Hate is such a strong word.
I can't really feel real 'hatred' for someone I've never met - I reserve it for the people who've actually done something to me to deserve it (bullying school teachers, the man who ran me over and denied all culpability and claimed I was faking being in agony, that kind of stuff). Hatred is a very personal emotion.

I will, however, admit to having strong dislikes of various so-called celebrities, not least of which is that Welsh blow-up karaoke sex-doll Katherine Jenkins. She is pretty, and she can (up to a point) sing. However, a woman who markets herself (or is marketed as) a serious "opera singer" is an insult to all professional singers who spend years perfecting the art of learning how to project their voice, unamplified, to a vast auditorium, over the noise of an orchestra, and who have to become fluent in a minimum of 4 languages (English, French, German, Italian) to get anywhere in their career.

Edit: I caught a trailer for "Popstar to Opera star" on TV the other day (a programme I vowed to avoid wherever possible). It made my teeth itch. I was also confused as to why Mr Bean was on it wearing an afro wig, and then realised that Rolando Villazon has really let himself go.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 13:27, 7 replies)

I agree
I'm no expert but I've been inclined to agree with a lot of comments that she can't really do justice to half the pieces she sings.

_{Still would though...}
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 13:28, closed)

I can't stand the stupid bint either
Her appearance on Saturday Kitchen was so awful that I wanted to spang myself in the face with a tennis racket as a distraction. Instead I just turned the telly off, which worked just as well.
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 13:33, closed)

Oh, so very this.

( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 13:35, closed)

I like breasts

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 13:38, closed)

Indeed.
I like Bowie.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 13:45, closed)

I haven't heard much of her singing
But every time I've seen her on TV, she appeared to be made entirely from makeup.
(ragged, Thu 4 Feb 2010, 14:59, closed)

Absolutely agree
except you forgot to mention Russell Watson in the same breath.
( Sonic the Hedgetrimmer doesn't care what you think, Mon 8 Feb 2010, 17:37, closed)