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Who is velvetgh0st?
Gabriella Lindley is a popular Youtuber. She has lied about her name multiple times & even made a video confessing that she lied about her name on Instagram (the video has since been deleted). She has claimed to have been called Aria/Kimberly/Gee/Dolly/Gabriana/Gabriella Sassoon to name a few. She also said she does not have a middle name in a video (although her middle name is Rose).
How did she get so popular?
She was popular on Instagram & had 40k followers where she posted floral & pastel themed pictures. The majority of her followers on Youtube came from Instagram. She then used popular Youtubers for more subscribers (Becca & Zoella).
Where is she from?
She currently lives in Brighton but sheâs from Sheffield. She claims that she lived in the middle of nowhere in the countryside but this isnât true. She also claimed on Instagram that she lived in Chelsea but this is another lie. Her bio on Twitter also said that she lived in London but she has never lived there.
Does Gabby work? How does she earn money?
She used to be a carer for her nan when she started Youtube although that wasnât âcool enoughâ for her image so she started telling everyone that her job is a secret. Now she makes money strictly from her Youtube videos and is a full-time attention seeker. Some think she may be living off her nans inheritance money although this is a rumour and has not been confirmed.
What happened with Becca Rose (voussontbeauetbelle)?
No one really knows what happened. They met once before deciding they were going to move to London to live together. They were âbest friendsâ & met up and made a few videos together when Gabby suddenly took the âRoseâ out of her name on Youtube and said it was becoming generic (a dig at Becca). They stopped speaking & Gabby deleted their videos they had made together and said she was no longer moving to London. She also removed Becca from her favourites list on her Youtube channel. Becca has remained silent on the whole situation whereas Gabby makes in-direct digs on Twitter now and again. When asked what happened to their friendship, Gabby said they âwere never friendsâ.
How does she know Zoella?
Gabby has been obsessed with Zoella since before she started Youtube. She would constantly tweet her & interact with her, although Zoe didnât respond initially. Gabby decided to move to Brighton on a whim (she had never been there before in her life) and Gabby & her fans let Zoe know she was moving there. Zoe met up with her when Gabby went to Brighton for the first time. They have been âfriendsâ since although some claim they are using each other. Gabby constantly makes bitchy remarks on her Tumblr about Zoe & thereâs speculation to whether they are still âfriendsâ.
Whatâs all this about her promoting self-harm?
Gabby claims to have been self-harming all her life and that itâs âa part of who she isâ. Back when she started Youtube, she made a separate Twitter account (that was set on private) where she wrote about her self-harming & starving herself and encouraged it. She had a conversation with a girl who was around 14 who was looking for advice and Gabby told her where the best place to self-harm was in order to keep it hidden and how to cut deep enough so that it hurts but is not dangerous.
Gabby posted a snapchat of her washing up with obvious red marks on her arms that looked like scars. She made a reference to self-harming again and how sheâs always had scars, yet the scars are not noticeable in any of her videos or pictures. The âscarsâ havenât been seen since.
According to Gabby, her mother knows that she self-harms and she âmakes jokes about itâ.
Is it true Gabby bullied someone?
Gabby & a few others bullied a girl on Instagram to the point where she ended up getting deleting her accounts. The girl was pretty popular on Instagram and Gabby & some others started a hate campaign against her. She encouraged all her Instagram follows to bully her & the girl was only 14/15 at the time (Gabby was 18). They even tweeted the girls mother who claimed to have gotten the police involved but as far as we know nothing came of it. As soon as the police were involved, Gabby and the others deleted all the evidence. This was before her youtube âfameâ when she was just popular on Instagram.
Whatâs the deal with the weight loss?
Gabby claimed to have lost all the weight through the help of a dietician, although she has made multiply claims that she actually starved herself. She constantly talks about how she âforgot to eatâ and claims to eat nothing but fruit. She also recommended people to skip meals & starve themselves on her private Twitter account. She claimed that she drinks 2 glasses of orange juice a day with no food. Someone told her she shouldnât starve herself of food and Gabby got defensive and replied that itâs how sheâs lost 6.5 stone.
She constantly posts unhealthy food on her accounts (McDonalds, Starbucks etc.) and one time when she âforgot to eatâ, Zoella called her out on it and said she had cake.
Why was Gabby in the hospital? What did she lie about?
No one knows for sure what exactly Gabby was in hospital for but one thing is certain is that she lied about the situation & duped her fans for sympathy. There were multiple inconsistencies in her story which is where some people started to notice that things didnât quite add up. It was NOT an emergency why she was in hospital but she led fans to believe that it was & that she was fainting every time she stood up which is why she had been taken to hospital (even though she took a taxi there).
What is the situation with Gabbyâs family?
Gabbyâs dad is gay & she has known since she was 11. She is constantly rude about her dad on social media and claims that he only thinks about himself & not her. Gabbyâs dad still lives at home with her mother & brother and Gabby has said he has a boyfriend which causes problems for them. Gabby asked her dad to pay for singing lessons for her and he said no. She then tweeted âMy dad wonât pay for singing lessons because thereâs nothing in it for himâ, âI wish you could choose familyâ & âThe second we sell this house and get rid of my dad will be the best day of my lifeâ. Some other tweets sheâs made about her dad include âWish I had a lovely dad who gave a tit about his kids instead of only thinking about himself and his lover boyâ & âMost selfish person I knowâ. Once Gabbyâs dad wouldnât drive her to a singing lesson and she went on a Twitter rant about how selfish he is.
Gabby joked about her nan in hospital after she had a stroke (which affected her speech) by saying she spoke completely jibberish & referred to her as a minion from Despicable Me. She also posted pictures of her nan in hospital on Twitter (right after she had a stroke). When her nan died, she complained about having to go back to Sheffield for the funeral because âshe wonât be able to vlogâ.
Her brother has called her out about her attention seeking a few times. If you follow her brother on Twitter you will see he's just as bad as Gabby with his racist & sexist remarks, but this thread isn't about him. Gabby has often tweeted bitchy things about her brother (mainly on her private Twitter).
Itâs no secret that Gabby treats her mum (Jane) like tit. She has referred to her as a dog & a peasant and treats Jane like she is her personal maid. She uses Jane as her own personal taxi and gets her to drive from Sheffield to Brighton and back (an 8 hour trip) to help with mundane tasks or to pick her up (instead of Gabby catching a train). When Gabbyâs nan died, Jane travelled all the way down to Gabby who just spent time with Zoe instead (it was Janeâs mother who died). There is a LOT of instances where she is tit-talking about her mother, you can find most of it on her Tumblr account.
She said that her family donât think about what they say & are extremely judgemental. She also said they all take their aggression out on her. She constantly claims she is not close to her family, despite saying her mother is more like a friend. Another tweet she made about her family: âJesus Christ, who needs family anyway? Bunch of idiotsâ. She often posts bitchy comments about her family but is quick to delete them as her mother & brother both use Twitter. She mainly uses Tumblr as a platform to write about her family as they won't see it.
Illnesses/Allergies/Diseases/Disorders that Gabby claims to have:
⢠Allergic to dogs.
⢠Allergic to cats.
⢠Allergic to eyeshadow.
⢠Lactose intollerant.
⢠Anxiety.
⢠Depression.
⢠Dyslexia.
⢠Claustrophobia.
⢠Insomnia.
⢠Panic attacks.
⢠OCD.
Gabby is constantly contradicting herself & lies about her interests to suit whoever she is trying to suck up to at the time. Some examples include:
⢠Slating One Direction constantly on Twitter about how terrible they are, then suddenly she is a huge fan of them (like most of the Gleam team) and jumps at the chance to go to their concert.
⢠According to Gabby, she has always hated Christmas but since meeting Zoe she suddenly loves it. A few people called her out about her new found love for Christmas on Twitter & Youtube and she promptly took down all her decorations saying that âshe still hates Christmasâ and that she did it for the fans. She also bought a Christmas jumper in February & wore one during the summer.
⢠She claims to hate it when Youtubers donât reply to comments - âDo you not appreciate your subscribers?â yet she doesnât reply to her own.
⢠Gabby constantly claims that she does not watch British Youtubers, only to Snapchat/Tweet/Instagram about watching one the next day.
⢠She claims that people are constantly using her, yet she herself has used Youtubers to elevate her âfameâ.
⢠Claims to be lactose intolerant yet she eats cheese, cream & other dairy products daily.
⢠Disagreed with everyone doing the Ice Bucket Challenge because she said it was a waste of water. Did it herself a week later for the fans money.
⢠She stated in a TMI video that she had never been in a relationship or been through a breakup, yet on her tumblr she wrote how sheâs been in a few relationships with one being a year long.
⢠She tweeted âIâd hate to be one of those girls who strut around with Chanel/Dior etc. bags and think theyâre better than everyone elseâ,when she was parading around a fake Celine bag. She later bought herself a Mulberry bag.
⢠Gabby said she was never a fan of Harry Potter & she doesnât like it because itâs overrated. As soon as she realises Zoe loves Harry Potter, Gabby constantly references it, buys a Hogwarts jumper and was going to dress as a Harry Potter character for Halloween.
⢠Gabby claimed to hate New York & thought it was overrated, now sheâs looking to move there soon.
⢠She stated that she doesnât like drinking but posts on Twitter pretending to be drunk.
⢠Gabby has said that she hates clubbing because it gives her social anxiety & then asked for club recommendations on Twitter a week later.
Other notable lies & mentions:
⢠She doesnât disclose sponsorships or freebies in her youtube videos. This is now illegal in the UK but Gabb thinks sheâs above the law.
⢠She bought a fisheye camera to film videos with (just weeks after buying a new DSLR) but received comments on her video from fans that they preferred her old style of filming. Gabby got angry and blamed the viewers for her spending £300+ on a brand new camera.
⢠As soon as she started getting popular on Youtube, she unfollowed everyone on Instagram & cut contact with the few friends she had. Some of the popular Instagram girls she was friends with that had helped promote her youtube were removed from her channel recommendations and she blocked them on Instagram.
⢠She bitched constantly on her private Twitter about how she has no friends even though she was the one who cut them out because she was too âfamous' for them & felt like they were using her (even though they were the ones who helped her become popular).
⢠She constantly uses click-bait titles to get views on youtube. Some examples include: âGoing on Big Brotherâ, âQuitting my channelâ, âLeaving Youtubeâ, âIâm pregnantâ etc. You get the idea.
⢠She claims to make Youtube videos for the fans when sheâs obviously in it for the âfameâ and the money. She advised fans against skipping the ads at the start of her videos because then she wonât get any money.
⢠Claimed her Celine bag is real & deleted any comments that said otherwise. She finally admitted it was fake a few months later.
⢠Similarly she claimed that her make-up bag was Marc Jacobs when it was actually Ted Baker.
⢠She Tweeted about how sheâs poor & has no money yet she bought 3 brand new cameras, expensive makeup & Apple products.
⢠She would constantly flaunt her wealth on Twitter & tweet about how much all her things cost.
⢠Complains about having no money & being poor and claims sheâs too stingy to buy Christmas presents. She then buys her mother a half price bun tin for Christmas & a Michael Kors watch for herself. She also bought an iMac a few weeks before.
⢠She once had a tantrum and threw noodles all over the floor & posted a picture of it on Twitter with the caption âDonât piss me off or Iâll throw the nearest thingâ (She was 19, almost 20 at the time).
⢠Gabby decided to be vegetarian for a while to stop herself from eating Frazzles (which are suitable for vegetarians), she then spent the whole phase eating marshmallows, bacon, fish & other foods that were not suitable for vegetarians.
⢠Claims to be allergic to cats (even though she has one). She also took her brand new dog back after a week of having it because she was allergic to that too, went to Crufts a few weeks later.
⢠She ruined her hair herself. It was supposed to be a pastel pink colour but went it wrong so she claimed it was an âApril Fools prankâ. She later wrote on Twitter hairdresser recommendations to colour her hair because of a previous bad experience (with an unnatural colour) even though she dyed it herself.
⢠Someone was kind enough to make her a new banner on Youtube. She tweeted about how much she loved it and then removed it a few hours later & deleted the tweet.
⢠Gabby was sponsored by Boohoo to wear their clothes at the One Direction concert. She claimed the stuff they sent her was too big & instead of exchanging it or picking something else, she wore her own clothes. Boohoo paid for her to go to the concert (VIP).
⢠She posted all over Twitter making fun of an elderly lady in hospital with her nan who had tit herself.
⢠Complained about waiters getting tips & said you shouldnât have to pay someone more to do their job.
⢠Zoe told Gabby she was tired and fell asleep on the sofa, not taking the hint Gabby overstayed her welcome and took pictures of Zoe while she was sleeping.
⢠Fans started âshippingâ her with Alfieâs friend Chai & she was re-tweeting them constantly. She was also searching through the #Chabby hashtag that fans made and sending the pictures to Chai. When they finally met, they hardly spoke & then Chai unfollowed her on Twitter not long after. She unfollowed him back once a fan pointed it out and made in-direct tweets about him.
⢠She favourited tweets of other girls and encourages ganging up & bullying someone that disagreed with her.
⢠Gabby calls herself an atheist yet has Buddha decorations in her house.
⢠She claims that her eyesight is so bad that she canât learn to drive (even though you can be blind in one eye and drive just fine in the UK).
⢠She met some guy online and said he was her boyfriend and that they had been together for ages, despite posting contradicting tweets about how she's been single for ages and that her mother suspecting a boyfriend is laughable. Gabby claimed they were in an on/off relationship although she never mentioned him or tweeted him (his profile was full of tweets to random girls). Gabby got really clingy and defensive on his instagram pictures if other girls commented, and she ranted on her private Twitter account about him cheating on her. This was an online relationship & when they finally met she never mentioned him again & blocked him on Twitter. She later claimed she was catfished.
⢠She complained that a waiter asked her why she hadnât finished her food & stated she wanted to throw her food at him.
⢠Gabby took photos of a stranger she found âhotâ in a restaurant and posted it on Twitter.
⢠She has tweeted about screeching singing as loud as she can in her flat at 3am and other ridiculous times. (In the UK, noise laws mean that you should reduce noise after 11pm).
⢠Gabby is pretty anti-education and thinks university is a waste of time & money. She has said that âeducation isnât the only way to successâ, which can send out the wrong message to her younger viewers. She also wanted to be a vet at some point but stated that it was âtoo much workâ.
⢠A few of her viewers have admitted that they are afraid to talk to her as sheâs notorious for being rude to fans and causing her minions to attack them.
⢠She constantly bullies her fans and gets her minions to fight her battles for her.
⢠Gabby is always deleting her tweets to hide any evidence of her being rude. Recently she de-activated her Twitter for attention & once she came back, she wiped her Twitter clean.
Gabby blocks the majority of her fans.
⢠Blocked a fan for asking when sheâll be uploading her next video.
⢠Blocked a fan for asking why she pre-films videos.
⢠Blocks any fans that ask her to check out their blog/Youtube/Instagram.
⢠Gabby has mistaken fans defending her for those who âhateâ on her & has blocked them.
⢠Sheâs also blocked fans who asked why she blocked someone.
⢠She blocked fans that âspoiledâ her TV shows for her, even though the topics were trending on Twitter at the time.
⢠She claims to welcome constructive criticism but blocks anyone that offers it.
⢠Gabby will block anyone that tweets/favourites/re-tweets with one of her âhatersâ, even if they donât say anything bad about Gabby themselves.
⢠She claimed to have blocked over 300 people in one day and stated they were all haters who were âover 25â. If you look through Twitter, she rarely receives any of this so-called hate (before all the hospital scandal).
However with fostering it seems to be very different, I know a lesbian couple, neither has a full time job, live in a rental, one has mental issues. And they were allowed to foster! I think Gob would go down the surrogacy route if anything.
the bit that hurt me the most was janes mother died and jane drove 6 hours to comfort her daughter yet gabriella went to her friends house 
) that she wrote me she'll keep an eye on the shop & she's very thankful for letting her know! 
