No matter what you think of Biggins, he was spot on. And Cliff Richards was too, who wants a photo with an overweight drug riddled pop star.? Too many Woke people getting upset over nothing as usual.
He was slimmer than most men nowadays!, he was bloated not fat as such. He could lose pounds in days due to water retention. He was never grotesque. Still can't see the issue here. He was a Greek God for most of his career ❤
You only have to listen to Elvis Presley's live performance of Unchained Melody to see he blows any Cliff Richard performance out of the water by a country mile. Elvis was clearly very ill yet and still blew the doors off with that performance. Cliff is just jealous.
When Elvis sang If I can dream all dressed in white or his come back tour in 68 all in black leather singing trying to get to you wow that man had a voice no one could match not even Richard God gave Elvis a voice and he used it If Richard wants to put him down that says more about him than It does about ELVIS he will always be the King and nobody can change that.
It's not the fat shaming that I find the most shocking, it's the fact that Cliff is so self-obsessed he turned down the chance to meet a living legend all because the selfie wouldn't look good on his wall. Has he looked in a mirror lately?
Im sorry but elvis presley was a legend cliff richard wants to take a look at himself most people would have been honoured to have a photo with the king .how dare he !
It was 1976 when this happened and Cliff has told this story a number of times over the years. Im a massive Elvis fan and to me its not an issue. Whats not mentioned is when Cliff almost met Elvis in 1959 in Germany and there is home movie footage of Cliff knocking on Elvis' front door to meet him. Unfortunately, Elvis was on leave in Paris.
Cliff always modelled himself on Elvis from the start. Does he have any proof he met him? So as Cliff was such a mega fan, there's no way he would have refused a photo.
From what I understand, Americans don’t spend very much time thinking about the British as a rule. We are a small, distant Island that they don’t know much about and aren’t very interested in for the most part.
Elvis knew who Cliff Richard was for sure. He kept in touch and with the British music scene and British Elvis fans and celebrities. Priscilla personally told Cliff that Elvis knew all about him.
It doesn't matter how the person looks, if you're a fan you'll accept looks as well. Cliff worded what he said completely wrong cuz it came accross terrible
Given that Elvis' official cause of death was heart failure due to heart disease, maybe he would have lived longer if he'd experienced a bit more 'fat shaming' and used it as motivation to cut back on the bacon sandwiches.
In the last 20 months of Elvis's life, the star was apparently prescribed over 12,000 pills and other pharmaceuticals. In 1981, the doctor who had treated him was charged with 11 felony counts of overprescribing drugs but was acquitted. He maintained his medical license until 1995 when it was permanently suspended by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners.
Cliff's speech about Elvis Presley is regrettable. Regardless of Elvis' physical condition, him rejecting "Elvis" for the sake of "weight" is a small thought. The importance of Elvis as an artist and human being is that he should be taken into consideration at this time and not his weight. Elvis, unlike Cliff, never made distinctions regarding people's color or weight!
Elvis was fat in the end or bloated with all his pill popping poor diet and lazy lifestyle. Those that cared about him should have stopped him long before it became too late. Don't cancel people who voice what is in front of them Elvis deteriorated it helped end his stellar career and life.
Those around him did try and stop him from the lifestyle he was living but Elvis took no notice of them and did what he wanted to do. He didn't like anyone telling him what to do either.
he was being honest thats all its up to him who he wants to have a photo taken with and to be fair Elvis was a bit of a mess at the end sadly he said he wishes he had gone ahead with it but thats life he is a star
Well, there is no fool lie an old fool. If it hadn't been for Elvis, he would still be plain old Harry Webb. Yes, Elvis got fat but he always had an immense talent which outstripped and outshone anything Cliffie ever did. As for Biggins, he isn't exactly Twiggy, is he?
As an elvis fan for 40 years i must say his comment was honest . In 76 elvis wasnt in great shape at the start of 76 . He got himself fitter in mid 76 too
I don't know what all the fuss is about he spoke of this year's ago and he was speaking the truth Elvis was fat but that doesn't take anything away from his talent. Why does everyone have to be so politically correct even someone is telling the truth?
Amazing, if Elvis was my hero what ever I felt about his weight gain it would never be something I commented on in public, however Elvis got to be the size he did was his issue, we all have issues in our lives and I’m sure Cliff would not want anything said about him, but then I expect as he’s lived his perfect Christian life he won’t have anything in his life that he wouldn’t be open about.
I agree with Biggins and Cliff, at the end of Elvis life he was big and awful and people who idolised the image not the person. It was sad that at the end of his life he was heard to die in the bathroom and people who tried to help couldn’t get to him.
"It's a matter of keeping things in proportion" say the panel. Which is kind of what the ever controversial Cliff was saying about Elvis in the first place. Mind you, if you had a fat Elvis picture on your fridge, it might put you off snacking between meals. I think he should have done it. Incidentally, Cliff seems quite old and frail here. Isn't it fascinating how the prim and proper "kind" generation pick their targets so unkindly?
Elvis was a great talent but he died at 42 and near the end someone else off stage was singing bits for him and he couldn't even cope with a piano or holding a microphone. Somehow his inherent talent was still visible but he was a mess.
What a non-story. Next John Lennon will be attacked for his 'Fat Elvis Period' comment. Elvis 1968 was beautiful, then the fried bacon and peanut sandwiches took over, 8,000 calories a sandwich, and he often had two of them, and all before bed. And no one telling him that this probably wasn't a great move.
Elvis was more bloated than fat, and it is a bit of a myth that it was caused by overeating. He was severely constipated. Cliff Richard said nothing wrong, and people are ignoring the point he was making, which is that he regrets missing out on the opportunity. Being fat is something a person should be ashamed of.
So judgemental! People can be overweight for a variety of reasons and they don't need the judgement of someone like YOU. Cliff may not have meant to be rude but it came across that way as far as I am concerned. It was ungracious at the very least.
@@zzzbbbooohe’s told this story for over 25 years.. the only problem is the snowflakes of today. The other problem is Alison’s issue at going to Cliff Richard’s house when he only serves one meal a day
Michael Jackson was good looking before he changed his image the same with elvis both at there best where amazing cliff was only stateing a fact in his prime elvis was good looking and could sing the pants of these younger generation
I would of still took a photo with Elvis!💯 and whatever else I could possibly do with Elvis for as long as possible whilst he was a live ,regardless of what elvis looked like,his “size” and he still wasn’t fat ,he was just blotted from all the side affects of the medicated pills 💊 he took over the years and yes even if he didn’t have any of the pills he took over the years , he would still look a bit chubby fat ish from his favourite food that wasn’t healthy at all ,that he’s loved his whole life but he would of kept burning it off and staying in shape💯 either way he wasn’t actually fat in a natural way because of what I have said and I could say more and explain it better but you get my point and real elvis fans and his friends and family know and would agree with me 💯and he was still really good looking and as a person as a whole.”simply he was and is Elvis! ,That’s all I need to say and I can not put it in to words what Elvis means to me…..☝🏼🙏🏼⚡️👑 he was a gift and an (example of you know what) to humanity from “god” ⚡️……⚡️☝🏼👑🙏🏼♾💖
Cliff Richard might have been good singer with Shadows but he sucked. He gave a Concert in Stockholm and he never sang any of the old songs and he sucked that we walked out of the show.
Spliff Richard was a will never be anywhere near as good as the King.He isnt good enough to clean Elvis' shoes.Come to think of it Orbison, Pitney, Jay Black, Dean Martin and many more are better than Richard who fails every time to change his image.
Elvis became grotesque?........Biggins needs to take a good look in the mirror.
All three of them do!
No matter what you think of Biggins, he was spot on. And Cliff Richards was too, who wants a photo with an overweight drug riddled pop star.? Too many Woke people getting upset over nothing as usual.
These people are jealous.
He was slimmer than most men nowadays!, he was bloated not fat as such. He could lose pounds in days due to water retention. He was never grotesque. Still can't see the issue here. He was a Greek God for most of his career ❤
Right.....and he was bloated due to all the meds and drugs he was taking. Bloated from drugs/meds and having water weight is very different from fat.
Cliff has given this answer countless times over the years...😴
Look, Elvis lived his life to the full and I would’ve done the same if only unfortunately for Cliff Richards, Elvis was in a totally different league
Fat or thin Elvis was gorgeous no matter what size he was nobody will ever compare
Another one for the wokes to moan about.
You only have to listen to Elvis Presley's live performance of Unchained Melody to see he blows any Cliff Richard performance out of the water by a country mile. Elvis was clearly very ill yet and still blew the doors off with that performance. Cliff is just jealous.
When Elvis sang If I can dream all dressed in white or his come back tour in 68 all in black leather singing trying to get to you wow that man had a voice no one could match not even Richard God gave Elvis a voice and he used it If Richard wants to put him down that says more about him than It does about ELVIS he will always be the King and nobody can change that.
Of course, not. I think Cliff is just happy to be alive!!
@@bittenbech1266and not fat or on drugs
People like Cliff Richard were all copying Elvis, would be nowhere without him. Elvis and Sinatra are in a league of their own. Icons and legends.
It's not the fat shaming that I find the most shocking, it's the fact that Cliff is so self-obsessed he turned down the chance to meet a living legend all because the selfie wouldn't look good on his wall. Has he looked in a mirror lately?
Im sorry but elvis presley was a legend cliff richard wants to take a look at himself most people would have been honoured to have a photo with the king .how dare he !
It was 1976 when this happened and Cliff has told this story a number of times over the years. Im a massive Elvis fan and to me its not an issue. Whats not mentioned is when Cliff almost met Elvis in 1959 in Germany and there is home movie footage of Cliff knocking on Elvis' front door to meet him. Unfortunately, Elvis was on leave in Paris.
Cliff always modelled himself on Elvis from the start. Does he have any proof he met him? So as Cliff was such a mega fan, there's no way he would have refused a photo.
This is an old story but cliff tells it differently. he felt snubbed Elvis didn’t know who he was
From what I understand, Americans don’t spend very much time thinking about the British as a rule. We are a small, distant Island that they don’t know much about and aren’t very interested in for the most part.
Elvis knew who Cliff Richard was for sure. He kept in touch and with the British music scene and British Elvis fans and celebrities. Priscilla personally told Cliff that Elvis knew all about him.
Well why would he
@@Seanryan2001 Yes Priscilla has told Elvis about Cliff & Elvis responded that he likes competition.
Make fat shaming great again.
Fat shaming? is this the BBC?
It's just publicity for his new book.
It doesn't matter how the person looks, if you're a fan you'll accept looks as well. Cliff worded what he said completely wrong cuz it came accross terrible
LOL - don't we get into a turmoil about nothing. Storm in a teacup. THIS is not news!
Given that Elvis' official cause of death was heart failure due to heart disease, maybe he would have lived longer if he'd experienced a bit more 'fat shaming' and used it as motivation to cut back on the bacon sandwiches.
In the last 20 months of Elvis's life, the star was apparently prescribed over 12,000 pills and other pharmaceuticals. In 1981, the doctor who had treated him was charged with 11 felony counts of overprescribing drugs but was acquitted. He maintained his medical license until 1995 when it was permanently suspended by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners.
Kitty is no oil painting himself! But it was so funny how Alison Hammond was triggered by what he said.
Cliff's speech about Elvis Presley is regrettable. Regardless of Elvis' physical condition, him rejecting "Elvis" for the sake of "weight" is a small thought. The importance of Elvis as an artist and human being is that he should be taken into consideration at this time and not his weight. Elvis, unlike Cliff, never made distinctions regarding people's color or weight!
Elvis was fat in the end or bloated with all his pill popping poor diet and lazy lifestyle. Those that cared about him should have stopped him long before it became too late. Don't cancel people who voice what is in front of them Elvis deteriorated it helped end his stellar career and life.
Those around him did try and stop him from the lifestyle he was living but Elvis took no notice of them and did what he wanted to do. He didn't like anyone telling him what to do either.
Elvis was ill and bloated, more than he was fat, and it was only at the very end of his life.
1oo% ❤
Cliff who?
he was being honest thats all its up to him who he wants to have a photo taken with and to be fair Elvis was a bit of a mess at the end sadly he said he wishes he had gone ahead with it but thats life he is a star
Yes! Good to hear common sense! Honesty! The world needs that. Who would disagree?
Thank you for putting things into perspective. Well done!
Shakin Stevens was always the poor mans Elvis, , The looks the swagger
Shaking stevens was he’s own man 😊
I bet he didn’t like 14 year olds either. What a sicko.
@@phillipcarter8045 his*
Well, there is no fool lie an old fool. If it hadn't been for Elvis, he would still be plain old Harry Webb. Yes, Elvis got fat but he always had an immense talent which outstripped and outshone anything Cliffie ever did. As for Biggins, he isn't exactly Twiggy, is he?
Biggins is still half the size Elvis was at the end.
As an elvis fan for 40 years i must say his comment was honest . In 76 elvis wasnt in great shape at the start of 76 . He got himself fitter in mid 76 too
I don't know what all the fuss is about he spoke of this year's ago and he was speaking the truth Elvis was fat but that doesn't take anything away from his talent.
Why does everyone have to be so politically correct even someone is telling the truth?
what has happened to cliffs voice 🤷♀️😂😂
Living 83 years does tend to change your voice somewhat. Paul McCartney is 81, listen to him talking these days.
@@CB-xr1eg my mum lived to 86 😂😂her. voice the same
@@josmith6684 Was she a singer though? I suspect you're taking the piss but my question still stands.
Cliff Richard ain't no oil painting ....
But he's slim, you can't deny that.
cliff in hiss day was good looking like elvis
"CLIFF RICHARD!? 😡" -Rick
I wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Elvis Presley as my mum (a huge Elvis fan) married my dad who was better looking than Elvis but had a similar look.
Amazing, if Elvis was my hero what ever I felt about his weight gain it would never be something I commented on in public, however Elvis got to be the size he did was his issue, we all have issues in our lives and I’m sure Cliff would not want anything said about him, but then I expect as he’s lived his perfect Christian life he won’t have anything in his life that he wouldn’t be open about.
I agree with Biggins and Cliff, at the end of Elvis life he was big and awful and people who idolised the image not the person. It was sad that at the end of his life he was heard to die in the bathroom and people who tried to help couldn’t get to him.
Alison Hammond lol 😆
"It's a matter of keeping things in proportion" say the panel. Which is kind of what the ever controversial Cliff was saying about Elvis in the first place. Mind you, if you had a fat Elvis picture on your fridge, it might put you off snacking between meals. I think he should have done it.
Incidentally, Cliff seems quite old and frail here. Isn't it fascinating how the prim and proper "kind" generation pick their targets so unkindly?
Old and frail, at 83? Who would have thought it?
I agree. Cliff Richard is too much a gentleman to fat-shame anyone.
Me too, I agree, Cliff is too much of a gentleman to fat-shame anyone.
@@gloriagarcia4351 He abused children.
@@gloriagarcia4351 I agree. Cliff Richard is too much a gentleman to fat-shame anyone.
Elvis was fat near the end.
He looked better than Cliff ever did. Was more popular than Cliff. He only got fatter due to health issues. Cliff was one of my hero’s.
Rubbish Elvis was a pill popper had a poor diet and life style in the end. He killed himself which is so sad his hangers on should have stepped in.
hardly at the end he was forgetting his words and looked ill but he was the king just sad the way it ended for him
He got fat due to drugs.
And not forgetting, too many burgers
cliff was gorgeous to in his young days
Closeted Cliff is a calorific critic now? 😂
Elvis was a great talent but he died at 42 and near the end someone else off stage was singing bits for him and he couldn't even cope with a piano or holding a microphone. Somehow his inherent talent was still visible but he was a mess.
What a non-story. Next John Lennon will be attacked for his 'Fat Elvis Period' comment. Elvis 1968 was beautiful, then the fried bacon and peanut sandwiches took over, 8,000 calories a sandwich, and he often had two of them, and all before bed. And no one telling him that this probably wasn't a great move.
Two queens talking about a king doubt they have mirrors at home
Cliff who??? LMAO
RIP Elvis. ❤
What a ridiculous thing for Cliff Richard to say, his ego must be vast!
Don't be so woke.
You seem to be mistaking my aversion to massive egos for wokery, you could not be further from the truth, how sad@@CB-xr1eg
Elvis was more bloated than fat, and it is a bit of a myth that it was caused by overeating. He was severely constipated. Cliff Richard said nothing wrong, and people are ignoring the point he was making, which is that he regrets missing out on the opportunity. Being fat is something a person should be ashamed of.
What about people who put on weight because of side effects of Medication?They might have health issues through no fault of their own.
So judgemental! People can be overweight for a variety of reasons and they don't need the judgement of someone like YOU. Cliff may not have meant to be rude but it came across that way as far as I am concerned. It was ungracious at the very least.
I like "Cliff Richard should be a role model".
Does anyone really care? Elvis has been dead over 40 years I'm sure he's not going to care. Alison was more offended.
So, if someone is dead, it's carte blanche to say anything we like about them? No.
@@zzzbbbooohe’s told this story for over 25 years.. the only problem is the snowflakes of today. The other problem is Alison’s issue at going to Cliff Richard’s house when he only serves one meal a day
@@zzzbbbooo Do we say good things about Hitler or Mussolini?
The CPS should have let Cliff Richard's multiple victims prosecute him in 2016.
The CPS also protected Jimmy Savile and Prince Andrew.
Both abused children.
what absolute bollox. Show us your source for that statement.
@@CB-xr1eg It's why Presley could never fire Parker.
He threatened to go public about the underage girls.
Michael Jackson was good looking before he changed his image the same with elvis both at there best where amazing cliff was only stateing a fact in his prime elvis was good looking and could sing the pants of these younger generation
Jackson was ugly.
Agree with you there, people will always take what you say in the wrong way, which ever way you put it. Sad. 😢
Ricky Gervais pointed out that Cliff was always shitting on Elvis out of jealousy...20 years ago. Nothing changes.
So many people have done!
I've never heard of any Cliff Richard songs....but holy cow he's disgustingly creepy old with....is that hair?
It's a wig.
I always thought cliff Richard was a Christian I shall not judge .. rest in peace king of rock and roll. 💯🇬🇧🇯🇲👍
I would of still took a photo with Elvis!💯 and whatever else I could possibly do with Elvis for as long as possible whilst he was a live ,regardless of what elvis looked like,his “size” and he still wasn’t fat ,he was just blotted from all the side affects of the medicated pills 💊 he took over the years and yes even if he didn’t have any of the pills he took over the years , he would still look a bit chubby fat ish from his favourite food that wasn’t healthy at all ,that he’s loved his whole life but he would of kept burning it off and staying in shape💯 either way he wasn’t actually fat in a natural way because of what I have said and I could say more and explain it better but you get my point and real elvis fans and his friends and family know and would agree with me 💯and he was still really good looking and as a person as a whole.”simply he was and is Elvis! ,That’s all I need to say and I can not put it in to words what Elvis means to me…..☝🏼🙏🏼⚡️👑 he was a gift and an (example of you know what) to humanity from “god” ⚡️……⚡️☝🏼👑🙏🏼♾💖
Cliff Richard might have been good singer with Shadows but he sucked. He gave a Concert in Stockholm and he never sang any of the old songs and he sucked that we walked out of the show.
He was never a good singer.
Cliff was never like Elvis ,Shakey for me
Oh god..
@@rickbrowne9559 🤣
the world is bonkers if you cant fat shame
Spliff Richard was a will never be anywhere near as good as the King.He isnt good enough to clean Elvis' shoes.Come to think of it Orbison, Pitney, Jay Black, Dean Martin and many more are better than Richard who fails every time to change his image.
Cliff actually said he didn’t bcos Elvis looked good! Am l going daft or was that a compliment????
You're daft. Listen again.
At elvises worst he looked better than cliff