelNiNO]

@@apemoon1731 so if you don't like Thatcher you are narrow minded? Try telling that to the hundreds of thousands that she rendered virtually unemployable by closing down the mines and exporting everything we manufactured elsewhere

[@beatlebrian4404]

@@T4SelNiNO 100%Correct, he must be a Daily Mail /Daily Express, or even worse, Sun Reader! She introduce Margaret Thatcher, on a tv show once and in her introduction said, this is the lady that has put the Great back into Britain! And when McCartney played in Liverpool he was about to tell a story about her and as soon as he mentioned her name the crowd booed.

[@marcokite]

that's the only good thing i've ever heard about Cilla then

[@willcorlett7630]

5 years ago and now just turning up? Anyway, I am a proud scouser and Ricky is spot on - had the odd pint or threee in the Halfway myself. Nothing against Cilla but she laid on the accent with a trowel, opposite to one of my aunties who always tried to use her posh telephone voice, when in company Funny , that these celebrities are always going on on how much that they love this city and yet could not wait to clear off, thinking of Cilla, Tarby and Ringo Starr. Of course there were exceptions, Doddy was of course one of the bast

[@MrMegan1962]

Like the Beatles an Oasis, couldn’t wait to leave Liverpool and Manchester.

[@GlenCarne]

And Londoners who make it big tend to move to The Cotswolds or Cornwall.

[@kennethdrewary1094]

All performers from Liverpool leave the city, except Ken Dodd

[@fifthof1795]

The Beatles had no choice but to leave. London was the centre of the music business at the time.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@@fifthof1795 You always have a choice.

[@fifthof1795]

@@KryptonitetoallBS ...to have a chance of success or not , in the case of The Beatles. It was massively advantageous that they moved.

[@theanglian4110]

Ricky Tomlinson is a national treasure.

[@billmacaulay]

very wealthy man now.

[@garymay799]

@@billmacaulay What’s wrong with that .

[@alanalexander4697]

My arse

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

Loved some of her songs but she was fake for sure

[@carlkinvig6047]

My old boss many years ago attended a corporate function he was not a party goer more a family man so for him this was a rare treat and a chance to do some networking, so he was looking forward to it. He said he met Cilla Black who was nothing like her television persona, she had a posh sort of southern accent certainly not Scouse and was horrible to deal with to the point of being obnoxious, she ruined the evening for him and many others talking about herself all evening particularly how rich and famous she was.

[@btnled357]

Good line on Harry Enfield. Those who leave Liverpool go on about being from there, how great the place is without ever going back there..

[@paulcassey7736]

Any scouser that makes the big time leaves Liverpool so fast ,they all talk about how great Liverpool was ..then WHY DID THEY LEAVE ???????

[@Dancingjenni121]

+Paul Turner Because sadly, the only way to 'get on' back then was to go to London. Paul is often in Liverpool and so was George actually. In a biography about John, shortly before he was murdered.. he had hopes of returning to Liverpool .. and i as he put it 'sailin down the Mersey on the Royal Iris pissed'...

[@paulsimpson4155]

Because their work takes them to other places simple , just because you are born in a place doesn't mean you have to live and die there !!

[@marklloyd4087]

Because its full of scousers?🤣🤣🤣

[@lucius4556]

@@marklloyd4087 😅😅😅

[@bigmorgan3640]

ricky is a legend top man bless him

[@evansclan4eva49]

Paul McCartney was the only Beatle to really love Liverpool. He’s always there.

[@brianconway100]

The only, almost direct knowledge I have about Cilla was that from a wine waiter in a restaurant in Victoria that she used regularly in the early 80’s. He said that she was always very polite and friendly to all the staff. Not to say these other incidents didn’t occur, but this is all I’ve heard.

[@gerardhoolachan2172]

ladies n gentlemen i give you Blackpool born, liverpool bred Ricky tomlinson being a touch precious!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@nickielondon2594]

Totally agree. But you forgot to add - Socialist scumbag.

[@stephendavies8510]

Give me a socialist any day compared to a fascist comrade.

[@gerardhoolachan2172]

@@stephendavies8510.. are you saying cilla is a facist 😲😁

[@stephendavies8510]

@@gerardhoolachan2172 did I mention cilla's name no I didn't but their are plenty of fascists out their especially within the conservative government.

[@gerardhoolachan2172]

@@stephendavies8510 Oooh!!! calm down! calm down! its soooo boring hearing the same old guff, you wouldnt know a facist if they turned round and bit you on your backside, come on bud this is social media where far to many people think that other people care about their heartfelt opinions.... we dont! if you want to do something about those facists in government, well put yourself forward at the next election and stand against the tory facists, the labour marxists, the green party loonies, and the oh so irrelevant lib dems, but to spout tosh on U tube...... bore off son 😁📴

[@jamesbristow1644]

Great man Ricky , has given so many people so much pleasure

[@geoffreycoulson2039]

Fair point ,but sometimes " home is where the heart is ".

[@Lee-sv8su]

I think although she moved away her heart was always there she could have lived on Merseyside because believe it or not there are some beautiful properties and exclusive areas. I do believe she was very false that fake scouse accent sounds nothing like my family who live there she would have had a very soft lilt back in the day a bit like how Ringo speaks the accent has got strong and guttural now

[@britturk123]

Silly childish argument. Both are solid Scousers, the only difference is one has passed away and the other is still alive. The truth of the matter I would think is more to do with preference of political party's one is a solid Red the other was a solid Blue and that is that, as I said silly childish argument.

[@twatmunro9563]

There's another big difference between the two. Only one of them was a member of the National Front -- and it wasn't Cilla. Back when he was in prison over the Shrewsbury picketing, one of the other prisoners put him on the spot. "Why aren't you a socialist, Ricky?". "I am a socialist, lad", he replied. "A national socialist."

[@alyb731]

I wish celebrities would keep their political views to themselves.

[@DudeSilad]

I knew a lad in the 80's who was friends with either her son or cousins, can't remember. He'd met her and said she's a bit false. She wasn't like her TV personality in the flesh.

[@stephenreeds3632]

Ken Dodd never said he came from Liverpool. He said he came from Knotty Ash, near Liverpool.

[@pinksin103]

The Beatles met her!

[@jayturner3397]

Never quite cottoned this guy tbh

[@alemgas]

Is he meant to be funny?

[@geraldfitzpatrick9123]

Hey Ricky, Are you still sending copies of 'The Ragged Trousered Philantropist' to China?

[@simonmaskell365]

He was NF in early 70s. Never gets called out for it. Werent they Racist.

[@ronbartholomew9456]

i like ricky he was very good in riff raff and raining stones, and brookside,,,,,,, but i did not like the royals

[@mickd6942]

Now he’s saying this she’s not here anymore

[@Paul-ml4gn]

Good on you Rick. You stayed. Paul and Ringo both pisssed off. Be proud of where you come from . Look at doddy stayed in a city he loved.

[@paulharris1384]

This guy is the real deal 😘

[@martinmartinmoone3104]

But we've still got the Real Thing

[@MrGoneTroppo]

Used to travel to Stoke he says - I was wondering where me hubcaps went!

[@denisegreen5351]

Well said Ricky,hate these plastic scousers that leave Liverpool as soon as they make it big and go on about how much they love it

[@taffytop]

Paul O Grady is another professional Scouser

[@TheLuigi69]

He's from Birkenhead, however yeah he's another 1 who buggered off

[@apollomemories7399]

@@TheLuigi69 he certainly buggered something

[@TheLuigi69]

@@apollomemories7399 👍😂

[@garymay799]

@@apollomemories7399 ye he took it right up the mersey tunnel.

[@TheLuigi69]

@@garymay799 😂

[@fasthracing]

One has talent the other one has none.

[@fasthracing]

@@stringer-ik1pc Fair enough

[@mobiusklein9140]

I am no fan of Cilla Black but to say she had no talent is simply childish.

[@fasthracing]

@@mobiusklein9140 I'm not

[@tactictoe]

Her spiteful arrogance was astounding.

[@louisem4968]

He's never lost his baby teeth.

[@dnr2089]

🤣🤣🤣

[@me20093]

Horrible Cilla, raised on Scottie Road. She bought her mother a house in Resevoir Road, Woolton.

[@DrDM87]

I met Cilla in Heathrow Airport & ended up on the same plane as her. She was vile

[@jameswyer772]

Why? What was so vile?

[@DrDM87]

@@jameswyer772 rude to the cabin crew only spoke through the person she was with & at passport control she walked passed the whole que to the desk & was swiftly sent back to join the line some shouting got her a quick pass.

[@jameswyer772]

@@DrDM87 mad. There’s no need to be so bloody rude. Stuck up cow

[@michaelscales5996]

I met someone who was an air hostess on the flight Cilla frequently used to go to Portugal,where she owned a villa.The staff were always told " Miss Black does not want you talking to her. Speak only to her manager and husband Bobby." If any forgot this instruction she would blank them. Totally different person to the one she portrayed on TV..

[@jameswyer772]

@@michaelscales5996 vile

[@byeckfella]

Loads of famous folk from Liverpool go on about how much they love it but as soon as they made any sort of money couldn’t get away fast enough...Cilla, Tarbuck, all the Beatles to name just a few...

[@jrgboy]

You can say that about Scots & Welsh celebs as well...

[@Blackfive1945]

Well said Ricky . Cilla became a jumped up luvvie !

[@soloperformer5598]

And there are many, many people, me included, who are not fans of Ricky Tomlinson.

[@bengun1580]

My arse

[@uttaradit2]

You and Jimmy Savile

[@leolicursi3536]

True that cilla not been there 50yrs she wouldn't even know scotty rd now

[@rageagainstthenumpty4608]

Ricky’s lungs sound knackered.

[@pavarotti744]

about as genuine as a 2 bob watch. Anyone, especially from Liverpool who lauds margaret thatcher should be viewed with caution

[@beatlebrian4404]

Well said mate.

[@LeonTrotsky6782]

No way will I ever judge either of them. Both legends in my head. Love❤️

[@annprince5298]

Her mother worked in the markets before cilla became famous she probablynenjoyedvthe banter

[@mikewilliams258]

I've just watched Larry King interviewing Frank Sinatra. Frank unashamedly said that as soon as he could get out of Hoboken he did. In America, his drive and will to succeed was admired. Cilla does the same thing and is reviled for it. The hypocrisy is that any one of those people criticising Cilla would have done exactly the same thing given the opportunity. Envy and jealousy of success is one of this country's less attractive national characteristics.

[@alfiesgirluk]

True what you say, I think that the problem I had with Cilla Black was her CONSTANTLY going on and on about Liverpool, The Beatles, Brian Epstein, Scottie Road and the Cavern ad nauseum

[@katebaxenden2927]

+alfiesgirluk and do you know who I am and I was born in the war.

[@alfiesgirluk]

+Kate Baxenden and I always knew I was going to be a star So bigheaded

[@garydunn3037]

+Mike Williams Cilla Black and her contemporaries were in a league of their own. The so called comedians of today, are mostly foul mouthed cretins, withlittle, or no celebrity status.

[@katebaxenden2927]

+alfiesgirluk yes very true

[@whittaks215]

Ricky is a real Gent

[@susanmorris6746]

Well said kicky, I’m from Norris green myself 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@BradBrassman]

Great man. If you havent already, read his bio.

[@caroljames7381]

Exactly 💯 right ✅

[@craigjohnson9405]

Got knows who told cilla she could sing

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

Ricky's Mam lived next door to my mam in the 1980.s (Nr Breck Road lpool) met him a few times when visiting his mam when she was alive, found him to be a nice , genuine caring guy and funny as hell, 👍👍

[@jeffreybresnahan]

His widowed grandmother with her family lived in the same tenament Court, along with my granddad's family in the late 1890's. Court No: 7 Penryn Street. L3. Next to St Anthony's, Church, and Chapel Garden's.

[@itsnotrightyouknow]

My mum was from Liverpool, and she always said Cillla Blacks Liverpudlian accent was put on.

[@DiRtYLaWs2007]

Cilla was a staunch Tory. No true scouser would admit that. She was a monster by all accounts.

[@susanmorris6746]

Iv heard she was a snob