James & Clair Buckley

[spondoogle]

Nice try at being cute and coquettish but the caption is says it all about who the post is aimed at. Plus the angle suggesting a timer selfie makes this more tragic. She loves the attention

I love the fact there’s some scran on a baking tray she’s just abandoned to take selfies on a timer sorry kids you’ll have to go hungry mummies busy seeking validation from strangers on the internet right now

 

[Tuesdaysdoll14]

Podcasts are a lazy mans bank imo. Get other people to edit it, get viewers to send in the stories. Just sit there getting drunk and paid.

 

[leigh213]

Guess they’re not coming back with the vlogs. Clair’s posts and their subsequent comment sections are getting interesting… guys outright asking her to start an OF.
James is always absent from anything lately it seems. The vibe is weird now.

 

[Suzesnooze]

Trouble in paradise?!

 

[Ding]

All that time without a vlog, ignoring all the comments asking about them (wouldn't have hurt them to just mention that they'd be back) Then conveniently posting a vlog when they were flogging tickets and back to no vlogs again now.
Really going off them.

 

[leigh213]

They must reeeally be fed up struggling for content. I'm willing to bet James wasn't necessarily dashing to film himself in his hotel in that last one, giving the play by play about how they had to go get his clothes, and then even filming the interview. I bet that was more a matter of Clair not wanting/ having any content at home and it was either telling him here you take it and come up with something, or nothing.

I always think it would be really rough to be a youtuber once you start not to enjoy it or lack content or if the thing you're trying to film very much varies depending on many factors. Like they're not always out or travelling like some, or have jobs that they can regularly film everything on that they know people click on every time, but sometimes when the fodder for the vlogs IS your life and you're burning out, it's bound to be like this.
Also James could do more work related stuff and literally just tag the camera along all day but he doesn't at all seem like one who'd wanna do that. I honestly don't even blame him; I think them getting their start during the pandemic is what made it seem like they could "go all the way" with this thing, and with YT as saturated as it is with people trying to get their subs up in competition, it's just gonna be an uphill battle it seems.

I did YT for a good few years trying to promote my channel, myself.. etc also in as honest a way as possible, like without clickbait etc and it was just soul-sucking trying to keep up, and I'm just a nobody! so I know they maybe thought they could take it to like 500-600k or 1mil subs or something but it's just suuuper hard, especially if you're starting to slow down or you don't have some sort of provocative content, probably why they pushed them to get into reels.

 

[Jelly Bean]

Claire seems to do bugger all apart from clean and buy food. She's like a 50s housewife.

 

[MeghanSnarkle]

Sorry if there's any Stacey Dooley fans lurking on this thread but honestly I'm not at all shocked that James said things could of gone a bit better or that so many rehearsals were about getting things to gel right, you've got three experienced actors and bloody Dooley shoe horning herself in ...... No wonder the poor bugger looked stressed .

 

[leigh213]

Really getting peeved just even following their socials anymore because it’s like you all have said, it’s clear they’re just farming engagement for other things and it’s all so repetitive on the tickets, the events etc now and not the old authenticity. :/

 

[mrsbucket]

New to this thread I actually like James and Clair but agree with some comments here.

I'm not surprised James struggles for acting jobs. I think The Inbetweeners was a poison chalice in that nobody can really see past it. He'll always be 'Jay from the Inbetweeners' no matter what and I don't think he is a good enough actor to distance himself from it.

I like Clair but agree she could be doing something more worthwhile with her time. She seems like an an excellent mum but that can't be her whole identity. What will she do when the boys grow up and move out?

 

[viewtube]

So the pod cast is back on Thursday,now called The Buckleys,they seem to lose interest very fast in things,the previous pod cast was really popular apart from the unreliability of uploading. How long til the novelty wears off,or Clair decides she's taking too much time away from pouting and scubbing toilets. No doubt James will be a gross pig,farting and burping,quite clearly dragged up with no real manners.

 

[Megadeth]

I reckon if they're not loaded then they're at least set for a comfortable life. Similar to Zoe Sugg. Once you've made all your money and had advisors telling you where to put it, you're laughing. James probably doesn't work much because he doesn't need to, same as Zoe.

 

[viewtube]

Yeah I think for Clair Paisley was her girl, you can imagine when the boys are at school all day and James goes off to tit about as he puts it that her and Paisley had each other there all the time, shes probably really feeling Paisleys absence the most .

James imo is like many men anything be it children or a much loved pet that takes attention off themselves they just seem to bounce back when they go...... arseholes.

You've hit the nail on the head. I've not always been Claires biggest fan, but now I'm starting to wonder,if it's not that she's lazy but she's lost her identity. She's James's wife and Jude and Harrisons mum, previously she had her own career,now James seems to treat her like a housekeeper. I think I'd become disillusioned if I lived with James. He seems to enjoy the trappings of fame and recognition but appears to spend more time socialising with friends than his wife

 

[Mrs.Doyle22]

If she never showed her boys hair or spoke about her boys life, we wouldn't

She showed a glimpse of his hair and you assumed it's long because she wanted a girl it's unhinged and I genuinely pity your kids/future kids if that's how your brain works it's genuinely concerning that an adult thinks that way. Do you also put on a nice frock and clean the house and have dinner in the oven when your husband gets in and his slippers waiting?

 

[Maid22]

I haven't watched for ages, bored so just watching latest vlog, the patches on the grass are where your dog pisses, I had the same with a female dog, do they live near a busy road, could hear a load of traffic?

 

[UnknownTattler]

Who is their management now that Gleam is no more? I've only watched a few of their vlogs as they didn't interest me enough to watch more regularly, but I saw James on Twitch a few times and got the impression that he's quite money-orientated.

She was a glamour model? You’d never guess looking at her. Where is she from in Scotland? Anyone got any gossip?

Clair was a FHM 'High Street Honeys' finalist in 2007. She said she wanted to win so that she didn't have to get a real job

 

[Loveit17]

Im sure i read somewhere she had previously dated a footballer, I could be wrong. I get the impression her aim was to 'pin down' a successful bloke,sadly James is bone idol and thinks he will be able to make a living off the back of the Inbetweeners for the rest of his life. Once the boys are older I think she may leave him.

She did once date a very famous Scottish footballer, and also did a glamour model competition video where she said “vote for me because I really don’t want to get a real job!” It’s still on YouTube somewhere

 

[JoelFizz]

Is this why all of a sudden James is doing the podcast with Joe Thomas? Have they spent all the money and need an Inbetweeners reunion to get some cash to keep Clair in the manner she is accustomed?

 

[Jelly Bean]

I literally can't bring myself to watch them these days. And I used to absolutely love them.
Their affected 'can't be bothered' attitude was so endearing but now I find it annoying.

 

[J3N1800]

Probably getting ready for an only fans account or return to glamour modeling. James is now doing a podcast with Joe from the Inbetweeners. I genuinely think he's desperate for them to bring back Inbetweeners for some regular work lol

This is it, the core audience that watched Inbetweeners are in their 30s/early 40s now... leave it much longer and I don't think they'll be interested.
None are doing hugely notable work to keep a big audience following.