Grackle #2

[jackolantern]

She always said how interested she was in product development. It would have been great to watch her develop some of her own recipes through trial and error etc, making her own dairy free/vegan versions of things, etc. I know she says she's not a big cook and more of a baker but even that could be a challenge for her to try 100 new recipes or something. I love the videos where she eats like X for a day.

While I love Grace and I do think her videos are often well thought out and have a lot more creativity to them than a lot of other Youtubers it would have been great to see something different.

Didn't realise I had so much to say on the matter so I'll stop here

I do find it surprising how little she creates her own recipes given her background, like even I do that and I haven't been to culinary school (or whatever the baking version is called if it's different lol), as I imagine most do.

 

[weinercakes]

Realised the reason I don’t like her is mainly cos she has a massive Tory vibe, but in an Alfie Deyes way where she’d deny it

 

[oshare]

She should work in a coffee shop or a small bakery. She would thrive. I can even totally imagine her setting up her own shop and doing high tea parties and such.

 

[Insomiaflamingo]

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.

Im the same, I’m not sure when I last watched a video. I like her as a person, I have nothing bad to say about her as a person what so ever, but I also don’t have a desire to tune in anymore either

 

[frenchtoasts]

No one would mention Grace's religion if she wasn't a Christian. It's still bigotry and religious intolerance even when they are a white Christian. Grace has every right to practice her religion and follow the cultures of that religion and she has a right to do so without being criticised or judged for it. And I'm saying that as an atheist.

i would, i personally consider any religion that teaches that women are second class beings made to serve men is sexist and misogynistic, she has every right to follow if she wants but rational criticism of her religion is allowed. people aren’t protected from “judgement” just because they believe in god and debate and criticism is NOT religious intolerance

 

[caterday28]

Awww I think her mum seems so lovely!

 

[Felix08]

Did you know she loves using BBC Iplayer?? Annoying!

 

[menolikey]

It scares me that the booth kids are marrying off so young, she must feel a lot of pressure which she really doesn't need to feel. She is still really very young and you really don't need to feel like you need to do something by X age or your life will be over.

 

[bunnyhun]

I just find Grace really unrelatable now, spending so much money on endless 'stuff', always away on holiday somewhere, begging for freebies like all other influencers.... I get the impression she's not feeling YT anymore and will probably end up settling down with this bf, getting married etc. and quitting social media/youtube.

agree with this. She has no drive to have a proper job or to do any real work. Her degree has gone to waste.

I always thought it’d be lovely if she could open a little tearoom or a bed and breakfast style hotel as she seems to like to treat people and this seems to be something she enjoys herself. Yet she’s just on YouTube begging for stuff whilst pretending to be relatable.

I reckon she’ll never work and will just get married and have kids as soon as possible.

I used to love grace, she was one of my favourite YouTubers. She just seems to have lost her spark now

 

[little green ant]

"Getting up at 5.30am everyday for a week"
That's only what millions of working people, including myself, have been doing forever.....

 

[scoobie]

I feel like her whole dynamic changed since getting a boyfriend. Maybe she’s realised there’s more than just filming and posting and is pre occupied doing other things.

I’m glad for her if this is the case tbh

 

[LydiaDeetzHat]

My family are mega-CoE, so all my family and friends got married at 18. My parents met and married within 6 months, my sister was married within 4 (because she got pregnant!). Some of my cousins were married at 16, because all their friends were dating and having sex and we weren't supposed to, so they just got married to join in.

Getting married just to be able to have sex isn't really that moral and is possibly a sad contributor to why so many marriages fail. I'm amazed this stuff still goes on in 2020...

 

[jimmy&vera]

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.

I’m with you on this. As someone who’s parents are getting older, I don’t know how many times we’ll get to travel all together. I’m grateful for the memories I’ve had traveling with family and I think it’s good to cherish the time that you have. So if Grace is traveling with family, it will be great to see vlogs with all of them again.

 

[Just having a nose]

I hope she’s very happy but hope she isn’t engaged and married all in 6 months

Took the words right out of my mouth!! I hope she still goes to New York, learns to travel alone and achieve everything she wanted to! Happy she has a boyfriend (possibly!) but I would hate for her to miss out on so many wonderful opportunities because of that.

 

[jackolantern]

I used to love her but she’s getting more and more”annoying” for lack of better term.
I had a flatmate who was 17 when she moved in, I was 27, and she was Grackle style OTT in personality. She has matured massively over the last 3 years and is now one of my best friends. I can’t believe Grace at 23, still acts so over it. I don’t know how her parents deal with her, it’s not like she’s always been like this, she’s just getting more and more cringey.
I feel horrible saying this but I literally can’t watch her anymore without going “omg shut up!”

I feel the same I feel so bad saying it because I still think she's a lovely person and I hate thinking she would read this and have her feelings hurt lol. But I can't vibe with her videos like I did when I first started watching her, she was so down to earth and now she's constantly so over the top and dare I say it cocky (I know I'll take myself out ). On the contrary - I LOVE her Dad and could watch him all day ahahaha. I still think they are a lovely family, I'm just sad I don't enjoy the content as much anymore because she was such a happy place for me. I don't think lockdown has done her any favours, kind of stopped her in her prime from getting out there and getting an identity outside her family.

 

[Life88]

Aww she looks beautiful

 

[so_u_thinkimskinnyyy]

oooh!

 

[toastedwoofles]

I don’t really see the issue with her not talking about the potential boyfriend tbh. Her channel has never had a focus on dating, she’s only mentioned it in passing. I reckon she’s just worried to publicly say anything in case they break up because then she’d have to address it. I can’t see her properly talking about/showing a relationship on her channel until they’re ready to get engaged

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.

 

[Priti]

Long time lurker here.

I used to love Grace's content during lockdown, especially as similarly to her I spent a lot of time baking. Now lockdown's over and I'm having to get back to going to work everyday I just think she needs to grow up and get out into the real world. She's only a couple of years younger than me yet she seems to spend all day every day baking and buying random crap from the supermarket because she fancies it.

I know all full time influencers wouldn't know a hard day's work if it smacked them in the face but I never feel Grace looks at Youtube as a career, there's no apparent thought going into growing her channel, it's all about baking in her parents kitchen.

Echoing what others have said, I honestly think it would do her the world of good to get a real job or at the very least move out on her own. She's got a wonderful personality and so much positivity that I think she could make it as a lifestyle vlogger if she just grew up!

 

[polarbearninja]

I do wonder what people think constitutes living a life before you settle down anyway. As you say, she had a lot of experiences and travel as a model that we just don't hear much about. She's also gotten to travel quite a bit which many young people could never afford to. Apart from experience dating I don't know what other experiences she could have "missed out on". I don't think anything she'd actually want to experience anyway. She doesn't have any interest in partying or anything particularly wild and I think that's ok.

I also don't think it's a bad idea that she's never moved out from her parents. Most people can't afford to and if she had decided to move out on her own she'd be spending so much money (that she's presumably saving up now for a downpayment on a house). Taz moved to London and probably spends so much money on rent and stuff like that, but also probably makes a lot more money than Grace so can still save. If my parents had lived closer to a city and jobs I may not have moved out until I'd saved more money too. If she never has to spend extortionate amounts of money on rent I commend her.

Her boyfriend is going to be a lawyer I think so maybe they'd even afford a house in London itself, which I know is her dream.