Peter Firth #2

[A Cousin]

(08-03-2011 03:22 PM)penfold Wrote:  

(08-03-2011 01:57 PM)guy lafleur Wrote:  I can`t believe he would break such a simple spook rule ,you would think he would know better.What if a nightingale member saw it.

Wouldn't want them nipping round with a bottle of eminently quaffable 30 year old malt, would we?

Haha! Good one, Penfold!

Well, I am going to cut the guy some slack. Let him enjoy his fame a bit and get his face out there. Even weird publicity is publicity. Look at how many of us have now seen the advert for the place? Could be a selling point. They also don't seem very concerned about moving a property pretty quickly in that particular area. He could be living with the girlfriend while he makes his move. But that is just a guess.

As for the privacy issue, seems to me that the issue isn't fans hunting him down to camp out in front of his house and harass him (sadly - "we" could do that if we wanted to no matter what but choose not to.) but how exposed the property is in general. Even if he is broadcasting where he is moving to, it still seems kind of general to me? Of course, I don't know the area. He could always purchase a house that has walls and gates which would less generally accessible than he seems to be now from the odd passer-by as he is sipping on his whisky in his garden or running out the door late for work.

On a side note, I had no idea that his youngest child was quite that young when he started Spooks. He/she would have been 5? The reason I bring it up goes back to the issue of personal privacy. I am sure his kids must visit him. As a parent, I'd be a lot more inclined to protect my kids from the magnifying glass of public scrutiny at 5 than I would be at 15. By the time they are 15, its time to come to terms with the idea that you are the child of a celebrity.