The Chateau Diaries #12 Carry on grifting

Linus said:

BJJ is slowly morphing into Renfield from 'Dracula: Dead and Loving it’. Actually, they all are...!

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Vaffle said:

Tarts Budoir, a pushup bra and a smashed up car

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Lady Chatalot said:

Grey Gardens! I can just see Mummy and SJ in the same situation if they aren't careful.

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Vaffle said:

Tarts Budoir, a pushup bra and a smashed up car

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Anfield Annie said:

Just me ...with a generic rant about fake people who create YT, IG or whatever blogs, vlogs, ..frogs or clogs or god knows what other crap they post online for poor saps to spend their cash on.

before I crack on I’ll temper it by saying I’m sure some content is interesting, useful, helpful to some people out there but on samples of what I’ve seen , albeit only minutes not hours....some of the free stuff is ok but I just don’t get the justification for the paid for content. And it’s especially galling when you then realise that a lot of these vloggers probably don’t actually need the cash...they just want someone else to bankroll their fantasy

I’m sure many people live vicariously through these chateau owners, wishing it was them....but please FGS if you really have all the spare time on your hands not to mention the spare cash why not donate it to a real genuine charity who needs help? Covid has decimated so many wonderful local causes and they’re desperate for help.

On TV a few days ago there was a 12yr old lad with lots of physical issues and learning difficulties after he suffered horrifc brain injuries at 2 days old. His name is Oliver Voysey. He had a wonderful personality and was doing little challenges leading up to his birthday this month to raise funds for a specialist outdoor activities center in the Lake district where he used to go on holidays with his family. So standing unsupported for 13 seconds was one challenge he did on TV . He’s up to about £62k as of now but the charity involved could lose £1m this year.

So....wouldn’t it be great if some of these odd fivers and tenners could be better spent elsewhere in these torrid times

Rant over, pours drink

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Viva La Loca said:

Wildflower Angel style - have a look at D&A chateau website - 'Next' sell bouquets of flowers based on D&A's wildflower wedding cutting garden - D&A also have a partnership with 'Sainsburys' who produce a scent that they created. They also list the partnerships that they have, including visual artist on their website.

A lot of brand to hurt and a very very bad move by MPK. Extremely unprofessional. A bleating (and extremely public) attitude will get you nowhere in business and is a dysfunctional basis for a business start-up. Nobody in their right mind will want to commission you. Loose lips sink ships. As was said earlier he is now the 'troll' for D&A. He made it public, his family are involved on social media and they are actively trying to harm D&A brand and cause them loss of business/reputation.

It is attitude that will take you places Michael, you just seem to have chosen the wrong one. The golden manchild has spat his dummy out of the pram for all to see. If you don't like what is being said about you here then simply stop reading. It's not difficult. Do you think D&A read? Get a grip!! Also people will talk even without the internet. Ask your dad!! Workplace staffrooms can be brutal. It's just life.

SJ's response and the example that she used has just clearly shown that she is cut from the same cloth. Unprofessional and murky. Obviously does not know how to handle PR & marketing. Airing your dirty linen in public will go one of two ways as we know from many 'celebrity' examples but at her level it is a dangerous game to play if you are being duplicitous and are indeed sitting on a stately pile of .

Does she really think people are that stupid that they won't see within the satire and over analytical personality comments the common running theme of .. MONEY and her presentation of her finances + the continuing overt display of gifts when she was actively advised by her co-owner / business partner not to do it.

Perhaps she doesn't listen well to people either and just overrides all good advice given - although she has been reacting to advice and suggestions given here - more using it to sway the moral code in her vlogs to keep the public on side though.

If they think that this is just contained to youtube and tattle I would say that they are sorely mistaken. They have just messed with three corporate media brands publicly which I am sure will not sit well with their lawyers. Whether they feel that they need to act .. we will wait and see.

They should also think deeply about the fact that Brenda Gibbons and Michael Petherick both publicly posted the links to here. And .. if MPK had actually been legally wronged by D&A, a whinging youtube vlog is obviously not the correct way legal way to deal with it. Man of the lost designs 'MOLD' meets 'LOLL'.

MPK's view of his ancestor seems to be skewed just a tad.

John Petherick | African Expedition, Missionary & Explorer

John Petherick was a British trader and explorer who investigated the western tributaries of the Nile River and made zoological and ethnological discoveries in the Sudan and central Africa. He was the first European to encounter the Zande of the northeastern Congo River basin. Petherick went to

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" Petherick went to Africa in 1845 on a fruitless search for coal deposits in the interior of Egypt and the Sudan and remained in the Sudan as a trader. He later transferred his energies to the investigation of the tributaries of the Nile that run through the southern Sudan, notably the Baḥr-al-Ghazāl. In 1853 he reached the borders of the Zande nation. Following the publication of his accounts of his travels, Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa (1861), the Royal Geographical Society appointed him to meet John H. Speke and James A. Grant on their return from discovering the source of the Nile. While carrying out further investigations in the Zande country, however, Petherick misjudged Speke’s arrival and missed him. "

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NorrisCS said:

"May all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's"

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Fuzzypeg said:

Sadly this has been said many times .

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Gipsymom said:

OK, being new I am still way behind, but catching up, and this may not be the correct place to post this, but I am going to put in my two cents worth on an older comment, Nov. 9, though it is still relevant:

" Shameful is the word, though I have come to the conclusion that young Trotter has no shame. It was awful to watch the intense begging and him looking directly into the camera batting his eyelashes."

I fast forwarded through this particular video and noticed when MP makes his excuses for why he is out of money, he looks down, NOT directly straight ahead, as if looking into the viewer's eyes, or he looks away. This is a common body language trait of liars.

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maximreed said:

Did she actually say that? I did not catch it in the video. Haha.
And who's this Mo who puts sucre vanillé in a recipe for savoury crepes? WTH.
Is he supposed to be French? Because I am, and let me tell you, you don't put sugar in your crepe preparation if it's for savoury crepes, and certainly not sucre vanillé.

By the way I'm new to this thread, from Michael's video, so Bonjour everybody.

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arwensgal1975 said:

Well it's true. All you have to do is look at her idiot stans and how they fan all over her for what???? As I've stated before it's beyond cringe.

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LadyoftheEast said:

Hi, I'm new to this site. I joined after watching Michael's whining YT vido. I feel that MP really needs a shot of reality in his life. People work. They then rent or buy themselves a home or project that they then carry on working to renovate/decorate to their tastes. They don't make a couple of YT videos and expect the world and his dog to support him in his project while he basically does nothing more than a little bit of filming whilst his senior father and his friend (Sean) do all the work on his renovation. Its obvious that Mick is a grafter but he's got his own property to graft on which I'm sure would give him more than enough work at his time of life. Michael should be ashamed of himself.

Originally I thought Michael was a fun person with a bit of get up and go. It slowly dawned on me that all he was doing was money grabbing from total strangers, so that he could carry on pleasing himself. His videos have become more and more boring and the amount of drone shooting (paid for by his adoring public) is monotonous. But his begging for me and more money has become more and more noticable. He wasn't memorable from ETTCDIY and it was only CD's videos that had brought him to my attention. The more of his YT videos that I have watched the more amazed I have become at his blatant begging for money and now even plates (at Christmas), I now find myself watching them just to see what he's begging for next, although I no longer watch the adverts.

He was employed by the lovely Angel to paint/draw a design that she had huge input into on the initial design. If he wanted to make an income from any upcoming revenues, this was the time when he should have voiced his expectations. It seems to me that the "boy" is peeved that someone is making money from something that he was paid to do and is now not satisfied with getting money for nothing just from his YT, Patreon and GoFundMe sites, he is fuming that he has been missing out on extra money. If I worked for Mr Ford and designed a car that I was paid to design, I would hardly expect Mr Ford to give me a cut of every car that was sold and call that car after me.

As to the rest of the Petherick family: poor Gwendolyne, the whole family has taken over her space when she was vulnerably emotional from the loss of her mother. Yeah, Mick's a grafter but they do have their own place so why have they now taken over the other cottage. Where does Sadie and her daughter and boyfriend/partner live? In the Chateau? Billy does do some work, but he doesn't really seem to give any support/affection to Gwendolyne. He's too busy with his buddies, doing god knows what. The poor woman looks lost and lonely most of the time while the leeches have just taken over.

After MP's performance on Friday, showing himself to be stressed and depressed from all of the negative/nasty comments on here about him, he seemed to perk up on the Petherick video about holes. If he doesn't want to receive negative comments, I guess he's in the wrong game. You have to take the bad with the good. Another shot or reality is needed there. I do wonder why there are so many people who are prepared to pay for him to live this wasteful, playful, extravagant lifestyle - one has to wonder how empty their lifes are?

Just had to get this off my chest. I'm enjoying the site. Its nice to have somewhere where people appreciate the shows I enjoy and where we can have an honest discussion, rather than the sickeningly sycophantic twaddle that is seen on YT comments.

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bibisilver said:

And somehow I feel, Nati might be leaving as well when the Pandemic is under control. She used to travel the world, and don't think she's ready to settle in the middle of nowhere France.

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jjj667 said:

No, Steph owns the largest share so has majority control, though I doubt it's legally confirmed between them her share is the main chateau, clearly evident. The boys were brought in to cover the purchase price, in exchange they got apartments they could holiday in and rent out. Hence why theirs are almost immaculate, same with her mother. But it is very much hers. The tax situation would be an interesting one, dependant on the country registered. Steph is obviously french registered now. The others, I doubt they are, legally speaking it's just a second home. Then comes the French B&B regs, I doubt again the whole thing is represented as "one business" more likely several with their each individual owners.

But I'm no expert.

The chateau is not being renovated it's being decorated. There is a difference.

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Kotare said:

The Chateau is owned by three people not just SJ or her family ( mother).

It is an entity and in no way should any of the owners individual hearsay wealth have any bearing on the operation or restoration of the Chateau. Up until Patreon I would imagine that development and maintenance costs would have to be shouldered equally by all owners. Getting people to agree is notoriously difficult and everyone has different rent calls on their resources. The donated Patreon money has been designated as solely for use for the chateau under the terms agreed with the French Tax Revenue Dept. Anyone who is familiar with the French tax department will know that they are very, very assiduous taskmasters

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Lady Chatalot said:

So, I'm just an ordinary middle class working slob that has to pay my bills and plan for my future financially. And what about these other people, like Nati, Marie, Philip, Selmar, etc. Are they all just independently wealthy or something? Surely, they are not making much money working at the chateau? They're not working for any government that I know of, so no pension. And do any of them actually have a career anywhere, anytime in their lives? Really curious! And travel, last time I checked it still costs plenty of money to do that. Are they all just a bunch of professional moochers? Well, unless they have a nice trust fund, they may be in for a rude awakening when their youthful looks wear off and they're left with hand-me-downs from the chateau to see them through their old age. I think Selmar must have some other income.

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Lady Chatalot said:

So, I'm just an ordinary middle class working slob that has to pay my bills and plan for my future financially. And what about these other people, like Nati, Marie, Philip, Selmar, etc. Are they all just independently wealthy or something? Surely, they are not making much money working at the chateau? They're not working for any government that I know of, so no pension. And do any of them actually have a career anywhere, anytime in their lives? Really curious! And travel, last time I checked it still costs plenty of money to do that. Are they all just a bunch of professional moochers? Well, unless they have a nice trust fund, they may be in for a rude awakening when their youthful looks wear off and they're left with hand-me-downs from the chateau to see them through their old age. I think Selmar must have some other income.

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OhIDontKnow... said:

There is Angelina and Phil chateau life and then Anna and Phillip Chateau Le Fleur. How about not confuse the two if you’re going to talk shit about them?

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Espe said:

Why would anyone dress like that to sit at home opening cardboard boxes in the middle of winter? I thought she was going to spill her melted camembert on her skirt, I was rather disappointed when she didn't! I see some of the gifters have got the measure of her: sending Playdough, a stole with a teddy bear on it, dolls' house crockery, and OTT sparkley gift wrap that a five year old girl would love; all certainly age appropriate for the 45 year old child! What dreadful Christmas stockings, but thy were the right giant size for the acquisitive queen. What's the betting that, by next Advent and Christmas, all this stuff will be lost or forgotten, never to be seen again?

I could throw something at the screen when I hear that awful laugh and the unnatural hand gestures. These gift grabs surely have to stop soon; they are abhorrent.

She thought it was hilarious that Selmar is always covered in stone dust after working on the tiles - really sympathetic of her; It will be her fault if his lungs are damaged. I wonder if his pride was hurt after all the criticism of his apple pies of which he was so proud.

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bibisilver said:

I'm with you, no trust fund baby here
I know of people who travel the world couch surfing, doing odd jobs, selling stuff they handmake like bracelets, and somehow manage to see the world this way, backpacking. Who knows if they care about their future when they are old, and maybe yes, Lalande could be the perfect retirement home for them, so SJ is never alone.

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MsPitstop said:

FFS! One of the minions commented under the latest Shit Unwrapped at the Chateau this regarding Stef having to ring Michael to see if he is okay:
seethevolcane26 minutes ago
Cyanide to the water system at "that" odious chato, you know which.

Seriously, cyanide at D&A's! I down thumbed that.

Also, I assume everyone is downthumbing the Sadie vlogs, and Shit Unwrapped, and IF Michael ever uploads a vlog?

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