While I absoloutly agree they are terrible at taking money from paying fans, a part of me does feel just a bit sad for her entire situation. She’s brought a lot of it on herself but I look at the life she projects and it’s all just a bit sad. I think she has found parenthood very hard & Barney clearly has some developmental delays which is tough as a parent, physically & mentally. I do respect her for keeping what’s going on with him quiet & not splashing it all over social media but I think she’d have had better engagement/respect if she’d been honest about her parenting struggles. Rather than constantly trying to portray this cute little, happy life. It’s clearly not. Dave is living away from home indefinitely & sees them once a week. That is understandably quite tit for Sophie. He’s living his dream & she’s what, working in an office & looking after a young child who probably has a few more challenges than most. And without her husband, who she presumably loves & misses. And what’s the long term plan here? Working in musicals/theatre is always going to be London based or touring. Are they going to live apart for his whole career?
They should just drop being influencers. Close Patreon. Stop YouTubing. It’s not working, it hasn’t for a long time. Just quit it. They both have ‘normal’ jobs, so they have other income. Just have a social media presence on instagram. Do stories & short reels. Do the occasional advert if you want. Share your life as a normal person. You can still go to Disney & share your experiences without trying & failing to be some kind of expert. You can still do day in the life, show your mid-length dresses & hauls if you want. But without any kind of pressure or expectation of weekly posting or posting on a specific day. There are shed loads of instagram personalities who don’t vlog or claim to be experts in anything! They just share their life & do ads. It’s fine.
I can’t help think if they just removed any of that ‘pressure’ and expectation & stopped lying about getting back to weekly this and that and it not happening, Sophie would feel a lot happier. Just live your life man, it’s OK not to be an influencer anymore. It’s OK to just do it adhoc. It’s OK to have grown up & moved into a new part of your life!