Em Clarkson #2

[MummyPanda]

I mean she gets enough exercise by jumping on and preaching from her soap box at every opportunity or tiny injustice. It must be so tiring.

 

[LoonyLeopard]

The body checking has been a lot lately. And now the low rise jeans so it’ll be crop tops all summer … all while telling us it’s wrong to diet, do slimming pills or jabs and how it’s wrong to think about whether someone else is dieting or doing pills and jabs. She’s obsessed with talking about weight.

 

[BeauJD]

Her and Alex are such pick me girls - don’t tell me I’m skinny and pretty … but also do.

 

[andwhataboutit?]

Every post is either an ad or showing her exercising. Don’t care what she says on SM or her podcast, she is desperate to lose her baby weight and get fit/slimmer again. No shame in that, just don’t try to pretend you’re exercising because you love it/miss it.

Isn’t it interesting that she interviewed Stephanie Yeboah on her pod about diet culture who literally said how body positivity movement was hijacked by thin white women who just did it for profit becayse it’s what sells… and Em sat there, listened, and continued to pretend she’s all for body positivity while making money off that meanwhile she counts steps speed walking through London, next day goes to Pilates, day after day- gym class, what is it today, peloton?? Girly please leave the lies about being body positive, you cannot wait to lose weight, stop pretending.
ALSO! As a mum of 2, it is absolutely ok to want you “old” body back! It’s the hypocrisy that I have an issue with.

 

[LiLahx]

Exercise is not healthy if it’s your entire personality and you live and breathe it. Definitely got an addictive personality. Not only that but her method of exercise is so hugely unattainable to -I’d say more than 80%- of actual mothers out there. Who the fuck has the time and money to buy all that equipment and then fanny about making videos using it? Most of us have 20 mins in the evening if we’re lucky to get some yoga done in front of the tv whilst our kids shout at us from the other room.
She just lives on another planet honestly. Completely delusional

 

[Whazgoinin]

This is awkward, I was hoping this might be a rave thread as I quite like Em.

I'm not sure why as I can't relate to her at all, shes much younger, richer and opinionated than me buuuuut I love the energy of her Feel Good Fridays.
Also, the reality of some of her FML moments make me chuckle (her post jaw surgery journey springs to mind) and I really, really like the fact she hides her babies identity.
Keeping some privacy and boundaries on social media is a rarity and I'm glad that Ems keeping her baby private for now.

Thats all, I'll see myself out now

 

[hadtosayit88]

She says she goes through the negative comments on her posts, looks at who has liked those comments, and blocks them if they follow her. Tell me you don’t have a job (or life) without telling me…
And of course anyone who agrees with a comment that Em doesn’t like is blocked - all these influencers are the same. Can’t stand someone having a contradicting opinion!
I agree with the other posts on here…it’s literally another day, another scripted rant about something.

 

[belle235]

I think her and Alex may have had a falling out and that’s why the podcast ended so abruptly?
Alex’s book was released today and loads of the instagram old faithfuls sharing details of the release and radio silence from Em? Strange anyway for your bestie, but especially so as it seems the subject matter is something discussed together with supposed bestie on the pod for many years?
Either that or maybe a little green eyed monster if latest post about feeling stuck in career rut is to be taken seriously…

 

[hadtosayit88]

Yet another bikini post under the guise of how people sneakily edit their videos/photos (though her edits are blindingly obvious). Just own it Em, you love yourself, you think you look skinny and great in a bikini and can’t stop plastering it on the internet. But no one is allowed to say they’re pleased they lost weight anymore are they.

 

[hadtosayit88]

I get the sentiment that mums need to try to look after themselves as well as their baby. However, she should acknowledge she has the constant presence of her husband (on top of childcare for her oldest) to take the kids so she can go running/have an ice bath/go to a pricey fitness class/pay for c-section scar treatment and other pelvic health-related appointments at any time of day. She also has a ton of money to throw at all this stuff. This isn’t realistic for most mums. Self care for the majority of us would be 5 minutes to sit down and drink a hot cup of coffee or take a shower.

 

[kknot28]

What on earth qualifies her to be talking about how much paternity leave fathers get? Didn't her husband basically leave work so she could chase around being an influencer? They have NO idea what it's like for normal working couples!

 

[Rosie878]

She must be an absolute nightmare to live with. Crying because people disagree with her interview yet she sure loves dishing it out when she doesn’t agree with something. Also the oversharing on pelvic floors and periods is just cringe. Saying it’s to spread awareness…of what? Private health insurance?

 

[TravellingPants]

I don’t doubt that she’s having a horrible time, but I have quite limited sympathy. She didn’t have to have another baby, knowing full well what her experience was the first time around. She doesn’t have a job where her absence puts her pay at risk. She DOES NOT have to weep into her phone and post it on the internet. I’ve had to unfollow.

 

[chickhicks86]

Her thread is one of the most vanilla threads on here! I think the "worst" that has been said was the disconnect between suffering so badly with HG that she couldn't eat or leave the house and yet still being able to go away on holiday. And coming from a millionaire family yet trying to hide it to stay relevant.

 

[hadtosayit88]

That rant she did yesterday was the final straw for me. As someone who has struggled with my weight all my life to see someone who has never had a weight problem moan about their body its insulting. As a larger person, to see someone who is a, what size 10? Complain about their body what hope is there for a size 20 person. It’s infuriating that people like Em jump on the BoPo train to be relevant but they have no idea. I bet she’s never struggled to find nice clothes or always been overlooked by men for being too big. I get that it’s all relative and it’s about how you feel about your body but fuck off woman, you rant for the sake of it

And she’s lost a load of weight lately, and is clearly desperate to show it off, so this latest rant is more tone deaf than ever.

 

[gummy-bear]

She’s so draining and such an attention seeker at times. I actually don’t know how people could be mates with her

 

[hadtosayit88]

She’s losing her mind over being able to size down in a pair of jeans. We all said she’s obsessed with exercise and losing weight, though she denies it. The jeans look a bit tight round the waist though and why is she walking on the sides of her feet with her legs a metre apart?

 

[hadtosayit88]

She seems to want to spend every single second of her day exercising in some form - running, now cycling, hula hoop, headstands. I think she’s got issues, not necessarily body issues, but is clearly trying to mask some sort of unhappiness. That said, the level of body checking lately is

 

[InTheDollsHouse]

I understand her upset about pregnancy being announced on tattle, but it was such a non-event on here as her thread is so quiet, and the big point she’s missed is that it must have come from someone close to her in the first place.

People need to look closer to home to see where things are coming from.

 

[shoppingismycardio]

Yet another “not all men” disclaimer, in case anyone thought she was taking the mean old feminism too far!

And I completely agree. She’s getting hair and nails done, can afford cabs, obviously has a lot of behind-the-scenes childcare (where’s her kid when she’s off to the studio), goes to events…

when someone I knew had HG, she was bedridden. No choice about it. Worried sick(er) about money.

I was thinking this too! “Oh poor me my HG is so debilitating… brb just off for a massage / wax / hair colour / nails etc”