Jack Monroe #407 I lost hours yesterday learning about a Jack Monroe

[That Forensic Man]

Spoiler: Quotes

PS this from thread 192 is when she did up her bedroom and announced it with great aplomb. Here’s the £400+ cage bird light that she shoved leaves in that’s pictured upthread. It actually looks like a more ornate version even before all the plastic crap all over it. Scroll down in this link and there are more pics.

Jack Monroe #192 Hoist with her own anchoïade

Handles slightly different, but those two storage benches look VERY much like these minus their cushions.
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ETA not a cracked spine in the lot here. Also HOWLING at the bottom two titles (RIP). I forgot about this comedy gold.
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She said she couldn’t remember where it was from, but a frau triangulated the apothecary cabinet. FYI also, she was right out of rehab at the time and talking about how her “lifetime of trauma” was helping her rearrange her bedroom. So that expensive rehab and attendant therapy really worked and helped her reflect on her choices and bullshit, didn’t it?! View attachment 1612276

Don't forget the SPITE SOFA!

That's a very low estimate for some things including the makeup e.g. three of her lipsticks were Chanel and would cost at least £85-£90 combined. Pretty sure she has some Le Creuset in there as well and I'm sure I read on one of the threads that she bought a £300 suit she wore for the Diva photoshoot?

Louisa bought her a £300 dyson hairdryer
If she bought less avocado on toast she could buy a house

What about her water rower? I believe that was a few hundred quid, have we got the John Lewis hammock on there, that was expensive

The cream Diva shoot trouser suit (never worn since). IRO £200.

Also the water rower

Has nobody spotted the expensive home edit storage from John Lewis? I suppose it’ll be left to me then, almost like everyone wants to stop me breathing. These are such a rip off, I have some tbf but they’re just plastic boxes. I bet Jack has loads more crammed in any area not already rammed with shit.

I remember a phase she had of photographing a huge office space with 1000s of books. Then there was all the furniture and set dressing for the shed outside that she was going to turn into a studio? That was a few years ago, but it all looked very expensive.

So I promise I’ll shut up about her furniture in the new thread, but is this another dresser?
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Totally agree with @MrsFawlty upthread. She has posted FAR TOO MUCH online about her house, garden, possessions, herself, family, ‘friends’, animals etc etc. It’s laughable that all these furniture and other posts come from shit SHE has put out there while rinsing people (human beans) and pretending to be poor.

Oh yes the Perspex cube pasta storage with pink lids, in the kitchen (stunt pasta- levels never change) each of those was about £30 from JL or somewhere, weren’t they?
£20 on full set of oversized unicorns/animal mugs from Asda
The hen with the rubber eggs for nesting hens?
And god knows how much the dusty plastics string of pearls plant cost!

Don’t forget the water rower

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the sentient mirror
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The hammock
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another sideboard
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and surprise surprise we have played this game before

Jack Monroe #77 Further into the depths of culinary depravity

I am the coldest person ever ever ever and wear huge jumpers when everyone else is too warm. I put the heating in the office on 32 degrees when I got in this morning and despite complaints it’s like LA right now, I’m just about warm! I’m wearing a hoody and jeans, and a coat. No hat, no mittens...

tattle.life

Expensive Nike trainers (about 3 pairs including the bright orange ones she said she had to get to match the running club’s colours which was a load of bollocks).

The ooni pizza oven, the “tiles” (3) for locating lost keys/ phones by internet magic, the smart mirror.

2 of these
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Dozen of these at least.
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It all adds up!

We even have A CUDDLY TOY (from Hamleys).

I very strongly suspect the Emin is just a framed biro scrawl on a paper napkin, which is why it was given to her in the first place and why we never see it.
Not knocking that, but something smells odd - the story is too ‘Jack’

Can we add her unread books to the £ list? I’m sure some are scrounged from her publisher, but she has shedloads, lots hardback

£428 fancy knobs (and counting)
£250 at least on magnetic Allegra spice jars
£315 at least (assuming there are only 7 but I think it’s more) on snake charmer kitchen baskets
£95 Abigail Aherne grey hare table lamp
£72 antique bird of paradise porcelain door knobs and finger plates (bedroom door)
(+£432 if she's done the other say 6 internal doors as well)
£25 wooden calculator (unused)
£35 two-headed Skellington dog plastic Halloween decoration
£100 pigskin hat
£339 All Saints belfern suede biker jacket
£155 Morris & Co. Strawberry Thief curtains (median price £65-245)
£1,550 Tiffany pearl hoop earrings sterling silver (two pairs)
£150 DM boots (other ones, not the willow ones mentioned upthread)
£104 rusty eBay spoons
£110 couple of Oliver Bonas jumpers
£80 Emma Bridgewater toaster with TOASTER on it
£780 At least two Burberry scarves: one for her and one for LJC
£110 Crosley cruiser suitcase turntable (bedroom)
£800 77 Lipsticks
£200 14 Foundations
£250 40 Eyeliners
£500 misc makeup
£320 2x Roberts Revival Mini radio
£158 orange nike trainers
£1,200 kendal dining chairs
£425 Graham and Green birdcage lampshade
£65 test tube vases
£35 boiler suit (which was dyed pink)
£10 squid game guard mask from the market
£44 per roll wallpaper used as ADHD friendly “to-do” list
£300 kitchen aid
£20 black pleather Primark boots with chain
£499 Dyson fan
£65 SimpleHuman hand soap dispenser (kitchen)
£60 squatty potty
£535 custom captain's chair
£110 Two pairs of granny curtain boiler suits
£400 Cotswold Company small sideboard (living room, blue)
£229 Cotswold Company tallboy (bedroom, ivory)
£799 Cotswold Company chester dove grey writing bureau (similar)
£849 Cotswold Company oakland rustic oak dining table
£399 Cotswold Company oakland rustic oak storage bench
£2,396 2x Cotswold Company chester dresser
£1,529 Cotswold Company chester grand dresser
£299 Cotswold Company bookcase (porch)
£800 2x Cotswold Company small sideboards
£499 Cotswold Company chester wine console
£599 Cotswold Company chester large sideboard
£699 Cotswold Company chester large sideboard (wine rack version)
£800 2x Cotswold Company oakland rustic oak shoe storage bench
£730 Cotswold Company chester dove grey extra large dresser top
£300 suit she wore for the Diva photoshoot
£300 dyson hairdryer
£850 water rower
£400 John Lewis hammock
£400 John Lewis egg chair
£400 20x John Lewis clear plastic storage bins
£290 Baywood 33 drawer tea chest
£30 John Lewis Perspex cube pasta storage with pink lids
£20 full set of oversized unicorns/animal mugs from Asda
£300 sentient mirror
£360 2x nike trainers (exc. orange ones)
£120 24" TV for SB's PlayStation
£2500 Smeg (double American style)
£300 2x Viv westwood dress (assume sale)
£75 Sweaty Betty leggings
£170 Lumie alarm clock
£200 R&P bras (x 2 minimum)
£199 Airpods
£249 Airpods pro
£199 Apple Watch (assume series 3)
£250 Sleeper to Edinburgh last min on a Friday
£309 3 nights at Eden Locke, Edinburgh
£170 Last minute train home on a Monday morning
£700 Vets bills
£20 Sad Asda shop
£80 2x summit camping stove (shed)
£400 ooni pizza oven (freebie)
£60 3x “tiles” for locating lost keys/phones by internet magic
£12 2x dylon machine dye
£180 12x moleskin notebooks
£1000 unread books
£100 CUDDLY TOY (Hamleys)
£640 6x DAB radios
Total: £34,476 (inc. Cotswold Company £11,027)

and surprise surprise we have played this game before

Jack Monroe #77 Further into the depths of culinary depravity

I am the coldest person ever ever ever and wear huge jumpers when everyone else is too warm. I put the heating in the office on 32 degrees when I got in this morning and despite complaints it’s like LA right now, I’m just about warm! I’m wearing a hoody and jeans, and a coat. No hat, no mittens...

tattle.life

We've smashed the previous high score

Spoiler: TBC

Two Burberry Jackets (but I think they were pre-Patreon, correct?)
Shoes (not) left behind by stylist/left on after photo shoot? - I forget the brand these are
The new pair of boots she bought after wearing the taped together pair for a while on TV (despite having other pairs ...?)
Designer dog
304 Christmas tree decorations (many were by clever fraus)
Botox
Fillers
Expensive haircuts
Artificial snow
many wigs
plastic flower headdress phase
“£5” denim cargo trousers from Primark
Multiple phones
Emin
SPITE SOFA
Le Creuset
furniture and set dressing for the shed outside that she was going to turn into a studio
lawnmower
bikes
tents
planting trough things
Ten (at least) outdoor chairs for her Mormon tabernacle Amish prayer circle fellowship things
The hen with the rubber eggs for nesting hens?
dusty plastics string of pearls plant
unread books
wallpaper backgrounds
Mary Poppins umbrella

 

[PickledRadish]

Fraus, vaguely on topic: I just had my smear test done and as she put the speculum in, the nurse asked was she okay to continue? I caught myself responding “yes, absolutely”.

Go well x

 

[MancBee]

From the last thread. This is about the SMEG fridge.

Incorrect. Given to her by a friend and stored in a shed or similar for years because none of her kitchens have been big enough until SHE DESIGNED HER OWN KITCHEN, THAT ALREADY EXISTED IN THE SHITTY BUNGLAOW ALONG WITH HER FIRST EVER OWNED OVEN WHICH HER LANDLORD ALLOWED HER TO PICK OUT HERSELF

She upgraded the gifted one. She now has the £2,000 American style side by side four door fridge freezer. The new SMEG is so big it wouldn't fit in her kitchen and has to stay in the 3rd hall adjacent to the (not) spiral staircase.

 

[Moxie_Mama]

I honestly don't know of many people doing service with a year sober. I remember being about six months sober and being asked to do the top table and someone saying it maybe wasn't the right time to.

There is no way she has done the steps with anything like the rigour required (I'm 15 years alcohol free and haven't done the steps, so they aren't exactly a hard core requirement), but Jack's thirst for chaos is contradictory to honest, grounded sobriety. If she *is* an alcoholic and *is* attempting abstainance, she's white knuckling her way into a massive relapse.

There is simply no way that Jack could say her behaviour is in keeping with someone whose primary purpose is sobriety.

All this being said, Jack clearly has an array of personality defects and perhaps alcohol plays a part in these. And AA sadly does attract some who thrive on drama - they rarely achieve sober longevity though.

I just don't think she could honestly say alcohol made her life unmanageable.

I agree. I'm 166 days sober from alcohol and am working through the steps with a sponsor. I'm hovering between steps 4-5, and am in no position at all to address further steps yet. They're set out in that order for a reason; as you have to do the work on yourself, building your confidence and mindset as you learn more about yourself and your actions. For many people, substance abuse is the symptom of a deeper, bigger, wider problem. Until you own your sh!t, make peace with yourself and unravel what is causing you to use, you can't progress through - particularly step 8. Making amends to people.

You can share, you can contribute, but as one speaker said in a meeting (I'm paraphrasing), 'When you're struggling, lean on people who've been there before you. Using their strength to help you paddle your canoe back to safety when you're heading towards a waterfall.'

Every share in a meeting is useful, even if only to remind you you are not on your own. If you've gone through tough times before, you can get through the next five minutes.

I also see a specialised DAA counsellor, (drugs and alcohol), a psychologist; and my partner and I are in counselling together. There is no way she's made any progress. The AA community works if you do.

As an aside, if you are struggling and need some support there's a 24/7 fully online meeting called 319.

~
I've added the cat in because I could, it makes me laugh. Have had two absolutely naff days at work.

 

[jenny2603]

At what point do we acknowledge that these people are trapped in a cult.

 

[CausticYoda]

This ridiculous. She's turning a bolognese into a goulash and then into a chill by adding spices or dark chocolate. How is that saving money?

This rang a bell, and lo and behold Allegra and a guy called Paul Merrett had a programme on the BBC thirteen years ago called 'Economy Gastronomy'. One tip of theirs, that I used for a while, was cooking up a basic batch of braised mince and then you could turn it into chilli/bolognaise/whatever with very little effort (and I'm sure the square of dark chocolate was included in their chilli recipe too). JM hasn't had an original thought in her entire fucking life.

 

[Pocahontas]

OMFG. This is two of my favourite worlds colliding. I will lay the tiniest of claims to having noticed this potentially happening.

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I now have to go listen for myself. Though imagine it’s worth every penny I’ve been giving Katie and her employee Jesse over the last couple of years. Damn, this is what a good subscription model gets you.

Amazing
I’m also picturing @heretoreaditall2019 ’s excitement when she catches up. She’s always dreamed of a six-part Netflix doc or a podcast.

 

[Sideboard Bob]

Holy hoops people!
Email from Blocked and Reported podcast just dropped into my inbox and it's only about our Jack!!!
(edit: it's only for paid subscribers unfortunately )

Title: The Literally Unbelievable Tale of Jack Monroe, The UK's Richest and Most Frequently Endorsed Poor Person.

fuckfuck why do I have a meeting in 8 minutes?

omg!
First ten minutes are free to listen to here. Katie Herzog is part of it, she’s an American journalist, didn’t someone here predict that she was onto Jack?

Premium: The Literally Unbelievable Tale Of Jack Monroe, The U.K.’s Richest And Most Frequently Endorsed Poor Person

Prep time: none. Yields: the rise and fall of one (1) alcoholic autistic arthritic EDS escort from Exeter.

www.blockedandreported.org

 

[It’s The Truman Show]

Has there been an in-depth study of Alcoholism Recovery Jack?

I read about the local shop contradictory stories, but there's more than that.

BTW, my name is Benign Narcissist and I'm an alcoholic, and regularly attended meetings and events for a number of years.


I have never seen, or heard of, an AA group in the UK give out the "sobriety chips" marking the length of time sober (though I have seen it in other 'anonymous groups' - Cocaine Anonymous, for example).

She might have a home group that does do it, but why would she accept multiple chips to mark the same length of sober time?

Any South of England friends of Bill W able to confirm if sobriety chips are given out?

Standard advice to new arrivals at AA is attend 90 meetings in 90 days, and don't drink in between. Anonymity is discussed, and I'm pretty sure someone with a high profile is advised that using said profile to announce early recovery risks damaging AA reputation, and putting others off trying it, in the event of a relapse.

If Jack does have a sponsor (AA veteran to do the 12 Step programme with), then they will be aghast at her social media antics.

Jack announced to the world her alcoholism with a Guardian article a week into 'sobriety' - everyone is different, but I don't know any AA members who made membership public within the first few months rather than days, except one guy who announced it on his Facebook page when he acted like a drunken fool at a work event and tried to worm out of getting sacked.

Jack may well have gone to AA. She may believe she is addicted to alcohol. She might even be. I can't know. But what I do know is that her exposing the organisation to association with her, particularly so early on, would likely cause immense discomfort to those who do "service" (volunteer to host and run the meetings). This is read out at the start of every meeting:

A.A. PREAMBLE
A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.

Nobody would ever be asked to leave an AA meeting unless something really awful like violence resulted. But AA meetings will have people desperately in need of help arriving, and, if Jack does attend, find there is a social media personality with serious boundary issues there.

If Jack is in AA, she acted out of accordance with the spirit of anonymity the organisation has carefully cultivated over decades.

Many famous people have spoken of their membership - but usually after many years sobriety, and often significant service. Jack showed up and wrote a Guardian article about it.

It's all very weird and suspicious.

You have written what I think we all think about her use of AA as content. It’s all very fake. Performative nonsense. The multiple chips thing….. well she’s probably got a drawer full cos it’s Jack and she has to hoard items. We suspected she got them off Amazon or something. Thank you for sharing. As ever, we raise our hats and hearts to our AA fraus

 

[Menopausal Stormtrooper]

Recap:

Jack didn't tweet but a parody account did. Some squigs couldn't tell the difference.

Newer Frau's were reassured that Jacks flounce was a regular occurrence, as were articles in Pink News about it.

A squig attempted to make Jacks Wintry Chicken Broth and demanded a refund.

After Jack posted a photo on Instagram of an entire drawer of knobs, there was much counting of Jacks possessions by the canal. A speedboat has yet to be found, but a cuddly toy was in attendance.

 

[waffle maker]

Eating well for one! I thought she lived with a son and a bubble buddy and an OH and burger boy and a labourer.

 

[FlirtyThirty]

Oh that's a long standing thing and one of the few things I think she might be telling the truth about.

I tend to disbelieve everything Jacks says, and I can't decide if her refusals to ever calorie content anything is because she wants to hide the fact it's barely enough for a family of brambly mice to live on, let alone adult humans, or if it's because she does have eating issues.

In other news, this 'squig' is still genuinely recommend people buy in to Jacks patreon and being very belligerent to people saying 'but you don't get anything?'

My eyeballs have disappeared round the back of my head again, send replacementos

 

[ChickenPorridge]

Cost aside - the amount of stuff in her gaff has long since been my aneurysm.

Moving several times with very little help, no car and no money for fancy removal services

Knowing that even in half decent looking rentals, issues with things like damp or mice can arise quickly because the scum landlord has just covered them over for your arrival

Knowing that, as this is another rental, you will move again. Despite being in a much better financial position, with a partner etc, you will need to move again

What part of her PTSD - given that she still hides when the doorbell rings, breaks into a cold sweat when checking her bank balance etc - let her just forget the sheer horror of 18 or so horrendous house moves, and let her fill that huge rental with masses of expensive stuff? While still taking donations from people who believe she's struggling to make ends meet?

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

She’s been to Dave Hadjicostas’ school of personal finance hasn’t she, simply save money on food by… having lots of food in the house

 

[Flumps]

Yes, both have been cancelled for allegedly being bigots. They have lost work and been genuinely harassed and ostracised for their written work. Which seems to consist of "hold on a second, is this really the best approach".

I honestly hope that the canal will bring their capacity for critical evaluation to this. Their reputation is as ill-deserved as Jack's is warranted.

Yeh. This. They are both pretty leftie people who've written about detrans kids and sounded some cautionary notes around early transition, based on a lot of research. For that they were ostracised and attacked online and in real life. I've listened to (I think) every episode of BARpod and they are 100% not transphobic in any real sense of that word. They often irritate GC Twitter as much as trans Twitter. I really think they are good people.

 

[shugabug23]

If Blocked & Reported don’t see a sudden spike in subscribers since they posted the podcast, I will eat any slop of the canals choosing.

This is it, Fraus. Snowballs’ a rollin’ down that hill. Chapeau all for your hard work!

Now how do I cancel my subscription to the podcast so I don’t end up paying for it two years down the line?!

 

[Tin Can Crook]

This woman is pointing out you can't just go into a shop and buy one portion of an ingredient which is part of what makes cooking for one hard.

Awkward...

 

[LennyBriscoe]

I'm still hooting at the headline. She'll hit the roof at being described as The UK's richest poor person but knowing Jack will be all over the Exeter slip as if that debunks anything.

I don’t know how many time’s I’ve deployed this gif but *this time* I’m sure she’s cooked her own goose (not literally, thankfully). Apologies, I can’t remember who said it on the last thread but she has overplayed her hand spectacularly and she has absolutely nobody to blame but herself. Greedy mare.

I wonder which Frau they spoke to and how they got in touch? Maybe Molly is a Frau or she knows someone who is. However it came about, after almost three long years of waiting patiently, that faint noise could actually be the sound of Jack Monroe’s chickens coming home to roost…

 

[NomDeGuerre]

Here we go: https://www.sundaywoman.com/is-jack-monroe-a-liar-bootstrap-cook-faces-scrutiny/

It's a very thorough article that raises some interesting questions. The first time I've seen outright criticism in more mainstream press. I did a bit of a read-up on the publication - one of the fastest growing titles in the consumer / luxury goods space for women aged 30 and above.

 

[Sensible Susan]

This made me laugh, in reply to a "who is she?" folk