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Old 25-04-2009, 6:13 AM   #1
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LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

The LBC radio host James O'Brien was at the receiving end of Frank Lampard's rage yesterday live on air.

Have a listen....BBC NEWS | UK | Angry Frank Lampard calls radio DJ

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Old 25-04-2009, 6:56 AM   #2
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

Of course no-one knows the real circumstances of the separation other than the two of them.

However, from what I heard Lampard suggest the death of his mother was a big factor.

Traumatic as losing a parent is, the vast majority of people get through without breaking the family up. And that's without the amount of money he has that can negate the majority of other worries people have to cope with.
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Old 25-04-2009, 7:11 AM   #3
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

Money is irrelevant in these circumstances.

I say fair play to Lampard for ringing up and speaking so well about his current situation. For the DJ to call him scum is outrageous and Lampard defended his corner excellently .... well done Frank.
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Old 25-04-2009, 7:48 AM   #4
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

I watched O'Brien on Sky News yesterday getting a grilling from Kay Burley, he was smug and unapologetic and a real arrogant IMHO.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpQX_ZWinas

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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

I thought Lampard acquited himself quite well too.

Even if Lampard was in the wrong in the first place, it's O'brien who has come out of this worse I think. His performance on Sky news was very poor.
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Old 25-04-2009, 8:27 AM   #6
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

Can't see what the fuss was about. I hear similar pointless arguments everyday waiting for a bus, queuing in a shop etc.
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Old 25-04-2009, 9:01 AM   #7
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

I thought Lampard had every right to go off on one. Only unfortunate thing is all the publicity the moron presenter is getting from this.
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Old 25-04-2009, 10:05 AM   #8
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

I think Lampard was eloquent and composed. I would have found it far more difficult to be calm in the face of someone so patently attention-seeking as him. Good on ya, Frank.
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

I use to listen to LBC a lot, but as a station it is declining (in terms of quality). Their flagship presenter is Nick Ferrari, has over recent years has lost his edge and has simply become a radio tabloid journo, with all the superficial right-wing crap that goes with it.

James O'Brien has always been in his shadow. This incident has obviously done him and the station a power of good. Sure he comes out of it looking like a fool, but it has drawn the attention of the great unwashed and low forheads. It will be interesting to see, if there will be more personal attacks made against "celebs" as part of the stations business model. Publicity is king, particularly for a commercial radio station.

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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

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I think Lampard was eloquent and composed. I would have found it far more difficult to be calm in the face of someone so patently attention-seeking as him. Good on ya, Frank.
thought the same thing- maybe not so eloquent, but good on him
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

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James O'Brien has always been in his shadow. This incident has obviously done him and the station a power of good.
If by that you mean they came out looking like insensitive imbeciles, then yes

Not content with coming out with crap on the anniversary of his mother's passing, but he did not even bother doing basic research like the fact Frank paid for a house for his ex and his children
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Old 25-04-2009, 1:09 PM   #12
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If by that you mean they came out looking like insensitive imbeciles, then yes

Not content with coming out with crap on the anniversary of his mother's passing, but he did not even bother doing basic research like the fact Frank paid for a house for his ex and his children
I meant that they got ratings. That's all a commercial radio station cares about. They now have the benefit of added listeners from that section of society known colloquially as "idiots".

I believe my post made adequate reference to the fact that morally, the station and presenter also looked foolish and ignorant, but I would imagine that ultimately they are not concerned about that.

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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

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he did not even bother doing basic research like the fact Frank paid for a house for his ex and his children
I don't think vast sections of the media do any more do they? Most of what they seem to write or say seems to be "from a secret source" or the like. Good on Frank though, he did well there.
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

Good on Frank

I can't stand moralising nobheads in the media who make a living out of dissecting the private lives of people, and trying to make tittle-tattle sound like fact
- whether or not Lampard's fair game because he may whore himself out to the media (does he? ... I don't know) it still doesn't make these media tosspots anything more than pubic lice
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

maybe fat frank kicked them out to get one of his 'special' male friends to move in then they could all get dressed up and nip down to G.A.Y for some dancing and a few babyshams
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maybe fat frank kicked them out to get one of his 'special' male friends to move in then they could all get dressed up and nip down to G.A.Y for some dancing and a few babyshams
Your intelligence sure came through loud and clear with that post
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Old 02-07-2009, 1:02 AM   #17
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

are you one of fat franks 'special' friends

my condolences
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

To be honest, I listen to LBC and although I don't agree with what the presenters opinions a lot of the time, the type of shows they run are not news items.
They are simple formats of social commantary and conversation, pretty much like what happens on here.
They see something in news and pass a comment and ask for opinions on the matter, and aren't there to do research.

It's an extension of having a chat down the pub over the papers and a pint - and not ment to be taken quite so seriously as some do.

If his mother had died on a different day, would there be so much fuss ?
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Old 02-07-2009, 7:57 AM   #19
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are you one of fat franks 'special' friends

my condolences
You come across as a bored 16 year old, maybe a part time job will help your state of mind, run along now.
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

i listened to it live when it happened

i think they both acquitted them selves ok

James is a lefty public school champion socialists who likes his own voice but ont he whole his show is very good
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

Showboating presenter...there's no such thing as bad publicity, on either side.
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You come across as a bored 16 year old, maybe a part time job will help your state of mind, run along now.

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You come across as a bored 16 year old, maybe a part time job will help your state of mind, run along now.
like i said in reply to your many PM's im not interested in pretending to be a 16 year old boy to come and play games with you and your 'special' fat frank

so stop asking
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like i said in reply to your many PM's im not interested in pretending to be a 16 year old boy to come and play games with you and your 'special' fat frank

so stop asking
I'm betting that statement is not true. I'll also bet that you get a ban for making such libellous comments.
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like i said in reply to your many PM's im not interested in pretending to be a 16 year old boy to come and play games with you and your 'special' fat frank

so stop asking
As you have made some highly defamatory claims against a forum member please forward one of these alleged PMs to me to substantiate your accusation.

I have suspended your posting priviledges until such proof is received.
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

I have received a PM from this pea brained idiot as follows:-

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suck my balls

you ****ing homo

why boither banning me as ill just use a proxy server

your all ***** on this site

It would seem that this halfwit has a hangup about homosexuality and it wouldn't surprise me if he were actually a repressed gay himself as that is often the case with people who like to spray these accusations about.

Mr Halfwit has obviously done well to contain himself so long as looking back ke was banned in March 2008 but that time only managed five posts before the peas inside his head exploded and he felt it necessary to post the following epitaph which you will notice again majors on homosexuality:-

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Sorry but having just read this back I can't post it even with the swear filter doing it's job
The expurgated post seems to refer to his previous life here as THE GFP before he was banned under that name
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

Priceless

Another one bites the dust
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Re: LBC Radio host gets an earfull!

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It would seem that this halfwit has a hangup about homosexuality and it wouldn't surprise me if he were actually a repressed gay himself as that is often the case with people who like to spray these accusations about.
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