I think they are so used to freebies that they can't see how shameless they are being. I'm not the tidiest person but any item of clothing picked up of / dug up from that floor would surely have to go straight in the wash?
I can think of two very expensive bits of kit that have been #gifted to them: the Ninja cooker and the hot tub. The Ninja company contacted N about cleaning the product when it's on show and M filmed her mocking their text. I remember at the time thinking, 'How rude!' and what a terrible example they were setting their children in every respect. I wonder how Ninja feel about the fact that N rarely uses it? Despite a thrice a week 'cookery show' and a daughter who is such a talented cook, viewers hardly see it in use. Probably because N can't fathom how to make it work with garlic, olive oil and dough made with yoghurt. I just googled it and it cost
£200!
I am a talented home cook. Trust me, I would never usually say that but by N's definition I definitely exceed the grade. My food usually tastes good, is varied and generally lighter (esp at this time of year) and more nutritious than N's food - if anyone fancies hitting me up for some recipe suggestions, I could do with purchasing some tax deductible food and gadgets for 'recipe testing'. You'd have to take your own photos though, I'm not in the privileged position of living with a hot camera whizz kid. Sorry.
I simply can't imagine owning a £200 kitchen gadget to complement my two fridges and 4 unfilmably dirty ovens. If I was Ninja, I would have sent someone round to pick it up, whilst it was still in a fit state to pass onto someone else. I fear that window of opportunity has passed...
As for the #gifted hot tub: "We feel too guilty to use it in the lock down" = more realistically, we feel too lazy to maintain it. And ourselves. Just imagine the effort:
- Stripping off the jumpers that are welded to their carb-laden frames.
- Showering. I know.
- Plucking and shaving - come on, there would have to be some kind of plucking and shaving. Please.
- Finding any swimwear in that tip of a house.
- Digging towels out of the dog cages.
- The sucking in of their guts for their comically exaggerated 'dash' to the garden.
- A lengthy lecture on body confidence / dismorphia, dictated by the position of the moon.
- At this point, they haven't even taken the lid off their precious gift to reveal the algae that lies beneath.
Complete white elephant.
They have the attention span of gnats and lasting gratitude rarely features in their lives, even though it's one of N's / the 12 Step Prog's key mantras.
I can see it now.
The #gifted fitted cupboards arrive. They manage to drag out the arrival and fitting of the cupboards over 200 lives and 6 vlogs. In a rare moment of clarity, they burn everything on the floor. N starts complaining (read: hinting with the assistance of a sledgehammer) about having no clothes to go in her new wardrobe. She proves this by wearing the same clothes in every vlog. Viewers fail to spot her 'protest', as from their perspective it's just business as usual. N becomes frustrated when her approach does not instantly reward her with a #gifted designer wardrobe. The dirty, dirty jumper exacerbates her eczema, so she scratches and scratches and scratches. Everywhere. She's after some new undies too, don't you know?
We never see her room featuring the #gifted fitted cupboards again. N starts talking about how she would like to have a stab at joining the 2021 UK Olympic bob-sleigh team. Maybe for charity. She's never been to Japan, although M did some filming there circa 1995. (You should really check it out, his navel looked bloody amazing back in the day.) If only she had the right kit...
I wonder if N knows that M is bleeding her dry, as he has brought in zero income for years? (Their relatively meagre Youtube earnings aside and let's face it, the stock market dabbling is what M's occupies his hands with during his 'recovery period' before he accesses his next p*rn site.) Once fellow tattlers highlighted their Companies House stats, I thought back to some of the expensive gifts he's given her. Designer shoes, jewellery, Le Creuset pans in pastel shades, tinted sunglasses, a little fridge bursting with everything a woman could need - and every time N gushed and fawned about how wonderful her gorgeous younger husband is.
Now, don't get me wrong, everyone is entitled to spend their money on whatever they choose. Ce la vie. However, how can you feel good about something you've effectively bought yourself?
It reminds me of Mel B and her
pimp producer ex-husband's 2010 car crash reality show (v much his idea, sold off her name - sound familiar?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_B:_It's_a_Scary_World In one episode, it was her birthday and he booked a job for her. She was livid. When they arrived on the island for the 'job', he revealed that there was no job. He had bought her the island. All was forgiven. He was the greatest husband. I sat there thinking: 'He's spent the whole of your birthday winding you up to reveal he's just spent untold amounts of your Spice Girls' earnings on an island? WTF!' And we know(ish) how that one ended.
I know I haven't watched for a few weeks, so I might have missed N announcing her revolutionary processed ham and pasta diet.
I thought she was going vegan. Oh well, I'm assuming there was still garlic. As long as there was golden fried garlic.