Famous diabetics

[Tim]

Aside from Sir Steve Redgrave, which famous people (define “fame” as you will) do you know are diabetic? For once, both Type One and Type Two count

[Annette A]

That Jonas brother person?
Isnt Gary Mabbutt (footballer) or am I thinking of someone else?
Arthur Smith (cos I read the back page of Balance)

[Anonymous]

@annette Correct with Gary Mabbutt. Have had the pleasure meeting him on ;

[Tim]

Ah, Halle – there’s a wonderfully inaccurate article about her diabetes nightmare here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-371528/Halle-Berry-My-battle-diabetes.html

[Annette A]

So according to the Daily Mail, butter pecan ice cream is salty.
If they cant even get a food flavour correct, what chance have they got with the complexities of diabetes?

[Sam]

Apparently a contest on American Idol was – a friend told me she kept talking about her insulin pump! Completely random and useless fact!

[Cecile]

The diabetic world seems all aflame with fame – the winter issue of my local diabetes magazine dishes up 2 pages dedicated completely to (supposedly) famous Americans (subsisting on a diet of cornstarch&syrup seems to give them the edge). Previously, my diabetic pedestal was inhabited by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, French Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne (& maybe the whole Impressionistic school along with him – I can vouch that cataracts does make the world seem wishy-washy and vague) and Pakistani swing bowler Wasim Akram .

Last and only least because of the amount of Google hits they get, there’s “Tim and Alison” of cult hit blog, Shoot Up or Put Up…according to Abbott, they’re eternally friendly too! (All this sweet talk – now I need a bit of aloe extract…)

[Alison]

Gary Mabbutt was my hero as a child, he was the only diabetic I knew. I interviewed him when I was a teenager and he was a really nice chap.

I think my parents were searching deperately for famous diabetics for me to look up to so I used to have a poster of pop singer Marie Wilson on my wall when I was 5. I still don’t think I know anything she ever sang, just that she had an impressive bee hive hair do and was my token diabetic celebrity alongside Gary Mabbutt!

[Anonymous]

Willie Rushton? I’m trying to remember all the Balance cover-people from my youth.

[Anonymous]

Bret Michaels, the lead singer from Poison. Definately worthy of being called a famous diabetic.

[Hairy Gnome]

Me?

[Tim]

Terry – I think you’re more infamous than famous…

[Hairy Gnome]

@Tim – Cheers matey! Roflmfao!

[Annette A]

Well I’ve heard of @teloz for longer than I’ve heard of Bret Michaels… (Sorry to all you Poison fans out there, I’ve never heard of them either…)

[Cecile]

@teloz: Just remember to inhale a needle cap when you inject next time: our former local Minister of Agriculture did just that and achieved front page status…

[Hairy Gnome]

@ckoei – No disrespect to you or your local Minister of Agriculture, but that sort of fame I can manage without thanks!

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