I think it depends
If you are a celebrity simply because people take an interest in your ridiculous life eg. Katie Price, Jodie Marsh etc then fuck them. If you are a singer who doesn't throw their private life around to increase their fame (someone like Dido I guess) then yes leave them the fuck alone. Joanna Yeates landlord deserves every penny of compensation he gets and more, the papers labeled him a murdering weirdo right away and he had done nothing wrong. Cufflinks for occasions, buttons for work. Ducklings because they grow up in to swans.
( Peej, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:57, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I think all of those papers should have to run a full front page apologies outlining the jourbnalistic tricks that they used
to insinuate guilt without getting "immediately" sued. The Editors should also be fired.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:59, Reply)

Just make disclosure of their identity illegal until lifted by the police or CPS.
Simple innit.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:01, Reply)

Definitely, In This Light and on This Evening was shite.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:02, Reply)

That's the only album of theirs I like
I went to one of their gigs and everything they played that wasn't from that album sounded like B side remixes of the same song.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:06, Reply)

I quite liked The End Has a Start, but that's the only one I've listened to properly
I just wanted to make a cheap joke.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:10, Reply)

Ooh, I've got one of them..
There were some 'cheep' birds for sale in the pet shop the other day, so I decided it would be a good time to buy one, like, when they're for cheap. No, that's not right.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:15, Reply)

Are they the ones that sound like a Kwik-Save Joy Division?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:12, Reply)

They sound more like a budget Interpol.
Exactly like a budget Interpol, in fact.
( Kroney, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:14, Reply)

That sounds about right
The Kwik-Save near us closed down about two years ago, not sure if they're still around. My Nan used to buy a four pack of Skol there at the weekend. True story.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:17, Reply)

When I was a student I developed a recipe for potato soup
which consisted of Kwik-Save instant mash watered down to a soup-like consistency, garnished with pepper.

It's amazing I am still alive.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:21, Reply)

grueltastic

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:33, Reply)

It started as mash that went a bit wrong - before I knew I'd I'd created a modern British classic.
I was 'Heston' before Heston was 'Heston'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:35, Reply)

I love instant mash!
Add butter, milk, pepper and cheese and it is the snack of a champion
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:38, Reply)

I hate to point out the obvious here
But ducklings grow up into ducks.
Cygnets grow up into swans.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:03, Reply)

Yeah
everybody knows it's only the ugly ducklings that turn into swans.
( Kroney, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:04, Reply)

That was what I was going for.
Minus points to Applebite for not making the connection.
( Peej, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:12, Reply)

I'm revisising.
I'm in facts only mode.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:13, Reply)

Are you telling me
that the tale of the ugly duckling who grew up in to a swan isn't a fact?
( Peej, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:22, Reply)

They do in Farmville, and you have no friends.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:07, Reply)

Never played it.
Eh?
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:09, Reply)

I take the fith.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:10, Reply)

Fire in the hole?

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:13, Reply)

ammendment

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:15, Reply)

Then you take the fifth
Not the fith.
And amendment.
Not ammendment.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:18, Reply)

YOU TELL HIM!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:19, Reply)

I WILL

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:19, Reply)

Splagglewafflebutbut
You mean Joey.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:21, Reply)

Mweeeeaauurrghhhhh nnnnnnghhh

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:34, Reply)

Charlie says
"Don't do MD's"
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:36, Reply)

Sorry to spoil your enjoyment.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:19, Reply)

Apology accepted
You should be.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:20, Reply)