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To think Catherine Tyldesley is a CF - cakegate

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eatsleepfarmrepeat · 03/08/2023 21:26

I can’t help but feel that when you’re in a position of privilege and a celeb of any description, you shouldn’t by asking small independent businesses for free shit...

But, if you do, at least own it. The video of her belittling “the cake lady” really shows what a tramp she actually is.

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/catherine-tyldesley-ex-coronation-street-star-hits-back-after-bizarre-row-over-free-cakes-12932578

Cakegate: Ex-Coronation Street actress Catherine Tyldesley hits back after 'bizarre' row with Three Little Birds Bakery over free cakes

Three Little Birds Bakery said it declined a request from an events agency to make a cake and 100 cupcakes for the birthday of a "well-known" celebrity - later revealed to be Tyldesley - in exchange for promotion on social media and in a magazine.

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/catherine-tyldesley-ex-coronation-street-star-hits-back-after-bizarre-row-over-free-cakes-12932578

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Frankola · 04/08/2023 11:14

She's so entitled it's unreal!

I work in marketing. Collaborations are basically about giving each other things 'for free' in principle. The wording of NVRLNDs and her statement is a joke. They were not covering Three Little Birds expenses as they suggest. They were expecting them to cover these expenses with social media coverage. That isn't any kind of cash exchange. The Baker still has to fork out the cash and time to make this stuff regardless of likes and shares.

I also find it hard to believe that Mrs Tyldesley didn't know the PR company were doing this. That's completely unprofessional of any PR company if true. I would be terminating their contract if they had done that to me.

The whole thing reeks of her being a cf and expecting stuff for free. Then being caught in the act and having a tantrum about it. Her insta feed is full of gifted and sponsored ads so it's something she does regularly by the looks of it.

Her comment about the Baker "getting the attention she craves" is disgusting. Shows exactly what she is.

whynotwhatknot · 04/08/2023 11:14

says she had no idea but then praises the pr company for what they did

read the room love

all she had to do was say shes disappointed in her pr and she never wanted anything for free

purpleme12 · 04/08/2023 11:15

I don't understand why a party planning company wouldn't be paid?

blacknredsweeties · 04/08/2023 11:18

Why did I think of Paul O'grady when I watch the video?

Either she was due to be in OK and she's lied.
Or the PR company lied.

Either way I don't think OK will bother with her again.

SpeckledlyHen · 04/08/2023 11:18

purpleme12 · 04/08/2023 11:15

I don't understand why a party planning company wouldn't be paid?

Nor do I. Doesn’t seem a great business model to me.

LadyBird1973 · 04/08/2023 11:23

I think it's great that the baker published the email exchange - cheeky fuckery absolutely ought to be publicly challenged. If you send an email like that, you deserve to get roasted online for it. And if it helps put a stop to grifter 'celebrities' and 'influencers', so much the better!

Idontgiveashitanymore · 04/08/2023 11:43

Like most zlist celebs she tried it on , got found out then tried to shame the other person . Shame on her .

fusspot23 · 04/08/2023 11:47

Why is #BeKind being trotted out again? Was CT kind when she made a spiteful dig at the 'cake lady'? She was never named. But she's accusing the 'cake lady' of deliberately trying to seek exposure because she turned down her outrageously cheeky request. And 'cake lady' is very rude and dismissive also. So why should anyone #bekind when she's shown no kindness herself? It's her own stupidly and self importance that's led to her outing herself as not a very nice person.

Dixiechickonhols · 04/08/2023 11:51

purpleme12 · 04/08/2023 11:15

I don't understand why a party planning company wouldn't be paid?

They seem to be a very small outfit doing small corporate events etc. I suppose it’s publicity for them if it was in a magazine and they could use for their advertising. The organisation was probably being done by a young person on unpaid work experience. It’s a grubby situation all round.

ihadamarveloustime · 04/08/2023 12:00

She was trying to fleece a small business which isn’t ‘kind’. They predominantly target small female run companies like cake, balloons, boutiques.

Spot on. I imagine she and countless other Z listers and instagrammers and so-called 'influencers' are constantly at it on a daily basis. They all want everyone else's time and money while doing absolutely nothing to earn it and spending none of their own.

That isn't kind. So wtf would anyone expect others to be kind about their cheeky, entitled fucking behaviour.

IncompleteSenten · 04/08/2023 12:16

When will this be kind shit die?
Be Kind. When someone is an absolute arsehole, don't challenge them or say anything or make them feel bad for their poor behaviour. Instead, smile nicely, bend over and take it, lubeless, up the arse because it's so important to protect awful people's feeling.

Fuck.
That.
Up.
The.
Arse.
With.
A.
Pineapple.

userxx · 04/08/2023 12:33

IncompleteSenten · 04/08/2023 12:16

When will this be kind shit die?
Be Kind. When someone is an absolute arsehole, don't challenge them or say anything or make them feel bad for their poor behaviour. Instead, smile nicely, bend over and take it, lubeless, up the arse because it's so important to protect awful people's feeling.

Fuck.
That.
Up.
The.
Arse.
With.
A.
Pineapple.

Respect 👏👏

SerafinasGoose · 04/08/2023 13:06

How well-known are soap actors, really? I'd never heard of her - confused her name in the first instance with Katherine Jenkins - they tend only to come to public notice when they behave atrociously. One that springs to mind is the woman some time ago who netted a serious on-stage role and promptly alienated the wonderful Jonathan Pryce (of all people). In his long career I've never heard him say such a thing about anyone else, but he was on record at the time saying he never intended to work with her again.

The baker's response is robust and undeniably strays away from professionalism. Sarcasm isn't a good look for a business. But there's also the possibility she was sick and tired of these requests, and wanted to put the message out there that any similar approaches would be strenuously declined. I can see the reasoning.

As for screenshotting the email communication, this might not have been necessary had the actress and her representatives not lied repeatedly: once saying the email had been misconstrued (it clearly hadn't), once claiming the baker was hungry for publicity (they approached her, not vice versa), and then trying to tarnish the reputation of a small business in the middle of a cost of living crisis. On all counts, this is simply appalling behaviour.

As far as the jobbing actress is concerned, she's now seeing a nice manifestation of that old adage 'play crap games, win crap prizes'. It's quite satisfying that a person who made a concerted effort to harm someone else saw the grenade they personally lobbed blow up right in her own face. Serve her bloody right, IMO. Maybe there's an outside chance it will teach her to treat others better in future.

Neverseenbefore · 04/08/2023 13:09

purpleme12 · 04/08/2023 11:15

I don't understand why a party planning company wouldn't be paid?

Because they too, presumably, are being presented with the job as an “opportunity for exposure”. They’re a small company, probably only have a couple of staff l, if that, themselves. So, who hired them? CT, I assume, but she wasn’t going to pay them either. That’s how I read it.

Neverseenbefore · 04/08/2023 13:17

Frankola · 04/08/2023 11:14

She's so entitled it's unreal!

I work in marketing. Collaborations are basically about giving each other things 'for free' in principle. The wording of NVRLNDs and her statement is a joke. They were not covering Three Little Birds expenses as they suggest. They were expecting them to cover these expenses with social media coverage. That isn't any kind of cash exchange. The Baker still has to fork out the cash and time to make this stuff regardless of likes and shares.

I also find it hard to believe that Mrs Tyldesley didn't know the PR company were doing this. That's completely unprofessional of any PR company if true. I would be terminating their contract if they had done that to me.

The whole thing reeks of her being a cf and expecting stuff for free. Then being caught in the act and having a tantrum about it. Her insta feed is full of gifted and sponsored ads so it's something she does regularly by the looks of it.

Her comment about the Baker "getting the attention she craves" is disgusting. Shows exactly what she is.

What PR company? There’s no PR company at all. That’s half the problem. There’s an events company, which is completely different.

usernother · 04/08/2023 13:35

During her time in Coronation Street she was obviously heavily influenced by some of the Corrie greats like Deirdre Barlow/Hunt/Rashid/Langton (yes I know I'm showing my age)

To think Catherine Tyldesley is a CF - cakegate
MoustacheTwirler · 04/08/2023 13:39

It gets weirder as after Catherine's denials about not currently working with OK magazine on anything, this article appears!

www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/gallery/coronation-streets-catherine-tyldesleys-life-30617960

BrightYellowDaffodil · 04/08/2023 13:40

fusspot23 · 04/08/2023 11:47

Why is #BeKind being trotted out again? Was CT kind when she made a spiteful dig at the 'cake lady'? She was never named. But she's accusing the 'cake lady' of deliberately trying to seek exposure because she turned down her outrageously cheeky request. And 'cake lady' is very rude and dismissive also. So why should anyone #bekind when she's shown no kindness herself? It's her own stupidly and self importance that's led to her outing herself as not a very nice person.

I agree on “cake lady”, as if this is someone who just likes making a few cakes for fetes or something, rather than a skilled professional who deserves to be respected. As a side note, people generally do not understand the costs involved with these things - I make preserves and so on and have had several people assuming they can demand I supply them for various events. They aren’t cheap to make by the time I factor in my time, energy costs, equipment, jars, labels and the actual ingredients and people seem to equate “hand made” with “costs next to nothing’.

And it does always seem to be creative arts where there’s an expectation of freebies, dancer friends of mine talk of ads for dancers to appear in videos in return for “exposure” or “something to add to your showreel”. It’s so very dismissive.

SpeckledlyHen · 04/08/2023 13:49

MoustacheTwirler · 04/08/2023 13:39

It gets weirder as after Catherine's denials about not currently working with OK magazine on anything, this article appears!

www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/gallery/coronation-streets-catherine-tyldesleys-life-30617960

You literally couldn't make it up could you? Wow! That is unbelievable.

GenieGenealogy · 04/08/2023 14:15

I would imagine OK have cobbled something together to capitalise on the fuss.

Also : "In August 2014, Catherine announced she was pregnant with her first child. Alfie was born in March 2016".

Poor woman, if she was pregnant for 19 months.

Mygrandadwasmywingman · 04/08/2023 14:17

I'm a fully trained hairdresser (I do it on the side of my main job)

I cannot count how many times I've been asked for a cut/blow dry/colour/perm/'just a trim on my little ones hair'

'I'll pay for the colour/perm lotion' if I'm lucky-no thought of my time or skills

apparently its such an issue they actually covered this in my training with a warning not to allow freebies as doing hair is a skill and not a favour

CT is a cheeky cow-up until this,I didn't have a clue who she was

You want a party-then pay like the rest us have to-cut your cloth and all that

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 04/08/2023 14:23

She seems to be somebody who aspires to an OK magazine society life, but only has the means to afford a Love It! magazine lifestyle!

LadyBird1973 · 04/08/2023 14:28

I don't understand posts saying the baker was unprofessional in publishing the emails. Being professional is about doing your job properly. So if a client pays you for your services, you provide a good product, on time and within budget and you respect their personal privacy. That's it! Where some CF tries to exploit a business , they are not owed discretion!

Dixiechickonhols · 04/08/2023 14:39

I follow several small cake businesses on instagram and they seem to have a supportive network with other similar businesses and will share each other’s stories eg cost of butter, or ‘illegal’ sprinkles. Sharing things gives the others a heads up. It was sheer scale of the brass neck in the email that caused it to be picked up by mainstream and then the response video

Gilmorehill · 04/08/2023 14:53

Apparently ten years ago, C4 news did a sting on Coronation st ‘stars’. They invited several to a hotel room and asked them to promote fake products ie stuff they couldn’t have used personally as they didn’t exist. CT was one of those caught out.

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