I think I only started watching Adam last year, liked his content and saw no issues. Enjoyed his and Gary's UK staycations last year and can even forgive the constant merch shilling as I kind of admire the ingenuity in keeping his brand alive when parks content wasn't impossible. I didn't even think the buy a Mickey ice cream for Adam was problematic. Have even bought more than one piece of merch.
But, you will all be pleased to hear I have seen the light!
Could he have been any smugger in the DCL vlogs!? The bragging about concierge, 'treat yo self' in the shops, going for a massage and coming out proudly carrying his mega expensive products... All these things are driving me batty and we're only on part 2! I wanted to strangle him with that bloody gold lanyard.
We were excited to see what concierge looks like but you can vlog it without rubbing other's faces in it. Simultaneously, you can splurge all you want on merch, God knows it has been a while, without being so self-satisfied. Same goes for the massage.
Perhaps I am stretching but I think even Gary was a bit uncomfortable with the constant 'we're in concierge darling' schtick. Despite the toe-curlingly staged 'Gary-cam' I do genuinely believe Gary is very grateful to be along for the ride and it must make him feel inferior knowing he couldn't afford it otherwise.