The Chateau Diaries #8 Nous sommes tous VALERIE

witchgrass said:

Interesting. I wonder how many of Lalandes new crew are reading about this for the first time today?
(Hey guys! )

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Yes reading all this for the first time today.....and totally NOT surprised. I have felt all along that something was just not right about the whole Lalande saga. So many other chateau owners have made it their priority to get their properties renovated and brought to current standards for heating, plumbing , safety etc. especially if you are going to operate as a business for paying guests. I wish all the Lalande cultists knew this backstory and have their eyes opened to how they are being sucked dry by this manipulative piece of work. Every time a vlog goes up as a premiere they are there with donations as well as the ongoing patreon payments that are now up to approx. $24k per month. Thank you all for your insight and exposure of the facts.

Linus said:

2012 burlesque themed party nonsense

This photo was from a couple of years later. Oliver (and his intoxicated look) with his wife and kids. Potts couldn't even hold the camera still...

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is it the same wife as oliver has now? or is it from before she converted?

Sandton said:

I read somewhere that Yvonne is the virtual assistant and thought surely it’s a paid role and not some oldie who volunteers for the love of chat o. Aka prickly hedge

finally put a face to a name. Maybe I missed the obvious again.
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she looks lovely, it makes me sad

******Sweetgirl89 said:
Was watching Michael's vlog where the Christmas spode plate broke and I was laughing to myself thinking brenda and the really crazy ones will be going frantic looking for one for him. He even went to mention for subscribers to send him a link. I think he knows and everyone knows that someone like brenda will search heaven and earth to get him one. Imagine how beloved brenda thinks she would be if she sent him the plate.
She is 100% searching around for one.
I've seen her on many other vlogs mentioned cause of gifts to Michael. So definitely hunting for the plate.

The vlog where Michael is fitting in the sink and Ryan is there. Michael starts saying how everyone has a vlog now even the dogs will have a vlog soon. Its true.
Apart from the mains ones Michael and Billy and gwen and Ryan. All the extra people all the family are making vlogs just to latch onto Michael's success.

I do like how his cottage looks with the aga looks lovely and cosy.******

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~~~~~He gets a few offers to repair the plate on YouTube.~~~~~

Actually, one of his commenters said he had the exact plate and was sending it to Michael...

I stand corrected re chat o aka prickly hedge. I thought it was a joke. Turned out it’s for real and looks like quite an impressive project.

Espe said:

SJ and IJ had to stand out from the others in those white dresses and those images of the costume parties remind me of a recent drama series on BBC, called "Harlots". It's set in 18th century London in two brothels, one in a rundown part of the city owned by a woman who wants to move it to a good area to make a better life for her family. The other is a more elite brothel in a grand house near Piccadilly. The women in that house are beautifully dressed, wearing wigs and look so like the Chatelaine and her entourage. I am sorry but I can't help feeling that in the costume party photos, C de LL looks rather like an upper class brothel. The provocative poses and coquettish behaviour of SJ, her mother, and some of the others, bear this out. It doesn't give a very admirable image of educated women in the 21st century.

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Harlots was so amusing and somewhat refreshing, in that case lizzie must be Lydia Quigley

Ahhh lads any wonder the brocant and gifting shite is been emaused ........

Complete and definitely is using the you tube monies to get a PR agent
Found this on CNN dated 28-12-2020

Betting for 2021
Chat ooo chatelaine is definitely going big

10:01 - speaking tours in USA
20:01 - New volunteers for MORE content
30:01 - Cooking will be a requirement
30:01 - Cleaning is 5 hrs a day

100:01 - guest will be sold a pup .

Due to filming pressures we can’t
gar-en-tee <> LOTL or mini apron will be there

However book to stay at the chat ooo in LOTL suite (2k a night)
and only volunteers will be there

frenchessence said:

Just saying

Selmar is self employed - he invoices LOTL for any or all works done

It’s selmar who needs to make sure he has insurance - as he’s self employed

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Thank you for that reminder. Indeed he is but truth be known, he’s merely a bit of an Odd Job Man. Irregardless of his self-employment status, she should be aware of his skills - or lack of.

it doesn’t take too much common sense to see that taking up that floor, Installing a damp course, laying the floor elsewhere, requires not only a fair bit of brawn but also some specialised knowledge which I doubt Selmar has.

His weakness is not only physical but also for Stephanie. Whether I am employing someone in my home or on a building contract at work, I am always aware of not just the safety aspect but the human aspect too. SJ has shown no regard for his welfare. And with respect, that has nothing to do with with his employment status or if he has insurance.
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I think out of all of them I feel sorry for selmar. He's still the only one that wouldn't be fully taken under Stephanie's spell with all her nonsense. He's a sweet down to earth gentle man.
The vlog just at Christmas when cat was still there before she left to go home there was only four for dinner cause natty was feeling unwell and going to bed and selmar too with his neck was staying in his caravan. Seeing him lift those heavy stone tiles. Hope he'll be careful all the trouble with his neck

Are the selling water from the fountain, soil from the garden and scraps of fabric as part of the chateau visit? I am in

TheGreatWonder said:

@Clara Burnett What do your friends mean when they say "but my past involvement with everything related to the intrigues of this chateau, reaching far beyond the moral boundaries I so shamefully ignored" in their post? Sounds like the moral boundaries being breached go beyond the inbreeding of sheep.

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I think the “friends” might be hiding behind a fake name to spread some false information. Why would Clara Burnett know so much detailed information if it’s just what she heard from some friends. I hate to shoot the messenger but tell the “friends to come on here and say it themselves.
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It’s tattle.life - no ones names are their own.... I’m missing your .... point

Perhaps reading all 1-7 first and get up to speed lots to read

Definitely Maybe said:

Anyone else wondering how Prince Philip can afford to remain indefinitely at La la Lande ?

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TheGreatWonder said:

@Clara Burnett What do your friends mean when they say "but my past involvement with everything related to the intrigues of this chateau, reaching far beyond the moral boundaries I so shamefully ignored" in their post? Sounds like the moral boundaries being breached go beyond the inbreeding of sheep.

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I think the “friends” might be hiding behind a fake name to spread some false information. Why would Clara Burnett know so much detailed information if it’s just what she heard from some friends. I hate to shoot the messenger but tell the “friends to come on here and say it themselves.
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they are SJ’s neighbors and have seen the Jarvis wrath already.

Clara Burnett said:

SJ's favorite movie is Dangerous Liaisons and she loves the drama and plotting, mingling in other people's relationships, no matter who gets hurt as long as it's not she.

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I also loved the novel and movie in my youth, but for the important lessons about human vulnerability.

I wonder if SJ will come to the same end as the Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil? She randomly has her photo on Instagram... (that is VERY wierd, as Tourvel is the heroine)


... and will tattle have the same effect as Valmont's letter? (Brenda, are you there, see what you did?)

More importantly, who is the Marquise Marie de Tourvel in this case, or how many "victims" have there actually been?????

Clara Burnett said:

Oh believe me, it gets worse. In the end, when my friends had moved out and broken off contact, she send them a letter claiming the incident never happened and my friends made it up to make her look bad. That's their level of maliciousness and badness.

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She sounds like Meagan Markle - was it written in calligraphy?

TheGreatWonder said:

I think the “friends” might be hiding behind a fake name to spread some false information. Why would Clara Burnett know so much detailed information if it’s just what she heard from some friends. I hate to shoot the messenger but tell the “friends to come on here and say it themselves.

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Nope, I can guarantee that they are not fake, as they were the hosts for CDLL on Workaway and had received excellent references from volunteers whilst they were caretakers at the chateau. The references from those years mentioned them by name.

I read this by chance many months ago, when I was looking for volunteers to help a local charity, and I was intrigued because I was a fan of the vlogs.

Ironically, Workaway recently removed Lalande from their website - they specifically say that - SJ did not leave Workaway, they removed her.

Here is the proof, this was the Workawy number for CDLL:


This is why, when Clara mentioned her friends, I remembered the very distinctive Dutch name, and a quick search found his newspaper articles.

Tattle.life ....
Global news on the hour daily

Weekend edition round up

Donegal brenda ...like Twitter and trump was sanctioned on Escape to laLande

Will tattle.life subscribers invoke the 25th as well ......

Happy weekend tattlers

Incognito Chatelaine said:

Nope, I can guarantee that they are not fake, as they were the hosts for CDLL on Workaway and had received excellent references from volunteers whilst they were caretakers at the chateau. The references from those years mentioned them by name.

I read this by chance many months ago, when I was looking for volunteers to help a local charity, and I was intrigued because I was a fan of the vlogs.

Ironically, Workaway recently removed Lalande from their website - they specifically say that - SJ did not leave Workaway, they removed her.

This is why, when Clara mentioned her friends, I remembered the very distinctive Dutch name, and a quick search found his newspaper articles.

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AGENT 007 excellent
Chief weekend editor

“Jarvis' fans have created an online community, who anxiously await each episode's first live airing, and comment along during its initial broadcast.
"I think I've been stunned by how much being able to join our life has helped some people, who were completely isolated. Some women have been saying they haven't seen anyone else since March."

Wow.

“Since that Patreon account is a nonprofit and all money can only be used for renovations, she now earns her personal income (and keeps the chateau running) via the money earned from her vlogs. "Which means that my YouTube ad revenue keeps everyone in food and, let's face it, wine," she says.”

Wow after she vowed to put every penny from YouTube into chateau restorations. And no she wasn’t referring to patreon money.

MojoDublin said:

AGENT 007 excellent
Chief weekend editor

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Thank you Mojo, here is the proof that this was the Workaway number for CDLL (scroll down):

TheGreatWonder said:

Ah yes I heard about this, somebody in the comments section said workaway saw a video by Tomaz showing him doing way too much work in one day. way more than workaway allow! However the video was actually filmed over several days and edited to make it look like one day, which was very misleading on his part,
and that he was known for being very lazy at the chateau and staying in bed all day.

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I’ve seen the video it didn’t make it look like it was too much work tbh. I also don’t think he was lazy.

more five hours a day. I think there is something about it being volunteering but having to be paid. And maybe that’s why?

TheGreatWonder said:

I wasn’t saying the couple were fake, more that it was actually them giving information under the name Clara. It’s seems like when somebody is embarrassed so they say “I’m asking for a friend”

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Maybe, but the writing style is very different... if you are right, it would represent a fear of retaliation, which also does not reflect very well on CDLL.

TheGreatWonder said:

I wasn’t saying the couple were fake, more that it was actually them giving information under the name Clara. It’s seems like when somebody is embarrassed so they say “I’m asking for a friend”

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It’s all a bit weird. If that happened to my friends years ago then I don’t think I would be following chat o. / sj or Brenda. To then spot a link for tattle to then post on here identifying said friend. Equally surely said friends live a happy life and giving sj no second thoughts by now.

TheGreatWonder said:

Ah yes I heard about this, somebody in the comments section said workaway saw a video by Tomaz showing him doing way too much work in one day. way more than workaway allow! However the video was actually filmed over several days and edited to make it look like one day, which was very misleading on his part,
and that he was known for being very lazy at the chateau and staying in bed all day.

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Would Workaway remove a host they had for many years on the basis of one video by Tomaz, or do you think there may have been more complaints made recently? We shall never know...

Sandton said:

Equally surely said friends live a happy life and giving sj no second thoughts by now.

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His recent blog "My old pain" would indicate the contrary.