I kind of understand your point. However, when you say this below, I have to ask, how is this ANY different from the vlogs she did prior to Philip being around? I really don't see the change in her activity that would indicate she's being isolated by Philip! I think she pretty much isolated herself prior to Philip, she just had different playthings around - Marie Wiik, Michael Petherick, Michael Potts, Nick Larkin....on and on and on.
Snorts has isolated her so much that she barely gets out of her apartments. When she does SJ runs around like a headless chicken to film the Jardin d'Anglais, the chickens, peacocks, and the walled garden a quick peak in the kitchen before she returns to her bedroom, to go on ebay/visit auction sites.
What I do think is true is that since Philip came on the scene, Stephanie has scaled back. However, I don't think it has anything to do with Philip. Rather, it is the MONEY that came about when Philip showed up that has caused her to scale back. And I think that the fact that he showed up is the coincidence. I've said many times here that the two of them are exactly alike. And I don't feel either one of them is more worse than the other. I still feel that way. He's not the cause of all of this. SHE IS!!