Thank you so much for taking the time to read through everything and also to come back with your response.
You’ve no idea how much reading that message has meant to me and I fully take on board the criticisms you had too. I get that completely. And it’s embarrassing to look back on.
But like you say I’ve reflected and acted. We’re all human and are learning all the time.
Thank you again. And best wishes to you too.
Thank you for taking the time to read through and give me the opportunity to explain and answer questions.
I’m certainly not too proud to say yes…I’ve fucked up. I got carried away with what initially seemed great but eventually became toxic. And then I was too scared to just walk away like I should’ve done. I should’ve had the courage to handle it all much better I know that now.
Thanks for the questions, please see below my responses. I hope this clears everything up:
1. Did you not do any due diligence before parting with your money? I appreciate you were a fan of the podcast (I'll be honest, don't understand why!), but surely you would have asked for client references before employing him? I run a business and do plenty of research before engaging with ANY new supplier.
Short answer? No.
I was just completely blind to the fact that I almost felt like I could trust them based on so many hours of listening to their podcast And feeling like I already knew that.
The first time I actually paid money to COM was when me and my cousin paid to spend a full day in person just with James Burtt to learn all about podcasting and launching a podcast strongly.
I believe that cost us £1500. And he was really brilliant and we thought he was a lovely guy (he is).
Shortly after that, Llewellyn then contacted me.
I guess because I would never dream of scamming people and it was all just a new world to me it never even crossed my mind not to trust them.
Naive? Yes.
Stupid? Yes?
Buts that’s the reality.
I just trusted them.
2. What did you/ Pretesh/ Nisha/ Alec/ Dean all speak about when you gathered at the (rented) manor? Did it not seem weird that you were sat round the antique table with goblets, candles and some sofas from the 1800s? You say you weren't talking about scamming, but surely Llewy's content/ coaching revolved around making money as the primary outcome, not helping others.
We primarily went there together only to record the Why Not? podcast.
The whole thing had zero preparation and was a mess!
It was all just “off the cuff” with us being thrown in the deep end not really knowing what we were supposed to be doing.
We were basically told that only people who are
tit need to take time to plan things and prepare.
According to Llewelyn - the real pioneers, leaders and most talented people of the world are just great with using their intuition so we had to just make it up on the spot and get good at building up our intuition.
I do recall maybe a session or two that was “educational” the previous year and Llewellyn talked us through some really basic NLP models.
He also once got us to stand up and assess each other’s personal brands and talk about how we can be more attractive to the marketplace by giving more real time documentation, having more personality and showing our lifestyle rather than just giving motivation and tips.
Yes of course at times we were also taught about selling and how to make money. He was a business mentor and that wasn’t out of the ordinary.
But we were never told to con anybody or take advantage. The stuff he taught us was all just the standard things you will find in any online business/ sales courses or business/ sales books/ podcasts.
3. Have you not considered reaching out to Liam Glynn, Harrison Coles etc and warning them?
I don’t actually know who they are. I assume they are new clients of the twins?
If I’m honest I am blocked on everything and have no desire to see what the twins do.
If the new clients are now deeply in the midst of being manipulated and under his watch then it’s very hard for me, a random stranger to help them see anything any different.
No doubt they are more than aware of this thread though and have just been told lies and to ignore it.
I’m sure it will be a matter of time for them too.
4. Dean is the only one left from the podcast (I forgot the name of it) that was recorded in the rented manor. How has he not seen the light? Surely you all speak to him?
Prior to leaving, I did have the idea to reach out to Dean and give him the heads up of what we were planning on doing and why.
But none of us were close with Dean or spent much time with him.
And so we were worried that if he was still in the mindset of staying loyal to Llewelyn that he might blow it for us and so we were scared of the consequences.
For that reason, in the end, we decided to just keep it between the us. Dean never contacted us to ask any questions since we left and we’ve never contacted him either.
5. When you would meet up, go to the gym, drive places etc, was it all paid for by you, or did Llewy actually put his hand in his pocket?
We had to pay for absolutely everything ourselves.
Including hotels every week when he wanted us in Essex in the run up to the bodybuilding show. It cost me an absolute fortune on top of always paying him for the privilege.
6. When Llewy was making a guest appearance on the Body Shop Zoom calls, was he tapping them up as potential clients, or did you invite him to participate?
He never made a guest appearance on any body shop zoom calls. That is misinformation.
I was paid to do multiple talks with Bodyshop they were always really popular, got amazing feedback and I would be asked back.
However, Llwellyn did used to put on his own webinars and he would force me, Alec etc to have to all ask our personal clients and followers to make sure they joined.
Some of my clients did join his webinars, and some of them had come through my webinars with bodyshop.
However in the end they all pretty much told me they were more than happy just working with me and weren’t interested in what he did and didn’t align with him.
Hi everyone.
Ok, since yesterday I’ve now spent hours trying to give as much of my insights as I can and respond to all messages.
It’s really not been much fun reflecting on a lot of it and also having to face it head on so publicly like this.
But I do think it was the right thing to do.
I’m sure there will still be people here that have never actually met me and only ever seen me online that will have a variety of different opinions about me regardless of anything I’ve said.
But I really do hope it has helped give more clarity around this situation and is maybe a positive step to moving forwards and getting justice for those who deserve it.
I’ve not eaten since yesterday, I’ve got a banging headache and I feel seriously stressed out by going through all this in detail.
It’s seriously not a nice thing to do.
But I’m glad I have.
I really hope people don’t mind if I can be excused from the conversation now for the time being.
I feel I’ve gone into a lot of personal detail and I hope it enables people to get a truer perspective of what really happened here, from my experiences at least.
Again I want to display genuine empathy for those who have been a victim and lost money. That’s absolute bullshit and you’re right to be fuming!
As I’ve stated I’m down £7,500 for services I never received.
And it makes me sick to think of him flaunting around his rented manor telling everybody how successful he is knowing that I have indirectly paid the rent and his car maintenance bills and it’s that which allows him to say all of this kind of bullshit.
I’ve also acknowledged that I know I could’ve handled things much better and in hindsight wish I had.
So I am sorry for that.
I also have made it perfectly clear that I have come on here in part with a personal agenda too to “clear my name” as it really has been
tit knowing people are calling you all sorts of names all this time.
I don’t mind Matt SMALL.
That ones actually quite funny.
And I also appreciate that my dyed beard was a little extra at times… to say the least
I’m all for good quality banter in the right place, at the right time. And I do see the humorous side to some of the things I’ve been called and what has been said in here.
…And I too would really like to know why Pretesh continues talk to an empty room… Pretesh, come on man!!
But I am NOT a conman
And I am NOT a scammer.
I will only ever work with people who genuinely want to work with me, feel the price is fair and with that, I’ll always strive to give them the very best service possible.
While I was still paying Llewellyn to coach me I had no understanding of what was truly going on with regards to the refunds and the extent as to why this thread was really here due to being fed a lot of lies and believing them.
I now understand.
I do really appreciate that people on here have taken the time to listen, interact and take on board my comments. Thank you for doing that.
To be completely honest my expectation was that the vast majority of you would just completely dismiss me and take the piss.
So thank you for seeing me as a human being.
In the interest of continuing to be open and giving insight into what I’m truly like as a coach, I just wanted to finish my message by sharing this:
This morning I sent a voice note to all my current clients in a WhatsApp group explaining that I’ve been up really late last night addressing this thread and because of which I’ve now had very little sleep, feel like
tit and will be very slow replying to people today as this thread needs my attention now so that I can respond to peoples questions and put across my point of view.
I have always kept my clients in the full loop and been honest with them even when life isn’t perfect and we make mistakes.
They all know about this thread and my relationship with the twins etc. And many have still stood by me regardless.
Since my voice-note a few hours ago earlier today, I just wanted to share a couple of the screenshots I got from a couple of them.
The reason I wanted to share this screenshot is because THESE are the people who pay me.
These are the people that actually work with me e dry day and know me on a professional level as their coach.
So I think it is right that their voice is thrown into the mix of this conversation here. Obviously I’ve blanked out their names. But please take a look.
Thank you again to everyone who had given your time and openness to consider me and my side of this story.
I do really appreciate it.