Stixandstones
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Saw this comment on reddit and it's such a great take so I had to share.
I can't wait until this grifter culture dies and we all just go back to paying for things we want and promoting them the fair way.
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Saw this comment on reddit and it's such a great take so I had to share.
I can't wait until this grifter culture dies and we all just go back to paying for things we want and promoting them the fair way.
Stixandstones
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Holy crap I've just read all of Reshmi's posts about the cake and I'm obsessed. What a bad ass bitch to call her out so blatantly. I love it so much. I see Binky out and about all the time and she always walks around like her shit doesn't stink so this is especially rewarding for me.
More companies need to take note and get rid of this stupid grifter culture.
Bravo Reshmi, bravo!
More companies need to take note and get rid of this stupid grifter culture.
Bravo Reshmi, bravo!
I can’t get over her level of grift - for someone who has SO MUCH money. She comes from wealth, her husband earns ££££, look at her house and everything inside it FFS. An instagrammer I follow - a small cake making company (anges de Sucre) has just posted about her grifting for a train cake for her three year old. Is her husband not embarrassed? Is she not embarassed? The amount of back and forth trying to get a cake for your kids birthday party for free - just whack out your bank card you cheap btxh.
expatfancy
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The part where she says these influencers would rather pay for a team to get freebies for them, than pay small businesses directly, is spot on!
Phil Anne Throw Pee
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Passive aggressive 'apology' making it all about her - check. Emotional blackmail and downright lie to try and gain sympathy - check.
It's pretty simple, Binky ( as are you). We are in a cost of living crisis. People are struggling to make ends meet and using food banks. You are an incredibly affluent individual who has never done a day's work or graft in your entire life. You were very lucky to be born into extreme privilege and have never struggled financially, have never known anything other than immense wealth.
Your 'career' is grifting online, bagging freebies and being a smug twat. Even if 'everyone is doing it' doesn't make it right. Perhaps take this time to read the room, take a humility check and realise that you are part of the problem of societal inbalance. Perhaps stop all this bollocks and start looking into how to use your wealth for good, as it is your only asset. You're not talented and you're not especially intelligent, but even you must be able to see why your behaviour is abhorrent in the extreme. Grow up.
And companies that do this and affiliate with these cretins can get to fuck as well.
It's pretty simple, Binky ( as are you). We are in a cost of living crisis. People are struggling to make ends meet and using food banks. You are an incredibly affluent individual who has never done a day's work or graft in your entire life. You were very lucky to be born into extreme privilege and have never struggled financially, have never known anything other than immense wealth.
Your 'career' is grifting online, bagging freebies and being a smug twat. Even if 'everyone is doing it' doesn't make it right. Perhaps take this time to read the room, take a humility check and realise that you are part of the problem of societal inbalance. Perhaps stop all this bollocks and start looking into how to use your wealth for good, as it is your only asset. You're not talented and you're not especially intelligent, but even you must be able to see why your behaviour is abhorrent in the extreme. Grow up.
And companies that do this and affiliate with these cretins can get to fuck as well.
windowlickinggood
Chatty Member
All the gifted stuff is just so grabby grabby. Tasteless and definitely not classy. If you can afford a £3.6m house you can afford to pay for your own lampshades. Bloody grifter.
rainbowhouse
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Binky talking about the most hectic day being the nanny being on holiday, needing to get lunch ready and having a camera crew in her house ALL AT THE SAME TIME 
. And the horror of the traumatic experience on the others’ faces.
I used to be the only nurse running a ward of 24 psychiatric patients, but ok.
. And the horror of the traumatic experience on the others’ faces.I used to be the only nurse running a ward of 24 psychiatric patients, but ok.
Stixandstones
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Her latest story "got max and I massages cos it's been a long day" then in little writing underneath *gifted.
You didn't really get the massages then did you, cheapskate.
You didn't really get the massages then did you, cheapskate.
JarvisCockerSpaniel
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I don’t work for ‘celebs’ as a nanny any longer, but the last job I had (famous 90’s pop star) , I asked for a well deserved pay rise (they were paying below market rate yet I was bending over backwards for them. She sent me a six month subscription for charcuterie. Like every month this bloody great box full of chorizo and what not would be dumped on my doorstep. Naturally I found it quite hard to pay my bills with fucking salami, so when I handed in my notice a couple of months later she tried to claim back the cost of the remaining boxes. She threatened small claims court 
testingonetwothreefoiur
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I feel like this attempt to portray them as "older and wiser / more relatable than the spoilt MIC days" is going to really backfire.
They all just come across as older spoilt brats who just happen to have their own money now as well as relying on the bank of Mom and Dad, and who are just competing on different things like who has the biggest house and can have the most babies, instead of the hottest boyfriend or most expensive handbag.
I thought Lucy came across as jealous of her younger sister for having a baby before her, Binky just clearly married rich and is properly cashing in on the mumfluencer game, and Rosie just seems vacuous, cold and a bit obsessed with money and status. Nothing about it has inspired me.
They all just come across as older spoilt brats who just happen to have their own money now as well as relying on the bank of Mom and Dad, and who are just competing on different things like who has the biggest house and can have the most babies, instead of the hottest boyfriend or most expensive handbag.
I thought Lucy came across as jealous of her younger sister for having a baby before her, Binky just clearly married rich and is properly cashing in on the mumfluencer game, and Rosie just seems vacuous, cold and a bit obsessed with money and status. Nothing about it has inspired me.
LaraQ
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Tbf it would be hard to take a good one of him.Why does she always post bad photos of her husband
testingonetwothreefoiur
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She came from wealth and has just married into more wealth, none of those things are achieved through her own accomplishments.
It'd be weirder if she was living like the rest of us, paying a huge mortgage on an overpriced semi D and stressed out of her brains juggling a busy job with three young kids.
I watched last night's episode, I'm bored of the series now. None of them realise their privilege. Lucy is incredibly lucky to have had a healthy pregnancy and baby after her fertility journey and yet is wrapped up in her own neurosis, Rosie is full of her own self-importance and you'd think her business was finding the cure to cancer not selling 'luxury' jewellery to the masses, and Binky is just steeped in her own privilege, pretending she doesn't have multiple nannies for her babies while her rich husband keeps her in the luxury she has become accustomed to.
It'd be weirder if she was living like the rest of us, paying a huge mortgage on an overpriced semi D and stressed out of her brains juggling a busy job with three young kids.
I watched last night's episode, I'm bored of the series now. None of them realise their privilege. Lucy is incredibly lucky to have had a healthy pregnancy and baby after her fertility journey and yet is wrapped up in her own neurosis, Rosie is full of her own self-importance and you'd think her business was finding the cure to cancer not selling 'luxury' jewellery to the masses, and Binky is just steeped in her own privilege, pretending she doesn't have multiple nannies for her babies while her rich husband keeps her in the luxury she has become accustomed to.
so it was a gifted holiday to dubai, which she really needed. is he not a millionaire? the absolute disgrace of grafting a free holiday when you can afford it. it's not just holidays though is it- kitchens, saunas, lampshades, kitchens and blow dries. this influencer culture is disgusting. giving to those who don't need it to sell to those who cant afford it..
Musings30
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My thoughts on Beyond Chelsea:
- Rosie is horrendous. She said she's "changed a lot" since MiC, but obviously not for the better because she's even more conceited, rude and stuck up than she was before. She's clearly got undiagnosed mental health issues, including and ED, body dysmorphia and delusions of grandeur. I think she really resents the fact she was always the Plain Jane on MiC and is now massively overcompensating for the fact. The way she banged on about her bag inserts like they're some revolutionary product that hasn't been invented already, and yonks ago. What a fucking idiot. All that Botox has clearly seeped into her brain. I can't even find her company on Google. Clearly it's a winner!
- Lucy's face: what a state. And how different it looks to her Instagram pics. She's giving Zac Efron vibes with the massive lantern jaw, false teeth and orange peel skin. James's teeth are an equal fright. He gives Ruby Adler a run for her money.
- Binky didn't come across as arrogant as I was expecting but I do think she was acting up for the cameras A LOT. She was trying way hard to recreate her early-20s persona. I also got irked by her PR manager talking like Binky was some A-list Hollywood acteess. "Ohhh I've got you the M&S clothing line and the Vogue shoot. How well deserved Binks!". Such rubbish. The girl hasn't worked a day in her life, bar a brief stint as a PA before she packed it in for MiC. The husband looks old enough to be her dad but he seems very sensible and grounded. I have no idea what common ground they must both have. Binky's nose is also as bunged up as it was during her cokey heyday on the show. Her and Cheska constantly had bunged-up noses and never seemed bothered about hiding it.
- Rosie still doesn't like Lucy, does she? It's so obvious from the body language and icy, unimpressed stares she shoots Lucy whenever she speaks. Rosie HATED Binky bringing up Lucy's infamous line and pretended to have no knowledge of what she was talking about. She was literally sat at the dinner table when Lucy said it FFS. It feels a lot like Rosie doesn't like sharing Binky with Lucy, and is just tolerating her company for the sake of the show. The promo shots for the show are also very telling. Note how Rosie keeps herself at a distance, or poses in the opposite direction if she's next to Lucy in a shot.
- Rosie is horrendous. She said she's "changed a lot" since MiC, but obviously not for the better because she's even more conceited, rude and stuck up than she was before. She's clearly got undiagnosed mental health issues, including and ED, body dysmorphia and delusions of grandeur. I think she really resents the fact she was always the Plain Jane on MiC and is now massively overcompensating for the fact. The way she banged on about her bag inserts like they're some revolutionary product that hasn't been invented already, and yonks ago. What a fucking idiot. All that Botox has clearly seeped into her brain. I can't even find her company on Google. Clearly it's a winner!
- Lucy's face: what a state. And how different it looks to her Instagram pics. She's giving Zac Efron vibes with the massive lantern jaw, false teeth and orange peel skin. James's teeth are an equal fright. He gives Ruby Adler a run for her money.
- Binky didn't come across as arrogant as I was expecting but I do think she was acting up for the cameras A LOT. She was trying way hard to recreate her early-20s persona. I also got irked by her PR manager talking like Binky was some A-list Hollywood acteess. "Ohhh I've got you the M&S clothing line and the Vogue shoot. How well deserved Binks!". Such rubbish. The girl hasn't worked a day in her life, bar a brief stint as a PA before she packed it in for MiC. The husband looks old enough to be her dad but he seems very sensible and grounded. I have no idea what common ground they must both have. Binky's nose is also as bunged up as it was during her cokey heyday on the show. Her and Cheska constantly had bunged-up noses and never seemed bothered about hiding it.
- Rosie still doesn't like Lucy, does she? It's so obvious from the body language and icy, unimpressed stares she shoots Lucy whenever she speaks. Rosie HATED Binky bringing up Lucy's infamous line and pretended to have no knowledge of what she was talking about. She was literally sat at the dinner table when Lucy said it FFS. It feels a lot like Rosie doesn't like sharing Binky with Lucy, and is just tolerating her company for the sake of the show. The promo shots for the show are also very telling. Note how Rosie keeps herself at a distance, or poses in the opposite direction if she's next to Lucy in a shot.
Musings30
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First timer on this thread ..I had to see if there was one for Binky as the woman is utterly insufferable. Even more insufferable than Louise IMO. I'm giving Louise a *slight* hall pass here because she's clearly got a lot of issues and I can sort of see why she's coco loco. We all knew from her early MiC days that she's a longstanding resident of Bananasville. But as for Binky...how do you explain that?
I always thought she had a nasty streak from the moment she gaslit Fran for telling Lucy that Binky knew Sam tried to cheat on Tiff with Fran, but kept it quiet from Lucy. Not great on Fran's part, but did Binky really need to proceed to wedge a hate campaign against Fran, and turn everyone against her, before eventually ordering her to leave their shared house? Nasty, bully girl tactics.
As for present day Binky, I find her constant posts/boasts about her elaborate hotel stays completely crass and tone deaf. Does she really need any of it?! The seeming ignoring of JP's existence is also strange. Okay, so he was a massive tw4t on the show but seems to have matured significantly since then, and is a devoted father. You'd think her husband was India's birth dad, the way she glorifies him.
Her current pro-ana phase is shocking to see and completely irresponsible. She doesn't look good, just very malnourished and has aged by about 10 years. I've actually noticed a similar behaviour with Whitney Port, who looks like a walking skeleton nowadays, and seizes any opportunity possible to show off her tiny frame in skimpy bikinis on her IG. Part of me wonders if it's a desperate bid by them both to cling onto their youth, and missing the young, free and single life they enjoyed during their reality TV heydey? I mean, I wouldn't even know what Binky is relevant for nowadays, bar getting paid stupid amounts of money to peddle luxury hotels.
Also, just going back to speculation about her childcare arrangements, did anyone read on a Reddit thread that she uses a local babysitting app and really scrimps on her childcare fees? Apparently she also never uses the same sitter twice and has been quite unfriendly to a few of them. I've also heard other stories about her being rude and stuck up towards retail/service staff. Has anyone else had the displeasure of encountering her IRL?
I always thought she had a nasty streak from the moment she gaslit Fran for telling Lucy that Binky knew Sam tried to cheat on Tiff with Fran, but kept it quiet from Lucy. Not great on Fran's part, but did Binky really need to proceed to wedge a hate campaign against Fran, and turn everyone against her, before eventually ordering her to leave their shared house? Nasty, bully girl tactics.
As for present day Binky, I find her constant posts/boasts about her elaborate hotel stays completely crass and tone deaf. Does she really need any of it?! The seeming ignoring of JP's existence is also strange. Okay, so he was a massive tw4t on the show but seems to have matured significantly since then, and is a devoted father. You'd think her husband was India's birth dad, the way she glorifies him.
Her current pro-ana phase is shocking to see and completely irresponsible. She doesn't look good, just very malnourished and has aged by about 10 years. I've actually noticed a similar behaviour with Whitney Port, who looks like a walking skeleton nowadays, and seizes any opportunity possible to show off her tiny frame in skimpy bikinis on her IG. Part of me wonders if it's a desperate bid by them both to cling onto their youth, and missing the young, free and single life they enjoyed during their reality TV heydey? I mean, I wouldn't even know what Binky is relevant for nowadays, bar getting paid stupid amounts of money to peddle luxury hotels.
Also, just going back to speculation about her childcare arrangements, did anyone read on a Reddit thread that she uses a local babysitting app and really scrimps on her childcare fees? Apparently she also never uses the same sitter twice and has been quite unfriendly to a few of them. I've also heard other stories about her being rude and stuck up towards retail/service staff. Has anyone else had the displeasure of encountering her IRL?
DeloresBawbag
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Ugh, her reaction is disgusting, but unsurprising.
Funfetti wasn’t featured in Hello. Her cakes were in photos that were featured in Hello. How was that helpful for her business? Binky failed to deliver her side of the agreed commercial arrangement by tagging and sharing, that SHE instigated. She ignored repeated contacts and invoices, and only paid (years later!) when publicly shamed.
Her approach to Ange De Sucre was not professional. It was not offering a fully quantified or scoped exchange of services. If it was, it would have shared relevant details like reach, impressions, demographic, geographic reach, and examples of previous successes where the collaborator has had a measurable and attributable increase in orders.
Otherwise it’s just a shabby ‘give me free stuff, I’m famous.’
Funfetti wasn’t featured in Hello. Her cakes were in photos that were featured in Hello. How was that helpful for her business? Binky failed to deliver her side of the agreed commercial arrangement by tagging and sharing, that SHE instigated. She ignored repeated contacts and invoices, and only paid (years later!) when publicly shamed.
Her approach to Ange De Sucre was not professional. It was not offering a fully quantified or scoped exchange of services. If it was, it would have shared relevant details like reach, impressions, demographic, geographic reach, and examples of previous successes where the collaborator has had a measurable and attributable increase in orders.
Otherwise it’s just a shabby ‘give me free stuff, I’m famous.’