To think Stacey Solomon is an absolute hypocrite?

[Toffeapple13]

If you’re not interested in celeb gossip feel free to ignore. I’m just watching her reality show on BBC.

Stacey Solomon has made her living, and a very good one at that, by selling her life. Her sister and her dad have also followed in her footsteps.

She now has 3 reality programmes, she also does Instagram on which she’s spent years documenting her life, her children’s lives, showing her followers round her house and her renovations. She films her children all the time including her eldest failing his GCSEs, his job interview and showing her followers their bedrooms.

On her reality show she has a run in with a photographer where she complains that she’s entitled to privacy. The photographer argues that people wouldn’t have an interest if she didn’t post on Instagram. She then argues that she doesn’t post her address (however it’s very obvious where she lives). She also complains that she’s had a photographer turn up at her nephews football tournament and it’s unfair as there are children there.

Aibu to think she’s a hypocrite, she has no real talent that she can make money off other than being a TV/insta personality.

Yanbu

If you made a living selling pictures of yourself, does it mean that it's ok for someone to sneak around and take pictures of you?

To follow you around?

To photograph you while you're "not working" ?

Its a tricky one, but I think there is a logic to say "I do this for a living, but everyone is entitled to time off".

Everyone is entitled to a private life. That doesn’t get wiped out if you share some of your private life online or on TV. Sharing aspects you choose in a way you choose at a time you choose doesn’t give everyone the right to invade your privacy at other times/places.

Of course she's entitled to privacy. What she chooses to post online is exactly that, her choice, not what some photographer following her around has decided to take and post for the world see.

She was actually filming her TV show when she had the run in.

I don’t think it’s necessarily ok, but we have a press and she will know that.

It’s not like she’s a footballer or actress who tries to keep her private life separate.

I actually think she’s savvy and funny hence why I’m watching the show but she has zero respect for her own children’s privacy therefore I think she’s being a hypocrite.

She knows that it’s the public interest in her personal life that is what makes her money.

Let's assume you share at least some of your home life on social media. Most people do to some extent. Would you be ok to one day find someone with a camera lense pointed in your window?
I am not sure it's different just because she gets money from her sharing. She is allowed to choose what parts of her life she does and doesn't want to share, same as you.

I think her point is not illogical tbh.

What she posts is controlled by her. She can edit and crop and cut whatever she wants she can present a selected view or element of her life. Whether you think she should is a different conversation.

Her Instagram and programmes will have to go through and edit and approval process that means she controls what is in the public domain.

Pictures and other media filmed by others may reveal details and angles she doesn't want revealing.

No, I thought the opposite when I saw it actually.

I thought she was lovely to the photographer, accepted the points he made but still stood up for herself and pointed out he shouldn't have been following her (which despite his denial, he clearly was).

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it’s a very fine line

With fans of her tv show like you OP, who needs enemies?

I don’t think they are pointing the camera through her window though.

But I think it’s inevitable that photographers will catch her when she’s out and about.

It's like it isn't illegal to sell sex, but it's illegal to be a pimp/customer (under some circumstances). We can exploit ourselves, but that doesn't give others a right to exploit us.
There was a time when it wasn't rape, if the woman was a prostitute. Or considered wrong if a glamour/porn model was gropped/exposed. Thankfully autonomy was recognised for everyone. She picks what she puts up, that's her right. Someone doesn't have the right to take sneaky photos and publish them.

And also, what does this have to do with anything?

"Aibu to think she’s a hypocrite, she has no real talent that she can make money off other than being a TV/insta personality."

Is there some sort of rule that says you can only make money from the media, if you sing/dance/act or have some sort of 'acceptable to you' talent?

She seems like a very hardworking woman and fair play, she's raking in lots of money for her family and future.

But again, if you make reality Tav people are going to watch and have opinions both positive and negative.

Of course YABU. Everyone is entitled to privacy, even if you disagree with her reality TV lifestyle.

No, but if let’s say you were a footballer or singer/actor, and you kept your children out of the public eye and kept your private life private. Then I’d say absolutely.

But she publicises so many of her own children’s private moments, it’s a bit rich to complain.

Well they aren't there to watch U9s football, are they?

But I think it’s inevitable that photographers will catch her when she’s out and about.

And as you saw on the show, he didn't 'catch her when she was out and about'.

He stopped his car on a 60mph country lane, got out and followed her right across the field - then started taking photos of her.

Yes, he told her a bare faced lie that he just happened to notice her, like she's stupid enough to believe he's going to glance across a field while driving 60mph and just 'happen to spot her' 🙄

@Toffeapple13 You do realise that by saying "It's a bit rich to complain" you are arguing for the situation where if you make any aspect of your private life public, then you cannot ever complain about intrusion from the press, photographers, fans etc in other circumstances? Do you really think that?

It's not rich at all unless you believe harassment of women and children is fine.

She's doesn't exist for this man to stalk her and take his free photos to sell on.

She's not a prostitute and he's not her pimp.

No I don’t think it’s hypocritical to expect some basic privacy for any celeb

yes I do think it’s rude derogatory and probably mysogensitic to say she has no talents

OP- What do you mean, no real talent? She’s a brilliant singer, plus very relatable and is a good presenter.

whilst I agree to what you are saying to a certain degree she does have a talent she is a very good singer and got quite far on XFaxtor

I do honestly think it takes a very talented presenter to make people believe her job is easy, and doesn't require any talent or skills.

That's where the talent comes in. She's warm, friendly and relatable.

Stacey Solomon and her family are entitled to a private life, i don't watch her because well Joe Swash is such an annoying man isn'the? So I don't really follow them, but her putting out programmes and content shouldn't mean a photographer follows her/them around.