TMZ Producer says it ‘might not’ be Kate!

[Severalwhippets]

So after days of so many of us saying it is not Catherine, and being screamed at, shut down and called ‘crazies’ and ‘trolls’ and all kinds of offensive names. It turns out we were right after all. It does not appear to be Cathrrine (no shock there for many of us) According to the producer that beamed this out across the world. Clearly unverified. Incredible that the news outlets just went along with it - no questions asked. What does that say about the quality of our journalism?

It was a huge gas lighting exercise.

So now we know we have one fake Mother’s Day photo and now one fake farm shop footage - it begs the question in a much more pressing way - where is Catherine? The stupid memes have to stop. This isn’t funny or anything to joke about.

No one can verify even a single shot ( I am discounting the photo of Pippa in the car with Carole, and someone’s head in the car turned away in windsor)

I don’t believe we are going to see Catherine this Easter or at any time soon. I don’t know where she is, or what has happened to her but I feel extremely worried for her.

I await Kensington Palace’s statement - it’s about time we learnt the truth. How can it be any worse than what has been speculated?

What will happen next? As this can not continue any longer.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/kate-middleton-farm-shop-video-32398541.amp

I doubt the clinic were the ‘source’ of the leak, reputation costs alone would prevent this. As well as disciplinary proceedings requiring privacy and confidentiality.

The timing couldn’t have been better for KP however, how helpful that this was produced just as the TMZ producer decided it might not be Kate after all. What a mighty coincidence!

@Severalwhippets Never thought I would end up quoting a tweet from Kevin Pieterson on a RF Thread.

https://x.com/kp24/status/1770049071811547501?s=46&t=lJm6-66fq4MtGcwwAsK6Kg

The conspiracy theories around Kate are absolutely absurd!
We see W&K most days and in the last couple days too!
It beggars belief that people would be so ridiculous and cruel in writing BULLSHIT on this platform that are out and out lies!
W&K are the most wonderful parents and as normal/humble as they come. Let K who is recovering from an operation recover.
Leave her and her beautiful family alone!!!!

FYI Kevin Pieterson is not someone who shies away from telling the truth.

😄 I am still in one piece missing a few feathers but wholly in tact just about.

This is all wild speculation as I’m sure you’re aware.

This is not any ordinary royal story. The whole world has noticed Kate is missing. KP could shut down the nonsense in one sentence by confirming Kate was at the farm shop and she will return to royal duties on x date.

They are not confirming because it is not her.

My thoughts too.

I don’t think William has instructed any lawyers at all, which given the significance of this situation- you would have thought they would be coming down hard on such misinformation.

The response looks weak, and without conviction.

So she's out and about most days but needs 3-4+ months off? Ok.

Everyone's in the clear here. The degree of separation keeps everyone's hands clean.

Video guy? Just made an honest mistake, guv. I swear it was them.
TMZ/The Sun? Just reporting what the Honest Mistake Guy believed. Video footage supporting why he believed it, same as panthers in the Peak District, innit?
KP: no need to comment on third party stuff. Don't need to grant permission as effectively member of public saying "look at my bit of grainy video" (which the world did).

The abuse that posters/presenters/anyone got for simply saying: "Erm...that doesn't really look like Kate" was a bit unsettling though.

The clinic has issued confirmation that investigations into several staff members are ongoing.

What’s your point about the timing? I don’t see the correlation between the two things and in any case the hospital story has been running for several days now whereas the TMZ thing overnight so the timing doesn’t coincide however much you want to stoke that narrative.

I agree.

No they have not confirmed they were at the farm shop.

The quote was that palace sources hoped the video footage would put an end to conspiracy theories about her welfare.

That is implying it is them without officially confirming it is.

The editing of the Mother's Day photo was a mistake, but this is something that Catherine owned up to however misguided it was in the first place. But we all make mistakes.

I am tired of this line, its crazy to me anyone is still saying this given the coverage of actual experts commenting on the level of photo manipulation that was contained. It is NOT a mistake to ADD IN Kate to that photo and claim William himself took a photo that actually does not exist. Either she was not in it, or she was but they replaced her. Why? This has not been answered yet, and they owe it to the public who they wilfully set out to deceive. They not only created a fake photo, they also said Prince William, our future King, took the photo.

Yes to all of that.

It was disturbing.

It’s okay to question what we are looking at. It’s fine to discuss what we see. Where is this coming from? It’s really a new thing - the absolute shutting down of even a conversation about the authenticity of what we are being shown. China levels of silencing.

To your last paragraph I don't entirely disagree, BUT to your first paragraph I would say actually it wasn't just that video that fueled rumours. It was the fact that early December Will and Kate announced they'd be doing an overseas trip spring time, around March, and there were multiple upcoming events in January February time scheduled in for them both. Then Kate is noted as having a "scheduled operation" but these events are all cancelled. It just doesn't make sense that they'd be adding events to the calendar that they knew they couldn't attend. So that adds credence to the rumours of a coma or otherwise serious emergency happening, and then reports of police presence at the home in which they were staying furthers those theories.

We're being fed crumbs and trying to piece together crumbs to make a victoria sponge (queen victoria? Royals? Get it? Anyway..) and it's not going very far but I would argue evidence suggests something is amiss. The fake images and sightings are petrol to the flames, and if KP wanted to put these rumours to bed and they were categorically untrue, I'm sure they'd have done so already. The damage to Will and Kate's reputation is palpable at this point, why would they possibly want to continue fuelling that?

Camilla is taking a wee break from royal duties at the moment, Charles is unwell, William isn't expected to do too much under the guise that Kate is unwell and there is quite a bit of public backlash, Kate is MIA - possible security threat? I'm not sure. Now there isn't much evidence to back that up or really any at all apart from what's been discussed, but it does get you thinking..

Yes agree with this

Except on the BBC if they got caught up and forgot to check

Yes, what I've said here is conjecture. But we're going to have to respectfully agree to disagree on the video! It's her.

I would add that Catherine didn't admit to editing the photograph. She (or someone) gave a generic "I sometimes edit photos"- type reply. Nothing admitted about THAT photo, despite what the media ran with.

Nope, he spoke about his ‘doubts’ yesterday. The suspensions of three medics linked to the clinic landed this morning.

Yes, Edward took a break too.

Perhaps industrial action amongst members of the Royal Family! ;-)

That is fine - you are free to make up your own mind.

China levels of silencing

China and Russia levels of misinformation more like, being driven across social media by bots and paid trolls and picked up by MSM for clicks.

No, I think it’s coming from the palace and perhaps some others hoping to make some money.

The suspensions of three medics linked to the clinic landed this morning

The hospital story landed days ago, well before Mr TMZ started doubting. Stop trying to gaslight people.

We should be able to speak about this without a huge pile on of people saying it’s not Easter or you are not allowed an opinion. It’s been astonishing how many threads have been hammered by those intent on killing the conversation.

? Medics, where does it say that. Its clinic staff, could be anyone.