I. Obsession with body size in photographic evidence
So-called evil skinny era (2014-2022) in which Noel looks 10 times skinnier than a middle-aged man should look:
(last picture is taken on Noelโs 50th birthday. 50TH.)
Noelโs infamous fixation on his petite shoe size:
Even more infamous 28 waist:
II. Noelโs general tendency to hang out with (extremely) skinny people (and also heavily adjust to the women he hangs out with or is married to)
Noel with Kate Moss through the years (Kate Moss aka goddess of ed 90s and ed internet when I was around idk they might have new standards these days. And yet):
Noel with his ex-wife Sara Mcdonald (married 2011-2023):
III. Body image/food in lyrics, books and articles
sources: 3-talk tonight (oasis); 6-stand by me (oasis); 7-tour diaries (noel gallagher); 1, 2, 4, 5 found online with no source, if anyone finds it let me know
IV. Noel mentioning his weight or body size in interviews
1) โ(Matt) โฆhis Levi tabs are fake because, apparently, thereโs no way a 50-year old man fits into waist 29 leg 32โฆ
(Noel) 28!
(Matt) What?
(Noel) 28 waist!โ
source:
2) โI donโt know. I was quite fat in the 90s, towards the end of the 90s, drinking loads of Fanta and eating loads of KFC. Id like to live one of those days again. (โฆ) Cos I wasโฆ I mean, I was extremely happy. Full of fried chicken and fizzy drinks. (โฆ) Well, everything changes after youโre thirty, doesnโt it? The old metabolism slows down, and you go โOh, hang on a minute, is that my thighs rubbing together? Thatโs an odd experience. Maybe I should go to the gymโ. But I didnโt actually go to the gymโ
- 27/08/2021; source:
bonus: admittedly bloated Noel after quitting coke towards the end of the 90s
3) โIt (Japan) is one of my favorite places to go in the world cos I can find clothes that fit me, cos look how fucking skinny I am. It's unbelievable. Everywhere I go, I'm kind of, โYou got that in an extra small?โ โNoโ. Ah, fucking hell... โHave you got this in a small?โ โNoโ. โHave you got these shoes in a size six?โ โNoโ. You know, cos Europe is full of fat people. It is. It's full of fatties and they're taking over the world, and I can't fucking find clothes to fit me. But in Japan... jeans! Fucking loads of jeans. So if anybody's watching: cords, corduroy jeans, waist 29, leg 32โ.
- 24/11/2017; source:
to summarise everyoneโs free to make their own conclusions iโm no psychiatrist but letโs just be very real for a second. the guy has a full blown eating disorder and would thrive on ed twt. and also probably has given his little brother an ed as a treat once too
Noel in his red Paddington coat gently tipping Meg onto the bonnet of his new Rolls-Royce while they're both giggling = stunning photographers by simulating sex
Two brothers tonguing each other in public = sweet hug and kiss on the cheek
Has anyone got that post with Noel in a korean hotel lobby, lounging on a sofa like a cat on display for the fans who weren't allowed go inside? I've only got a badly cropped screen grab...
It's probably been said before, but the way they look at each other is so sweet - and it's interesting how different it is. You can tell they're both full of love and adoration, but they also look at each other in very different ways, and ways that go against they usual "personas".
Noel, the less animated and more reserved of the two, is grinning and beaming with joy in a way he rarely does otherwise. He's got that special scrunched up, careless grin that he reserves for Liam and Liam-related business - we see it in old pictures and we've seen it all throughout Live 25, Noel letting his Chief facade drop a bit and being so happy to look at Liam.
Meanwhile, Liam seems in awe when he looks at Noel. The 1994 hotel bed interview? The MTV 120 minutes one? That slackjawed look like he's utterly lost in his brother, like he could sit there for hours and listen and stare and admire him. Other times he's smiling, but he's still got that quiet that he doesn't always have, and his whole focus aimed at Noel.
roadie noel gallagher is the most fascinating creature in the world to me his lack of work ethic should have had him fired after one day on the job and yet he lasted months, was only fired because he called his brother too often, and was given a generous severance package. He was having risky gay sex in bus stations in manchester that apparently got picked up by the news but hasn't been reported on since. Liam calls this his most dangerous era and he just looks like this, a little gay stick insect
Noel: Matt, Matt, Matt, can you come up with a new word for people who are mostly straight but a little gay, or mostly gay but a little straight?
Q: Oasis.
Sometimes I feel silly for wondering if Noel is actually queer, but then I remember that people were already discussing this almost 30 years ago๐น๐น
