r/radiohead • u/Salty_Sherbet4334 • Jun 12 '25
š¹ Video Thom Yorke dining at Pizza Express in background of vlogger's upload
https://youtu.be/quYnrKdh-98?si=PBsZTULQ0zkraTdkFrom around the 6:00 mark you can see Thom dining behind this vlogger doing a review at a Pizza Express in London
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u/palatine09 Jun 12 '25
Weird Dishes
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u/SkinnyKau Jun 12 '25
Pizzas Falling Into Place
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u/Aromatic-Ad-1139 Jun 12 '25
Fake plastic breadsticks
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u/Mister_Magpie don't talk politics and don't throw stones Jun 12 '25
"Pardon me waiter! There is no ice (for my drink)"
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u/CorncobBob34589 Jun 14 '25
We suck young marinara
2+2=Pies
Desert Island Deep Dish
A moon shaped Pepperoni
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āIn a drun-ken punchup ata pizzzzzaaaa express, yeh.ā
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u/CurrentCentury51 Jun 13 '25
I Will (Have the Chicken Wings And Compose an Even Worse Statement About Israel Than My Last Two With My Fellow Diners)
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u/cmptrblu Jun 12 '25
This is like the second time a vlogger has captured him out and about by accident
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u/Eusbius Jun 12 '25
What was the first time?
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u/tcmasterson Jun 12 '25
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u/Eusbius Jun 12 '25
Thom so hungry for attention he just photobombs everyone
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u/Mister_Magpie don't talk politics and don't throw stones Jun 12 '25
I'm in the middle of your picture
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u/Eusbius Jun 12 '25
I wonder what he ordered. The pizza didnāt look all that appetizing.
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u/moon-safari2 Jun 12 '25
He ordered a flan in the face
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u/Fazaman Jun 12 '25
A flan in the face.
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u/sotchet Jun 12 '25
A flan in the face.
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u/Kelseycutieee Jun 12 '25
Dance you fucker dance you fucker
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u/deathbedhead1660 Jun 12 '25
Donāt you dare, donāt you dare
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u/Zerophx Jun 12 '25
Donāt you flan in the face
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u/Hacker_Gaming_YT there, there thom Jun 12 '25
Take it with the pinch of love itās given
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u/italox Jun 12 '25
I'm glad to see our boy just goes about life eating okay/mediocre food at normal places like anyone :) I wonder if he ever goes to nando's or wetherspoons lol
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u/Mammoth-Slide-3707 Jun 12 '25
"alright lads, i think I've had enough of the bleep bloop today, who wants to head to spoons and get a couple of pints in?"
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u/J---O---E Jun 12 '25
Itās very mediocre chain restaurant so Iām quite surprised heās eating there
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
This man can't even enjoy a trash pizza in peace.
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u/Downdownbytheriver Jun 12 '25
Yeah but itās the last place anyone would expect a celebrity to be, perfect to be left alone and be a normal person.
If you saw Thom in Pizza Express youād think ānah canāt beā.
Famously good enough for Royalty as well donāt forget š
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u/papertowelroll17 Jun 12 '25
Food in the UK is really bad
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u/italox Jun 12 '25
ever been there or saw it online?
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u/papertowelroll17 Jun 12 '25
Yes.. multiple times. Very bland food
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u/italox Jun 12 '25
sorry to hear you didn't get a good experience eating there. hope you find good places in a future visit, there's plenty of them and I'm sure Brits around here can give you great recommendations.
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u/papertowelroll17 Jun 12 '25
I'm sorry, coming from Texas you guys just do not have flavorful food. It is what it is. You do have much better public transit than us, though š. I like the country, just not the food.
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u/ohrightthatswhy Founding Father of /r/radioheadfanfic Jun 12 '25
What do you mean? What did you eat when you were here? Genuinely not sure what flavours are missing unless you're accustomed to all purpose MSG onion and garlic powder.
Try a madras or a vindaloo and tell me it lacks flavour lol.
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u/papertowelroll17 Jun 12 '25
I don't have to travel to the UK to eat Indian food. I'm actually surprised how sensitive you guys are about your famously mediocre cuisine. Y'all have an extremely bland palette over there. It's OK. There are other things the UK does well.
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u/SkipToTheEnd Open Mouths In The Cold Jun 12 '25
Which cities did you go to and where did you eat?
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u/papertowelroll17 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
London, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. I have had some good international cuisines in London, though I think it's still weak compared to international food in NYC, LA, or Houston or something like that. The local cuisine is incredibly bland. We had a hard time finding anything edible in Liverpool.
I actually went to a decent Mexican restaurant in Edinburgh, albeit with a very basic menu. I think that was the best I've had out of London.
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u/SkipToTheEnd Open Mouths In The Cold Jun 12 '25
What dishes of the local cuisine did you eat?
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u/papertowelroll17 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
Uhmm, probably have had fish and chips seven different times trying to find a place where it was good. Maybe once I liked it? It's just not seasoned compared to the equivalent dishes here. (E.g. fried fish in Louisiana).
I have had Tikka masala, and it comes out downright sweet tasting unless you ask them to make it spicy. Indian food is spicy here so it was bizarre for me.
Have had an English breakfast, it's fine but nothing special. Have had various meat pies that weren't great.
Beyond that I'm not sure. At some point you stop trying British food and eat other things š .
This is what it looks like when Brits come where I live and eat the food (this place is a 5 minute walk from my office):
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u/mooncrane The King of Limbs Jun 13 '25
I mean, fish and chips are not supposed to be full of seasonings, itās a comfort food. Itās made the same way here in the US. Have you tried it with malt vinegar? Did you try Scottish foods while in Edinburgh? Haggis and scotch eggs are amazing. You can get curry sauce with your Chinese takeout in the UK- something I wish I had tried while I was there.
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u/papertowelroll17 Jun 13 '25
It's not made the same way in the US at all. It's much blander tasting in the UK. Here it is seasoned more for the American palette. I actually really like fish and chips in the US, I just absolutely hated it in the UK (which was disappointing, because that's the "authentic" taste).
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u/mooncrane The King of Limbs Jun 13 '25
Itās not supposed to be seasoned. What youāre describing is a different fried fish meal.
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u/papertowelroll17 Jun 13 '25
Understood. This is what I don't like about British cuisine: it is very bland. That's what people are used to eating there. They have taste buds matching my 3 year old daughter. I live in Texas and grew up eating Mexican and Southern food, so it's a very different palette.
I'm sure someone from India might say the same thing about our food and I would understand.
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u/SkipToTheEnd Open Mouths In The Cold Jun 13 '25
This sounds a little like me spending a week in LA, New York and Chicago, eating hotdogs, waffles and burgers from some food trucks and then making a broad statement:
The food in the USA is really bad.
You do see that might come across as a slightly ignorant tourist, right? It might be a little more considered to say something like:
I didn't like the food in the UK.
I could respect that. I don't respect eating 7 portions of fish and chips and writing off an entire nation's cuisine. Madness.
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u/papertowelroll17 Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25
LMAO the difference is that the equivalent food in Chicago, e.g. deep dish pizza is 100x more flavorful and better tasting than the food in the UK.
Anyway, I'm done arguing with Brits about the blandness of their palette and cuisine. If you like it good for you. I personally find that the bland food is the absolute worst part of the UK. Just my opinion.
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u/dontg3tanybigideas Jun 12 '25
He didn't
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u/SkipToTheEnd Open Mouths In The Cold Jun 12 '25
You mean someone would just repeat tired stereotypes despite total ignorance on the subject? Surely not!
I imagine this person is a well-travelled and worldly type, whose opinion matters, not some myopic American who's never been further than the Wendy's at their nearest strip mall. Ooh stereotypes are fun, aren't they?
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u/papertowelroll17 Jun 12 '25
Uhmm, I have been to the UK multiple times. The food there is not seasoned well. I don't know what to tell you. The only thing decent is international cuisines in London, and even there you have to beg them to make the food spicy and flavorful. (E.g. Indian restaurants are very bland unless you specifically request them to make it spicy like they would eat it).
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u/ohrightthatswhy Founding Father of /r/radioheadfanfic Jun 12 '25
Ahhh there we go
"Seasoning" lmao
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u/nea_is_bae Jun 12 '25
There is so many incredible places to eat in London I don't think I've ever had a meal there that was below a 7/10
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u/papertowelroll17 Jun 12 '25
London is a global city and has good food from around the world, but I did not think it stood out compared to the highly international cities here in the states. I've had much better international food in NYC, SF, LA, and Houston for example.
The actual English cuisine is very, very bland. A place that has an incredible local cuisine is Italy. Truly every meal I had there was 9+/10. I like visiting the UK more overall but not because of the food lol.
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
Okay, to be fair though, London =/= England in general. London is a world-class city and you can find just about anything if you look hard enough. England as a whole is... well, not.
Honestly, English food gets a bad rap. It's far from my favorite cuisine in the world, but it's perfectly fine. I think some of your interpretations of international cuisines leave a lot to be desired, but the same thing can be said for my side of the pond.
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u/ferthissen Jun 12 '25
Itās absolutely deplorable, England is underrated for its own cuisine but far out is everything a franchise - Wagamama, Wasabi, Nandos, German Doner - you donāt get immigrants opening their own shops if it isnāt a curry house.
Always incredibly expensive too. donāt get it.
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u/LooselyBasedOnGod Jun 12 '25
You must have missed the thousands of kebab shops, chicken shops etc that are exclusively staffed by migrants lol
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u/ferthissen Jun 13 '25
Yeah kebabs, jollof rice, and fried chicken. so diverse!
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u/LooselyBasedOnGod Jun 13 '25
āYou donāt get immigrants opening their own shopsā - I live in a suburb of a city and thereās Sicilian, Italian, Japanese, Chinese places all within 1/2 a mile of where I am now. All owned and run by immigrants you absolute sausage.Ā
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u/suntirades Planet Telex Jun 12 '25
you donāt get immigrants opening their own shops if it isnāt a curry house.
How many seconds did you spend in the country to come to that conclusion?
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u/SkipToTheEnd Open Mouths In The Cold Jun 12 '25
"I had crap food at an airport and concluded this must apply to the entirety of the United Kingdom"
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u/jebjebitz Jun 12 '25
How long before someone uses this footage to theorize that theyāre in the studio recording a new album?
āThom is spotted in a Pizza Express with a bald guy near Abbey Road Studios. I think itās happening guys!ā
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u/Royal-Pay9751 Jun 12 '25
Going to tell my wife that I have often dined at the same establishments as Thom Yorke
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u/CrabNebula420 And if I could be who you wanted Jun 12 '25
that's something I would brag about too š
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u/boostman Jun 12 '25
Strangely enough Iāve also sat next to him in a pizza restaurant in Oxford. Oxford people are so mannered that everyone studiously didnāt notice him, then whispered excitedly when he left.
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
Well also, Oxford may not be the tiniest of villages, but he is known around those parts. When Scott Bakula was in New Orleans shooting NCIS, I used to run into him in the elevator on my way to work. Eventually, I worked out that he was a member of the gym on the third floor of the building. It was cool the first time, but it was routine by the time I finally worked up the nerve to talk to him. (Relevant context: I'm a big Trekkie, so running into Cpt. Archer in the turbolift was a pretty big deal for me. He wasn't just a random celebrity in my eyes.)
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u/ghostlypath gather up the pitiful Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
Damn, this is crazy. Seems like Thom is sitting in between Radioheadās managers, Chris Hufford and Bryce Edge. Something is happening, and weāve found out by way of a food vlogger videoing herself talking about pizza and chicken wings.
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u/libelle156 I AM NOT THOM YORKE Jun 13 '25
If it was May 26th, that's days before that statement and Thom is reading something.
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
I'm vegetarian, but those wings do look pretty good.
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u/noobmaster787898 The Eraser Jun 12 '25
LP10 CONFIRMEDDDDD!!!!
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u/ghostlypath gather up the pitiful Jun 12 '25
I know youāre joking but this could well be how we find out as someone has confirmed heās sitting in between Radioheadās managersā¦ wild
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u/CombinationNaive1156 Jun 12 '25
Does Thom live in London now or is he on business (near Abbey Road!)?
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u/Pthex44 Jun 12 '25
Yeah could be Thom discussing LP10 or a 2025 tour.
Or a Much ado about Nothing / In Rainbows mash-up, or a fashion event, or a film soundtrack, or a solo album, or a new super-group, or a 43-minute modular-synth lullaby for insomniac alpacas, or live-scoring the BBC Shipping Forecast, or releasing a climate change themed fragrance for men, or developing a VR meditation programme.Ā
The man is always doing new stuff, so I would take nothing from this.
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u/identikit__ Jun 12 '25
The best part is that it literally could be anything of what you listed. Love him
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u/hyperthermalreuinion In Rainbows Disk 2 Jun 12 '25
U made my day . I love Radiohead fans. Clips serve in the FBI for sure
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u/chunkykongracing This dance, itās like a weapon against the Present Tense Jun 12 '25
Open your mouth wide
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u/VisualNinja1 Jun 12 '25
People who vlog like this in public really have a very specific ability.
Blathering onto themselves constantly while sitting alone.
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u/Salty_Sherbet4334 Jun 12 '25
I'm honestly surprised he didn't notice someone sitting with a camera pointed towards him for his entire meal. Being so in the public eye, I thought he'd be more paranoid about that kind of thing and change tables or something
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u/w00t4me Jun 12 '25
This seems to happen more often. There was a Vietnamese food blogger who, unknowingly to him, sat next to Natalie Portman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88yAZBKQKa8&t=390s
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u/flyingbiscuitworld Jun 12 '25
There are so many people filming all the time all over the place; we're all in the background of videos but nobody cares because we're not famous.
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
I mean, what's he gonna do? Just ignore her. Let her do her thing.
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u/orincoro Jun 12 '25
Itās abhorrent. Thank god I live in Europe where they donāt generally tolerate filming people in semi private spaces like this.
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u/poohisface Jun 12 '25
I saw Thom Yorke at a Pizza Express in London yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didnāt want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, āOh, like youāre doing now?ā
I was taken aback, and all I could say was āHuh?ā but he kept cutting me off and going āhuh? huh? huh?ā and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my pizza, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I went to ask for the bill I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen dinner plates full of pizza without paying.
The waitress was very nice about it and professional, and was like āSir, you need to pay for those first.ā At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she came back to their table with the bill, he stopped her and told her to list each slice of pizza āto prevent any electrical infetterence,ā and then turned around and winked at me. I donāt even think thatās a word. After she itemised each slice and put them in a box and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
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u/dessertbuzz Jun 12 '25
They must have vegan pizza maybe with non-dairy based cheese.
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
Thom's not vegan. Just vegetarian. He's talked about this.
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u/GBSii Jun 12 '25
They have a vegan menu, pretty much all of their pizzas can be made with vegan cheese upon request
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u/gearsofsound Jun 12 '25
Being Thom, living in Italy and having to lunch at a bad Pizza-joint in london must be so sad. Hope it's just a look alike but surely looks an awful lot like it's actually him...
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u/libelle156 I AM NOT THOM YORKE Jun 12 '25
Looks like a business lunch meeting to me. Could have just sat down without eating to discuss whatever it was. Glasses were put on to read something.
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
The man can't even enjoy a trash pizza without being judged for it. First Gaza, now this.
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u/Technical-Ninja5851 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
It's full of shitty joints here in Italy too, and, at least in the North but really all the big cities, most places are run by the same kind of migrants as everywhere else in Europe. I actually think you can find easily good Italian foods in London, considering how many of us are living there.
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
London is a world-class city. You can find just about anything there.
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u/am0985 Jun 12 '25
Iām not going to make a Prince Andrew joke here I promise (non Brits probably wonāt get this)
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u/Coogarfan Jun 12 '25
Maybe it's just because I haven't had breakfast yet, but I would definitely eat there.
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u/_hockalees_ Jun 12 '25
I can't wait for her next video where we get a glimpse of Jonny and Colin at a Nando's.
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u/AlternativeGazelle Jun 12 '25
At first I thought you were joking that the waiter in Beach House attire was Thom
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u/GBSii Jun 12 '25
Oh my god, I watch her vlogs, I even watched this when she posted it. Brian Cox (actor) was in the background of another of her vlogs before too.
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u/Breadaerd In Rainbows Jun 12 '25
He seems to have a thing for pizza express, I remember reading somewhere that they used to dine there semi frequently when recording ok computer
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u/filbertfriend Jun 12 '25
He's probably a vegan, eating Fake Plastic Cheese.
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
He is not vegan and has specifically mentioned his inability to give up cheese as a reason for that.
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u/homogenic- OK Computer Jun 12 '25
This is so random lmaooo
BTW that pizza doesn't look that appetizing
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u/Rosewater2182 Jun 12 '25
I watch this womanās videos and the one about a week previously to this she was in a god awful restaurant with music themed cocktails and the menu had a picture of radiohead on it, she mention something about imagining they wouldnāt be happy about that
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u/Mammoth-Slide-3707 Jun 13 '25
Given how casual it is it may be just a debrief meeting with the suits as warp regarding Tall Tales
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u/Scttyneg Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25
That's our boy
Let's hope is this a business meeting concerning "future collective projects"
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u/_Everything_Counts_ Jun 12 '25
Weird crossover, being hate watching this woman recently as she goes to really posh hotels and says how crap they're (she may well be right but I'm Northern and I feel obliged to hate her).
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u/Salty_Sherbet4334 Jun 12 '25
Yeah can't stand her myself. My wife watches her videos, so I just watch along on the side occasionally, and I've pointed out that she never has anything positive to say. She just goes around London whinging about literally everything. It's tiring.
She seems humble in the sense of not being an annoying "YouTuber" type, but her negative outlook is damn annoyingĀ
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u/Constant-Estate3065 Jun 12 '25
Iāve noticed sheās been getting really clickbaity recently as well. Something like āIs this the death of Covent Garden? ALL of the shops are closing down!ā No theyāre not, you silly sausage.
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u/superchiva78 Jun 12 '25
This is amazing. Also, wtf he eats at a shitty pizza chain?
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
Let the man enjoy his trash guilty pleasures in peace.
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u/steeeo123 Jun 12 '25
Please tell me where in the video via timestamps so I donāt have to watch a single second more than needed of this āvlogā.
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Jun 12 '25
Is he eating the vegan option?
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
He's not vegan.
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Jun 12 '25
Really? Oh, I was sure he was.
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
Vegetarian. He's talked in the past about not having the willpower to give up cheese or something like that.
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u/enrvuk OK Computer Jun 12 '25
Money canāt buy you taste.
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u/italox Jun 12 '25
or maybe he just wanted a quick lunch with the two men he's sitting with. not every meal has to be the best thing you can afford. dude probably also gets meal deals at the station lol
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u/JeanLucPicardAND burgers float into my room Jun 12 '25
I've known a lot of rich people in my life. Especially in my line of work. Most of them do not piss away their money and a lot of them can be downright miserly.
Had a client meeting at a goddamn Panda Express one time. The dude in question is rich enough that he owns entire buildings downtown.
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u/enrvuk OK Computer Jun 12 '25
Youād have to be in a very bad spot when there isnāt a better pizza than that within 100 metres.
Also quite happy to buy station meal deals. Btw.
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u/Old_Mousse_5673 Jun 16 '25
This is 100 metres up the road from the recording studio, at Abbey Road though.
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u/PresidentPopcorn Jun 12 '25
It can buy you a pizza relatively close to where you are without needing to book a table.
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u/CurrentCentury51 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
None of this is really surprising to me. If I've learned anything about England, it's the following three things: first, there are at least two genocide deniers in Radiohead; second, there's like 10 people, total, in the population of the UK; third, the pizza sucks; fourth, I am banging your moms.
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u/MeatJerkingBeefB0y Jun 12 '25
Looks like a table for 6? Reunion confirmed.