So when you type into YouTube brummy mummy Christmas, a video from 5 years ago comes up, and holy crap! I don’t have kids but this seems slightly excessive?!
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In the 2018 one she cringely digs at Louise for 'conveniently' not seeing her instruction about wearing the Christmas jumper. It's so uncomfortable and regimented...must only spend a certain amount etc etc. Louise is not having fun and looks like she wants bossy Brummy out of her house asap. This was the period of time she started to lose it, and in my opinion has never been the same since. Babs wasn't the woman she is now, or if she was she hid it a hell of a lot better until about mid 2018.
It seems like a classic power mad moment. She found herself mingling with other youtubers that she used to watch and through pig headedness and insecurity tried to take control of every single detail for fear of things not going the way she needed it to in order to progress her career. I think the others saw through her insincerity and greed and realised that this would not benefit their channels or their relationships if this massive fakester was going to cling to them forever more.
I reckon blunt Louise probably made sure Babs felt unwelcome from then on so that Babs realised she'd gone too far and would not seek her friendship any longer. Brummy probably crapped her pants because Louise has to bigger audience and could easily ruin Babs' career so Babs' anxiety probably went through the roof hence the need for therapy
It seems like a classic power mad moment. She found herself mingling with other youtubers that she used to watch and through pig headedness and insecurity tried to take control of every single detail for fear of things not going the way she needed it to in order to progress her career. I think the others saw through her insincerity and greed and realised that this would not benefit their channels or their relationships if this massive fakester was going to cling to them forever more.
I reckon blunt Louise probably made sure Babs felt unwelcome from then on so that Babs realised she'd gone too far and would not seek her friendship any longer. Brummy probably crapped her pants because Louise has to bigger audience and could easily ruin Babs' career so Babs' anxiety probably went through the roof hence the need for therapy
Just watched the video and it’s bloody embarrassing. Controlling what people open, trying to make out she’s Louise’s bff because she knows Louise only drinks Diet Coke (amazingly she didn’t call it diet cock 
), constantly saying Katie goes on loads of holidays (pot kettle black babs) and generally babs shouting.
I would be ashamed to put that up on my channel.
Another video that was suggested after that had Mrs Meldrum in it, Katie and babs. It’s one of Louise’s videos called Tricking my friends I’m pregnant. It’s from July 2017, and Emma is just as awkward and “jokingly” says about binning Katie but there’s something in the way she says it that you can see she’s doing the “hahaha this is just a joke” when really it’s what she actually thinks.
), constantly saying Katie goes on loads of holidays (pot kettle black babs) and generally babs shouting.I would be ashamed to put that up on my channel.
Another video that was suggested after that had Mrs Meldrum in it, Katie and babs. It’s one of Louise’s videos called Tricking my friends I’m pregnant. It’s from July 2017, and Emma is just as awkward and “jokingly” says about binning Katie but there’s something in the way she says it that you can see she’s doing the “hahaha this is just a joke” when really it’s what she actually thinks.
The split from Louise also occured around the time that Brummy allowed Erin to have her own youtube channel. I wonder if Louise didn't approve? I should imagine that Gleam warned Louise off Brummy too.
The last time LP was on Brummies grid was 24 March 2019 when they did that Show with scummy mummy’s at symphony hall I think it was. Since then it’s been radio silence so what happened there that went so tits up for our Emma??
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- did you originally like Brummy? What drew you to her? What changed your mind/brought you to tattle? I'm intrigued! I used to think she was sweet and seemed a lovely involved mum, social media seems to have changed her entire personality since and she comes across as.... Deranged?
- did you originally like Brummy? What drew you to her? What changed your mind/brought you to tattle? I'm intrigued! I used to think she was sweet and seemed a lovely involved mum, social media seems to have changed her entire personality since and she comes across as.... Deranged?I think Louise had already made her mind up about Brummy around December 2018 but this March 2019 event was already planned and booked by her agency so she had to attend. Louise probably wanted to go, but the playing nice with Babs was all for show. What made it easier was she knew it was the last time with Brummy then she was outta there.
I came to vloggers late! I started watching Louise Pentland but don't know how and then my teenage daughter knew all about her and was showing me which vlogs to watch. Then up pops babs on a vlog and I found her really bloody annoying but then her vlogs kept showing up on my youtube page so I watched a few and thought 'oh she's not that bad' so I followed her but hadn't been following long when I saw a comment on one of her vlogs about Tattle Life and she gave a sarcastic response implying she had never head of it so I googled Tattle and couldn't find anything about babs. It took me a while and I eventually found her thread but think it was only about the second thread on her (and it wasn't that long ago!). I only ever commented to her once and it was the WW AD! She had been out that day for a Nandos so I found it odd she was then advertising a WW meal (odd in that wouldn't she be full from the Nandos?!) so i commented 'didn't you have a Nandos today?' and she replied 'yes bab' which I thought was quite a sarcastic reply!Question for you all while I'm bored boob feeding
I then kept noticing other things babs would reply to about tattle and then one day I liked a comment on her instagram but the person who posted it was a Tattler and mentioned it on here so then I got blocked just for liking that comment! By that time, I had probably only been following her a month or so!!
She has literally gone from bad to worse ever since! Funny how she made a big deal of Tattle when there were just 2 threads on her at the time yet now look how many?!
I have a friend who likes her and she showed me a video. I thought she seemed "ok" I'm a mum so i wondered if I'd find her relatable. I kept watching her videos because she had a following that seemed to be growing...lots of popularity on Insta etc...but all I kept thinking was....why is this woman getting paid a ridiculous amount of money for terrible ads and videos when all shes doing is going through her cupboards and buying crap?Question for you all while I'm bored boob feeding
And more importantly... why am I watching this??!
She just started to seem fake to me. And I saw someone mention tattle on her page at some point and i came for a nosey. Every sort of hang up I had about her just resonated here! I think it was when it was all kicking off about her address being posted on here...or so she claimed...and no one HAD actually posted her address...people were just trying to warn her that it was visible online....that was the nail in the coffin for me...the lies!!!!
So I originally found her through Louise. I thought she was annoying, but she loved Disney and so do I. The hubby hated her from the start and was on Tattle already, so I spent way too much time defending her and saying she wasn’t that bad / didn’t have a favourite child etc etc.Question for you all while I'm bored boob feeding
Then she posted about Pin Trading in Disney. She did a video saying how she buys Primark pins and changes the backs so she can trade them. Which means she’s just trading fake pins (there’s rules about what you can trade and can’t trade in parks, what cast members can accept, and some of the Limited Edition pins sell for thousands of pounds). I commented on the video that she was breaking the pin trading rules and that her video actually made it sound like she knew that (because why else would you make a point about needing Mickey shaped backs on the pins).
Anyway, she saw her arse and did a snotty reply to me on her video, then decided that my comment had too many people agreeing with me so she deleted it and went on Instastories telling the world I’d called her all these names, that I wasn’t a good egg etc etc. Unlucky for her I’d got a screenshot of what I actually said, posted it into Tattle and the rest is history
I can't remember how i stumbled across her, i think it was in suggested youtube area. I initially liked her because i like stationery, and she did alot of hauls (back in her early years). I did buy a few things she had/suggested. When she mentioned tattle, i came here and it's been downhill from there on. (unsubscribed to everything shortly after joining here). (Even went back through all the uploads to unlike every single one i had! (i'm petty like that).Question for you all while I'm bored boob feeding
Don't want to derail or continue a discussion around this but thought it was important to say:
If anyone is currently engaging in private therapy or intending to because it's your only option, then please don't feel ashamed or put off by some of the previous comments in this thread. Therapy is different for everyone and all that matters is that it works for you.
(I'm not a therapist but have accessed both private and NHS services in the past. I do work in MH Support and hate to think that some of these comments could be dangerous for someone who may be thinking of reaching out. In an ideal world we would all be able to access wonderful NHS services for free, but unfortunately waiting lists are very long.)
End of PSA. Sorry!
If anyone is currently engaging in private therapy or intending to because it's your only option, then please don't feel ashamed or put off by some of the previous comments in this thread. Therapy is different for everyone and all that matters is that it works for you.
(I'm not a therapist but have accessed both private and NHS services in the past. I do work in MH Support and hate to think that some of these comments could be dangerous for someone who may be thinking of reaching out. In an ideal world we would all be able to access wonderful NHS services for free, but unfortunately waiting lists are very long.)
End of PSA. Sorry!
another AD!!!! This time she has sold herself and the kids for half a dozen hartleys jellies!!
I found her from her Christmas vlogs (im a slight christmas nut Job) I thought even back then that she was boring didn't seem that festive but im from West Midlands so recognised a lot of places she was visiting so thought id keep watching.Question for you all while I'm bored boob feeding
Then she started trying to give Disney advice and she asked for advice on dinning plans and fast passes, I spent a lot of time sending messages which she responded to and we chatted bit. I gave her my fountain of knowledge.
She then went and got a job with Disney and did that cringe cringe advert with all the advice I had given her. I honestly think she bid for the job from the information others and I gave to her and this infuriated me.
She then went on to start giving really bad advice incorrect advice and calling rides by the wrong names the pin trading and now I dislike her I dislike her so so much.
I came accross Brummy after a youtube suggestion. As she is a Brummy and I come from Solihull I thought I would take a look. She didn't seem too bad at first, although I couldn't understand why she bought so much crap for every season or holiday. This was very early on in her vlogging "Career.) Then after a while, maybe 3-4 months, she started to really grate on me. Then when she became friendly with Louise, she thought she had hit the jackpot and was going to become as big as Louise is. Her attitude, although always passive aggressive, her replies to people, became even worse. She was just a total narcissistic show off. I started to hate watch just to see her make a complete tit of herself. Then the Friday night dance happened, she started Brummynannysan, and eventually let Erin have her own youtube channel and that really was it for me. I don't believe for one minute that she doesn't run the Brummynannysan page and she so wanted Erin to be as famous as the American child youtubers. She has made both the children but especially Erin so precocious, something which will go against her as she gets older. All the lies but then accusing people of questioning her integrity. She forgets that people can screenshot what she says and does and not everyone is going to lick her backside. It's no good moaning about Tattle when she is the one plastering her families entire lives over the internet, is told about her children being on porn sites but then posts even more pictures of them in swimsuits. Just unbelievable! She is so up herself. It will all come crashing down around her sooner rather than later and those children will realise what a fake life they have all been living.Question for you all while I'm bored boob feeding
This is my very first post and I’m replying to the question about why were you first drawn to Emma and what then drew you to Tattle. Buckle in, this is a long post – it might be my only one though so bear with it!
I’m around the same age as Emma and I first saw her pop up on my explore page and it was one of those “about me” style posts and I thought she seemed relatable – size fluctuated between 12 and 22 (yep), children around same age (mine are slightly older), a nice-but-normal house instead of the huge mansion types you see on insta. I liked the Brummymummy meet up idea as I remembered feeling lonely on maternity leave, and I could relate to the feelings she said she had about attending events, being chatty and then cringing the next day thinking I’d embarrassed myself. I had a quick flick through her grid, saw the “mum uniform” of dresses and biker jackets (guilty!) and thought she was a bit like me.
I follow all kinds on insta – home accounts, plus size bloggers, weight loss, make up, retro – the lot. I’m generally ok with the whole influencer thing so long as they declare their ads/gifts and if they’ve “bought” something they should declare any discounts but apart from that crack on. That said, I can’t bear instamum/instadad accounts. I think they’re ethically dubious to say the least and I did not realise when I followed Emma the extent to which she uses her children in her content and ads.
I hovered over the unfollow button for a while. I found tattle when she said people were publicising her address. I read through (the threads weren’t that many then) and what had actually happened was people had said she should be more careful with the information she puts out there as it’s very easy to find their address (won’t say how, but we all know how don’t we?). I thought she’d panicked, misunderstood. Then I saw other stuff she’s misunderstood or misrepresented – saying people on here criticised converse and midi skirts. Well, not at that point. They WERE saying that high top converse and midi skirts were not a good look FOR HER. And while that’s maybe not very nice, it’s not what she said happened. (I’m a similar build, it’s not a good look on me either, but tbh I don’t care what people think and if she’s happy and comfortable then good for her). Saying people were pretending to be her husband online – no it was a PARODY account but she described it almost as identity theft! To me, there’s two options – either she is deliberately misrepresenting what has been said in which case she is disingenuous OR she genuinely *thinks* that is what has been said and in which case I would say she’s not critically discerning enough or mentally robust enough to live her life on the internet and it’ll end badly for her and her family.
Using her children to make money is repugnant to me. It’s at the expense of their privacy and potentially their development – she is shoe-horning them into personality types which fit her brand. (I’d say she was doing this unconsciously – she’s stupid and selfish, not evil). Showing their bedrooms, talking about their personalities etc is just not on for me. Fine, I get some bloggers want to be supportive to parents and normalise stuff, but why not use a pseudonym? Oh yes, the ads. Quite frankly, based on what she has shown me, I think her children are spoilt. They have too much stuff, too many holidays and no sense of normality.
There’s other stuff I find distasteful – the rampant consumerism, the plastic tat, her infantile manner (her husband tells her news she can cope with? What kind of example is that for her children? What on earth does she say if they ask her a question?) but her complete lack of professionalism in her badly written posts. If you’re using insta as a glorified photo album, then fine. If it’s your job, then take some pride in it. Check your grammar, spelling and sentence structure. That’s before even getting into the dubious “I’ll try not to physically harm my husband” stuff and other ill-informed or ill-advised content that all stems from laziness. When you monetise your account, you have a responsibility to act as a professional. Yes, carry on showing your personality, but be professional. Even if you don’t monetise your account, it you have a sizeable platform, you absolutely have a responsibility with what you are posting. It’s not the family whatsapp group.
I know many people have switched off from the news, but I find the “I’m going to keep my corner of the internet a daft, smiley place to keep everyone’s spirits up” stuff irritating. No, it’s not for the greater good, it’s to maintain your “brand” as a quirky-yet-relatable mum so that you can carry on coining the ads.
The constant references to making memories “when they get married, they can tell their spouse that their crazy mother used to…” – there’s so much of it. It’s another example of her refusal to face reality, by not living in the present.
Phew that was longer than I thought, but I did really like her at first.
I’m around the same age as Emma and I first saw her pop up on my explore page and it was one of those “about me” style posts and I thought she seemed relatable – size fluctuated between 12 and 22 (yep), children around same age (mine are slightly older), a nice-but-normal house instead of the huge mansion types you see on insta. I liked the Brummymummy meet up idea as I remembered feeling lonely on maternity leave, and I could relate to the feelings she said she had about attending events, being chatty and then cringing the next day thinking I’d embarrassed myself. I had a quick flick through her grid, saw the “mum uniform” of dresses and biker jackets (guilty!) and thought she was a bit like me.
I follow all kinds on insta – home accounts, plus size bloggers, weight loss, make up, retro – the lot. I’m generally ok with the whole influencer thing so long as they declare their ads/gifts and if they’ve “bought” something they should declare any discounts but apart from that crack on. That said, I can’t bear instamum/instadad accounts. I think they’re ethically dubious to say the least and I did not realise when I followed Emma the extent to which she uses her children in her content and ads.
I hovered over the unfollow button for a while. I found tattle when she said people were publicising her address. I read through (the threads weren’t that many then) and what had actually happened was people had said she should be more careful with the information she puts out there as it’s very easy to find their address (won’t say how, but we all know how don’t we?). I thought she’d panicked, misunderstood. Then I saw other stuff she’s misunderstood or misrepresented – saying people on here criticised converse and midi skirts. Well, not at that point. They WERE saying that high top converse and midi skirts were not a good look FOR HER. And while that’s maybe not very nice, it’s not what she said happened. (I’m a similar build, it’s not a good look on me either, but tbh I don’t care what people think and if she’s happy and comfortable then good for her). Saying people were pretending to be her husband online – no it was a PARODY account but she described it almost as identity theft! To me, there’s two options – either she is deliberately misrepresenting what has been said in which case she is disingenuous OR she genuinely *thinks* that is what has been said and in which case I would say she’s not critically discerning enough or mentally robust enough to live her life on the internet and it’ll end badly for her and her family.
Using her children to make money is repugnant to me. It’s at the expense of their privacy and potentially their development – she is shoe-horning them into personality types which fit her brand. (I’d say she was doing this unconsciously – she’s stupid and selfish, not evil). Showing their bedrooms, talking about their personalities etc is just not on for me. Fine, I get some bloggers want to be supportive to parents and normalise stuff, but why not use a pseudonym? Oh yes, the ads. Quite frankly, based on what she has shown me, I think her children are spoilt. They have too much stuff, too many holidays and no sense of normality.
There’s other stuff I find distasteful – the rampant consumerism, the plastic tat, her infantile manner (her husband tells her news she can cope with? What kind of example is that for her children? What on earth does she say if they ask her a question?) but her complete lack of professionalism in her badly written posts. If you’re using insta as a glorified photo album, then fine. If it’s your job, then take some pride in it. Check your grammar, spelling and sentence structure. That’s before even getting into the dubious “I’ll try not to physically harm my husband” stuff and other ill-informed or ill-advised content that all stems from laziness. When you monetise your account, you have a responsibility to act as a professional. Yes, carry on showing your personality, but be professional. Even if you don’t monetise your account, it you have a sizeable platform, you absolutely have a responsibility with what you are posting. It’s not the family whatsapp group.
I know many people have switched off from the news, but I find the “I’m going to keep my corner of the internet a daft, smiley place to keep everyone’s spirits up” stuff irritating. No, it’s not for the greater good, it’s to maintain your “brand” as a quirky-yet-relatable mum so that you can carry on coining the ads.
The constant references to making memories “when they get married, they can tell their spouse that their crazy mother used to…” – there’s so much of it. It’s another example of her refusal to face reality, by not living in the present.
Phew that was longer than I thought, but I did really like her at first.
We can all be grateful those Friday night dances died a death! They were awful
You often come on this thread to support Brummymummy. Perhaps set up a rave thread for her?
There are three Instagram accounts I really like. The Unmumsy Mum, Manversusbaby and The Lincolnshaws (they used to be called twopoofsandapudding). The Unmumsy Mum is very relateable. She's around my age, is very sarcastic and her humour is based around self deprecation (even though she's clearly a brilliant parent). Manversusbaby is hilarious and doesn't often post pictures of his child. All of the stories he tells are just so on point and anybody who has or has had a young toddler can absolutely relate to what he says. The Lincolnshaws are a gay couple who have adopted their son. One of them is fairly serious and the other is a hilarious nutcase . They NEVER show their son's face on camera. It's either blurred out or they show the back of his head. I follow them because they're just so funny.
I followed Babs because I thought she was like these accounts. I thought she was a funny, relatable person and a mom like me (from the Midlands - also like me). I even defended her on a few occasions when she was getting "trolled". I defended her when she received abuse in her DM's (which to be honest I still don't agree with) and I defended her when that parody account of her husband went up. Then I found this site and it has opened my eyes up to so much. I compare her to the other Instagram accounts I follow and she really does just pimp her children out for whatever money she can get. She has no qualms about divulging private information about them or embarrassing them. They might find her videos funny now but those videos are on the internet forever and once her children are in secondary school, they are not going to take too kindly to the fact there are videos online of their mother naked (filmed by their dad). And I can't believe her own mother advocates it and is seemingly her biggest fan. My mom would be MORTIFIED beyond belief if I stripped off and danced about on the internet. She'd tell me how stupid I am.
I genuinely do not understand how her parents have not spoken to her about her behaviour on the internet when she has two young children. I understand she is a grown woman but somebody needs to say something. Her husband shouldn't be stood their filming it. He should be putting his foot down and telling her there are limits to what should be posted.
. They NEVER show their son's face on camera. It's either blurred out or they show the back of his head. I follow them because they're just so funny.I followed Babs because I thought she was like these accounts. I thought she was a funny, relatable person and a mom like me (from the Midlands - also like me). I even defended her on a few occasions when she was getting "trolled". I defended her when she received abuse in her DM's (which to be honest I still don't agree with) and I defended her when that parody account of her husband went up. Then I found this site and it has opened my eyes up to so much. I compare her to the other Instagram accounts I follow and she really does just pimp her children out for whatever money she can get. She has no qualms about divulging private information about them or embarrassing them. They might find her videos funny now but those videos are on the internet forever and once her children are in secondary school, they are not going to take too kindly to the fact there are videos online of their mother naked (filmed by their dad). And I can't believe her own mother advocates it and is seemingly her biggest fan. My mom would be MORTIFIED beyond belief if I stripped off and danced about on the internet. She'd tell me how stupid I am.
I genuinely do not understand how her parents have not spoken to her about her behaviour on the internet when she has two young children. I understand she is a grown woman but somebody needs to say something. Her husband shouldn't be stood their filming it. He should be putting his foot down and telling her there are limits to what should be posted.
There has been no nakedness (suggested or otherwise) for a while thank goodness.
TBH I think Nanny San would be the last person to tell her to reel it in - she seems to like the attention just as much as her daughter.
TBH I think Nanny San would be the last person to tell her to reel it in - she seems to like the attention just as much as her daughter.
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