Hi all you Tattlers! I need to update my account info as my first name was a typo. Will do shortly. It's Tina not Tiba!
Anyway, with regards to my recent comment on The Chateau Diaries and Stephanie Jarvis being loaded, I tried not to be snarky and I'm certainly not jealous of her by any stretch of the imagination, I simply wanted to perhaps open the eyes of what I'm sure are a lot of sweet middle aged women Iiving lives they wish were more of the fairy tale that Stephanie presents in her reality show.
She is not a poor little princess in need of money (her parents made a ton off their business and have no doubt financed their little entitled darling princess' life of art and travel) and yet all these kind people spend their hard earned money on sending her gifts.
Her devotees attacked me. No worries as it was expected. I come from TV, so I know reality shows are not real, they are scripted and contrived much like her "career"
as an opera singer. I cringe every time she sings to a song on the radio. It's like listening to that gray haired old woman in the pew behind you at church.
Anyway, I'd not begrudge her one cent if she weren't so disingenuous. She has a Jag in the garage, travels all over Europe (during a pandemic nonetheless) and the world and flounces around in expensive wardrobe and designer heels which are ridiculously over the top for the countryside and small village. Occassionally she makes a point to say a dress she doesn't need was a bargain, but we never know the cost.
She is obviously a city girl who only fancies herself as a queen been of a palace. At the end of the day all the money she brings in including the patreon are funding her lifestyle.
It's also obvious that as a failed opera singer, she craves the limelight and has smartly taken the Channel 4 series as a springboard for her YouTube channel. I give her credit for those smarts.
Now to be snarky for I'm nothing if not honest, can I just add that as an American everytime she calls her mother "mummy" like some five year old, I want to vomit?!
I'd like to add that it seems like a violation of labor laws for all her "foundlings" to be working for free. It's also sad that Marie (the florist - I use the term loosely) and Selmar (I have never understood a word out of his mouth) have been snookered into thinking they can have careers as YouTubers. As for Ryan, he is beyond annoying and not funny and Michael as I noted on my comment to him needs to man up, stop winging and get a job!
Also where are any people of color? I know people of color exist in Europe.
And I've not even remarked upon the chateau's decor! I will stick to Anna and Philip's "How to Renovate a Chateau" as they are normal, real, hardworking AND talented. No phony "loving everyone two minutes after meeting them" and finding EVERYTHING so amusing that they assault your ears with an ear deafening cackle. They also seem to be the only ones actually hiring French natives and not Brits. The French must be tired of all the Brits taking their work.
Finally I'd like to add, I found the Chateau Diaries only as I'm interested in restoration and have been restoring my 100 year old beach cottage the past 15 years. I have done all the design and majority of the actual labor on it as I am not rich and have not asked anyone for a single dime. I no longer bother to watch it. My life is too busy and it's too annoying!
Anyway, I just popped in for a moment as we're in the midst of Hurricane Henri which made me think of France. Ha ha
was fabulous and fruitful ???
Apologies.
