Scary Barlow Mirror.co.uk 17/06/2009

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/3am/2009/06/17/scary-barlow-115875-21447152/


TAKE THAT GARY TERRIFIED OF BALLET PUMPS

Celebrities are delicate creatures, often prone to peculiar phobias - but the one with the weirdest fear of all is Take That's Gary Barlow.

While Madonna is freaked out by storms, Heidi Klum is plane terrified of flying, Orlando Bloom has a pig phobia and Rupert Grint is scared of spiders, Gary has a thing about... ballet pumps.

Yes, at 37 years of age Gary has developed an unhealthy aversion to the flat footwear - and banned people from wearing them backstage during the band's Circus tour.

He saw one performer wandering around in the pumps - Amy Winehouse's shoe of choice - and put his foot down.

Says our mole: "Gary can't stand the sight of ballet pumps. It may sound odd but he cannot bear them.

"He thinks they're incredibly unflattering. In his eyes, even the most attractive woman in the world would be pug ugly if she was wearing pumps.

"At one of their recent after-show parties, a dancer was kicking back in some pastel ballet pumps, and Gary had to leave the room.

"His wife Dawn owns a pair and Gary jokes that he'll divorce her if she buys any more. And he can't be seen with her when she does wear them.

this is guy is sooo funny !!!
i know is a phobia, but he is so cute !!!

What are ballet pumps, anyway?

isnt it those typical ballet shoes? thats what i understood

Ballet pumps are just flat round toe shoes they're very comfortable actually, I like 'em anyway!!

Various examples on google images below!!

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=ballet+pumps&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=

Leannesg1986 wrote:Ballet pumps are just flat round toe shoes they're very comfortable actually, I like 'em anyway!!

Various examples on google images below!!

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=ballet+pumps&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=

gee, good you didn't show this one to Gazza, dear:) He'd pee his pants on the spot for sure!! ))))