Lauren Mahon

[SaintLeo]

I think she is a full time influencer now. Is that a job? Soho farmhouse seems the place they all gather

I think your right but I find her posts so strange.

The Way She Capitalises Every Word
And Talks In Really.
Short Broken Sentences.
And Weird Slang That Teenage Boys Use.

 

[thatsavibe]

I thought there might be a thread on here about her…. Iv just had to unfollow her. I agree she has been through a lot and set up a charity and raised money for cancer which is great but I just couldn’t sit through her latest stories begging for money for her “brand” or rebrand as she’s put it. She is asking for investors. Ok fine but then asking us average normal people if we can give her money too…. “If you’ve got any money squirrelled away in your bank” we’ll yea I have but that’s for my future and security after a ver uncertain couple of years. Not to fund you galavanting round London eating in fancy restaurants. (Which is what her following story was after the begging) instead of living the Ab Fab life why don’t you invest your own money, you’ve got a lot more than the majority of your followers have.
Sorry for the rant it just really bugged me, there didn’t even seem any sincerity in it, just sounded cocky and arrogant and very entitled….

 

[Jvuddie]

Unless someone has been diagnosed with cancer I don't think it's fair to belittle her experience - I can't imagine how it must feel to be diagnosed with cancer, no matter what stage it is, chemo and surgery of any kind can still be traumatic
I check my breasts regularly now due to Lauren raising awareness

While i appreciate she has helped you, some of us in the cancer community - i have stage 4 breast cancer - find lauren a bit much to be honest. She's a bog standard, wannabe influencer these days who still plays the cancer card because she had early stage cancer ages ago.

She needs to move on and stop chatting about it, she's a just a basic east london influencer who thinks she's too cool for school.
This is all fine, but if you want to do this then just fuck off to soho house for good and quit with the cancer stuff. Be a fashion influencer, hang out with hannah george all the time. Fine. Stop pretending it's still about cancer

She's entirely unrelatable (see recent posing in front of her own head shot at MC Saatchi) and, as someone said on another thread, has become a bit of a grief tourist at this point.

Plus She's Really Fucking Annoying. You're Nearly Forty Lauren, Have Some Respect- You Don't Have To Capitalise A Nice Message To Your Dying Friend Because It Is On Brand.

And look, i do have some sympathy as I can see she is just desperate to settle down and find a bloke and this is probably just filling a hole. But she doesn't help herself.

 

[stardust21]

I’ve posted about Lauren in the “Cancer Influencers” thread but I thought I’d share this here too:

But I’m appalled at how she’s using Deborah’s death for engagement. I use to really like Lauren, I’ve listened to You Me & The Big C since Rachel’s days and genuinely thought she was great…

But getting a free holiday and an additional one that’s reduced on the back of Deborah’s death (she said she went away because of how awful she felt) to me feels so wrong.

The comment she posted a few weeks ago was trolling in my opinion and is unacceptable. Ray’s comment however, is just an opinion… and it’s one I share.

I do think it’s a bit grim to be instagramming from someone’s funeral. It’s almost like treating it like it’s a “must attend” event. And then using this comment to boost engagement because she knows reels and posts calling out “trolls” always boost engagement

I am so so sorry for everyone who knew Deborah James. She was such an amazing woman with so much energy that I can only imagine the huge hole she will leave. And I’m so sorry for Lauren as she has spent the last 5 years building her life around a podcast where 2/3rds of the presenting team are sadly no longer here…

But equally it comes across like she is milking this for everything it’s worth. On one hand she’s going out all the time, drinking to Deborah, on the other hand she’s taking naked photos of herself in a bath because she’s so upset about it.

 

[Yamleh]

I Just Can’t Cope With The Capitalisation Of Every Word.

 

[Clapster1]

Apparently embarrassed that she has to ask folk to engage with her posts again. She's upset that unless she's naked or talking about cancer, then engagement is a myth.
What gained her a following and earned her the platform from which she now speaks is her journey with cancer, the authentic voice of a young woman dealing with and awful, awful thing.
It is wonderful that she has come out the other side of her treatment so successfully but unsurprising that with that brilliant health news her following is not so engaged. Sadly, many of them will still be treading a painful, difficult path or coping with friends and relatives who are. They're not here for Soho House trips and designer shopping.
The sense of entitlement really angers me. You are not owed engagement you must earn it like everyone else.

 

[SilverSpoonNotIncluded]

Has anyone seen her reel today? I don’t for one second think the woman who messaged her was being anything but horrible and I am sorry Lauren went through that. No one should receive those types of messages.

BUT.

Outing someone for being a knob on tour platform of thousands, her name and username, just feels like an abuse of that platform. I completely agree that those messages are wholly inappropriate and I don’t condone bullying of any kind. But she is just inviting people to pile on her, and I guarantee it’s happened already.

 

[Clapster1]

Completely disagree with everything you’ve said here. Lauren’s amazing and she’s been through a lot. She’s also helped me with some stuff when I had a cancer scare. She’s lost a lot of people close to her recently, and she’s got friends who are also dying. She’s a lovely lovely lady, yeah she’s hobby but she’s got a massive heart of gold.


She almost died from cancer. And she’s lost a lot of people close to her from cancer recently. I think your bullying her. You don’t know her personally or know her life or her story or what she’s been through.

I don't think anyone is bullying her or dismissing what a cataclysmic effect having cancer and losing friends has had on her. Many people are still very much in that place themselves. Not a single person is begrudging her her health and happiness, not one. I think the issue is very much with the paid ads, affiliations and trappings of the 'influencer' lifestyle which don't sit well with some people anymore. She's lost some of that connection and authenticity. Expensive designer shopping, Soho farmhouse and countless freebies, ads and affiliations will do that.
Like many people who've found 'insta-fame' she'd be well minded (as would @bowelbabe ) to remember what exactly raised her profile and got her all those gigs in the first place.

 

[Jvuddie]

So glad this thread has been set up. This girl does my absolute brain in. And for someone who hasn't had cancer in timmmmme she's really living out on it still isn't she (mainly in Soho house). Can't bear middle aged women desperately trying to keep up with the East Londom kids like she does. I get that she is perma single and most people of her age have settled down so she probably has to socialise with 20 somethings, but it is a bit tragic

 

[MiffyBay]

So Lauren’s getting a dog and has just done a blatant beg for dog stuff…so cringe!

That obvious beg was so embarrassing!

Not only that, but did you hear her bullshit reasoning behind why she couldn’t get a rescue?

She wouldn’t be able to give it what it needs (as opposed to a purebred). As if a purebred dog wouldn’t have issues. Most rescues are actually less likely to have medical and other issues. But they’re less Insta-hun.

 

[Clapster1]

As with anyone who is going through the grieving process she is, and should be, absolutely allowed to walk her own path and find her own way. That said I cannot think of anyone, in the throws of deepest grief who would publicly post what she did on her thread.
By all means take the photo of hand holding that relates to one she had with Deborah for Rachel - that is kindly and loving, a mark of friendship and a tight bond. The need to post such a private moment so publicly is beyond my understanding.

Lauren is not like Rachel or Deborah she was lucky enough to be cured, to survive and I (as a person who really knows the darkness of cancer) have been troubled by her for some time.
She has been hanging on to the coatails of the podcast, of Rachel and Deborah, for a while - milking it for all thay she can.

 

[Jvuddie]

The problem with Lauren is that she tries so hard but always seems like a bit of an out of place, hanger on in the East London fashion influencer world in her supermarket dresses (I have no issue with this, but I am not trying to be seen as a unique super cool influencer) and with her weird face (sorry) and hammed up accent.

There's just a real stifling air of desperation that hangs around her like a bad smell. Not everyone is naturally cool, but most of us just accept that and stop pathetically trying to be after the age of about 25.

 

[Jvuddie]

That obvious beg was so embarrassing!

Not only that, but did you hear her bullshit reasoning behind why she couldn’t get a rescue?

She wouldn’t be able to give it what it needs (as opposed to a purebred). As if a purebred dog wouldn’t have issues. Most rescues are actually less likely to have medical and other issues. But they’re less Insta-hun.

Absolute bullshit excuse so she can get a fashion pure breed dog and fit in with the rest of the twats in east london as she's utterly desperate to keep up. At least own this and don't make up lies.

Sorry, I just hate people making excuses not to get rescue dogs and to go to breeders. Im not a fan of breeders when there are other options.

Lauren seems to just be a flat out arsehole in every way

 

[SaintLeo]

What a really bitchy horrible post from our Lozza about her “Men in Kilts” book she bought (although part of me thinks she deserves to be disappointed if that’s the souvenir she’s buying herself).

Not enough to say it’s a rubbish book, oh no she’s actually showing pictures of the guys she thinks aren’t attractive enough and critiquing them - one looks like Ricky Gervais, ones a druggie, ones giving Britney Spears vibes. I think it’s supposed to be funny cos it’s got jaunty music playing in the background but turns out she can’t pull off funny so instead it’s just mean spirited.

But yeah, body positivity, good vibes only, #bekind galdem!

 

[splott123]

Her insta is a hoot. It’s so fascinating watching a narcissist on insta…I don’t know where to begin…So much cringe desperate content. It’s just so entertaining

 

[Florence Nightingale]

I do feel a bit sorry for her having watched those stories. No matter what she says otherwise, it just looks quite lonely.

I don’t feel sorry for her at all, she’s a nasty grief tourist that only reacts to negativity on her gram and she doxx’s people that may just say something not even unkind. She deserves to be lonely with her rabbit friend lol

 

[SaintLeo]

not at all, totally got what you were saying all good
I really hope so too re: Deborah’s death, the classy thing to do would be to grieve privately amongst Deborah’s family and friends x

The comment that got me was a couple of days ago on her stories when she was talking about how overwhelming and emotional everything was and she couldn’t respond to all the messages - fair enough - but any requests for comments interviews could be sent to her agent! If I’m being kind I guess that’s easier to manage but it just felt really jarring. My friend is dying and I’m devestated, but hit me up for those press opportunities guys!

 

[SaintLeo]

Don’t watch Love Island so usually have no interest in Lauren’s nightly commentary (that I’m sure no one actually asked for) but had to laugh at her comment about the chat being “dead” and her wondering if it’s cos she’s 37. Yes Lauren, yes it is. You’re a 37 year old watching teenagers and 20 somethings flirt with each other. Of course you don’t find it relatable. You are old enough to be Gemma Owen’s mother (she’s the only one I know anything about!). You might try and dress, speak and act like you’re down with the kids but you’re really not mate! You’re as middle aged as your bad bowl haircut!

 

[SaintLeo]

This girl has become peak influencer these days. She’s been moving house for the last week all day everyday? But been out for dinner lots of course. Most people with actual jobs have to pack and move in their evenings and weekends around their work but she has all the free time in the world and is still moaning daily about it.

The “moving on my own” post this morning did make me roll my eyes. Seems she’s forgotten about the best moving company ever that she shared a gifted post from last week. They must be thrilled! #influencerfail

 

[Pass_the_popcorn#2]

I just see Susan Boyle in a bra