http://felineranger.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] felineranger.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] reddwarfslash2007-04-14 05:16 pm

*Shudder*

Yeuch...Just been reading the NOTW interview with Craig Charles and his wife.  Torn between pity and wanting to give him a great big hug and going 'Ewwwww...I don't wanna know that'.  Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that he's pulled himself together and if his story helps stop other people making the same mistakes then that's wonderful.  But I really get creeped out by people discussing things that should be kept private in the tabloids.  The state of your marriage is something that should be between you and your partner- don't share it with the whole world!  I guess this slightly grubby feeling I have now serves me right for being a nosy celeb-stalker in the first place.  Plus I'm kinda pissed off cos dammit his wife is actually quite hot.  Some disgusting shameful part of me was hoping she'd be a minger to give the rest of us fangurls a chance!

[identity profile] cassiopeia13.livejournal.com 2007-04-14 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno, wasn't he always high and drunk on the sets of Red Dwarf? And he's been arrested for crack so many times. It's hard to think he's going to stay off them now. But I hope so. He's so cute, and SO smart. Any person who can learn lines while sitting in make up has to be amazingly smart, and even Naylor said on one of the RD documentaries he not only knew his lines but everyone elses (Guess that's good since Bobby couldn't remember anything *heh*)

But he's got kids, you'd think he'd want to stay clean for them. I definitely hope he does.

[identity profile] kahvi.livejournal.com 2007-04-14 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think he was ever drunk or high on set... considering what he says in the article about work being the only place he could get a break from getting high, that sounds out of character. And was he ever arrested for crack before? I know the Mirror ran a story about him soliciting drugs (read: tell their undercover reporters where to get them), and he was using when he was accused of rape, but yes. Well, it doesn't matter. Read the article (http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_pages/news/news1.shtml). Watch the videos. Seeing him at DJ last year convinced me he's clean permanently now, but if I hadn't already been, this interview would have.

And yes, he is smart. I wonder what he could have become if he'd grown up under different circumstances? Ah well, we're happy to have him where we have him. :)

[identity profile] cassiopeia13.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
In the RD commentaries he says he was drunk a lot. In the scene when he asks Rimmer if he's allowed to breath, then huffs on him, in the commentary he says "That was pure beer right there" Or something like that. But then again, he WAS only 21 back then.

But I also thought in 2005 he was arrested for crack, I'm pretty sure I read a story someplace. not that that means anything

I'm glad though that he's finally straightened out. I would LOVE to go to the con and see the cast of RD (would totally rock). I wonder if DragonCon has ever tried to get any Red Dwarf cast members to attend... Hmm...