Must fill the blog. Haven’t posted in two days. Oh, oops, what is that on Twitter?
Google tells me this was a massive charity event. God’s Love We Deliver provides meals (and other services) to those in need. It appears as if this charity is very much supported by celebrity. So much so, that there is a massive cache of photos of the event. Richard features in four of them, via Getty Images.
Gorgeous wide smiles, looks very happy 👍🏻
What do you think of the romanticherohair in combination with a bigbeard?
PS: Thanks to Kate for finding the Getty pics!
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I want the purple suit back. This greenish whatever shirt is a big no from me. I approve of Mr. Gibb‘s tie. Now that is awesome! 👏🏻
But fashion aside, love the smiles. Much more relaxed than the Twitter/insta photo. My guess about the matinee idol hair is that he’s growing it out for UV. Watch me be comPLEtely wrong about that in a few months. 🧔🏻
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Yeah, the greenish shirt was a little bit too early 90s for me, and the tie, too. But hey, I’ll zip it now on the fashion.
Very relaxed and cheerfully smiling for the camera indeed. Nice to see that.
I can’t believe that they are going to bring a long-haired hippy Astrov on stage 😱. I mean, ok, I expect massive deviations from the original, and I can see how the frustrated, depressed Astrov could easily be “modernised” into an unkempt “Waldschrat” kind of guy. My horror is actually that the 90s footballer look could make a comeback 😩
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I was thinking more along the lines of Chekhov himself. Not unkempt, but a delicious, swept-back, marvelous head of hair like 👇🏻
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RA could easily play an older Chekhov in a movie or mini-series.
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Well, he certainly has that marvellous head of hair!!! (Which is quite something, actually. I just watched the new documentary about Harry and Meghan in Africa, and Harry, although 13 years younger than RA, is now also beginning to go slightly lighter patched on top…)
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Wow, he’s very handsome. Perhaps RA is basing his look on Chekhov
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I wouldn’t mind seeing him like this!!
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Also ich mag Petrol und finde, die Farbe steht ihm. Das Hemd gefällt mir also. Dafür hätte er den Rest meinetwegen weglassen können. Das Essen scheint jedenfalls geschmeckt zu haben, oder das Hemd sitzt etwas unvorteilhaft 😜.
Ich glaub ja nicht, das Astrov Vokuhila tragen wird 😂. Und hoffentlich wird´s auch kein Waldschrat mit zotteligem Haar und langem, verfilztem Bart 😱. Das Allerschlimmste wär für mich aber immer noch ein Schnurrbart 😖🤢😭. Insofern sieht im Moment alles noch gut aus.
Und die Spuren von Grau im Bart 😍…
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Den Rest weglassen? Also quasi nur im Hemd und ohne Hose? 😂
Können wir übrigens mal bitte über den strammen Oberschenkel sprechen, den man im Selfie sieht 😁
Das Haar ist jetzt – aus meiner Sicht – so am Übergang, wo es ein bisschen zu lang wird und die Schmalzlocke ein bisschen zu heftig wird. Aber das ist natürlich auch mal wieder Geschmacksache… Die Spuren von Grau dagegen finde ich auch gut!
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Na klar, erst nur im Hemd und dann nur noch ohne Hemd 😂.
Stramme Oberschenkel??? Ich seh da nur einen wohlgeformten Adduktor und Quatrizeps 😉.
Ich bin da ganz deiner Meinung, größer sollte die Tolle nicht mehr werden – Greasegefahr. Wenn´s noch länger wird, müsste er es anders frisieren.
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Ich denke, er muss es wachsen lassen und weiß jetzt nicht so recht wohin damit. #TotaleSpekulation
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Gut möglich. Es bleibt spannend. So ne Übergangslänge ist meistens Mist (eigene Erfahrung).
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Stimmt!
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Also, ich seh da seinen Oberschenkel unten links im Selfie-Bild.
Greasegefahr – im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Und am Ende sind wir dann wie gesagt wieder beim 90s Footballer.
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Den seh ich doch auch, ich wollte nur auf muskulös statt stramm hinaus 😉.
Vokuhila ist nicht meins, aber solang er dann wenigstens nur die Frise von Tante Käthe hat und nicht den Bart, kann ich das ertragen.
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Nee, das kann ja nicht.
🎵 🎶 Es gibt nur ein Rudi Völler… 🎶🎵🎶
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😂 Ganz genau. Was das Haarstyling angeht, kann man nur sagen: zum Glück.
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Die einen sagen muskulös, die anderen sagen stramm 😉. Ich glaube, wir meinen das Gleiche.
UGW – wenn der den Minipli von Tante Käthe übernimmt, dann gebe ich meine Tickets zurück!
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Ach komm, für die Kunst muss man schon mal an seine Grenzen gehen 🤣.
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Diese Konvo ist der Hit. Dass Tante Käthe auf GP mal zu solchen Ehren kommt. 👵🏻 😉 Dickes Bussi an euch, Mädels. 💋
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Naja, als alte Werderanerin…
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Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt #TanteKäthesMinipli 😂
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#TeamMinipli 🤣🤣
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👍😂 Könnte allerdings ein recht kleines Team werden.
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Rudi, Rudi!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
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Sag a mal, der Rudi is aber kei Frrrrang, oder?
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Nee. War aber einer meiner Lieblingsspieler zu WM 1990 Zeiten. ⚽️
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👍👏
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Oha. Ich sag nur “Ruud Gullit”!
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Da krieg ich heute noch Aggro! 🤬
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Unglaublich! Sowas geht gar nicht. Hätte ganz anders geahndet werden müssen.
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Und uns Käthe dann auch noch zu bestrafen. Bodenlos!!
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Skandal 😡!
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Unvergessen. Unvergeben.
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Definitiv!! Das ist mein Wembley-Tor.
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Wahrscheinlich nur Kate 😜
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Me, myself and I. Schon sind wir drei! 😝
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multiple Persönlichkeit 😉
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🤓😇🤪
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Das ist ja schon gleich eine ganze Gruppe. Und damit wäre dann also der Hashtag amtlich genehmigt.
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Juhu!
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NEIN!
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🤣🤣
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🤣🤣🤣 Sag niemals nie…
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Doch! 🤪
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LOL – grenzwertig ist da wirklich das Stichwort. Ey, ich will da was fürs Auge haben!!!
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Hast du doch, alles vom Hals abwärts…
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Wo du Recht hast, hast du Recht. Puh, gerettet. Der Trip nach London findet also statt.
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#NochmalSchweinGehabt
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Sag ich dir. Wär ein teurer Reinfall gewesen.
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I’m guessing he didn’t use a stylist for this event
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Who knows. Stylists have strange (to me) tastes as well.
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He just doesn’t look styled to me. That’s all, I don’t actually know, it’s just an opinion.
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Definitely a far cry from the purple quilted quicker picker upper. 😂
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I loved the purple. Well purple sounds too boring a word. It definitely wasn’t shrinking violet LOL
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I also googled it, and found it was an award for romance writers! ??? Anyway a massive beard (for Uncle Vanya?), and I love the IG pic! Do I see some grey in the beard there? Would love it!
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No – that award happens to have the same name. This was an award connected to the Gods Love We Deliver charity, not the Romance Writers Association.
Hehe, I also thought I spotted some grey…
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Am I seeing things or is this a “new” beard? It looks less like a Proctor beard and more like……an Astrov. It’s trimmed differently.
For comparison – https://i.pinimg.com/736x/96/f4/cc/96f4ccd886be8bdaebf944363178967d.jpg
*sigh* there’s no hope for me when I go dissecting the differences in his beard growth pattern!
Beard aside, I’m loving the romanticherohairdo and that he looks happy and relaxed.
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Is it? I thought it looked similar – albeit with traces of grey 😉 There is something about a slightly emphasised moustache in it though – and ugh *shudder*…
But yeah, all those things are superficial. He looks happy and relaxed, that is much more newsworthy than his style 😉
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Who is the guy with the purple tie in the photos? Can’t help wondering if he’s RA’s date??
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Getty says his name is “Jim Gibb”. (And I thought the same.)
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Looks like quite a glitzy affair in NYC with some big names from the world of fashion attending (Anna Wintour no less!) That’s why it’s good to see Rich and Jim making their own (non) fashion statements in such illustrious company! 😆
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I like Jim‘s tie. But that might be a personal thing. I would buy that for Mr Kate.
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Looking at the photos again,the cameras all seem to be angled towards the long table Richard and friend definitely appear on the periphery.
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Very good point. They actually look “normal” – and that is nice, too.
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Cute body language
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Yes, loving the look, the green shirt though is a bit icky, still who cares if he likes it so what.
I’m thinking a “Chekhov vibe” re the locks and beard.
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It must be. But then – Chekhov is two and a half months away… *eeek* So how long is the mane going to be?
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Do they have hairdresses in the theatre in quite the same way as they do in films, one always thinks of the actor sitting in front of the mirror doing their makeup and hair themselves. LOL
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You know, I have been wondering about that, too. But no, I think they do have make-up and hair people there, too
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❤ Love the look, even the green shirt.
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I think the happy smile makes everything look better.
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Definitely!
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At least they look so happy together. I’m sure we will find out in a day or two who Mr. Gibb is, thanks to the sleuths in the Army. I’m not digging RA’s shirt either but eh. He looks gorgeous anyway. I love the hair and beard!
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Mr Gibb is Creative Director for ABG (Authentic brands group) 😉
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There are a few Jim Gibbs to be found. No pictures, though.
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https://www.broadwayworld.com/maine/article/Ogunquit-Playhouse-Cast-Honored-with-Special-Guests-During-HEARTBREAK-HOTEL-Rehearsal-20170816
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The photo is too small to actually identify him. There are at least 7 men of that name on the internet.
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Ok. Please feel free to delete my posts. Sorry if I’ve caused a problem
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Huh? You haven’t caused a problem at all, Rachel. Sorry if my tone came across as aggressive. I literally just wanted to express what I said – I couldn’t see the Gibb guy on the photo because it was tiny. And when I looked for his name, there were at least 7 men of the same name – so I couldn’t figure out who he was.
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it’s cause when i googled it on my computer on the image search the picture is much bigger and he’s standing in the middle behind the girl in the green top0-he’s wearing a black tshirt. I thought i was causing offense somewhere by identifying him
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Ah, I see. I just clicked your link and the photo in the article is tiny.
Nope, no offense caused! I would’ve told you so if there was 😉
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yeah i didn’t realise how tiny the pic was in the article, glad all ok
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Sorry – please do keep in mind that Djermans, even when having lived in an anglophone country for 20 years, may sometimes miss a filter 😂. Straight to the point, no unnecessary frills. (Was your granny a straight talker?)
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#Tacheles 😉
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Agree with Guylty that he looks so relaxed and happy in these photos, and that makes me happy. It also makes up for the hair and shirt situation (he has an excuse for the former but not for the latter!).
I did the same thing Rachel did with Google image. Google “jim gibb authentic brands group,” then click images, then you’ll see the photo in question along the top with “ogunquit playhouse” and if you click on it, it will come up much larger on the right. With Mr. Gibb in the middle. So he is the ABG NYC Jim Gibb!
I couldn’t find any further info on him, but I did find some more photos:
Scroll down here for three older pix from over a decade ago:
https://www.patrickmcmullan.com/search/?person=5b3ef61f9f92906676aef802
Also here from 2013:
https://www.societyallure.com/Events/Opening-reception-for-Peter/i-m3rKSKb
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There’s a few other pics of him on Getty at events too 😊
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#TeamAntiGreenShirt
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I’m pretty certain that colour is teal
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What’s the difference between teal and petrol?
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Teal is more green, petrol is more blue I think
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But I guess it depends on what it looks like on your screen. Need to see it in person 😉
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Yes, screens make a difference. It looked rather green to me, too, but then again I didn’t know that that colour was called teal rather than petrol.
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Ah, I had no idea.
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I do like that slight (teensy tiny) belly showing in the second Getty photo hihi (the one with mr.Gibb leaning towards him). Probably not a flabby belly and just the way the clothes go, but still a cute detail!
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Belly? Belly? I did not see any belly anywhere… ?
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The way the shirt is tucked in and folds over makes it look like it’s a soft part of him (to me). But you’re probably right, it’s most likely not a belly! Sorry for the confusion 😅
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More like – Guylty is love blind.
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Das bist du wohl 😍😂. Ich habs auch gesehen und fühle mich ihm dadurch gleich viel näher 😉.
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Wenn ich dad bod will, dann guck ich mir meinen Gatten an. Der hat einen unschlagbaren dad bod. Da kommt RA niemals mit.
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Uiuiui, das sind ja hier Behauptungen… Ich bin sicher, wenn RA sich richtig anstrengen würde, hätte er eine Chance.
Ich schmeiß mich hier übrigens grad weg. Die letzten Kommentare sind einfach köstlich… 😂😅🤣
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Müssen wir mal bei My Zoë genau hinschauen, ob Method!Richie da den dad bod gibt…
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Soll noch mal einer sagen, Deutsche können nicht witzig.
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Wir sind da einfach unverstanden… *seufz*
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Schweres Los 🥺…
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*tieftraurigguck*
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arme(r), schwarze(r) Kate(r)
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Miau! *WirbraucheneinschwarzesKatzenemoji*
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💯% d´accord!!!
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Total. Sagte soeben auch die deutsche Botschafterin bei einer Lesung im Goethe-Institut. Sehr zum Amüsement der Anwesenden.
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Fantastisch. Bestätigung von höchster Ebene.
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Wahrscheinlich Teil der bundesdeutschen Außenpolitik.
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I approve!
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I reckon there’s a tiny bit of squish there, Nix, when he is standing as well. I love it, makes for comfy cuddling ha! 😉
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hehe, i think it’s cause he’s slouching x
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Lovely hair to run hads through. I actually like the shirt and think it suits him – and I I loved his 90s footballer hair – but more so when it want tied up. Yes, a mullet.
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Well, strictly speaking he is wearing a mullet right now… It really suits him. He looked great as Guy fo Gisborne…
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Guy hair was gooooood!
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Yes. I totally am #TeamGuyMullet!
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Me too!
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*high five*
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Apologies, as ever, for my dreadful sentences. My stupid small phone, the cracked screen, predictive text, and bad eye-sight are to blame. I meant to say ‘hands’ not ‘hads’ (I haven’t got a cold) and ‘I loved his 90s footballer hair but more when it wasn’t tied up’. Grrrr.
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No worries – I have the same issues with Otto Currect.
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I’m still wondering what has changed in his life that he’s finally willing to be photographed in poses that are sooo obvious. It certainly seemed like RA has been a lot happier lately, and that couldn’t all have been because Shaun Dooley was such a hoot on the set of “The Stranger.” 🤣
I’m guessing that maybe JG might be Mr. Right, or maybe after his mum’s death, RA has realized that life is too damn short not to be open about the man who makes him smile like that? Or maybe he’s decided that at his “advanced” age 🤣, he’s probably not going to be getting the romantic leading man film roles he might have once hoped for, so he might as well be a bit more open? Maybe he figures that his Thornton and Gizzy roles are so far behind him that he can afford to lose a few female fans? And with his own production company going, he can be assured of at least some film/TV work. And, lord knows, sexuality doesn’t affect popularity for stage actors!
All I know is that long-distance relationships are difficult, so good for him for making the effort to get to NY when he can.
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My thoughts entirely.
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Not a knuckle rapping, just a little explanation in response: I don’t really like to speculate publicly on my blog (although I have an opinion on this matter) about this issue. On a general level my response is that it makes me very sad that some people still cannot live their life – in terms of openly declaring their sexual preferences – freely. It’s something that I feel very strongly about because I have suspicions about one of my family members being gay – and as yet not out of the closet about it. It makes me sad that the person is stifling such a big part of his/her life – or is worried about my reaction to the disclosure… This is 2019. Even arch-Catholic countries such as Ireland have *voted* for marriage equality…
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I understand. I had a very dear friend who never told any of us that he was gay until he was dying of AIDS. Even though we were very close in our group, to the point where my best girlfriend was thinking that she was going to marry this man and spend the rest of her life with him, he covered up his true self so well that none of us knew. And it broke my heart when I found out. Not because I cared about who he loved or that I would have loved him one iota less, but because he had lived for years with this secret and felt that for whatever reason, he couldn’t share it with us. So none of us ever got to meet his boyfriend, or share his excitement at having a partner. Granted, this was 25 years ago, but I don’t think that the landscape around this issue has changed *that* much, certainly not as much as it should. It really needs to become a non-issue so that everyone can live their lives like anyone else. Anyway, I apologize for bringing it up and will try to do better. 💐
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Nonono, LoLo, no need to do ‘better’. You have done nothing wrong. Definitely not a knuckle rap, just an explanation. Feel free to discuss.
And the scenario you are mentioning with your friend – it really just breaks my heart. I totally believe that the decision to come out *must be* the person’s himself/herself, but I just find it unimaginably sad that they may feel forced to keep such a big part of their identity hidden. I’m not putting any pressure on *my* family member – but I admit I feel a bit disappointed that I am not deemed trustworthy.
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There was definitely anger when my friend was forced to come out because of his illness. Like, “when exactly over the past TEN YEARS did I ever give you the impression that I would have loved you less or thought badly of you for being gay? What exactly did I do to make you think that I’m so bigoted?” Plus how devastated my girlfriend was, even though she remained his rock until his last breath. He had certainly allowed her to think that there was something between them, and that, to me, was unconscionable. He *knew* how she felt and chose to make his secret, which he kept for whatever reason, more important than her. It was very difficult for me to reconcile all those feelings while trying to be strong for someone I loved so much, and for his wonderful parents, who were supportive of him. It also had a profound effect on me as far as making me wonder if we can ever truly know someone. No matter how close we may think we are, all we are ever seeing is what we are allowed to see. And with those happy thoughts, I will leave you for the night and try to get some sleep. 😘
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I can understand the anger, too – especially in case of the friend who felt led-on. But the overriding emotion for me is always – sadness. Anger, frustration, disappointment could’ve been avoided if things had been out in the open.
I agree with you btw – I don’t think you can ever really know another person 100%. We don’t know the others’ thoughts. Then again, that also means they can surprise us in a good way 😉
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Shaun Dooley is featured along with Luke Evans (I ‘m Welsh of course I love singing) on the trailer for the Children in need a BBC fundraiser show. It’s a shame no one asked RA he did it twice before once when he was involved with Robin Hood and once with the Vicar of Dibley. We could have heard him sing, it would have made up ,a little for losing Mid Life Crisis.
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Is that the fundraiser which Taylor Swift swooped in on?
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Yes I’ve been thinking the same thing, particularly as RA seemed to get on so well with Dooley. Perhaps it was bad timing and it was all arranged before the Stranger filming.
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Shaun Dooley and his wife produced the charity album he has said ” So I rang some lovely people i’d worked with and asked them if they’d be on it, and pretty much everyone said yes”
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Oh perhaps Richard said no ( or isnt a lovely person, ho ho)
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Thanks for the nice RA pics (und die vielen Tante-Käthe-Kommentare – Rudi rocks!
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Wer hätte gedacht, dass Tante Käthe noch 20 Jahre später so viel Spaß bereiten würde…
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Tja, gewußt wie 😉
Oder eben auch: ‘Erbarme, zu spät! Die Hesse komme!’
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Rodgau Monotones.
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Jup 😀
Und den Hessen kann Tante Käthe auch nach weiß der Kuckuck wie vielen Jahren anderswo definitiv nicht verleugnen
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Gut so…
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He does look relaxed and happy and that’s so good!
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It’s always good to know that and when others are happy. I certainly feel happier when I know that those who I care about are happy. So happy RA – happy fans 😌
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They make a beautiful pair, if they are boyfriends it’s okay
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Nice photos of RA. I love the long hair with the beard.
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Hehe, Ricky, just to point out here that the post you have commented on, is actually a year old. That event took place in October 2019! 😉
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