This Undateables Interview was a DISASTER.
Added 2026-02-06 15:00:21 +0000 UTC
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In Richard Madeleys defense he talks over everyone and always asks stupid questions. I hate when people talk to your parent/partner/carer instead of you. I remember when I was in wheelchair being surprised when a lady at the hospital refused to speak to my partner and came round from the booth to give me paperwork directly and explain it to me. That's how much I'd got used to being treated like I can't speak
Alison Burnaby
2026-03-01 23:56:14 +0000 UTCI went and looked up one of Daniel's songs, "It's a Wonderful City," and it was quite the toe-tapper. He's pretty good! Very awkward interview though. I laughed like a loon at "Has he always been autistic?" ๐๐๐
Liz W
2026-02-18 01:01:51 +0000 UTCI wonder if sometimes the parents are also apologizing about their child because people seem to blame them for perceived bad parenting. If a young child is having a meltdown in public, I think parents can feel judged that it looks like they haven't trained them better or don't have more control over them.
jenniferaslan
2026-02-09 20:29:30 +0000 UTCI hope with all the autism representation nowadays that parents only say "it takes them a bit of time for processing to respond" and then leads by example. Telling the shows "hey the accommodation might mean you only get 2 questions asked and answered rather than 5, but if you want true autism representation, thats what needs to happen"
EllieDrew
2026-02-07 20:02:38 +0000 UTCThis interview made me anxious-stimm from second-hand embarrassment ๐คฆ๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Masha
2026-02-07 18:19:08 +0000 UTCI think the mum was a nice and was just trying to support him through the entire interview (which would have been stressful for both of them). I think the main problem was the 'professionals' leading the interview wouldn't mediate it so that Daniel could speak more often throughout. Eg a simple "what are your thoughts on that Daniel" or even a 2 second pause before moving on would have changed the entire interview. The trouble is they often only have a few minutes to blast through the entire interview before moving on - so the time frame for a morning show is not accessible. This reminds me of my wife's cousin (now an autistic comedian) being interviewed by Sunrise which is an Australian equivalent morning show about his viral video. The hosts thought they were so funny (they weren't at all) but Mitchell put them too shame. I'm not sure if discord allows links but search for "Welcome to Bogan Gate! Local puts his tiny town on the map with hilarious online video" if you are interested in watching this interview.
Glen Rose
2026-02-07 10:31:57 +0000 UTCLove that idea. Reacting to autistic comedians sounds fun.
Glen Rose
2026-02-07 10:18:48 +0000 UTCThe Good Morning Britain show is, um, well, I couldn't/wouldn't watch it. To have guests on and treat the main guest without letting them speak is unforgivable. Why do they have guests at all when they could just have an hour of talking and listening to themselves? They could have helped Daniel to talk by gently asking him to answer instead of mom. It was painful to watch. Thank you for watching the full thing and then only showing us a little!
PinkAttitude
2026-02-07 04:30:08 +0000 UTCI'm cool with it.
Chuck Hargis
2026-02-06 21:18:25 +0000 UTCI hope you and Lewis and your child are all doing well. I don't want you to overwork yourself just bring content but I do love your content. Daniel has a great voice and looks like he could be an actor in addition to what his other talents are. I agree that it seems obvious that words rehearsed repeatedly, ad nauseum, can make it easier to say them but there is another part to this. There was once a Country and Western Singer named Mel Tillis who had a very bad stuttering problem. When he sang he was able to smoothly sing the words and not just from rehearsing them, other parts of of his brain that aren't normally involved in regular speech were present for singing and they helped guide him through saying what he meant to say. Before he passed he had gotten to the point where he no longer stuttered but it was always close to happening. I think he started using a sort of rhythmic speaking that used more of his brain just like singing. At least, I think that's how I was told about it.
Chuck Hargis
2026-02-06 20:43:59 +0000 UTCI know this is off track, but I really love your earrings.
Brittany Anne
2026-02-06 18:53:46 +0000 UTCAm I the only one who when he saw Daniel in this video, and hadn't heard him speak, thought he was the autistic comedian who went viral a few years ago with his routine about his non-autistic brother. His name is Joe Wells, and looking at pictures he doesn't look that similar, but just wondering if I am the only one who made that connection. Which brings me to an idea for Meg, maybe a reaction video of comedians, both autistic and neuro-typical, talking about autism would be nice?
mer2
2026-02-06 17:26:24 +0000 UTC
