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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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Of course, she got free appliances. How do people relate to her and follow her? I noticed she never does giveaways or anything for her followers either.
Makes me sick. Not that I’m in the market for appliances but there’s another place I will never be going to if the need for anything arises.
Doesn’t look like we’ll be missing out not shopping here
I don’t believe for 1 bloody second she wasn’t contacting every appliance company around to see who was dumb enough to give her hand outs.
Guaranteed. I’ve actually seen emails from business in Guelph she used to beg for free services for “exposure”. A few declined and she wrote IN AN EMAIL “you’ll be sorry” and pretty much threatened bad exposure. Lucky for her, those businesses are too classy to expose her and are above her crap
Holy shit! lol this is just so pathetic of her. She has zero integrity.
Absolutely, she was! The ole "I'll pay in exposure" BS.
Coincidentally, I am! The freezer on my fridge crapped out. The cheapest I found that fits my needs and space is $1000 USD. I doubt she's going for the cheapest model. The nicer ones were upwards of $2300 USD and that's just whatever Costco offered. This company is looking to give her over 10k in appliances and for what?! She's not gonna necessarily influence anyone to go buy a new fridge just cause they liked hers. It makes no sense!
The fridge that she showed in her post is not cheap. My mom has one and my dad nearly had a heart attack when he found out the price
I hate that she brags. She's repulsive
The fridge she was looking at is $6200. They will be way beyond $10,000. Birdie needs top of the line so she can make her shitty lasagna. I wonder if Shame will be making cooking content?
Sarah and her husband believe they scored a great deal, but in reality, they undersold themselves. I produce video content for various brands, including Samsung, Panasonic, GE, and KitchenAid. These brands collaborate and work with media-savvy designers and chefs. By "work," I mean paid partnerships, not barter. Designers and chefs typically charge over $30,000 per campaign, with product offered (if they want it) and often an all-expenses-paid trip to CES in Las Vegas. Additionally, designers receive a minimum of $10,000 for on-air work while in Vegas. The brands cover these fees, and their PR agencies handle the arrangements. These aren’t year-long commitments either — we’re talking 4-5 days of work. If the chef or designer hosts an event, that's another $10,000-$20,000 on top.
For example, we worked with David Rocco for an event and broadcast tour. He earned a substantial amount and generously donated the appliances he was offered—a great guy to work with. The fact that Sarah isn’t securing these types of deals speaks volumes. She's uncomfortable on camera and doesn't approach her work with the mindset of building a business. Attending that Disney conference without getting paid? That's a poor decision. More agencies are catching on that they don't always need to pay influencers. Offering some product and inviting them to an event can suffice. Influencers hated by the public these days. It's not smart to work with them for public facing contracts.
Don't forget her mini “pizzas” 🤣
And that soupy made-wrong seafood pizza dip....thing.
And the “lasagna” she made shirtless and left the bacon grease (bacon is lasagna😬) she left in the pan nc “the onions will soak io the flavor) Lordttt this woman-child has a ways to go. And to think she was a food editor 🤣 bc Shane gave her the job
Her Forkly videos look like a 4th grader made them.
Gave her the job 🌭🌭🌭🌭
That was the funniest part, her oooohing and ahhhing over the stoves when she doesn’t even cook lmao
She probably doesn’t even know how to turn it on. The short lifespan of today’s appliances is one of my major peeves. They cost a fortune and crap out so fast! My new strategy is buying the most basic model since there are fewer things to break.
That sucks. I was almost in the same boat last year but luckily the repairman was able to fix it because I wasn’t happy about the prices for what we needed.
I don’t get why companies jump through hoops to give her things? Like what has even done that makes her worthy of this???? Like sorry but I’m not gonna run out to this place just because they’re giving her a freebie, that makes me want to stay away.
Goemans all up in her DM’s begging her to let them give her free appliance’s, f all the way off seriously!