was the late Katy French Ireland's sweetheart before she died?

Lollipop95 · 20-06-2010 02:38PM #1

I think she was. I think Katy was adored by all Irish people, the media loved her too and I remember people were devastated when she died. Anyone else agree she was a bit like Cheryl Cole, in the sense of the national treasure thing?

telecaster · 20-06-2010 02:40PM

got to be a wind up

speedboatchase · 20-06-2010 02:40PM

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

oceanclub · 20-06-2010 02:41PM

Lollipop95 wrote: »

I think she was. I think Katy was adored by all Irish people, the media loved her too and I remember people were devastated when she died. Anyone else agree she was a bit like Cheryl Cole, in the sense of the national treasure thing?

To be fair to Katy, she never beat up black toilet attendants.

P.

G1032 · 20-06-2010 02:46PM

Never heard of her till she died.
National Treasure? Don't think so.

I think telecaster is right. This has to be a wind up.

Skinback · 20-06-2010 02:49PM

Lollipop95 wrote: »

I think she was. I think Katy was adored by all Irish people, the media loved her too and I remember people were devastated when she died. Anyone else agree she was a bit like Cheryl Cole, in the sense of the national treasure thing?

Katy Who?

Lollipop95 · 20-06-2010 03:16PM

i presumed all irish people knew who she was. She was one of Ireland's top models, very pretty and died allegedly due to a drug overdose. Ummm, why would this be a wind-up

Handsome Bob · 20-06-2010 03:17PM

The media loved her because she had no boundaries and whatever they wanted she gave it to them, be it a compromising pic or an "exclusive" about her ex or former drug habits. I'm not having a go at her, I'm just saying, the media did not love her because she was "Ireland's sweetheart". They loved her because she always filled their papers.

Jimmyboss · 20-06-2010 03:21PM

A z-list non-entity who gained publicity by the unfortunate manner of her death........

dezzyd · 20-06-2010 03:22PM

Lollipop95 wrote: »

I think she was. all II think Katy was adored by rish people, the media loved her too and I remember people were devastated when she died. Anyone else agree she was a bit like Cheryl Cole, in the sense of the national treasure thing?

OP, you should take a look at the thread about her that is in after hours - think it may give you an idea about what some of the public think. Sorry to burst your bubble.

mike65 · 20-06-2010 03:29PM

15 year olds have strange heros

Penisland · 20-06-2010 03:32PM

Never heard of her until she died....

Not trying to disrespect her memory but she was just another model who some people heard of who took drugs and died......happens every day of the week.....

Pauleta · 20-06-2010 03:39PM

Nobody gave a toss. She was friendly with showbiz editors in newspapers so they plastered her all over the papers to try and make people think she was important to the public. In fact i remember before she died everybody was asking why the hell she was in the papers everyday.

445279.ie · 20-06-2010 03:42PM

mike65 wrote: »

15 year olds have strange heros

Sadly this is true

Irishoz · 20-06-2010 03:48PM

Nobody knew her until she died. I remember watching RTE (think it was the panel or something - they were making fun of her 'fame') a few weeks before she died and there was a reporter on Grafton street or somewhere asking people if they knew who Katy French was and nobody knew. Then when she died RTE news did vox-pops to gauge the reaction from people on the street and it was all 'oh she was lovely, she was a beautiful girl, it's such a shame!' - laughable!

not_xanthor · 20-06-2010 03:51PM

telecaster wrote: »

got to be a wind up

im pretty sure there was a thread like this before.

casio4 · 20-06-2010 05:27PM

national treasure? what did she do to make the nation proud?

uberwolf · 20-06-2010 05:29PM

add to that the absolute shambles that Bertie Ahern sent along his aide de camp to represent him at the funeral. :rolleyes:

She did what she did, whatever. National sweetheart??? no.

Cavehill Red · 20-06-2010 05:31PM

National sweetheart?
I have my own personal sweetheart. Less mess, no sharing that way.
Plus, I don't do cokefiend airheads.

casio4 · 20-06-2010 05:33PM

Chris De Burgh went to the funeral and he never even met her, just because she was friends with his daughter he saw a photo opportunity and milked it:o

Sean Bateman · 20-06-2010 05:45PM

She was a by-product of sycophantic rags like the Sunday Independent. A vacuous drug taking self publicising fool who was persuaded that her ridiculous musings meant something by people like Barry Egan.

People need to realise that the cocaine they snort in Krystle/Lillies etc has probably been mixed by scumbag junkies and may have spent time in an AIDS riddled mule's rectum or knickers.

Sad for Katy French's family but if one impressionable kid is turned away from drugs it won't have been without merit. Tabloid rags should be castigating people like French, not eulogising. The same goes for Stephen Gately...you'd swear he'd died like Mother Theresa when in reality it was during/after a hedonistic night on one of the Balearic Islands at home with his partner and a strange man they'd met in a club.

dezzyd · 20-06-2010 05:49PM

. The same goes for Stephen Gately...you'd swear he'd died like Mother Theresa when in reality it was during/after a hedonistic night in Ibiza at home with his partner and a strange man they'd met in a club.[/QUOTE]

I think it was Majorca that Stephen Gately died? Also, it was said that he died from an heart/lung condition that had been previously undetected

Sean Bateman · 20-06-2010 05:56PM

dezzyd wrote: »

. The same goes for Stephen Gately...you'd swear he'd died like Mother Theresa when in reality it was during/after a hedonistic night in Ibiza at home with his partner and a strange man they'd met in a club.

I think it was Majorca that Stephen Gately died? Also, it was said that he died from an heart/lung condition that had been previously undetected[/QUOTE]

You're right...it was Majorca. The circumstances of his death were odd. Let's just leave it at that.

What's ridiculous is the reaction to his death (and Katy French's).

They both symbolise the vacuous talentless nature of a certain type of celebrity. Now you've a generation of kids who see being on X Factor or being signed up by Louis Walsh as "the dream".

dezzyd · 20-06-2010 06:11PM

Sean Bateman wrote: »

IThey both symbolise the vacuous talentless nature of a certain type of celebrity. Now you've a generation of kids who see being on X Factor or being signed up by Louis Walsh as "the dream".

Too true. Looking at the OP and the post about 15yr olds having strange "hero's" - why someone would think a person who died from a drug overdose should be considered a national sweetheart is beyond me!

dlofnep · 20-06-2010 06:14PM

Lollipop95 wrote: »

I think she was. I think Katy was adored by all Irish people, the media loved her too and I remember people were devastated when she died. Anyone else agree she was a bit like Cheryl Cole, in the sense of the national treasure thing?

What?

I never even heard of her until she overdosed on cocaine. Adored by whom exactly?

chilloutman · 20-06-2010 06:15PM

load of bull**** she was just some girl who died wasnt famous wasnt anything special or anything to admire about her... ya its sad she died but its sad when anyone dies.. cant understand all the ****e about it there was no hype when my grandad died of old age at 80yrs old was there!

Sean Bateman · 20-06-2010 06:17PM

dlofnep wrote: »

What?

I never even heard of her until she overdosed on cocaine. Adored by whom exactly?

By sycophants like Barry Egan and gob****es who believe the turgid rubbish published in the Sunday Independent (or "Brendan O'Connor's Informed Views on X, Y & Z" as I like to call it).

Dudess · 20-06-2010 06:18PM

In many ways, she was Ireland's answer to Michael Jackson...

dezzyd · 20-06-2010 06:22PM

Dudess wrote: »

In many ways, she was Ireland's answer to Michael Jackson...

:D

billybigunz · 20-06-2010 06:24PM

She was unheard of to the vast majority of Irish before she died.

tinkerbell · 20-06-2010 06:25PM

Dudess wrote: »

In many ways, she was Ireland's answer to Michael Jackson...

You've got to be kidding right?! Michael Jackson was an absolute legend, a talented musician and a world-class superstar.

Katy French was just another blah model who was a druggie, took coke and then died from it. She did this to herself. I think it's ridiculous that the gardai are wasting time to get those who supplied her when they could be on the streets sorting out knife crime, robberies, tiger kidnappings, etc. They are only investigating it because she's "supposedly" famous. She was not famous, she did nothing except some modelling. If she hadn't got the coke from those two who were arrested last week, she would've gotten it elsewhere.

If that was some 20-something girl / guy from a rough part of Dublin / Limerick / wherever, you would hear nothing about it and the gardai wouldn't be investigating it either. It's just crazy. She was a druggie, she did it to herself - she was an idiot to take coke in the first place and died from it. I certainly do not agree that she was Ireland's sweetheart, I mean nobody even knew of her anyway until her death hit the headlines.

I do feel sorry for the family but at the end of the day, I have no sympathy - she took drugs and she suffered the consequences.

was the late Katy French Ireland's sweetheart before she died?

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