Dame Helen Mirren

Monday, November 17th, 2008

This woman is one of our most famous actresses. Back in September she revealed that she had twice been the victim of date rape. That is to say she had gone back to a fella’s place and then refused sex at the last minute and got screwed. She appears to be intelligent but you have to wonder what she was thinking of at the time – maybe she was drunk.

And she says that this happened twice. This reminds me of that quote from Oscar Wilde – ‘to lose one parent is unfortunate, to lose both is downright careless.’

She has also said that women jurors are biased against rape victims on grounds of sexual jealousy. Well, I have heard and read before that women jurors are biased in that way but sexual jealousy? What is the woman talking about? Actress she may be but psychologist? Surely not. She’s not that savvy or she would have spotted the second date rape coming.

Only been on one jury and we were all ages, sexes and types but we had one thing in common – we knew this was serious stuff. We got a rape and buggery case to start with and it was adjourned within 48 hours. The girl was ESN and all I remember was that we were all very sad about it and glad to be rid of it. I know that this may sound like shirking your public duty but would you honestly want to be part of it? (And if you are wondering, I did look at the bloke in the dock and I did watch the girl on the video interview and I’d have sent him down with no hesitation and my fellow jurors would have done the same. So maybe Helen Mirren has a point about bias but is it not down to simple human frailty rather than this Freudian bollocks?.)

And now her latest revelation is that she used to snort coke until she learned that Klaus Barbie (convicted Nazi war criminal) made money from it. So she says she quit once she learned that.

Would you? Would you refrain from anything you are doing if you found out that Atilla the Hun did the same? I am not talking about killing here, I am simply asking if you’d pack in eating Cumberland Sausage or watching Channel 5 if you found out that Osama bin Laden was fond of both.

I think she is an able and talented actress but why the fuck she needs to grab headlines with crap like this, I do not know. And what is more, I don’t believe her.

Ronald Reagan and Arnie made it into politics but thank God the majority of the acting profession don’t. And yes, I know all about Glenda Jackson, thank you. She sank without trace once she hit the House of Commons.