Talk:John Robins (comedian)

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"He once built a golf course in the back garden of his ex-fiancée's family home during the UK national lockdown of 2020, an act that he later regretted acknowledging that this may have led to their eventual split" - is this backed up by any actual sources? In broadcasts at the time, it was clear that it was one of his fiancée's family members (a brother-in-law, I think) who made the golf course, with agreement from his fiancés's father. However, Robins did say he made some suggestions for amendments to the improvised golf course. Was it this, in fact, that led to some temporary-co-habitee friction? 2.31.162.111 (talk) 23:10, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I recall the stories at the time on the Elis James and John Robins show on 5 live, but I don't remember a back ref that could substantiate the "acknowledging that this may have lead". To my mind this is WP:Synth from off-hand comments on a radio show. Rankersbo (talk) 09:06, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All the shows are preserved in full as podcasts on BBC Sounds, at URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0005fdz. There is nowhere that John Robins says he made the gold course himself (unless you can prove otherwise), but there are episodes where he talks of a relative of his fiancée doing so. 2.31.162.111 (talk) 11:18, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm agreeing, not arguing. But it's not a medium I find easy to reference myself, perhaps others can find it easier and I'm universalising my experience. I remember the golf course tale, but I could not pin down a particular broadcast to look for it in, and would find it hard to track down the particular anecdote, in the particular episodes. I think it was during their first 5 live year. The bit about it leading to the break-up is probably either speculation or an off-hand riff given too much weight.

Only just made retro-onner before Christmas. Rankersbo (talk) 09:20, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]