bob - // andyhughes...I'm glad he's no longer a politician but I would'nt assume he's a fool. I think over the next 5 years he'll earn more than ten times what you & I earn between us o whether its as a afterdinner speaker, panel/talk show show guest, strictly dancer, social media influencer, pantomine performer or GB news /LBC presenter //
We shall see.
In my experienced opinion, he will be far from the first who confuses his own personal fame and charisma with the show in which his fame was created.
Many soap actors have fallen foul of the same trap - imagining that their part in a drama - exciting and much-talked about though it was - is the same as them outside the show, shorn of the role they played, and left exposed as really not interesting at all.
Remember avuncular Len Goodman on Strictly? Good old Uncle Len, always there with the advice, and a cheery wink.
He left the show, and his two following TV shows, and radio show, sank without trace.
Why?
Because when he wasn;t being 'Uncle Len' on Strictly, we found that he had the wit and charisma of a paper clip, and no-one wanted to hear his babbling anymore.
And he had professional skills to offer, and a personality, Hancock is not even starting with those to to commence his fall from grace.