Grackle #2

[weinercakes]

Can’t believe she made a video trying the different toasting abilities on an air fryer thing (yet again) and how golden they become.. getting gassed when the dark setting didn’t make the toast dark. Honestly her content has became so dreary and boring, Opening up with her life even a little bit more, being more real, showing different aspects of her life such as maybe what it was like starting dating at 24 would really pick her channel up, even if she doesn’t want to show ~him~ she could still talk about it.. but it seems she wants to be stuck doing the same content forever. She has a problem with always sticking to her same routine, she can’t even cut her hair a few inches or colour it slightly lighter without having a panic.

 

[Cemma25]

I can’t! Did she seriously go to McDonalds in France to see “how different” it is ?!? 🥲🥲

Don’t see a problem with this though I’ve been to loads of different countries and do this tbf because it’s amazing to see the differences! Why not

 

[macrofriendly]

I hope she hasn't gone with her family as they've been on holiday to New York together recently (pre-pandemic) and that's not very out of her comfort zone...

I understand not wanting to go alone but I hope at a minimum it's just Chloe and her partner for example. I hope the whole family hasn't gone as it's nothing new for her

I actually hope she has gone with her family. As someone that isn't able to have family holidays, I think there is nothing better than being able to make memories and explore with the people you are closest to. Solo travel can be overrated.

 

[CabalofBolorneaise]

Same. I hateeee to say it. But I can’t sit through most of her videos anymore. I do the adore the videos with her dad though. But the last video... if I hear ‘the vibes are immaculate’ one more time...

This is a bit mean but I think she picks up buzzphrases like that from Tiktok etc and uses them but she doesn’t ever seem to quite manage to use them in the right context plus takes it too far. It’s like she’s trying so hard to be cool in that way but that’s just not her. (She’s really cool in her own way).

 

[Just having a nose]

My issue is the trickling it in. If she was at his graduation in Durham she didn't have to vlog it... Most of the vlog was her in the room saying 'we've just done X and now we're off to do Y'. Wasn't exactly riveting.

Why not just NOT mention him at all. As a creator she 100% chooses what she puts out and is clearly trickling him in.

Not to mention that in previous years some of her content was ‘taking myself on a solo date vlog’ or ‘single girl Valentine’s Day vlog’ or something along those lines. Plus the amount of times she mentioned being single in her vlogs…to just suddenly not mention it is a bit bizarre to me. Like with her siblings and her mum we know they don’t want to be filmed but she’ll still say their names, why not just say ‘I’m here for my boyfriends graduation and then just not show him’.
She’s checked out 100% she’s just making money whilst she can until she inevitably gets married and pregnant. Whatever I used to really like her but she’s turned out just like the rest of them.

 

[bookish]

I really like Grace but I'm a bit dubious about her alleged healthy relationship with food.

The families meals seem very small, and I've always thought quite controlled portion and health wise. Considering Grace is often hungry they seem overly small. She shows quite large quantities of baked goods and sweets and snacks, which to me gives me slight Elzani vibes - sort of obsessing over snack foods.

I feel like her parents give me controlling healthy vibes, several things over the years that have been made me think this . And Grace is very slim, she looks underweight tbh and for someone who says they like food so much you'd think she'd just eat bigger portions of her main meals? Lots of talk of her lankiness. She was in the modelling industry and I'd be surprised if she came out unscathed with this miraculous healthy relationship with food

As a former anorexic and bulimic, I don't get any disordered eating vibes from Grace (and I was hospitalised for years due to my EDs)

I know a girl JUST like Grace - looked like her, acted like her and from a super Christian family. Grace really reminds me of her, and what's more, this girl was super skinny, just like Grace is.

There are people out there who are naturally incredibly thin and have absolutely no issues with eating or food. Zoella is an example of someone with this similar structure, and I know two girls in real life who have that physique too. No eating disorders at all - eat lots of food and gain no weight.

They're like the rare unicorns (they have male metabolisms from what I can see haha, but their's don't age like boys' do!)

 

[jimmy&vera]

Sorry for the double post. But man, her views have really gone downhill. A year ago she would pull more than 200k easily, she can't/barely hit 100k these days. If that's not telling I don't know what is.

It’s a shame. I used to binge watch her videos and now I rarely ever watch anything from her. I really hope for her sake that she changes up her content and allow her channel to evolve, because if she doesn’t then her views will go down even more. I have a feeling she’ll end up like Zoella and most of those YouTubers who haven’t evolved their YouTube channel over the years, I also feel she tries to be like Zoella.

 

[oshare]

I'm seriously so tired of these youtubers saying stuff like "i don't know if i'm burned out or something... " and then go on a holiday or a trip. like hun, if you are burned out you can't do anything at all. been there done that. a real burn out is not like you are in need of a weekend getaway. this is why people don't take a real burn out seriously. i couldn't move nor get out of bed for more than half a year. going on a fun trip because you are bored of your life is not burned out.

 

[jaboga510]

Ahh what it must be like to waste £600 on a pile of crap and not have to worry, when us normal people are worried about the rise in the cost of living can't wait for the YouTube bubble to burst

 

[Missclassy19]

How cute

 

[RobinsNest]

I don't understand stand the $1 meals video. They were clearly all alot more than $1?

I really hate when these budget things where they present a recipe that's under £1 and it turns out the costings take into account a single slice of bread and one single egg. "Oh I'm just using leftover brioche for this since we had some". Well sure, you're not paying more than £1, but whoever bought that loaf of bread did.

 

[thelollypopkid]

I agree and we also don’t know any personal reasons Grace/other influencers might have that means they want to try to avoid all the coverage of a topic.

This. I've blocked all hashtags, because I find it so triggering. I spent most of last week either in tears, on the verge of a panic attack, or fully zoned out. I don't talk about what happened publicly at all because it is very private to me. I would never judge someone for staying well away from such a difficult and personal topic.

 

[disneys]

She’s 25 years old and first started referencing him in vlogs over a year ago. I’d say it’s likely she’s known of him for many years within church circles. What’s so rushed about that? I’ll never understand why people feel the need to assess whether the decisions that strangers make in their lives are the right ones or not. There’s enough bad news in the world, and I can see the joy beaming from Grace in her video. Looking forward to wedding content if she shares it with us… I already know her wedding cake is going to be something special.

For me , 25 is a perfectly acceptable age to get engaged . For most , you’ve had a chance then to live with your partner , experience the world , have a job and mix with lots of different people . It’s fine to settle down then .

also being with someone a year , seems somewhat quick to me but it isn’t raising eyebrows overly .

but Grace isn’t a normal 25 year old . She hasn’t had a job , she hasn’t moved out of home . I’ve seen with my own sibling and friends .. you cannot age beyond 16-18 while living at home . You might think you can , but you’ll always be somewhat stuck

personally I don’t think if you haven’t paid a bill yourself and your parents are still cooking your tea every night (I know Grace cooks but it’s just an example) , you’re not ready for marriage

marriage is also about more than love . Sad but it’s true . You’ve got to be compatible on all levels for it to work . I just don’t see how you can know that if you’ve never lived together outside of the family home . You haven’t managed finances together , you haven’t seen how the other one lives and spends their time . You might have fundamental differences . There is also speculation that the family are a no sex before marriage type . What if you’re not sexually compatible ? You can fancy each other but the sex might be dreadful , and for me at least connecting on that level too is so important for a successful marriage . It’s also about compromise , communication .. two skills which need maturity in order to develop

Obviously it is her life and she and her family clearly have different views around marriage and different priorities to me , but it is a red flag that she acts so young so for me this feels like someone who is 17 getting engaged to their school boyfriend who they’ve only held hands with .. not a mature 25 year old getting engaged to their partner

 

[duskwithoutdawn]

I love Grace. I do. But I’m finding unless it’s an ‘eating like....’ video etc - I’m just switching off. It’s repetitive as f. Macha something, bake something, Honor something, sanny pads honouree mention for the second time in a month (never mentioned it. Ever. Before then) as an excuse for going to the supermarket.

I really, really love Grace. Since day 1. But I feel the bigger she’s getting- the more she’s struggling with content. I know it’s lockdown etc.But. Yeah.

I think she's kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place since her content was always pretty niche to begin with. With the pandemic the ways she would've potentially diversified her content (maybe more travelling and trying to overcome her homesickness more) have been limited so she can't explore that side of her content too much. It's the struggle with a lot of youtubers within their certain niches that eventually videos get very repetitive if they don't change it up. If I think about my daily life there's not much I could film that would be different day to day.

I think quite a few people put on her videos as sort of a comforting background noise/filler so they potentially don't notice the repetitiveness as much, since those videos are what people are encouraging her to post the most. I think including Honor so much might also be due to the fact that her family mostly don't want to be on camera and she's not seeing anyone else other than her family (mostly) nowadays so including Honor kind of replaces that/fills the gap

 

[feel a bit nervy]

Yep I work in a school and we all still bake and bring it in, it keeps up moral and most of the time we can’t socially distance or wear mask as we work with children who have been excluded from mainstream school.

 

[NotAnArtist]

I remember once, in a Q&A type thing Grace did, Chloe said one of the things she loved/respected about Grace was that she was always unapologetically herself, no matter what. Given that that's her character, I'd be very surprised if she moulded herself to anyone in order to keep them, nor would she rush into anything she wasn't comfortable with. Don't forget, she left her management company because she wasn't happy with the route they wanted her to take. I think she is childlike but that it is only very superficial and she's actually quite mature and capable.

And she left a modeling career to pursue her baking degree. A career where, from the looks of it, she could have been very well-off for at least some years to come, and that also puts immense pressure on young women to change and conform to a never-ending list of rigid demands. That Grace knew what was right for her and *did it* even though it doesn't seem like the typical step, and at such an early age, is hella impressibe tbh

So I hope she doesn't start making sacrifices she isn't actually comfortable with, but she also seems like a person who would actually dare and do a good job taking an unconventional path.

 

[pipham]

It appears her brother is married, seems mad to me that in barely 6 months her family went from no engaged kids to 2/3 married! I wonder if that’s why Grace is going on dating apps, maybe she feels a bit left behind

 

[namseah]

It’s hard to stomach how expensive bills are at the moment so it’d be nice to see her do a ‘£x for a week of meals’ type video.

Grace can actually cook and she eats a normal amount of food (which is so refreshing to see) compared to other YouTubers who eat like 500 calories a day…

 

[oshare]

I'm so close to unsubbing. I think she's a lovely woman and that's holding me back from doing so, but she really does need to grow up. She's so stuck. She might as well start living with Taz at this point. 2 lazy bums together doing nothing but the same content over and over and over and over again

 

[traumatised sideboard]

I thought the trying on clothes with COVID was weird but also the fact that she's isolating in her bedroom yet Banksy can still wander in and out and is sleeping on her bed. That cat's literally a walking COVID vector!