this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2024
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Hello new Lemmy friends!

Word on the street tells us our community is regularly making it the all page. While this is very cool news to hear, we can see how the sudden emergence of our posts in your feed might feel jarring and probably raises some questions. And also how, without knowing the backstory, our community might appear less than virtuous, so here’s a very brief introduction which hopefully will clear a few things up.

The woman we’re discussing is a body positive influencer and media personality who has gained fame and wealth by lying, manipulating, exploiting her children for content, plagiarizing BIPOC creators and blaming her BIPOC content editor for it (thereby ruining her career), among other things. Her fraudulent behavior is no different (I’d argue worse) from the likes of Jay Shetty (google him if you don’t know who he is or what he did). She’s the latest in a long line of grifting influencers who are abusing their power, taking advantage of their position and exploiting their followers. The difference is that she’s Canadian. Our laws around social media and advertising aren’t as clear (and where they are she’s disobeyed them), add to that, our mainstream media has protected her from those who’ve tried to expose her grift and silenced/intimidated anyone who’s tried to speak out.

Our Reddit sub was taken down due to reports of copyright infringement, which is unfounded and categorically untrue as no one ever tried to steal her work and pass it off as their own. The mods have made an appeal. While at first glance it may seem like we’re just “shitting on her” the sub has been more devoted to investigation and posting proof of her lies than just bitching for the sake of bitching. The reality is that she’s hurt, manipulated and let down a lot of people. She stole intellectual property and employment, caused mental distress and has repeatedly told lies to boost engagement and profit off her audience, so people are understandably upset that their voices are being silenced.

We’re grateful to have been welcomed so kindly by so many of you, and to those sticking around to watch the drama unfold, we’re glad to have you!

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[–] QueenofTudor@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I lost all respect for the guy when I realized he’s just another MLM shill. It’s gross, I know people who have lost significant amounts of money to these kind of scams. Pretty skeevy behaviour for an HGTV personality!

[–] MoonChild@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

He’s been doing this since his Income Property days

[–] smokebuddy 2 points 5 months ago

When it comes to Canadian HGTV personalities Mike Holmes isn't great either sadly

https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/mike-holmes-lawsuit-demolition-1.7091774

[–] FraudulentFruit1@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I remember when this goof thought he was gonna make it in a boy band.

[–] Crunchyc@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Really?? Was he in a boy band lol

[–] FraudulentFruit1@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I’m not sure how far he got with that pipe dream! Update his band was called Next Element. This picture was him joking about a reunion in 2016

[–] Crunchyc@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago
[–] smokebuddy 2 points 5 months ago

that's hilarious haha

[–] urfriendjen@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

Riiight, bc these ppl don’t want to actually contribute anything to the world they just want to be famous

[–] smokebuddy 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPxETeD7ctI just another classes to pump classes grifter like they all end up being.

[–] urfriendjen@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This “become a real estate investor” wankery fills me with so much rage. I don’t know who is more of a pox on society, influencers or these airbnb landlords driving up the price of rent and property values, increasing the need for affordable housing, feeding sprawl and development of green space and developers building in the green belt. I tried to have a convo with one once about how problematic airbnb was and the greed of them was so compulsive it was disgusting. It’s a sickness, really.

Also, this video is so MLM’y — Scotty is totally giving me Tom Cruise in Magnolia vibes in this clip. He’s looks like he’s about to sprout a greasy little pony tail.

[–] olivesandpoppies@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Airbnb is contributing to genocide and also the gentrification of formerly unpopular areas SUCKS for people just trying to exist where they grew up. Not everybody has well-off family to fall back on. Gentrification erases the possibility for many non-White families to afford places that would otherwise be unaffordable.