Itāll be Nadia herself
Ahhh! Do insults get any lower?
Like many of you, I have spent a ridiculous amount of time watching their content, because it entertained me. I thought that they were a great family and sadly this is being jeopardised by M&N's obsession with being social media 'stars'. They are not. They are not perfect, no one's family is but by the parents overexposing themselves in such an embarrassing fashion, they are putting their own needs front and centre. Mark's elder daughters have not been involved from the outset and now Maddie and Kiki are rarely to be seen. Good for them, although it must be a nightmare to be stuck in a household churning out so much 'content'.
I also thought it was really disrespectful that they slyly showed the beautiful artwork Kiki created for Mothering Sunday and continued to highlight it in subsequent 'vlogs'. I really enjoyed the family review of what we might want to watch during the lock down. But at one point, Kiki named a film / series and Di thought she was saying she'd had enough and didn't want to take part any more. She praised Kiki for finally speaking out. They all descended into laughter about Di's misinterpretation and it was genuinely very funny but it was humour soaked in pathos. Sorry, I was about to go back to it to ref properly but I refuse to go back to it.
To put so much of your business and so many of your opinions out there so openly whether on social media or just within your own social group and expect solely positive feedback is unrealistic. In my opinion, it is unhealthy.
I watched their channel regularly despite my concern that the girls' 'education' is largely aligned to their parents' limited interests and sense of time (and everything else) 'management'. And I have a lot of time for home schooling. However, I had many other smaller niggles - the kinds of things you've been highlighting so eloquently (sorry if my many, many, many endorsements annoyed you). And these niggles have come to overtake everything.
Well, I say 'everything' but has there been any satisfying content since November??? I remember at Halloween they were all complaining that it was a non-event and I was starting to think the same about their blog. I don't think it ever recovered. Maybe that's because I'm not keen on Vlogmas anyway but this year felt esp flat, due to their over-promising around content and overeating (coupled with a lot of moaning about the cost of the food and lack of gifting). They were then too lazy to take any of it down and N started considering a Valentine's tree. I was bored. I was watching out of habit but I was bored. I wondered why I was the only bored one. I became increasingly suspicious of the low viewing figures, the % of thumbs downs and the exclusively positive comments from a tiny subset of such a large and 'supportive' community. I noticed that N&M not following through on promises was becoming routine, they are highly disorganised and there was something suspicious about N's charity trek in India. The tone of their unsuccessful campaign to get Loose Women an award at the NTAs also left a nasty taste in my mouth.
Ultimately, the scales fell from my eyes when I saw Mark's response to someone criticising his hypocritical filming of 'deserted' London. His angry assertion that he had the right to film 'MY CITY' astounded me. The city was deserted for a reason. Greenwich Park is literally my back garden (I don't have my own garden, live in a tiny flat and, seriously, it doesn't bother me as much as N thinks it does. I'm pretty happy with my lot.) and I have been too scared to step foot in the Park since this began, as the Daily Wail appears to have a photographer camped in there and I have no desire to be immortalised in that rag.
Anyway, I digress. Mark's overly-defensive response to a perfectly reasonable point, coupled with their new 'content' schedule has confirmed that whilst he might be self-employed, no one has paid him for his services for a while - endorsements and YouTube income aside. Watching 'The Masseuse', OK bits of 'The Masseuse' confirmed that he is not the intelligent film maker he claims to be. He has delusions of grandeur. Whilst searching for the film, I came across this site and am now reaching the end of what has been a very insightful conversation. Thank you everyone and sorry, again, for the many notifications. I haven't watched their channel since I started reading but returned yesterday to post this comment, as so many of you are blocked and I am so incensed at their exploitation of the vulnerable.
I really hope that the family step away from the camera and the adults are more realistic in what they have to offer the world of entertainment going forward.