Madeleine Olivia

[Geranium]

I thought I would give Maddie another go so I went to her You Tube and saw “what I eat in my new house” - sounds like another way to showcase the new home, surely she’d be eating more or less the same regardless of being in the old cottage or the new Georgian place?

 

[AsterSalonen]

I'm sick of people calling decorating their house renovation. Renovating is doing structural work. Social media people always try and make everything sound more complex then it actually is...

 

[gcpz]

I can’t believe she’s on stories talking about how excited she is that she’s bought loads of things for the kitchen, and mentioned light fittings from Wayfair of all places! Hardly ethical and sustainable, she’s such a hypocrite.

 

[Harpyharpyunder]

Things you'll never hear an influencer say:

'We're moving house because we feel that we've outgrown our current place. Because of everyone watching these videos and buying my books we can afford to buy somewhere much bigger. So thank you for all your support.'

Instead we get:

'We've been keeping a secret! Surprise sneak peaks! Buying our second property before the age of 30 with no stamp duty while people are literally dying in a pandemic is SO stressful. We only wanted to move somewhere with two living rooms but we've settled for just the one'

I've unsubscribed

I agree really quite grotesque. I unsubscribed from her maybe over a year ago now when she went on a Instagram story rant about how her followers shouldn’t ask her questions about where to find certain recipes etc as they should just search instead of bothering her really rubbed me the wrong way. Hey Madeleine Olivia if subscribers can’t find your recipes maybe that’s your problem and you should work on making them easier to search

I saw she was moving house so gave the videos a watch out of curiosity and her attitude is really gross. She says that they’ve moving because of stamp duty, but then moans on about how stressful it is moving in a pandemic like YEAH how can you not connect those dots ??? People know that so gov removed the stamp duty as a way of making the stress of pandemic moving worth while. Also barely a thank you for people watching, in fact Alex’s attitude around it was pretty disgusting as well with his ‘mind your own business’. I know they said this was a ‘joke’ but jokes are only funny when everyone is laughing, they only have their lifestyle because of people caring enough to watch. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you and all that.

And as much as she laughs along and claims to find his humour hilarious, when she was excited about printing their contracts and he was being his usual sarcastic self you could see the happiness drain from her eyes. I was with someone like that once when every single thing is met with a sarcastic comment and it’s draining, I ended up breaking up with him mainly for that reason as he couldn’t just be ernest

 

[ChamomilePee]

I'm really struggling to understand what she actually does during the days. She's forever whining on about how hard her life and work is and how she needs to take more time for herself. Aside from sponsored posts and youtube content the most strenuous thing she does is online shopping. When she talks about 'slow living' all I can think is that an average tree sloth would get more done in day.
For someone who has branded herself as being sustainable/minimalist, all I can see is massive consumption, self-entitled privilege, and an "I'm such an overworked delicate princess" attitude.

 

[kalechips]

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why does she just fucking love playing the victim so much? You’re not being “hated on”, people are just commenting in passing on how hypocritical you are with how you live your life compared to how you preach how other people should live theirs.

Shows how narcissistic she is too to claim people are “obsessed” with her.

Yeah she looks totally over it, making ig stories dedicated to her 'haters'.

Really hate how no influencer can take criticism without it being labelled as hate or trolling. I feel like the whole reason websites like this exist is because youtubers have all turned their comments section into echo chambers of praise and even the gentlest of critique will get you labeled a hater. The commenter who mentioned that Maddie should be careful about putting a DIY with bleach and vinegar that could literally be lethal, got bombarded with comments telling her off, and a really passive aggressive reply from Maddie.

 

[Bluelipstick]

Wait … does she live in a Georgian HOME? She never mentions that.

 

[Geranium]

Minimalism is a very flexible term these days it seems, like sustainability.

 

[Pretty Hate Machine]

What does Alex actually do? Does he have some kind of secret job on the side, because I just can't work it out. Maddie even has someone take all her photos for her so he doen't even do that. I know Alex used to do some of the editing, but the quality and amount of material she puts out is really nothing to write home about. I have to say I hate the start of her videos at the moment with the highlights reel. There's just an air of self importance about it I dislike.

 

[Tom_Nook]

'Secret room tour outside my Georgian house' is now live (I joke).

All the 'secrets' 'surprises!' and 'reveals' are gross. No one is that invested. It's cool for them and good on them for buying a house they love but it just feels tacky and weird. Fed up with hearing about the Wisteria as well. Not sure if I've missed something but why do they need another desk!?

 

[Lello01]

In her latest saga of a video she said that going to the gym was the 'one time of the day where you can do something for yourself'!? What else is she doing with her time? It's not like she's raising kids, working for middle management or serving anyone other than herself? Un-be-fucking-lieveable.

 

[slugella]

Came looking for this thread as soon as I saw her moving video!

It was interesting that she said the cottage was never meant to be a forever house. I don't know why they didn't hold off on finding somewhere that could have been, rather than buying a cottage for a temporary home, as sustainability is apparently important to them. I know that's not an option for everyone but they seem privileged enough to have done that? I dunno, maybe they didn't have the budget for a bigger house at the time.

Some parts of her content have been hard to watch. She's in a lovely house in a beautiful area, where she walks Roxy is beautiful - easy access to green spaces is a massive luxury in the UK - yet she kinda acts like she's really hard done by in some videos. I know that mental health isn't cured by money and materialistic items but it's just really tone deaf through the pandemic. I feel like I have to say I know that doesn't mean she has to be happy and I'm not saying she can't be sad or talk about feeling down, but some perspective would be nice.

Overall I do like her, she seems sweet and I think her heart is in the right place. I'm not a fan of when YTers have to end up incorporating their partner into their brand though.

 

[LittleBluebird]

The real problem is her renovation series is utter shite. It doesn’t matter how she titles it, it’s useless. There are what feel like imperceptible changes in each flog. She milked the beams for like 4 videos, now she’s milking the painting for countless flogs.
It lacks coherence, focus, and a clear point.
I watched her last video — she wants to focus on the disasters of renovating. Fine. Do that. But stop waffling on about utter bollocks and show the disasters, not the idea of disasters.

and, also, her video skills were making me sick In the last video with the camera constantly jerking around.

Get it together, Madeline Olivia. ffs.

 

[slugella]

A minute into the new video she says it's 'seemingly part of the tradesmen culture not to turn up'. I used to really like Maddie, but after everything recently this for me is the last straw. Feels like her real entitled nature is really coming through. I'm unsubscribing.

Says privileged whiny influencer who doesn't have to turn up for anything

 

[kalechips]

she keeps referring to it as Georgian, it has no Georgian proportions at all .

Don't tell her or she'll have to sell it and buy a new house

 

[PineappleQueen19]

As an aside in case it’s of interest to anyone…. nearly all designer sunglasses and glasses are made by Essilor Luxottica, they are worth something like ~US$50 billion and the way they have taken over the worlds glasses business is extremely dodgy (think mafia/cartel practises - how they forced a takeover of Oakley is a fascinating read). The markup on designer glasses & sunglasses is huge. I have read estimates that it costs EssilorLuxottica around $10 to make a pair of Chanel, Prada, Oakley etc sunglasses.

So buying independent / not for profit is always preferable for me. However given it’s £125 I think they should have provided a breakdown of the cost of the glasses - how much goes back into the community? Why not be transparent? There is a lot of vague chat on the website about carbon offsets etc. And yes… these brands really need to do their homework on who they team up with.

And I appreciate it’s a matter of personal taste but I don’t think those glasses even suit Madeleine

 

[Tom_Nook]

Apparently she has a 'ye olde english farmhouse' now and not a #Cornish #Geogian #Country #Period #house. Ok Ms. Delusion.

I can't stop laughing at the fact that her latest vlog is LITERALLY about watching paint dry and is about as interesting.
I lasted 5 minutes before I decided to go outside and watch the grass grow instead.

I flicked through and as far as I could tell it's just another video of her talking about what they're going to do with the kitchen, waffling about the difference between white 01 and white 02 and pointing at the fridge, freezer etc again. How many times does she need to repeat all this?

I'm not an influencer but if you're going to do a decorating series then having a focus for each video and a consistent theme seems sensible. For example;
Video 1. Plans for the kitchen
Video 2. Sanding and painting the beams
Video 3. Choosing a colour and painting the kitchen
Video 4. Choosing accessories
Video 5. The end result with a before and after
Video 6. Tips for being as sustainable as possible when decorating your house. For example, paint shops that recycle paint, shopping second hand for everything, materials to avoid etc.

Instead there's the same repetition and pointing in each vlog style video and no consistent video titles. The decorating is often thrown in with other stuff like hauls, trips to the beach and pottery classes. The branding and thumbnails are inconsistent as well.

It just feels like a mess to me with little thought as to what's accessible, especially for new viewers who might have found her channel. Why would a new viewer click that 40 minute long Oops video?

ETA if anyone wanted to watch the renovation decorating series they could probably watch a boxset of The Office in the same time. By repeating everything and including other weekly vlog bits they've made their renovation decorating videos much longer than they need to be, and near impossible for anyone to watch back for decorating tips.

 

[Fearne]

How old is Maddie?
In real years not Georgian years.

 

[Seven of Nine]

 

[nothing u care]

This last vlog has really rubbed me off the wrong way... A whole new bed from Loaf?! What about the bespoké reclaimed wood bed they had in the old place? She mentioned she bought TWO beds, surely they could have repurposed the old bed frame for the spare bedroom at least?

she also bangs about sustainability and was using Lidl cleaners full of chemicals with her plastic scourer. I get it she stirred away from trying to be zero waste, but blatantly buying new furniture and using house cleaners that are not even cruelty free is a new low for her.

She also had an amazon box on show lol.

At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if she gives up on being vegan, she has even given up sobriety last year anyway.