WEBVTT - Cashed Up Coachella, Influencer Power Imbalance & The Kardashian’s Eggstravagant Easter 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:03.720 Hello and welcome to Outspoken, your dose of the hottest 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:07.400 influencer and pop culture news twice a week. I'm Amy 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:10.440 Torbert and I'm joined by my sisters and journalists Kate 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:14.480 and Sophie. On today's show, Daddy bloger Brad Kerns is 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:18.640 owned by his stepmother. In awkward clapback the Kardashians over 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:22.400 the top Easter celebrations, Sky Wheatley snubbed from Big Brother 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:26.680 and cashed up Coachella. But first, you may have noticed 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:30.720 that our podcast artwork has changed. We have officially rebranded, 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:33.960 which is very exciting. Hopefully it's an upgrade from the 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:38.120 paint esque album art cover that Amy created. I didn't 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:40.880 do it on painted it on photo shop well that 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:43.960 it was looking rather unprofessional. So well, that old photo 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:47.400 was taken in Amy's family room. We removed everything off 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:50.240 the wall so we had a white background, and yeah, 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:53.000 it wasn't looking good. But thank you so much for 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:56.280 everyone's really lovely feedback on the photo. Most people seem 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:58.720 to be liking it, so we really appreciate the support. 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:01.279 It was pretty funny because a few people said they 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.759 wanted to hear about the behind the scenes of this photograph. 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:07.720 And how we ended up picking this particular photo and 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:09.880 we decided we wanted to get a professional to do 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:10.520 it this time. 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:12.880 So we got the amazing. 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:15.399 Adelai photographer Josh Gleeson to take the photos, and he 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:18.240 was hilarious and he really did have his work set 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.840 out for him, because we are not great at being photos. 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.640 To be fair, Amy, you kindly put together a bit 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:27.760 of a mood board. And if you look up most podcasts, 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:30.880 most podcasts have two people in the cover artwork. 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.040 It's often not three people. 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:37.759 And so you were looking into examples of three people 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:41.400 posing and you sent across all these photos where. 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.120 These women were doing these like blue steal looks, but 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.959 you were more thinking smiles. Well, no, there was only 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.280 one photo of smile. They were all very moody, and 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:50.120 you sent this through to. 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:53.360 Josh, and you more meant that you wanted the bodies 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.120 aligned like that. Anyway, he got a totally different vibe. 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:58.800 So when we arrived, he was forcing us to do 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.400 all these blue steal looks and I'm sorry, but my 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:05.880 only look is smiling, like I cannot do anything else. 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.080 And at one stage he asked us to give him 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:10.760 a sexy look, and we were just like we just 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.679 so we did not have that repertoire. And our boyfriend's 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.480 like pissing themselves laughing when we told him, because yeah, 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:19.400 we're very much just a cheesy smile. I said to 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:21.680 you guys before we went in, let's just let him 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:23.720 know that we just want smiley photos. And you guys 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:25.760 are like, no, nah, let's just you know, let's see 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.720 what he'sal I did love it because there was this 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:31.680 shot that's probably never going to make her onto the internet. 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:33.520 It was beautifully shot by him, but we just looked 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:34.600 ratshit in it, and it. 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:35.880 Looks like we're stuned mullets. 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.880 It's basically us sitting on a couch and so so 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:41.440 sitting on the actual couch and Kate and I are 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:43.000 on the back of the couch and we're. 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:46.440 All holding cool photos. Yeah, all holding hands in this 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:48.639 weird way. It is so bad. We didn't even want 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.480 to share our boyfriends. It's so embarrassing. Well, you actually 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:51.919 came up. 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:55.320 With the idea Amy for the photo that we actually chose, 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.480 and it was actually one of the last photos we took. 0:02:57.560 --> 0:02:59.560 And Amy had this idea that she wanted to be 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:02.320 holding a microphone and you spent hours. We went down 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:05.279 to km up bought you know, a ten dollar microphone 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:09.679 and you is it b jazzed bejazzled it. It didn't 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:11.880 take me hours. Approb took a half an hour anyway, 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:13.760 and we were too embarrassed to get our props out 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:15.680 because we're like, does this look blame that we've booked 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:16.320 propped with us? 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:18.920 Anyway, it ended up working out quite well. 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:22.520 So that tea too cut paid for itself. I drag anyway, 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:25.639 my Diamond Aaron came up and the O Janet. 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.520 It's fun those kid Nay. 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:32.000 The Kardashians are well known for their over the top parties, 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:35.800 but the Easter celebrations this year have divided opinions. Amy, 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:38.720 can you tell us more so? Chris Jennet channeled her 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.840 in at Easter Bunny this year and transformed her home into. 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:43.720 Every child's dream Now. 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:46.680 I follow a number of the Kardashian Jenna clan on 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:50.720 Instagram and almost every Insta story was the same. So 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:55.120 Chris had set up quite arguably the most instagrammable Easter table. 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:57.560 So there were large personalized chocolate eggs set up on 0:03:57.600 --> 0:03:59.920 the table for each family member and the theme of 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:03.560 the decorations was pastor, so there were beautiful pastel eggs, flowers, 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.840 and Easter themed sweet food everywhere, and there were even 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:10.440 massive gumball machines set up. So these appeared to be 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:14.280 a gift from Kylie Jenner to stormyt Chicago, True and Dream, 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:15.480 and at first. 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:17.279 I was a little bit confused. 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:19.599 Why the boys didn't get one too, But then I 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.159 noticed that there were also four bikes set up, and 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.880 presumably they were for the boys. I know a few 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:27.400 of our listeners were confused because we posted this in 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:29.640 our Facebook community, and then a lot of them were saying, 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:32.200 I wonder if the gumble machines were just hired out, 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:35.320 because surely the Kardashians wouldn't allow that to be in 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:36.640 their house all year round. 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:38.600 I don't think it would fit their aesthetics truly. 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.240 I don't know if you saw, but the kids also 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:44.880 received massive hampers from Christian and so did all of 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:48.120 the parents. And I must add there were no Humpty 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:52.400 Dumpty or cream eggs in sight at this Kardashian Easter extravaganzer. Now, 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:54.719 if they were from Australia, they'd be having hags in 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:55.560 those baskets. 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.039 I think and I noticed they did an Easter egg hunt. 0:04:58.080 --> 0:04:59.960 And you know, normally you buy the bag of cab 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:03.159 or the bag of Lynch chocolates. They had these plastic 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:06.160 eggs which had toys in the middle of it. I 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:09.320 hit them for Archie. Actually on Easter morning? Did they 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:09.760 have toys? 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:09.920 Though? 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:11.080 Now they had Smackos in them? 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.360 I thought you were going to say they had cash 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:13.680 in them. 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:16.039 Didn't we have a friend? 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:16.320 Yeah? 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.479 It was family hid cash around the house. It was 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:21.120 one of Brandon's friends from school. Yeah, they had a 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.960 Instead of Easter eggs, it was money around the backyard. 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:28.280 That's just obscene. Now, obviously this was extremely over the 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:31.640 top and not your average Easter celebration, so a lot 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:35.599 of people jumped online to slam the Kardashians for being wasteful. 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:38.160 There were a lot of comments saying that the Kardashian 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:42.120 kids were going to become spoilt brats, and to be honest, like, 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:44.440 is there a chance that they're not at all? I mean, like, 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.000 this isn't the only stuff that they get spoilt with, 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:49.960 Like this is probably just very subpar normal for them. 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:52.240 I mean, have you seen their Christmas? I know, but 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:53.280 to be honest, as well. 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:56.000 I mean, those kids aren't hanging out with the normal 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:57.880 kids in the school yard, aren't they. They're hanging out 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:01.760 at schools of other very wealthy families. Oh I can't. 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:05.400 I completely agree with this person's sentiment though, because can 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:08.400 you imagine growing up thinking that that's normal. I actually 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:12.480 couldn't believe the Easter baskets they had because there were 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:15.120 so many toys and it was just so much excess, 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.360 And it did make me feel sick thinking the amount 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.039 of stuff that was just going to be thrown in 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:22.280 the bin, because if you're a Kardashian child, I'm sure 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.480 on the daily you're getting lots of presents, and yeah, 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:28.280 I just just made me feel uncomfortable. It did make 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:31.760 me think, imagine if Mason, who's caught his son, imagine 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:34.120 if he ended up marrying a normal and in quotations, 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:36.640 I say normal, normal person and he went to their 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:38.680 Easter Day and he was just like. 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:39.640 What the fuck? 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:43.680 Like where personalized hampers. Now, while there was a lot 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:47.040 of criticism about the Kardashians Day, there was also a 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:50.120 lot of support for the lavish Easter, and I know 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:53.680 I personally enjoyed having that fly on the wall access 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:56.320 to their celebration, and to be honest, I got a 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:59.000 kick out of seeing how the other half live because 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:01.360 it's just so different to what we do on the day. 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:03.800 I just find it so fascinating. What did you guys 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:07.200 actually think about it? Well, I'm a person that loves 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:11.720 celebrating things like I just love organizing events and I 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.920 love buying people presents, So I kind of think about it. 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.160 If I had all that money, I'd probably do the 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:20.560 same thing, but I probably would juxta position it with 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.600 then donating a lot of things to charity or you know, 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.040 maybe doing something for the environment that counteracted all. 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:28.120 The use of the plastic. 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:28.640 I mean. 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.320 The thing is, a lot of people were saying, oh, 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.360 they shouldn't be wasting all that money, they should be 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.240 donating it to charity. But the thing is, the Kardashians 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.040 actually do donate a lot of money to charity, and 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:40.280 they also do a lot of charity work, but they 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.840 just don't publicize it. The thing is a lot of 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.120 people are saying it's tone deaf because we're coming out 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:47.119 of a pandemic and a lot of people have lost 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.120 jobs and can't afford to celebrate Easter and I totally 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:54.080 understand that. However, social media is a form of escapism. 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:54.800 That's the thing. 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.360 I feel like the Kardashians can spend their money however 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.680 they want to. But you do have to admit that 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.720 the food that they had made for that party was 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:06.320 extremely wasteful. And I've always wondered what happens to all 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:09.400 of the food and decorations once the celebration is over. 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:10.400 So I did do a bit of. 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:13.880 Digging, and I found that Chloe Kardashian had previously answered 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.880 a tweet from a fan asking that very question. So 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:20.160 Chloe said, the day call is normally rented, but anything 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.680 personal like the quote science, I have in storage for 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:26.440 another function one day. The food leftovers always gets donated 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:28.880 to a food bank or church. Sometimes the food may 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:31.800 go elsewhere, depending on the situation. So that made me 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:33.760 feel a little bit better about the situation. I feel 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:35.439 like they're so savvy they're not going to be throwing 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:36.000 it in the bin. 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:37.720 So where are the gumball machines gone? 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.280 Are they just going into storage? Surely they're not taking them. 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:43.840 Surely they didn't eat all of the gumballs or chocolate 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.520 in them. I just think it is so on brand 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:49.760 for the Kardashian to do something this lavish. 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:50.440 And I, for one, I don't know. 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:53.200 I'm just on the train of enjoying it rather than 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.120 criticizing them for it. Yeah, especially if they're putting in 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.800 measures where the food is donated and that they are 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:02.160 renting things and reusing them. 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:08.280 All right, it's the bomb McDonald. 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:13.199 So Dramatic has revealed that Sky Wheatley was dropped last 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.040 minute from appearing on this season of Big Brother Back 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:19.280 to the Future, which is set to feature Australia's favorite 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:22.320 former housemates Amy Can you tell us more? Yeah? Well. 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:25.920 Journalists Meg and Pisetto revealed Big Brother producers had initially 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:29.000 included Sky in the lineup, but were forced to drop 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:32.200 her from the show after she made controversial comments about 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:35.880 her partner Lockie listeners will remember back in September, Sky 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.360 was asked in an Instagram Q and A who was 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.280 more dominant in the bedroom out of her and her partner. 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:44.560 Sky responded saying, ha ha, me, but only when he's 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:46.880 mad and says he doesn't want to have sex. Ain't 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.240 nobody telling me no? I won't take no for an 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:53.000 answer if I want sexy time. Now, these comments led 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:56.760 to heavy backlash online, so it's not surprising producers chose 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.240 to drop Sky. I'm a bit surprised, though, because I 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.000 thought that they would want to ride the controversy, and 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:05.560 Sky is always in the news for saying controversial things. 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:08.400 She would have gone into the house and offended people 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:10.160 and it would have got them a lot of attention. 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.960 So it really surprised me that they cut her. I 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:14.959 would have really liked to see her in the house, 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.200 to be honest. Although I would have loved to see 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.839 her on the show, I really respect the fact that 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.880 Big Brothers producers got rid of her because I think 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:26.760 that for so long many followers have been questioning why 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:29.960 she never receives any sort of backlash, or not backlash, 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:33.839 but any repercussions for her behavior, because there's just been 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:37.080 a string of stupid shit that she said, and the 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.560 brands don't seem to drop her. She seems to get 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:41.719 no punishment from it. So I think that this is 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.920 quite just and I think maybe it'll make her think 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.840 twice about making, you know, just chucking up a stupid 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:50.679 comment on Instagram that has the potential to hurt people 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:51.560 who are viewing it. 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:57.320 My name is jama Ja apastrophe. Mie weird name, I know, 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.760 but you'll get used to it. Yes, I come from 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.680 one of the most expensive private girls schools in the state, 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:05.640 but I am actually really cool. 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:09.200 Controversial Australian daddy blogger Brad Kerns has been called out 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:13.040 online by his stepmother. The drama began when Brad complained 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.240 his parents dressed him in big w clothes as a child. 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.920 The drama showcases the real life impact of influencers, over 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:24.000 sharing and the imbalance of power. Firstly, Sophie. For those 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:27.160 who don't know who are the Kerns family well, Brad 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:30.280 and Sarah Kerns attracted a following on social media when 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:34.120 Sarah was admitted to hospital shortly after her son Finn's birth. 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:34.680 Now. 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:37.600 While Sarah was in hospital, Brad began to share posts 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:41.160 detailing the difficulties of looking after their other two children, 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.560 Knox and Teddy, and taking on the role of mum. 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:47.520 Now that was the catalyst for Brad's Instagram account called 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:51.439 dad Mum, which has now attracted over ninety four thousand followers. 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:53.960 While his wife Sarah is an influencer in her own 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:57.520 right with over eighty one thousand followers. On Instagram now. 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.640 Before making it big on social media, the couple previously 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:03.800 worked as police officers on the central coast of New 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:07.600 South Wales. The couple are well known online injecting humor 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.440 into their posts and often joke about the reality of 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:14.079 living with a partner and complain about each other's little quirks. 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:18.600 Now Brad has divided opinions online. While some followers love him, 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:23.600 others criticized him for perpetuating stereotypical gender roles, especially when 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.600 it comes to household chores, and he was in hot 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:30.160 water recently after he shared a selfie on his Instagram 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.520 story doing laundry at a hotel. In the caption, he 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:37.160 told followers he became the chief laundry officer once per 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:40.120 year and asked whether he deserved beers for doing it. 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.560 A follower wrote in, saying once per year, no beers 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:47.559 earn and no hero. Stereotypical gender roles still in play 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:51.319 with the washing it seams now. Brad publicly responded, saying 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:54.600 I'm going to introduce a daily asshole leaderboard for this 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:58.520 crap from now on. Thanks for the passive, aggressive, incorrect, 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:02.760 ignorant and downright rude message, I said, Chief once per year, 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:06.440 not that I'd do it once per year. Now, Amy, 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:09.400 can you tell us about this latest controversy that has unfolded? 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:10.240 Yeah? 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:13.679 Well, the latest controversy erupted last week when bradshard a 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:17.720 post on the couple's dad Mum Facebook account discussing his childhood. 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:20.240 In the post, he claimed he doesn't have a birth 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:22.800 certificate and had to stop playing football when he was 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.240 younger because he needed one to register to be part 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:28.680 of the team. He also discussed going without as a child. 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:31.720 He wrote, I remember on mufty Days, which is known 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:35.079 as casual days elsewhere or carnivals, I choose to stay 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:35.880 home instead. 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:36.839 It was because I. 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:39.040 Didn't want to wear my big w clothes to school. 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:41.720 I was always self conscious of that stuff. I'd bleach 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.040 my own shirts and wash them daily because I hated 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.600 the thought of them being yellow. I repainted the same 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.440 BMX every year from twelve to seventeen, just so it 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:51.440 didn't look like the same one at the skate park. 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:54.240 I'd borrow my friend's sports gear or old boots because 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:56.280 I didn't really have my own. There are things from 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.200 childhood that are still so vivid. The things have followed 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:00.199 me into parenthood. 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:02.920 They do. You can't avoid it, no matter how silly 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:03.240 it is. 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:05.400 He then went on to say that he refused to 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:09.120 let his kids wear secondhand clothes, even if it's uniform spares. 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:10.960 He then finished off by saying. 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:12.440 I'm just a kid who wants to make sure his 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:15.800 kids never feel like he sometimes did. What has caused 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:19.440 so much attention is that his stepmom commented under the post, 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:23.320 claiming that his recollection of his childhood was untrue and 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.880 that she worked hard to provide the things that she 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.440 gave him. She then went on to make claims that 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:30.239 Brad was a rebellious teenager. 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:31.720 She also alleged that. 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.800 He had taken part in other behavior that for legal reasons, 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:37.760 we won't go into. I just think this whole saga 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:41.560 is a really good example of what happens when influencers overshare. 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.560 I mean, we all know that a big part. 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:47.080 Of being a successful influencer is being authentic and transparent, 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:51.280 and this pushes so many influencers to tell detailed stories 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:54.000 about their lives. But I think it's really important to 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:58.120 remember that these stories are coming from their own perspective, 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.240 and that is where this imbalance of power comes in 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:03.640 and It's really not for us to say whether or 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:06.160 not Brad's recollection of events are true, but it's clear 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:09.200 his family don't agree with the picture he is painting, 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.400 and it is evident there is an ongoing family rift 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:14.960 and it's sad to see this all playing out online. 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.880 I mean, Brad has opened up previously and said he 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:21.640 doesn't have a relationship with his extended family because they 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:24.400 don't talk to him, and I can only imagine how 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:28.000 upsetting it would be from his family's perspective having information 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:32.200 which they deem as untrue posted to Brad's large following. Yeah, 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:35.800 it just seems really unfair for influencers with large followings 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:38.880 to be able to share these private details that do 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:42.120 have implications for others. And it seems like it gets 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:44.440 to a point where families want to set the record 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:47.120 straight and the only way that they can do this 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:49.800 is by talking publicly on social media. 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:51.320 And I think that we are going to. 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:54.480 Begin to see more and more instances like this where 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.680 influencers families try to set the record straight or have 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:00.720 their say on the matter. I do remember last year 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.240 we saw Georgia Love's stepmom come out and write some 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:06.600 pretty public comments about Georgia's so I agree. So if 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.520 I think we are going to see more and more 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.520 of this play out online, I think the really tricky 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.520 part is that a lot of these family members don't 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:17.640 have large social media platforms themselves, so they don't have 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:21.480 the same reach that their famous family members do. Therefore, 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.160 I can sort of see why if you're a disgruntled 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:27.440 family member, you might feel tempted to go and comment 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.480 on the influencer in questions posts because that's where a 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:34.120 lot of their engaged audience are. However, in most instances, 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:38.400 influencers will quickly moderate the comments, but these days people 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:41.640 are so quick to screenshot and share the comments on 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:45.680 influencer forums, so quite often these messages do actually cut 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.120 through to the mainstream. The thing is one of the 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:52.080 only options family members have to silence their influencer family 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:54.440 members or to put their side of the story out. 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:58.240 There is also suing for defamation to set the records straight, 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:01.440 and we all know just how expensive legal dramas like 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:04.320 that are, so I can see why people are resorting 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:06.120 to clearing their name online. 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:06.840 That's the thing. 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:09.840 This isn't really a new thing. For years, celebrities have 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:12.960 had family dramas, and before everyone had a rite of 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:16.119 reply on social media, it was quite common for celebrities 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:19.560 family members to come out and write memoirs of their 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.560 famous family members' lives, and recently we did see it 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:26.160 with Britney Spears's sister Jamie Lynn. That's right, and I mean, 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:29.480 this whole thing got me thinking about how much influencers 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:33.199 put into creating their online personas, because you hear a 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:37.000 lot of discussions about how influencers appear larger than life 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:40.639 on their stories, when in actual fact they're introverts. And 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:44.320 there's obviously a recipe to becoming a successful influencer, and 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.280 clearly a big part of that is building a strong 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:51.000 parasocial relationship with your followers, and one big way to 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.560 do this is of course sharing personal details about their lives, 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:57.600 which makes their audience feel connected. And I think the 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:01.520 more personal experiences better in a lot of cases, so 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:04.600 things that other people can relate to. And I do agree, 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:08.040 I really think that influencers can benefit from projecting a 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:11.560 rags to riches's story, So it's easy for audiences to 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:15.080 turn on influences once their lives start looking different from 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:19.240 their own, and we often do see this underdog influencer 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:21.919 getting all the love when they first start out. However, 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:24.679 once they make it and start earning the big bucks 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:28.560 and moving into mansions, audiences suddenly begin to get jealous 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:31.240 and no longer relate to their lives. So once certain 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.720 influencers do make it big, I think that they do 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:37.400 benefit from trying to portray their previous lives as relatable 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:41.680 or misfortune, so there is still that element of relatability. Yeah, 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:45.560 I agree, now, Sophie, I know you took great offense 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:48.400 to Brad backing out vic W clothes, because I haven't 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:50.360 heard you stop going on about it. I just thought 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:53.840 this was a really bizarre element to the story, particularly 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:58.359 because a lot of parent bloggers and mummy bloggers their 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:02.320 staple is working with bread like Big W. Target came 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:05.119 up those sort of brands that a lot of families 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:08.479 can afford, and personally for us, Big W was a 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:11.919 staple in our wardrobe when we were going through primary school, 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:15.520