Edited sentence: Many Americans were surprised and disappointed to find that, in the UK, many disliked the couple for their overbearing media presence and privileged aura.Sarcastically described in the portmanteau "Ken and Em", they were often dismissed by British critics, particularly in the case of Peter's Friends, seen as the epitome of "luvvies" (self-conscious, affected actors) and parodied as such on Spitting Image and in Private Eye