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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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Changingplace · 22/08/2025 21:11

I’d completely missed all of this but yeah wow what a mess, he’s defo owed an apology, the statement from her rep is nonsense!

TY78910 · 22/08/2025 21:13

I remember seeing a snippet of him talking about this when the first set of DNA tests came out on some sort of morning show. He was so good about it, constantly talking about the empathy he felt for her in all of it.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 22/08/2025 21:16

She is very shameless, I cant believe he had to do a second one. Yanbu at all

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

MrsLizzieDarcy · 22/08/2025 21:26

She's absolutely bat shit, I feel really sorry for the man who has had his name dragged through the media over this. And for the child who will one day read all about it online.

hellohellooo · 22/08/2025 21:27

Ok I agree

And yes it is madness

Have you seen how much the baby looks like him

FuzzyWolf · 22/08/2025 21:29

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

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.

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.

BatchCookBabe · 22/08/2025 21:51

How embarrassing. 😬 What kind of woman doesn't know who the father of her baby is?!

I don't think the baby looks like him at all. (And why would she? He isn't the baby's father!) I do agree that this woman (Charlotte Chilton) has made a massive fool of herself, and should say sorry to him publicly. That statement from 'thinkinghatmedia' is utterly pathetic.

Bobnobob · 22/08/2025 21:56

But the baby is the absolute spitting image of him… why double order a paternity test if you know he’s probably not the father? I think he’s cheating the system here.

FenderStrat · 22/08/2025 21:57

Words can't express how little I care. In fact, i'm not even sure I can be bothered to fin..

FuzzyWolf · 22/08/2025 21:58

Charlotte was married at the time, to another woman who has since separated from her, and they spent years going through IVF. Her ex-wife now knows, in the most public way, that she was (at least) doubly cheated on after Charlotte claimed separated before it happened (although she was pictured wearing her wedding ring at the wrap party where she says she had sex with Conor).

FuzzyWolf · 22/08/2025 21:59

Bobnobob · 22/08/2025 21:56

But the baby is the absolute spitting image of him… why double order a paternity test if you know he’s probably not the father? I think he’s cheating the system here.

Perhaps she thought the publicity would shame him into accepting the baby as his without doing the test and that he had more money than whoever is the father, so she would be financially better off.

Silverbirchleaf · 22/08/2025 22:09

Bobnobob · 22/08/2025 21:56

But the baby is the absolute spitting image of him… why double order a paternity test if you know he’s probably not the father? I think he’s cheating the system here.

I don’t think the baby looks like him at all.

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DemonsRocks · 22/08/2025 22:13

I think I read he has had 3 paternity tests in total because she wasn't happy about the first 2. How many witnessed foolproof negative tests are enough?
The poor man has been through the mud.

BatchCookBabe · 22/08/2025 22:13

Silverbirchleaf · 22/08/2025 22:09

I don’t think the baby looks like him at all.

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I don't think so either. (As I said earlier.) Some posters are seeing something that isn't there. Especially given the fact that the baby isn't his! There's been 2 paternity tests, he's not the father!

MoFadaCromulent · 22/08/2025 22:15

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.

Science probably knows tbf

xanthic · 22/08/2025 22:17

I think for her to request the test be repeated, she must have genuinely thought - or been so desperate for it to be true that she made herself think - that he was the father.

So, I do some sympathy for her. It's possible she doesn't know who the actual father is, and as she didn't have another person to get tested, that's why she was so hellbent on proving it was this guy.

This doesn't mean I think she's in the right or that she did the right thing. I just think the whole thing is a mess, and I feel for everyone concerned, including the bloke who was labelled a deadbeat when he wasn't actually the father.

There are no winners here, least of all, the child.

ninjahamster · 22/08/2025 22:17

Poor guy.

Not sure what other posters are seeing but the baby looks nothing like him!

xanthic · 22/08/2025 22:20

ninjahamster · 22/08/2025 22:17

Poor guy.

Not sure what other posters are seeing but the baby looks nothing like him!

I don't think babies usually look like anyone at that age!

404PageNotFound · 22/08/2025 22:28

Not relevant but I love Traitors and I don't remember her at all!

PinkFrogss · 22/08/2025 22:30

Very embarrassing for her, why would you want it public that you cheated on your wife at least twice in a short time period?

And she must have known there was more than one potential father, presumably the other one doesn’t have as much money as Conor.

MounjaroMounjaro · 22/08/2025 22:52

ninjahamster · 22/08/2025 22:17

Poor guy.

Not sure what other posters are seeing but the baby looks nothing like him!

Same here! I have no memory of her at all! Did she get kicked out early on?

And who's he, while we're at it?

Yes, I do think a public apology is needed when you drag someone's name through the mud and you're completely in the wrong.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 22/08/2025 23:13

When I saw the title I knew what this was going to be about!

She absolutely does but as she said in her statement she'll be telling her story in the next few weeks to the highest bidder no doubt so maybe she'll apologise then 🤔.

There is no way he chested the system. The reason he did a second test at all was because Charlotte accused him of doing that with the first one. It sounds like the second one was conducted under Big Brother style conditions 👀. And for Charlotte to have accepted the result speaks volumes.

Wonder who she'll go after next. And if any of the make cast of Traitors 24 are feeling a bit nervous now!

ImGoingUpstairsToTakeOffMyHat · 22/08/2025 23:15

I’m sorry but Charlotte season 2 Traitors and Connor Maynard on a paternity battle…what?!

This is like a fever dream. How had this passed me by?!

Anyways. I think if I were a man going out having irresponsible ONS I would also want paternity tests. It’s just wise innit