TV personalities who randomly disappear

[robemcdonald]

thegreenhell said:

Steamer said:

eldar said:

The Mad Monk said:

She has had the income, so why didn't she put aside 40% to pay the future tax bill?

Living, perhaps? HMG haven't been particularly generous to the self employed and contractors.

well the return she will be facing on Jan 31st is for earnings upto April 2020 - so she earned that money / taxable income - pre pandemic... its not exactly like its a surprise when you've been in the industry as long as she has.

Not everyone can afford to put aside 40% and save enough in addition to live for an indefinite amount of time with zero income due to a global pandemic. The tax bill probably wasn't a surprise, but a global pandemic that wiped out earnings in the entertainment industry with no government support probably was. It's entirely possible that she had the money set aside to pay HMRC, as she would have had to every other year, but in the ensuing ten months of zero income has had to use that money to pay other essential bills. There will be many other people in this situation, not just the celebrities that get written about in the press.

She is 66 and her star is hardly on the rise. There is a story of her being skint a couple of years ago too.
I would imagine she has been able to earn decent money over the years, more than most anyway. It’s difficult to feel too much sympathy.

[nonsequitur]

Johnspex said:

Brenda Fricker.

Lost in New York?

[LeadFarmer]

cuprabob said:

Maybe she couldn't make her mind up on whether to set some money aside or not.

Well at least I got It, if nobody else did

[cuprabob]

LeadFarmer said:

cuprabob said:

Maybe she couldn't make her mind up on whether to set some money aside or not.

Well at least I got It, if nobody else did

Thank you

[10126 Torino]

LeadFarmer said:

cuprabob said:

Maybe she couldn't make her mind up on whether to set some money aside or not.

Well at least I got It, if nobody else did

I got it , but just ignored it .........my smilies are broken !

[LeadFarmer]

LeadFarmer said:

Cheryl Baker used to frequently appear on various TV shows, but according to the newspapers she's broke and can't pay the tax man....


https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/13794486/buc...

Cheryl Baker has revealed she is 'totally broke' and growing her own vegetables for food.

The Bucks Fizz singer, 66, admitted things are so bad her former Dancing On Ice partner has stepped in and offered to lend her money.

And her fans have also started a whipround to help out after hearing about Cheryl's struggle amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Cheryl, who soared to fame after winning Eurovision Song Contest in 1981, said her finances have taken a huge hit lately.

Crippling lockdown restrictions have meant Cheryl has not earned any money from gigs and events since last October.

[CoolHands]

Onlyfans might be necessary

[coppernorks]

CoolHands said:

No sympathy here. You earn it, you keep some aside ready for your bill.

Yes, my heart doesn't bleed for skint celebs who, unlike the rest of us, spent everything they earned
when times were good, and forgot that one day, when times were bad, they would face the ire of the Taxman.

Anyway, Cheryl missed the chance with me in the 1980s, had she married me, well, let's just say
that boat has long sailed, she will look back at her decision with regret as she queues up down the Salvation Army Kitchen.

[Mikebentley]

She made her mind up with that decision, marry coppernorks or a penniless old age. She’s smarter than she comes across.

[V8covin]

coppernorks said:

Anyway, Cheryl missed the chance with me in the 1980s, had she married me, well, let's just say
that boat has long sailed, she will look back at her decision with regret as she queues up down the Salvation Army Kitchen.

You're in the land of make believe

[Thankyou4calling]

I think Cheryl needs to be making her mind up.

[gruffgriff]

If you can't stand the heat, make provisions to get the tax in

[eldar]

gruffgriff said:

If you can't stand the heat, make provisions to get the tax in

You sound like you are Hectoring her.

[Barrie c 66]

Never see Ray Mears on the telly anymore.

[nonsequitur]

Thankyou4calling said:

I think Cheryl needs to be making her mind up.

If she does that, will she be bucking the trend?

[Evoluzione]

Nick Hancock, whatever happened to him after his brief quizmaster career?

[TR4man]

Evoluzione said:

Nick Hancock, whatever happened to him after his brief quizmaster career?

He used to live about a mile and a half from me on the Cheshire/Staffordshire borders and was frequently seen around the village and in the one and only shop. He was/is a very friendly and down to earth guy who’d always have time to chat to anyone who recognised him.

He moved a couple of years ago (I think to Shrewsbury where he was educated) when his house finally sold after being on the market for a few years. It was a beautiful country manor house full of lovely antiques (antiques being one of his interests outside football).

He still frequently appears on Radio Stoke commenting on Stoke City.

[glazbagun]

Barrie c 66 said:

Never see Ray Mears on the telly anymore.

He runs his own training business. I half-read his autobiography and he's had an interesting life to say the least!

[soxboy]

Barrie c 66 said:

Never see Ray Mears on the telly anymore.

That's because he's in camouflage.

[Halmyre]

Chris Goffey popped up in the latest edition of Caravan and Camping Magazine, tootling round the Outer Hebrides in a motorhome. Can't tell if he's wearing a wool jumper or not.