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To think she owes him a public apology?

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CircusofPuffins · 22/08/2025 21:05

Has anyone else been following this story?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15024445/Conor-Maynard-paternity-test-results-revealed-Charlotte-Chilton-demanded-second-test-ongoing-row-daughter-Penelope.html

Brief summary: Charlotte, from S2 of The Traitors UK, claimed she had a ONS with Conor Maynard, resulting in the birth of her daughter. She was quick to drag his name through the mud as being a deadbeat dad for not providing her with support, but two paternity tests later, it has been conclusively revealed that he isn't the father.

What an embarrassing situation for her. Surely as a woman if you're shagging multiple men at a similar time, it's basic sense to at least be sure of who the father is before publicly naming them and making accusations!

Perhaps she hoped it was Conor because he was single at the time, and the other potential father/s weren't?!

That poor girl. She's going to see all this online when she grows up. And all because of her mother's stupidity.

Surely Charlotte owes Conor a grovelling public apology at the very least?

Charlotte Chilton breaks her silence over second paternity test result

Charlotte, 32, announced in June last year that Conor, also 32, was the father of her unborn 'miracle' baby.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15024445/Conor-Maynard-paternity-test-results-revealed-Charlotte-Chilton-demanded-second-test-ongoing-row-daughter-Penelope.html

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PudgeJudy · 23/08/2025 09:59

CallieOMally · 23/08/2025 09:26

Oh please

Person mentions scientific actuality to merely suggest that on occasion this situation does in fact occur. Yet you would appear to think I’m saying this MUST be the case. I’m not, I’m simply pointing out the fact that this is something that’s not beyond the realms of possibility.

paternitytestireland.com/articles/chimerism-and-paternity-testing-the-dual-dna-dilemma/

heroinechic · 23/08/2025 09:53

I am genuinely interested in this! When Connor M released his statement with the first DNA test I thought he must have paid someone off or fixed it somehow, as why on EARTH would a woman be so sure that it’s his if there were other potential fathers? But the second one seems to make it conclusive.

The other odd thing is that it doesn’t seem that he believed it could be his child at any time. Even if he wore a condom, if he had sex with her around the time of conception then there’s always a chance, right? Perhaps he has a condition, or had a vasectomy, or had reason to believe that she was having sex with others.

Spies · 23/08/2025 09:52

Zempy · 23/08/2025 09:47

It is really weird how much the baby looks like him…

What's really weird is people continuing to post stuff like this despite two DNA tests proving he's not the father.

Of course she owes him a public apology but as others have said her statement just shows she's in it for the money and five minutes of fame from selling her made up story. I doubt he will get an actual apology any time soon, maybe in a years time when she wants some more publicity...

It's a bloody good job for her that he seems like a genuinely nice bloke.

SaltAirAndTheRust · 23/08/2025 09:48

Zempy · 23/08/2025 09:47

It is really weird how much the baby looks like him…

The baby looks nothing like him! She just looks like a baby. She’s not his, it’s been confirmed twice.

Zempy · 23/08/2025 09:47

It is really weird how much the baby looks like him…

CallieOMally · 23/08/2025 09:35

All these people like “the baby looks just like him!!” 😂😣

She is not his baby. That’s it. There is literally no more to be said about that.

AgentJohnson · 23/08/2025 09:35

Grovelling apology? If he hadn't been there unwrapped he wouldn't have even been a contender surely? I'm sorry is sufficient.

He’s dam lucky that he didn’t catch something. The sad face TV interview really wasn’t necessary, the negative DNA results spoke volumes.

As for the child being harmed by her mother’s grabby stupidity, no one will remember who her mother is. She’s exhausted her 15 minutes.

usernamealreadytaken · 23/08/2025 09:31

SpinandSing · 22/08/2025 21:36

Agree with Hellohellooo...the baby is the absolute double of him so who knows what's going on here.

DH’s first child is the spit of him, as his exGF had a thing for similar looking men. Nobody bothered with DNA tests; first paternity candidate wanted nothing to do with her, and DH was a decent bloke so stepped up.

Blimeyorange · 23/08/2025 09:30

My DS was one of a twin (picked up at EPAU at 6 weeks and then only one embryo at the 12 week scan) so I might get a DNA test done to prove this theory.

wandererofthekingdom · 23/08/2025 09:27

I think Conor just looks a bit like a baby, lots of babies probably look like him.

CallieOMally · 23/08/2025 09:26

PudgeJudy · 23/08/2025 07:41

It’s incredibly rare, but there have been cases of chimerism causing babies to not match parental DNA (including mothers not matching their children’s DNA). I believe that different types of samples can reveal different DNA in the same person, so multiple samples should be tested (saliva, blood, thyroid). It happens when one embryo “absorbs” a second embryo (its twin) in the womb. The fact she is so positive he’s the father does make me wonder if this is one of those cases.

Oh please

Blimeyorange · 23/08/2025 09:19

My DS was the spitting image of David Cameron when he was a baby and I can categorically assure you that I have never been anywhere near that man.

SaltAirAndTheRust · 23/08/2025 09:19

GrimDamnFanjo · 23/08/2025 09:09

Exactly!

if she genuinely doesn’t remember having sex with another man then we are looking at something else entirely here…

But that isn’t the fault of Conor, who had no idea that he was the supposed father until she named him, labelled him as a deadbeat and said he didn’t pay for his child. He took two DNA tests, both of which showed he wasn’t the father.

At one point she said that there was another man who stood in the room watching her and Conor have sex, and said that maybe there were drugs involved and he had also had sex with her.

At this point she’s coming across as quite the unreliable narrator who had latched onto the idea of Conor being the father. Potentially because Harry from the same series was dating Conor’s sister at the time (I don’t know if they’re still together or not). The Maynard family have some money and so it seems like she wanted him to be the dad so that she could have a part of that. She needs to go now, accept the results of two DNA tests that have both concluded he is not the father, and either privately seek out the actual father, or accept that she played with fire and doesn’t know.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/08/2025 09:15

Which is more plausible:

That two DNA tests, one of which is taken with two sets of legal representatives watching is wrong/rigged.

A proven adulterer cheated more than once.

Freegrass · 23/08/2025 09:09

What a total embarrassment (for her).

And that waffling statement by her rep - Jesus.

She’s lucky that he seems so reasonable about everything.

GrimDamnFanjo · 23/08/2025 09:09

blueclip · 23/08/2025 08:30

I’ve never heard of either of these people, however…this does sound strange. If she’s been public/adamant/requested a 2nd test etc, it indicates that she was absolutely certain that he’s the father. Very strange indeed. This child has got a father so if it isn’t this man, who is it? As no other man seems to have materialised during this saga.

Exactly!

if she genuinely doesn’t remember having sex with another man then we are looking at something else entirely here…

Member984815 · 23/08/2025 09:06

FuzzyWolf · 22/08/2025 21:29

Perhaps he did have a condom on. Sometimes pregnancies happen despite birth control being used and barrier methods to prevent STIs. If so, it could also explain why he was always so confident that he wasn’t the father.

Yes condoms are not 100% effective, they fail sometimes .

RichardGeresTie · 23/08/2025 09:05

She was clearly hoping he’d accept he was the father without taking a test.
She knew there were other possible fathers but hoped it would be the “celebrity”

The whole situation just screams “money grabber.”

Glowstickparty · 23/08/2025 09:04

I think the worst decision was involving the press. She was obviously convinced it was him. But someone else must be a close contender. When it was negative why wasn’t it accepted. The poor baby!

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/08/2025 09:04

Ratafia · 23/08/2025 08:47

No, the second test just shows that she was clinging on to a hope that he was the father.

The is the living proof that denial is not just a river in Egypt.

StressedOot3 · 23/08/2025 09:03

Aw I read about this ages ago and thought she'd behaved shockingly to not have even went on to apologise, so I agree with you.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/08/2025 09:00

taxidriver · 23/08/2025 08:45

i agreed with her

Ok. But that's still not what the OP asked.

Sussexswain · 23/08/2025 08:55

Theunamedcat · 22/08/2025 21:21

Grovelling apology? If he hadn't been there unwrapped he wouldn't have even been a contender surely?

I'm sorry is sufficient

Also STI tests for all because yuk

But she never said he was a contender… she said it categorically him and called him a dead beat and went to the press.

then he took a test and he was not the father and she said he had cheated when taking the test.

this was the second test

Ratafia · 23/08/2025 08:48

Viviennemary · 23/08/2025 08:15

It's a bit shameless not to even know who the father is. Still who are we to judge. I think she should sue him.

Edited

What would she sue him for?

Ratafia · 23/08/2025 08:47

blueclip · 23/08/2025 08:30

I’ve never heard of either of these people, however…this does sound strange. If she’s been public/adamant/requested a 2nd test etc, it indicates that she was absolutely certain that he’s the father. Very strange indeed. This child has got a father so if it isn’t this man, who is it? As no other man seems to have materialised during this saga.

No, the second test just shows that she was clinging on to a hope that he was the father.

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