The North East has the hottest women Nick Knowles, not ‘munters’ – you need to take a long, hard look in the mirror
WHO on earth does Nick Knowles think he is?
I know I’m not the only woman in the North East fuming about the claims he made rude and offensive comments and, while he might be smiling from ear to ear as he waltzes across the floor on Strictly Come Dancing, women up north are gunning for him.
‘Munters’ - that’s what he's said to have called women in the North East whilst filming BBC show DIY SOS: The Big Build in North Shields.
A charity worker who met Nick claims he told her was the “first good-looking woman he had seen”.
What a charmer, if that is the language he’s used it's hideous and he ought to take a long, hard look in the mirror.
I’m not a munter, and neither are the rest of the women in the region – yet Nick has tarred us all with the same insulting, misogynistic brush.
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He’s a hugely recognisable celebrity and currently appearing on one of the nation’s biggest TV shows. It’s essentially a popularity contest yet Nick has managed to alienate an entire region of the UK with his thoughtless and offensive remarks.
I’m far from being the only woman in the North East left aghast at the comments Nick made.
“Urgh. Vile pig.” slammed one on social media, and, “this doesn’t surprise me.”
To turn North East hospitality round and, instead, brandish insults towards us is unforgivable.
Jo Dunbar
Nick’s ignorant comments suggest he doesn’t have his head screwed on at all.
My ‘patch’ is teeming with hot women like Cheryl, Donna Air, Amber Gill and Vicky Pattison who all hail from Newcastle.
Little Mix stunners Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall are South Shields lasses whilst Jayne Middlemiss whose model looks catapulted her to stardom has roots in Northumberland.
Petite star Helen Skelton was born in Cumbria and following Blue Peter now has tonnes of TV work covering sports, live TV and BBC staple Countryfile.
We’ve even bred a Miss United Kingdom - North Shields-born Madeleine Stringer was crowned in 1977.
Girls Aloud singer Cheryl’s gorgeous bone structure and beautiful hair meant companies such as L’Oreal snapped her up for advertising deals. And I'm sure Nick would have clocked the amount of times she topped FHM's Sexiest Women of the Year poll.
Meanwhile, Donna worked as a model and actress – most recently on the West End stage in 2:22 A Ghost Story. And Vicky has just had her glamorous wedding covered by a dedicated TV show.
I’m 41 and happily married but in my younger days I would scrub up to go out with my friends and we’d turn heads and get plenty of male attention.
Every woman can lack self esteem from time to time but in a glam outfit, comfy yet chunky heels and my face made up, I know I look my best and have the confidence to go out and have fun.
But men who make cruel comments like Nick’s have the power to derail a woman’s confidence in a flash which simply isn’t on.
Women from these parts take pride in glamming up and dressing up. Time is taken styling hair, applying tan and doing make up perfectly. It’s often the North East nights out that newspapers splash on their pages with stunning young women dressed to the nines.
Part of what I love most about living in the region is the friendliness of locals. People are happy to chat, to help and generally be very welcoming to anyone who visits. So, to turn North East hospitality round and, instead, brandish insults towards us is unforgivable.
DIY SOS: The Big Build is all about helping others and acts of charity, so it rankles that Nick was reportedly making such dismissive and derogatory comments behind the scenes.
He said he'd encountered hundreds of people in the course of his work and cannot be expected to remember what he has said to everyone he has met.
Regardless, something tells me that Nick won’t be getting a warm welcome next time he visits these parts.
His comments were totally uncalled for and, it turns out, pretty stupid now he needs our support to stay on TV especially as women form a major chunk of the Strictly Come Dancing fanbase.
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I’m pretty sure women of the ‘The Toon’ won’t be casting their Strictly votes Nick’s way on Saturday night.
He’s waltzed his way firmly into our bad books.
