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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

OP posts:
ThatNattyPlayer · 23/08/2025 08:19

She’s a bit strange, she’s spent ages slamming him saying he won’t pay for his child or acknowledge the child and I think she knew all along the baby wasn’t his but had got into it too deep and would look a fool so she continued.
she probably knows he’s a rep for being a player and thought nobody would question the paternity.

TimeForATerf · 23/08/2025 08:23

I’ve had to look this lot up even though I watched series 2 of traitors. I can’t remember either of them tbh, I remember the winner only.

That baby has a very distinct look and it isn’t her mother’s, I don’t believe Charlotte doesn’t know who the father is. Like others have said, she probably has a type, and probably doesn’t know or have a way of contacting the other possible father.

taxidriver · 23/08/2025 08:23

this was in the second series?
i dont remember, did i watch the second series? is that the most recent one?
oh i have just googled, this was when poor molly was hoodwinked
i dont think i liked her

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.

OrsolaRosso · 23/08/2025 08:31

Are there other pics of the baby other than the one in the Daily Mail article? Because in that she has that baby look where you could probably spot a resemblance to anyone!

And is that photo of Charlotte and Conor taken on the actual one night stand? Did he know it was being taken?

It's all very odd.

SunnyViper · 23/08/2025 08:31

I don’t know who either of these are 🤷

taxidriver · 23/08/2025 08:39

no me neither, i dont know him, and i googled her

Waterbaby41 · 23/08/2025 08:41

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

Why should she sue him?

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/08/2025 08:42

SunnyViper · 23/08/2025 08:31

I don’t know who either of these are 🤷

Invaluable contribution to thread.

SaltAirAndTheRust · 23/08/2025 08:45

YANBU

She has made some insane claims, that he was the one who slept with her, but another man was there, drugs were involved and so she doesn’t know if anyone else slept with her etc etc.

She wanted it to be him because he’s wealthy. It’s not, but she can’t let go of that idea. She should just disappear off now and focus on raising her baby girl. He should sue her.

taxidriver · 23/08/2025 08:45

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/08/2025 08:42

Invaluable contribution to thread.

i agreed with her

xSideshowAuntSallyXx · 23/08/2025 08:45

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.

It's because she's become fixated on him being the father. She's after her 5 minutes of fame and probably thought if she could convince him the baby's his she'd be set for life. Only he wasn't stupid.

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.

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?

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

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.

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 09:04

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.

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!

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.”

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 .

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…

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.

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.

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.