Julian Clary on Who Do You Think You Are? Prt 7 of 7

[fantastic7heaven]

How funny she is more upset she might be German than her son being a flaming fairy. That would be 100X more embarrassing for me.

[EmmyNeander]

"Mother, I'm afraid I'm homosexual" lols

[bardo0007]

Germamd Germans Germans , they are everywhere. Please dont meantion the war.

[HughOxford]

Interesting. I wonder if Julian's homosexuality can be put down to his relationship with his mother.

[katarinavalencia1113]

i would love to meet julian dad but not mother lol

[lightupthesky1211]

and you can come as well. hahahaha :D

[britfrenir]

@lightupthesky1211 It is good Julan is letting him go so he can be with hs wife and son and becasue he has German ancestry. I wonder if they know what part Herman came from.

[fritspas]

If only I were German, would have some World Cup victories at last.

[DAddictiveFragrance]

Thanks for sharing. It was just amazing to watch this. I guess what people least expect or don't want to be true tend to be what things really are; like in Julian's mother's case. Perhaps deep down she might have known/suspected something or have heard some rumors previously and thus her strong reactions throughout the show. Just a wild guess. Her ancestry story somehow reminded me a bit of Barbara Delinsky's 'Family Tree' though...

[GirLInSecondLife]

Is he really this catty and egotistical or is he kidding? "I never knew my grandfather...and that's a shame. For him." or "Glad we have someone of class in our family. She taught me how to hold my spoon." Things like that. Class is not insulting people that way. For instance "I don't feel very close to him...or his very hefty wife." What *doesn't* he have prejudices about? And then the German thing, though that was true in a lot of places around war times.

[TheKenfig]

@GirLInSecondLife He's bloody kidding ! ; it's part of his persona as a dry and sarcastic comic

[petclark1]

Though the remarks about their German ancestory are a bit much, put into the context of Julian's parents, who can still remember WW2, it's isn't very surprising given the abject horrors of that time. We can't whitewash history and suddenly think-Oh isn't it lovely, now we're all friends again? People who lived through those dark days...well, I'm sorry, but they are entitled to some remaining bigotry. If it had turned out his ancestors were raving Nazi's, we wouldn't even be debating it.

[britfrenir]

I wonder if Julian took his parents to where Terisa lived on Circus street so they can see it is a nice place and even the church since he is taking all the way to Germany to see where she lived before that.

[Broadway3]

his father laughing in the background is freakin' hysterical, take that missy! lol

[Harvanic]

I think he comes across as a very beautiful person who struggles with his own demons in an effort to conquer them. I think this program is sensitive and honest. They could easily have edited the parts where prejudice arose. By letting us see Julian's and his mum's negative reactions to certain news we then get to see and appreciate the evolution of their attitudes into a humble and rather penitent acceptance. Wonderful, insightful viewing.

[KL001]

I wuv the dog

[Germanator93]

Seems to me that this guy is a bit facile, xenophobic and arrogant. If you compare this episode with the one, Mr. Stephen Fry found out about his ancestors, it is not difficult to tell which of them is smarter or more wise...

[slackerwho]

Just astounding. You'd have hoped that someone who undoubtably has experience extreme prejudice himself might show greater tolerance to others. But no. I have always adored Mr Clary but what he shows of himself in this program dampens my admiration for him considerably.

[kcronaldo]

trier is the oldest city in germany, so thats someting

[atomicnortherner]

his mam nearly slips something out, i think you would know if your mam spoke with an accent different to others!

[wuduaelvin]

I really enjoyed this part of the series. Thanks so much for posting the Julian Clary episode. I have not had access to them in Australia. : )

[Pomponab]

Don't like her!

[j4eyes1]

I thought the whole programme was great. Whenever you research your ancestry you will find surprises - some pleasant some not. I also have a german great-grandfather but unlike Julian I doubt I will find very much about him. Will not stop me looking though. As for comments made by Julian's mother she is only reflecting what she has been taught/heard as she has matured. Plus just because she says things does not mean she acts on them - racist actions are far worse!?

Thank you for posting this.

[quegold1911]

I hate to say this, but he and his mother seem very unpleasant. Classist, xenophobes, etc. I wouldn't want to spend any time with that family.

[britfrenir]

Maybe they should have an episode where Julian explores Teresa's husband's and Jack Carry's part.

[britfrenir]

@britfrenir Sorry, I left out the l in Julian's surname. Sorry to Julian for that. It is rather nice to discover your ancestory. It is nice too that his great grand parent's professions and their parents were listed as well. Also nice that Germany has good records too. They do not have perfessions and parents for the records before the 1890's here or at least for Ohio and Illinois. It is good that the got to find out from the census too.

[TheDublinBhoy]

The look on his mothers face was priceless, the old bigot

[britfrenir]

Thank you for posting and intersting closing logo. I was expecting him to tell his parents about his father's side too.

[nomartini1]

I have seen this episode and his mum is just a xenophobe racist cunt and I am so glad that she discovered to have german blood. Julian, on the other way, is clever and fascinating.

[kingy002]

Thanks for taking the time to post this. Ancestry is fascinating in the lead up to us as individuals.

Cheers

[WhereEaglesDareWWII]

It's quite alright to be prejudiced against your own European ancestry these days isn't it.

It's "politically correct" and quite acceptable to bad mouth any European really.

[pinkshrimp]

@WhereEaglesDareWWII

I don't know about this "trend" but I thought it was a bit rude to mention a german town is more "respectable" if it is beautiful and the part about being russian did offend me since I have slavic background... Just my thoughts..

[Pomponab]

@pinkshrimp

I think she hoped it would be rather "Russia" than "Prussia". Maybe she didn't even know what does "Prussia" mean.

[lizochka]

Thanks for posting this. :)

[demondiva77]

"Prussia, also known as Germany" LOL, dont let the Bavarians hear that ^^

thanks so much for posting this and all your other Julian clips ;-)

[katievhoneychurch]

he is so eloquent he should write a book.

[markimark03]

he's written loads of books!

[spidrawebster]

Well, I'm glad to see he's starting to wrestle with some of his prejudices. Although I suspect his class prejudice is with him for life.

[XMXJBXTX]

aww i love Julian :D

thank you!!

[fallingonabruise]

thank you for putting this up, :)