Caroline post-BB

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

If anyone wants to see the rest of the Caroline show, she's on X :joker:


S: https://x.com/CarolineMonkBB
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She links to this article in another tweet:

Big Brother’s Caroline Monk reveals the housemate that ‘desperately wants to be famous’ and it will shock you
https://heatworld.com/entertainment/big-brother/caroline-monk-richard-storry-famous/

While discussing which of the final housemates are the most thirsty for the win, Caroline revealed, 'I think Richard would love to win. He would love to be famous, that's for sure. He desperately wants to be famous.'

Sorry, Richard?

She added, 'He's a clever man. He writes Agatha Christie [novels], for God's sake...what he was like in the house is two different people. In the house, he's very like...proper.'

'He was playing that game so bloody well. And I'm the stupid one out of it. I'm the one that, you know, he's set me up like a kid, but he really has. But I think he's brilliant for it.'

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[Merry Mockmas]

You get him Caroline.:laugh:

[Ray.]

I'll have to read one of his books one day. I love Agatha Christie novels. :laugh:

Maybe he could write one where someone is murdered in the BB house, the authorities keep the HMs in there so that they can be questioned, the producers make some backroom deals so that they can broadcast the investigation in the house live, etc. That'd be a bit of fun.

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Big Brother's Caroline Monk has a message for her haters
https://heatworld.com/entertainment/big-brother/caroline-monk-haters/

Taking to her Instagram for the first time since late September (and finding fame), the recently evicted housemate shared her Big Brother press shot on her grid and wrote, 'Can’t stop laughing at the response I am getting… What fools ��,' taking an almighty swipe at a huge proportion of the audience.

As has become accustom with almost everything Caroline says, the reaction to her 'fools' comment has been, erm, mixed. While many rallied behind Caroline, praising her for being 'the most entertaining housemate' of the series, others weren't so positive.


Caroline Speaks About George on Live
https://www.reddit.com/r/bigbrotheruk/comments/1ow38np/caroline_speaks_about_george_on_live/

"They all want to be famous on Tiktok!"... as she says this while streaming on Tiktok...

According to Caroline, George was mostly just playing Devil's Advocate and asking questions... Jenny supposedly had heard at some point George in the middle of one of his Devil's Advocate sessions and her takeaway was that he was a Nazi :laugh: ...

Re: Teja & girls
She also said Teja's views largely came from "her mother's voice" ... she says then a lot of the young girls, "their mums were talking" and not them, etc...

Also, she said she'd love to move to the US lol

[Masterchief117]

Caroline has Tiktok too

https://www.tiktok.com/@carolinemonk4?_r=1&_t=ZN-91PyX7csdE6

[Thotmas]

She's going to write a book about Richard isn't she?

[Thotmas]

What she wants but will never get

https://i.ibb.co/Lh1JCyFD/IMG-9776.jpg (https://ibb.co/Xkt3zPQf)

[arista]

She is a Fool
to moan after the Public
Evicted her.

Richard is moving on
He does not need her hanging onto his Big Win.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

He outplayed her and she is pissed

:joker:

[JingleJones]

I don’t do twitter but i followed her on insta.. hopefully just as good :joker:

[millyrose]

He outplayed her and she is pissed

:joker:

Spot on

[Katmieow]

Gosh more sour grapes from Caroline,she's obviously pissed off he won. Nasty old boot

[bots]

caroline is just a bitter old hag

[Masterchief117]

What are these comments? Lmao, she doesn't have sour grapes, she seems happy Richard won. And Richard even said last night that he loves her and that if he could go back to the start with her he'd do it all again. Only ones who had sour grapes with each other were Sam and Zelah, and Nancy and Jenny. And possibly Teja with Caroline, although it's hard to tell because Teja always has a face like a slapped arse.

Also "old hag"? She's 56, and looks great for her age

[Cherry Christmas]

Why does it bother her so much what he wants...if he wants to be famous that is his business, it has got nothing to do with her, she is hanging onto his coat tails for dear life, maybe she would be better off talking about her friends Sam and Nancy rather than someone she found boring :shrug:

[Liam-]

The projection when she’s obviously angling for a slot on gbnews or as a reform candidate somewhere

[Abra]

She's so bitter :joker:

Will she go on the professional victim tour now like George?

[Christmas Dynasnow]

just a nasty person

The irony that she handed Richard the win on a plate

she is too stupid to even realise

[Zizu]

just a nasty person

The irony that she handed Richard the win on a plate

she is too stupid to even realise


I said all that on launch night and people were dismissing my view of her because it was so early in the show

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

I said all that on launch night and people were dismissing my view of her because it was so early in the show

To be clear, outside of the usual detractor or two, saying one has a different view is not the same as dismissing another person's POV.

For myself, I don't go with my negative gut reactions right away because I want my bias to at least be more informed than "I hate that person's voice" or "I wish they would dress and act a less bit silly".

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

She's going to write a book about Richard isn't she?

Waiting for Caroline to begin writing books and work within the same field as Richard so they can continue their feud over who produces the best AI book cover for their respective online publication(s).

[Christmas Dynasnow]

I said all that on launch night and people were dismissing my view of her because it was so early in the show

Yep, you called it and faced quite a bit of derision as i recall

[Zizu]

To be clear, outside of the usual detractor or two, saying one has a different view is not the same as dismissing another person's POV.

For myself, I don't go with my negative gut reactions right away because I want my bias to at least be more informed than "I hate that person's voice" or "I wish they would dress and act a less bit silly".


That’s fair

I honed in on her almost immediately.. concentrating on her movements/ interactions with the others - what she was saying to who and how she was saying it .. voice tone etc

She just seemed so disingenuous to me ..

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

That’s fair

I honed in on her almost immediately.. concentrating on her movements/ interactions with the others - what she was saying to who and how she was saying it .. voice tone etc

She just seemed so disingenuous to me ..

She was shape shifty from the very beginning, but she played into her age a bit to appear more harmless and so those nastier bits she kept under her hat. For example, playing into how she lives alone as if she is an emotionally challenged hermit. However, we could tell she was going to be very polarizing as she made more comments, which in BB could be amazing or not so amazing. I think watching the series back it would probably show Caroline in a different light and would paint a different picture of even how she's portraying herself now. For a bit, she pretended to be thicker than she really was (that conversation with Teja), which is so ironic given her accusations towards Richard. I think there's a lot of projecting going on there and it helped people to build up their perception of Richard and obviously it benefited his edit. So funny to watch.

She remains entertaining for me even if personally I think she is a complete nut. Richard handled her really well, but if she had gone after someone like Teja more consistently across the entire series, I would probably feel very differently. She went after Richard because they were on the same level and it was really easy to get away with more given as he was so passive (and so Christian gasp)...

Now she is saying it's so convenient how it worked out, that he even played her. She played herself as she thought what she had in Richard was a very safe, soft target that she could conveniently use to play up to the cameras.

[Zizu]

She was shape shifty from the very beginning, but she played into her age a bit to appear more harmless and so those nastier bits she kept under her hat. For example, playing into how she lives along as if she is an emotionally challenged hermit. However, we could tell she was going to be very polarizing as she made more comments, which in BB could be amazing or not so amazing. I think watching the series back it would probably show Caroline in a different light and would paint a different picture of even how she's portraying herself now. For a bit, she pretended to be thicker than she really was (that conversation with Teja), which is so ironic given her accusations towards Richard. I think there's a lot of projecting going on there and it helped people to build up their perception of Richard and obviously it benefited his edit. So funny to watch.

She remains entertaining for me even if personally I think she is a complete nut. Richard handled her really well, but if she had gone after someone like Teja more consistently across the entire series, I would probably feel very differently. She went after Richard because they were on the same level and it was really easy to get away with more given as he was so passive (and so Christian gasp)...

Now she is saying it's so convenient how it worked out, that he even played her. She played herself as she thought what she had in Richard was a very safe, soft target that she could conveniently use to play up to the cameras.


Yes I would agree she was a good housemate- I wouldn’t want to have been in there with her though- she was good for the overall series and a far nicer person than awful Jenny

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Yes I would agree she was a good housemate- I wouldn’t want to have been in there with her though- she was good for the overall series and a far nicer person than awful Jenny

Jenny bothers me even less because she walks around like she has a giant megaphone inside her brain screaming "We're Jennnyyyy".. and it makes loud noises, but only about herself.

It's amazing how walled off from the rest of the world she was at times. But I think even she knew that because she always kept the same face.

Jenny being called out on basically anything:

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[Zizu]

Jenny bothers me even less because she walks around like she has a giant megaphone inside her brain screaming "We're Jennnyyyy".. and it makes loud noises, but only about herself.

It's amazing how walled off from the rest of the world she was at times. But I think even she knew that because she always kept the same face.

Jenny being called out on basically anything:

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She was bad enough before her mum told her that all of Derry were backing her and there were advertising hoardings around town supporting her .. she thought that she couldn’t lose with the whole country behind her and got even more dislikable

[Masterchief117]

Laughing my head off at Caroline's twitter feed tonight :joker:

This is why I loved her In the house

[Cherry Christmas]

Laughing my head off at Caroline's twitter feed tonight :joker:

This is why I loved her In the house

She seems desperate for attention...

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Laughing my head off at Caroline's twitter feed tonight :joker:

This is why I loved her In the house

Pure comedy

She seems desperate for attention...

Yes, that's pretty much why anyone gets an X acct and posts on it regularly.

[Masterchief117]

Pure comedy



Yes, that's pretty much why anyone gets an X acct and posts on it regularly.

Yep, If I had the balls to go on national television for weeks with cameras watching me 24/7 and turned out to be the star of the show who loved winding people up, I'd probably make an X account and read the comments too

[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[Ray.]

Zelah and Feyisola have to be the two most miserable HMs across all three ITV series thus far. Even Ali might be a laugh in comparison. Just total bores, the pair of them.

[Zizu]

Zelah and Feyisola have to be the two most miserable HMs across all three ITV series thus far. Even Ali might be a laugh in comparison. Just total bores, the pair of them.


I actually think they are both really nice people .. maybe their only crime was maybe taking life too seriously in the midst of a game show

[Ray.]

I didn't say they weren't nice people. :idc: Incidentally though, Zelah is not a nice person, given the Charlie Kirk comment. :wink:

[Zizu]

I didn't say they weren't nice people. :idc: Incidentally though, Zelah is not a nice person, given the Charlie Kirk comment. :wink:


He referred to the guy’s beliefs not the guy himself as I recall

[Ray.]

He referred to the guy’s beliefs not the guy himself as I recall

He said the world is a better place without him, according to Emily.

[Zizu]

He said the world is a better place without him, according to Emily.


I think he said the world will be a better place without his VIEWS or IDEALS or something like that .. he never mentioned the person himself

[Peppermint]

I think he said the world will be a better place without his VIEWS or IDEALS or something like that .. he never mentioned the person himself
That's the same difference just worded in his classic "good guy" way

[Ray.]

I think he said the world will be a better place without his VIEWS or IDEALS or something like that .. he never mentioned the person himself

Not according to Emily, who is, as far as I'm aware, the only source we've had at all as far as that particular remark. I, along with many others on this forum, distinctly remember her saying that she thought Zelah must've been voted out for saying that Kirk shouldn't have been killed, but that the world was still a better place without him in it. A great many of us heard it. No one on the night, neither detractors or defenders, claimed she said that Zelah had said the world was a better place without his views. :shrug:

[Ray.]

That's the same difference just worded in his classic "good guy" way

Indeed, it's ultimately same difference and an attempt to minimise or justify in some way a truly horrific act.

[Masterchief117]

Indeed, it's ultimately same difference and an attempt to minimise or justify in some way a truly horrific act.

Completely agree. Zelah is that far up his own arse, he tries so hard to be mr perfect it's embarrassing. Like I said before, he's like the real life version of PC Principal from South Park. And Feyisola is even worse, miserable cow.

What Caroline did in that moment was fine. She's lived with Richard for 6 weeks. She knows she can give him a peck without him bursting into tears. It wasn't sexual, it was just a sign of affection and done for a laugh. And Richard took it in good humor, and even said he "loves her dearly" not long after this. The amount of people online claiming SA is just absurd. These people must not live in the real world.

[Zizu]

That's the same difference just worded in his classic "good guy" way


It really isn’t

[Zizu]

So what was really said !!?

I wouldn’t trust anything Emily said given some of the things she came out with in the house

This maybe ??

:::

Did you all hear Emily saying that Zelah had said about Charlie Kirk "that he didn't deserve to die but the world's a better place without his opinions ".

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[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Indeed, it's ultimately same difference and an attempt to minimise or justify in some way a truly horrific act.

Criminals shoot each other dead all the time, but if one were to tell the wrong people "Well that person shouldn't have been engaged in that illicit activity", they lose their ****... people are very inconsistent when it comes to these views.

Some people laugh when illegals drown or are brutalized by the cartel trying to cross the border. That's not OK, either.

[Masterchief117]

Anyone been keeping up with the tiktok lives? I watched Richard's yesterday with Tate, when Cameron K and Carolime came in for the last 15 minutes. Also watched a lot of Caroline's later on with Farida. Caroline was absolutely smashed by the end of it and was saying for about an hour that she wants to go to bed, and Farida as usual was completely oblivious and just kept bringing people in to ask questions.

Then Caroline said the guy asking so many questions was a reporter and disappeared not long after, at which point it became obvious he was a reporter and Farida again was oblivious. This was around 11:30 maybe.... then I went back on tiktok about 2am and Farida was STILL on the live talking to people :joker:

Anyway, Caroline mentioned that she used to do lots of things for all the younger people in the house like ironing and cleaning their clothes and pots and whatever, and that they edited lots of her Richard interactions and cut out things he'd say back to her. She also said Jenny and Teja completely switched on her and were slagging her off after what their mums said about her, despite Caroline never saying anything bad about them (I agree with that). Also said she truly didn't give a **** about politics and was forced into talking about it with Teja and so on and that she thought Teja's politics were actually her mums and not her own (I agree). Caroline also said she thought it wasn't right what the hosts did on the final late & Live by trying to make everyone hate each other with all their worst moments right before the wrap party where they were supposed to all have fun.

Caroline said she was definitely not scouted to be on the show, she went to all the auditions. Jenny was in some of the auditions with her and she said she was hoping Jenny wouldn't get in because she couldn't understand a word she was saying :joker:. Also said that Jenny and some of the others would talk to her but not even be looking at her, like they'd say "I love you Caroline" and they'd be looking through the mirrors at the cameras....

[Zizu]

Anyone been keeping up with the tiktok lives? I watched Richard's yesterday with Tate, when Cameron K and Carolime came in for the last 15 minutes. Also watched a lot of Caroline's later on with Farida. Caroline was absolutely smashed by the end of it and was saying for about an hour that she wants to go to bed, and Farida as usual was completely oblivious and just kept bringing people in to ask questions.

Then Caroline said the guy asking so many questions was a reporter and disappeared not long after, at which point it became obvious he was a reporter and Farida again was oblivious. This was around 11:30 maybe.... then I went back on tiktok about 2am and Farida was STILL on the live talking to people :joker:

Anyway, Caroline mentioned that she used to do lots of things for all the younger people in the house like ironing and cleaning their clothes and pots and whatever, and that they edited lots of her Richard interactions and cut out things he'd say back to her. She also said Jenny and Teja completely switched on her and were slagging her off after what their mums said about her, despite Caroline never saying anything bad about them (I agree with that). Also said she truly didn't give a **** about politics and was forced into talking about it with Teja and so on and that she thought Teja's politics were actually her mums and not her own (I agree). Caroline also said she thought it wasn't right what the hosts did on the final late & Live by trying to make everyone hate each other with all their worst moments right before the wrap party where they were supposed to all have fun.

Caroline said she was definitely not scouted to be on the show, she went to all the auditions. Jenny was in some of the auditions with her and she said she was hoping Jenny wouldn't get in because she couldn't understand a word she was saying :joker:. Also said that Jenny and some of the others would talk to her but not even be looking at her, like they'd say "I love you Caroline" and they'd be looking through the mirrors at the cameras....


There’s a dedicated thread to just this very thing

Maybe you should add this interesting post to that thread

[Masterchief117]

There’s a dedicated thread to just this very thing

Maybe you should add this interesting post to that thread

Ah yeah. Didn't see

[Zizu]

Ah yeah. Didn't see


It wasn’t a criticism just a suggestion incidentally

[Cherry Christmas]

Anyone been keeping up with the tiktok lives? I watched Richard's yesterday with Tate, when Cameron K and Carolime came in for the last 15 minutes. Also watched a lot of Caroline's later on with Farida. Caroline was absolutely smashed by the end of it and was saying for about an hour that she wants to go to bed, and Farida as usual was completely oblivious and just kept bringing people in to ask questions.

Then Caroline said the guy asking so many questions was a reporter and disappeared not long after, at which point it became obvious he was a reporter and Farida again was oblivious. This was around 11:30 maybe.... then I went back on tiktok about 2am and Farida was STILL on the live talking to people :joker:

Anyway, Caroline mentioned that she used to do lots of things for all the younger people in the house like ironing and cleaning their clothes and pots and whatever, and that they edited lots of her Richard interactions and cut out things he'd say back to her. She also said Jenny and Teja completely switched on her and were slagging her off after what their mums said about her, despite Caroline never saying anything bad about them (I agree with that). Also said she truly didn't give a **** about politics and was forced into talking about it with Teja and so on and that she thought Teja's politics were actually her mums and not her own (I agree). Caroline also said she thought it wasn't right what the hosts did on the final late & Live by trying to make everyone hate each other with all their worst moments right before the wrap party where they were supposed to all have fun.

Caroline said she was definitely not scouted to be on the show, she went to all the auditions. Jenny was in some of the auditions with her and she said she was hoping Jenny wouldn't get in because she couldn't understand a word she was saying :joker:. Also said that Jenny and some of the others would talk to her but not even be looking at her, like they'd say "I love you Caroline" and they'd be looking through the mirrors at the cameras....

She still sounds very bitter lol, think the hosts went in on them because they literally cost them their jobs by being so boring, and not partaking well in tasks

She didn't appear to have an issue understanding Jenny in the house, sounds like she is very sour

[Masterchief117]

She still sounds very bitter lol, think the hosts went in on them because they literally cost them their jobs by being so boring, and not partaking well in tasks

She hasn't sounded bitter at all, Teja sounds bitter whenever she talks about Caroline. And also, the hosts can't blame anyone for that, they are awful hosts and have crap guests on 95% of the time. Maybe if the audience wasn't made of mainly woke people they would do better in the ratings....

[thesheriff443]

Richard was on TikTok last night talking to tate
Said bb said they didn’t want him then rang him some time later to say they did if he still wanted to do it

Tate was asking him about the bible and he himself could get closer to god which was weird

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Anyone been keeping up with the tiktok lives? I watched Richard's yesterday with Tate, when Cameron K and Carolime came in for the last 15 minutes. Also watched a lot of Caroline's later on with Farida. Caroline was absolutely smashed by the end of it and was saying for about an hour that she wants to go to bed, and Farida as usual was completely oblivious and just kept bringing people in to ask questions.

Then Caroline said the guy asking so many questions was a reporter and disappeared not long after, at which point it became obvious he was a reporter and Farida again was oblivious. This was around 11:30 maybe.... then I went back on tiktok about 2am and Farida was STILL on the live talking to people :joker:

Anyway, Caroline mentioned that she used to do lots of things for all the younger people in the house like ironing and cleaning their clothes and pots and whatever, and that they edited lots of her Richard interactions and cut out things he'd say back to her. She also said Jenny and Teja completely switched on her and were slagging her off after what their mums said about her, despite Caroline never saying anything bad about them (I agree with that). Also said she truly didn't give a **** about politics and was forced into talking about it with Teja and so on and that she thought Teja's politics were actually her mums and not her own (I agree). Caroline also said she thought it wasn't right what the hosts did on the final late & Live by trying to make everyone hate each other with all their worst moments right before the wrap party where they were supposed to all have fun.

Caroline said she was definitely not scouted to be on the show, she went to all the auditions. Jenny was in some of the auditions with her and she said she was hoping Jenny wouldn't get in because she couldn't understand a word she was saying :joker:. Also said that Jenny and some of the others would talk to her but not even be looking at her, like they'd say "I love you Caroline" and they'd be looking through the mirrors at the cameras....

Thank you for that. I don't have Tiktok and I only can follow it through desktop offline (unsigned in) and yeah, that would've been a lot to recap

Caroline crashed Richard's Tiktok apparently to interrogate him on kiss-gate to I guess get the trolls to have one less thing to pick on her about?... I'm not really sure what the point actually is because haters are gonna hate as long as you keep responding to it?... but he kept flipping through the face filters the whole time she was talking :joker:

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[arista]

Good on Richard

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

He swiped right?

Big Brother winner Richard Storry takes a swipe at frenemy Caroline Monk by revealing the truth about her 'insults and barbed comments' - and his huge plans for the prize money
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tv/article-15302197/Big-Brother-winner-Richard-Storry-swipe-frenemy-Caroline-Monk-insults-barbed-comments.html

Re: Caroline:
But while this may lead fans to think there is no love lost between Richard and Caroline now the series has come to an end, the author has now told Daily Mail that they actually enjoyed many pleasant conversations, which were not aired.

Speaking just four days after leaving the famous house, Richard insisted that despite Caroline's 'barbed comments,' he sees it as 'water off a duck's back,' and he would hold no ill will if they were to ever cross paths in the future.

He also shared that after many viewers, and the show's crew, were left in tears by his emotional letter from his son in the series, he hopes to use some of his £100,000 towards travel so he, and his three grandchildren, can fly to the UK for a visit.

Richard said: 'There were two sides to my interactions with Caroline. See, I don't know how much of what we said to each other was actually shown, of course, because the cameras are rolling 24/7, but they're rolling 24/7 in six different locations.

'So there's very little of what was actually happening that could be shown, there just isn't enough time.

'But when I spoke to her on my own, when it was just the two of us chatting, it was actually very nice, a very nice little chat. She and I both have experiences with dealing with celebrities in the past and so on, and it was very interesting, like I had a kind of kindred spirit in that area.

'There was also a very obviously, what I can only describe, as a kind of a soft heart to her. She had a soft centre and I could see that.

'For some reason that I don't know, once we were in a group setting and all of the housemates were all sitting around, that's when the claws would come out and that's when all these abrasive comments would be made.

'And I was standing there going, well, why are you doing this? I don't know. There was two sides to it, you see.

'So the harsh side, which actually to be honest with you, didn't really trouble me at all. she was coming out with all these insults and barbed comments.

'It was honestly water off a duck's back, it didn't bother me. If I'd been 40 years younger, it might have done, but I'm too old and long in the tooth for things like that to worry me.

:clap1: I've always loved that phrase.

'But on the other hand, we did have some very nice chats too, and I don't know whether any of those were shown.'

Richard joked that after being reunited with Caroline at the live final and wrap party last week, he may have to 'dodge her fists' if they were to cross paths in the future.

He added: 'If I met her in the street, I would dodge all her fists. But yeah, I mean, it's only been three days since we finished the show and so I mean, I haven't really had a chance to catch up with anyone yet.

'I did a TikTok, a live TikTok call with Tate last night, and she did make a little appearance there and was her usual Caroline self.

'Questions full of innuendos and all the rest of it. But apart from that, I haven't seen her, but yes, we could, of course. Hopefully I can get on well with anybody.'

Richard entered this year's Big Brother as a late entrant on the second day, and became a surprise fan favourite thanks to his verbal spars with Caroline.

While he faced early accusations of being a 'game-player', Richard soon won over fans, and he survived several evictions before being crowned champion.

He admitted that while be briefly entertained the thought that he could win the show at the beginning of Friday's final, when it got down to both himself and Elsa in the final two, he was convinced she would win due to her vast online following.

Re: Prize Money:

Asked how he plans to spend his £100,000 prize money, Richard said: 'I haven't given it very much thought, but I'm very keen for my son to come and visit, so that will help cover that.

'There's also a friend of mine who's wanting to record an album of music that I've written for him, and I'll put a little bit into that as well.

'So, because I'm not the kind of person who... I'm not going to rush out and buy a Rolls Royce or something like that. I'm not very materialistic, but those things just don't particularly register in my thinking.

'But what does register is doing things, the projects and so like, you know, buying a plane ticket with my son or or investing in a forthcoming recording, that kind of thing is what I like to do.'

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

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Part of me is like get over it. Another part of me can understand her having a hard time and wanting to utilize social media to garner support.

Except it's really not a big task is it to find people who will agree with us. It's just a matter of casting out a wide enough net to attract other people who want attention badly enough they will appear and say all the right things... Anyway, I feel bad for her mum, if any of it is even true, but not necessarily her because she made the choice to go on a TV show that is edited to garner ratings.