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Dan Wootton obsessed with H &M

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BeverleyMakka · 22/07/2026 15:16

Why is Dan Wootton so obsessed and full of hatred for Harry & Meghan?

i recently listened to Spare on audible - purely because it was free and I was interested to see what he had to say. ( most of it was boring self indulgent crap imo)
predictably the algorithms have filled my YouTube with H &M stuff!

it seems there is a daily barrage of videos from DW about them, such vitriol from this man. It’s unhinged!
I mean don’t get me wrong, I’m no fan of theirs at all but Jesus he acts like they murdered his granny.
He’ll post a picture of one of them literally smiling and turn it into a massive conspiracy theory about smirking at the Queen on her deathbed or some utter nonsense

rant over!!!

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Justdancevance · 23/07/2026 13:24

I think Meghan have to manage ‘over exposure’ as a commercial enterprise, so the pantomime tediousness of will they / won’t they means their Pr will advise them to go to ground for a bit. They have form for ignoring advisors though 🤷

jeffgoldblum · 23/07/2026 13:48

Justdancevance · 23/07/2026 12:47

Byline times went after him and posters on here declared all kinds of things a year or two ago.
I don’t like the man and don’t think I’ve ever heard him speak so not really on either side but know that the Byline times is as dodgy as fuck so expect he’s quite down on all the people who went after him

This 👆

Bigcat25 · 23/07/2026 14:12

It's an income stream. That's it really.

BemusedAmerican · 23/07/2026 14:47

H & M make money by ecploiting their RF ties. DW makes money by criticizing them. It's just business.

Lampzade · 23/07/2026 14:51

PeachOctopus · 22/07/2026 16:09

I think that Harry/Megan are an easy form of free content, they are easy to make a 20 minute programme about, everything can be rumour or speculation-
Megan’s child was born to a surrogate! Megan & Harry are divorcing!
Megan & Harry were have fallen out with their hairdresser! Etc etc.

Lazy ‘journalism’ and easy money
Odious man

Waryandwearyfactorten · 23/07/2026 16:00

BemusedAmerican · 23/07/2026 14:47

H & M make money by ecploiting their RF ties. DW makes money by criticizing them. It's just business.

Yes, but H & M only publish a book or record an interview once.

Journalists and commentators and You Tubers are then at liberty to use that content, or any bit of footage or news about them, or story from their mis-spent youth, over and over and over again. And then re-package it and use it again. And those are the ones using legitimate footage and not creating absurd stories from AI.

Waryandwearyfactorten · 23/07/2026 16:04

Justdancevance · 23/07/2026 13:24

I think Meghan have to manage ‘over exposure’ as a commercial enterprise, so the pantomime tediousness of will they / won’t they means their Pr will advise them to go to ground for a bit. They have form for ignoring advisors though 🤷

But Meghan didn’t actually say one thing publicly or appear once did she?

Justdancevance · 23/07/2026 16:19

You don’t need to ‘appear’ to be over exposed. Pantomime PR campaigns ‘will she /will she not appear’ will bore the public fairly quickly.

They’ve nothing of substance to use in a PR campaign, so we had this nonsense for two weeks.

IndefatigableSusan · 23/07/2026 16:23

PetulaGordeno · 22/07/2026 19:37

‘ave yer heard this one, Barb?
That lazy, lanky streak of piss Harry is short of a few bob, my arse.
As for her, another lazy arse. Done a few jobs on telly and is throwing her weight around.
And you know what I think of Oprah, Sally bloody Jessy, Vanessa bloody Feltz, all swizzers the lot of ‘em.
Anyway, Barb, any chance of a brew? Has Ant-nee scoffed all the Penguins again the greedy little get….

I’ve just spat out me tea.

BemusedAmerican · 23/07/2026 17:20

Waryandwearyfactorten · 23/07/2026 16:00

Yes, but H & M only publish a book or record an interview once.

Journalists and commentators and You Tubers are then at liberty to use that content, or any bit of footage or news about them, or story from their mis-spent youth, over and over and over again. And then re-package it and use it again. And those are the ones using legitimate footage and not creating absurd stories from AI.

They have their own WhatsApp with chosen journalists. Their media people keep dropping stories. Harry keeps doing TV shows or press conferences. Meghan does social media post whenever the Wales make one.

Sorry - don't see a difference.

Edited for typo.

MrsLeonFarrell · 23/07/2026 17:32

I don't find Andrew Lownie any different from any other royal biographer. He just had the sense to pick AMW as his subject so gained botha veneer of being different from those who write about the rest of the family and real, dramatically awful, stuff to write about. Most royal biographies are stuck with over analysing very old conversations for drama.

PetulaGordeno · 23/07/2026 17:36

IndefatigableSusan · 23/07/2026 16:23

I’ve just spat out me tea.

I am just patting myself on the back.
The Royle Family is the law in our house.
It might be a bit dated but I never tired of it.

Treetreetreetree · 23/07/2026 17:39

He is a VERY disturbed man. You only have to read the Byline Times report to see just how mad his behaviour has been.

SpottyAlpaca · 23/07/2026 17:48

My understanding is that Wootton is a social media grifter who has been kicked out of, and made himself unemployable by, the mainstream media. As such, it’s best to ignore him.

IndefatigableSusan · 23/07/2026 17:53

Treetreetreetree · 23/07/2026 17:39

He is a VERY disturbed man. You only have to read the Byline Times report to see just how mad his behaviour has been.

I thought there was some indication that their reporting was shady?

IndefatigableSusan · 23/07/2026 17:54

PetulaGordeno · 23/07/2026 17:36

I am just patting myself on the back.
The Royle Family is the law in our house.
It might be a bit dated but I never tired of it.

And well you should!

IndefatigableSusan · 23/07/2026 17:56

SpottyAlpaca · 23/07/2026 17:48

My understanding is that Wootton is a social media grifter who has been kicked out of, and made himself unemployable by, the mainstream media. As such, it’s best to ignore him.

I’m always tickled by the generous sprinkling of the word “grifter” here because of the way that word originally entered the popular RFF lexicon.

It always comes across a bit like “No I’m not! You are!”

Treetreetreetree · 23/07/2026 17:58

IndefatigableSusan · 23/07/2026 17:53

I thought there was some indication that their reporting was shady?

Not at all. Excellent reporting.

jeffgoldblum · 23/07/2026 17:59

IndefatigableSusan · 23/07/2026 17:53

I thought there was some indication that their reporting was shady?

Yes ! , he was cleared by the police of all the accusations.

IndefatigableSusan · 23/07/2026 17:59

Waryandwearyfactorten · 23/07/2026 16:04

But Meghan didn’t actually say one thing publicly or appear once did she?

No, it was all “sources close to” sharing their plans, their feelings, etc in this most recent episode of “As the Stomach Turns”

Justdancevance · 23/07/2026 17:59

From the ANL court case we can see how dodgy the Byline times are. I wouldn’t mind anything they wrote

CaptBirdsEar · 23/07/2026 18:00

He’s an irritating little speciman of a man, keeps popping up on tick-tock to annoy the hell out of me. His obsession with H and M is definitely unhealthy, as is Piers Morgan’s.

LipglossAndLies · 23/07/2026 18:01

Only have to see some of the recent comments from people saying where is amegahn, I wish she had shown up in the UK so there would content to ridicule her over.

As you say OP people like Dan and on other forums and here need it, like they need oxygen to breathe. I find it utterly pathetic, rehashing things from years ago. They can't let it go, as though somehow they have been personally hurt by them.

How sad does a person's life have to be to be constantly thinking about someone they don't know and then constantly writing or producing negative comments, videos, articles about them often over the most trivial of things. As ever living rent free in their heads. Sometimes I wonder if these people will be bashing out their nasty comments up until the moment they pass away such is the obsession at times.

wordler · 23/07/2026 18:01

Byline Times are very very shady. From the top down. Everything they do comes from a specific agenda.

Justdancevance · 23/07/2026 18:02

All funded by Max Mosley’s shady money