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To think Myleene Klass will win no friends with this...

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CarlaVeloso · 05/02/2015 11:46

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11391753/Myleene-Klass-Ill-be-collecting-unicorn-money-for-my-daughters-birthday.html

She has tweeted two emails from mothers at her daughter's school asking for cash donations for their children's birthday parties. She's changed their names but clearly they are still recognisable to anyone with children in that class and presumably the whole school will know about it nowthat it's been published in the papers and online.

I agree the emails are completely crass and I would privately think the same but they haven't committed any crime or sent her an expletive-filled rant about something. I opened it expecting to see a request for an actual kindle when they are just suggesting £10. Crass, vulgar, materialistic etc etc, yes, but I think her response (shaming them publicly) is really nasty and may not win her or her DD any friends at the school gate.

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BuzzardBird · 05/02/2015 11:48

To be fair, I wouldn't want to 'win' these friends.

DropYourSword · 05/02/2015 11:50

I don't think she's done anything wrong. Maybe the parents deserve to be shamed a little to encourage them to pull their fucking heads in moderate their grabbiness. Ifs she's changed names then all power to her!

Doggygirl · 05/02/2015 11:51

She might well win friends amongst the other parents who think that these greedy people are unutterably grasping.

I think it's particularly appalling that the parents are suggesting that a minimum (or at least that is what is inferred) of £10 is given by each child!

Good on her for shaming them, I say.

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CarlaVeloso · 05/02/2015 11:54

But presumably she will be around these people for a good few years. Is it wise to make enemies of your child's school-friends' parents just to make a point? She could just buy a gift and ignore it - as they suggest.

I think it's an abuse of her celebrity tbh.

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angelos02 · 05/02/2015 11:55

I wouldn't want such crass, greedy money-obsessed friends anyway.

MuddhaOfSuburbia · 05/02/2015 11:56

I'm guessing she's in a naice part of London, what with her 1M+ home Hmm

I'm in a shitter part of London. Round this way people routinely spend a tenner on a birthday present for classmates

This does seem a bit off- but tbh I'd quite like to be able to just fork out a tenner than try and find something imaginative

using your celebrity to get your name in the papers shame your friends is worse though imo

Binkybix · 05/02/2015 11:58

Yeah she's just after the publicity. Can't stand the woman.

Katinkka · 05/02/2015 11:58

I thought she was better educated. Her email could do with some red pen attention I think.

LadyLuck10 · 05/02/2015 11:58

Well good on her for shaming these grabby idiots. And using her celebrity status just gets the message out there so much faster that people should stop doing this. Yes a 10 pound might not seem like much but if a parent can afford to buy a gift for 5 why should they pay towards something. It's crass and rude to ask for money instead of a gift.

dexter73 · 05/02/2015 11:58

I agree with you Carla. The emails are a bit crass but it isn't nice of her to show the emails on her twitter account. Some reporter will easily find out who they are and write about how grasping they are I imagine.

GemmaTeller · 05/02/2015 12:00

She might not win any friends but she has put in writing what an awful lot of mothers are thinking.

TidyDancer · 05/02/2015 12:00

She won't win friends, but I applaud her for it anyway. Not sure what those parents were thinking.

UmizoomiThis · 05/02/2015 12:01

She's just trying to piggy back onto the other story with a non-story. Her reply is idiotic.

SweetValentine · 05/02/2015 12:01

It doesn't seem like it's the parents who have asked for it, rather it is a couple of class mums who have taken it upon themselves to arrange it?

SunnyBaudelaire · 05/02/2015 12:02

she probably only did it for the publicity. Yuk, just yuk.

browneyedgirl86 · 05/02/2015 12:02

I think that while the mothers in question need to wind their neck in, it's a bit shitty to post the details in social media.

But that seems to be the way it is nowadays!

LadyLuck10 · 05/02/2015 12:02

Her reply is spot on to what I would read from someone in here. What goes on In people's minds to think it's ok to ask for money. It's shameful really.

minibmw2010 · 05/02/2015 12:02

Well she's pretty much guaranteed she won't need to buy any more presents as her daughters won't be getting invited to any more parties Smile

squoosh · 05/02/2015 12:04

I think she would have been better off rolling her eyes at it in private rather than making it public. What does she hope to gain?

SirChenjin · 05/02/2015 12:04

Maybe she doesn't want to win these mothers' friendships? I wouldn't.

I have no problem generally with giving money as a present, but the wording of the round robin request was shameful.

squoosh · 05/02/2015 12:04

Her reply does sound dickish.

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CarlaVeloso · 05/02/2015 12:05

Why does she have to "get the message out there"?

Nobody is forcing her to contribute.

Just ignore and buy what you want.

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curlyweasel · 05/02/2015 12:05

I generally don't like Myleene Klass very much. Something about her just bugs the arse off me.

I think she's done a good thing here though. It needs stopping, all this grabby stuff.

dexter73 · 05/02/2015 12:05

She'll be on the Wright show tomorrow!

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CarlaVeloso · 05/02/2015 12:05

I think she would have been better off rolling her eyes at it in private rather than making it public. What does she hope to gain?

Column inches I guess. Job done.

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