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 Noel’s 50th birthday. 50TH.)
Noel’s infamous fixation on his petite shoe size:
Even more infamous 28 waist:
II. Noel’s 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) “(Matt) …his Levi tabs are fake because, apparently, there’s no way a 50-year old man fits into waist 29 leg 32…
(Noel) 28!
(Matt) What?
(Noel) 28 waist!”
source:
2) “I don’t 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. (…) Cos I was… I mean, I was extremely happy. Full of fried chicken and fizzy drinks. (…) Well, everything changes after you’re thirty, doesn’t it? The old metabolism slows down, and you go “Oh, hang on a minute, is that my thighs rubbing together? That’s an odd experience. Maybe I should go to the gym”. But I didn’t actually go to the gym”
- 27/08/2021; source:
bonus: admittedly bloated Noel after quitting coke towards the end of the 90s
3) “It (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, “You got that in an extra small?” “No”. Ah, fucking hell... “Have you got this in a small?” “No”. “Have you got these shoes in a size six?” “No”. 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 32”.
- 24/11/2017; source:
to summarise everyone’s free to make their own conclusions i’m no psychiatrist but let’s 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
Just realized that when Noel called Liam ‘Billy pump squirt’ when talking about how he’d be good for pornos he meant Billy as a nickname for William and that wasn’t just a random nonsense statement from him. This realization came from bonehead calling Liam Bill while pining for his attention and sending him feet pics over twitter just now
My fic is complete by now, the last chapter is up! <3
There was a boy like you
I should have said out loud so many times in some corridor or kitchen or rain-soaked Manchester street instead of swallowing it and writing it down and hoping, in the cowardly romantic's eternal tradition, that he'd somehow hear it in the music —
Thank you to my dearest friend @wisegentlementyrant for helping me with editing the fic and also supporting my journey in writing gcest, and thank u if you read me :3
Noel Gallagher checks out the latest CDs in Tower Records as he shops with another one of his bandmates in Santa Monica, while his brother Liam spent the day relaxing by the pool of thier hotel. (same day?)
