tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post8139045641679541898..comments2024-01-15T12:17:49.418+02:00Comments on Midlife Singlemum: Sleeping At Heathrow, Her Handbag, & His PR StuntRachel Selbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-16384172062207179132015-10-15T23:32:51.117+03:002015-10-15T23:32:51.117+03:00Reading this again I see I forgot to mention that ...Reading this again I see I forgot to mention that the DM photographer who pohotgraphed them looking forlorn in Heathrow is also creditted for the photo of them at a party presumably over a year ago when they first became homeless. Fishy eh?Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-42007590267979102562015-02-25T08:24:26.228+02:002015-02-25T08:24:26.228+02:00No updates. The story has disappeared for now. The...No updates. The story has disappeared for now. There will be a followup one day but it may not be for months or years even. Eventually one of them will do something, be recognised, and it will be in the news again. Be patient. ;)Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-41658628414073953882015-02-25T01:00:10.971+02:002015-02-25T01:00:10.971+02:00Any updates? I want to know why loose women cancel...Any updates? I want to know why loose women cancelled their appearanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-57283783770439260622015-02-22T00:07:15.286+02:002015-02-22T00:07:15.286+02:00Interesting. I hope they are indeed the same A &am...Interesting. I hope they are indeed the same A & K or they'll be pretty upset. On the other hand, if they are not it's about time they came forward and showed everyone how they are completely different people. Not going to happen methinks. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-91381710052163913212015-02-21T23:19:03.038+02:002015-02-21T23:19:03.038+02:00There was a new question on the trip advisor site
...There was a new question on the trip advisor site<br /><br />“If someone smokes in their room and it results in your B&B burning to the ground. Do you have any provision for that? Would it feel like being homeless? Would you go and live at Heathrow and sell a story to the Daily Mail about it? Would that be a good idea for you? What would you do if that happens to you, will you be entirely happy about it and how would you fare. Does it seem entirely unlikely to happen to you? Nice work Katrina and Alan, very smug of you doing what you want and thinking nobody knows the difference, until someone else comes along that will not tolerate you and your ideas and what you are about.”<br /><br />does this person know more?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-61068081807959905682015-02-20T22:48:11.927+02:002015-02-20T22:48:11.927+02:00There has to be a follow up at some point. Maybe t...There has to be a follow up at some point. Maybe there is a criminal investigation going on so they can't write about it yet. It will come one day - has to. As soon as either of them try to do anything in the UK, move on in any way, they will be recognised and it'll all be in the papers again. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-13319687069315345412015-02-20T22:46:38.328+02:002015-02-20T22:46:38.328+02:00I bet they've scarpered back to Canada.I bet they've scarpered back to Canada. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-1717517469986994712015-02-20T22:26:47.816+02:002015-02-20T22:26:47.816+02:00So the go fund me has closed. Did they receive the...So the go fund me has closed. Did they receive the donations? If so they should release a statement to say thank you.<br /><br />I have seen the eve101 comments on DM and i have also seen comments on a mumsnet that are by a eve. This time saying she is a close friend of the b&b owners.<br /><br />I think they are the same eve and i dont think they are being honest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-43475096467978847672015-02-18T03:30:59.484+02:002015-02-18T03:30:59.484+02:00It seems really suspicious to me that the TV appea...It seems really suspicious to me that the TV appearance was pulled and that the DM has not done a follow up story on the couple - the gofundme page has gone - none of their friends or family have come forward to vouch for them and they seem to have vanished off the face of the earth - if it was me i would be doing all i could to prove my innocents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-26713938143954136792015-02-16T23:59:55.274+02:002015-02-16T23:59:55.274+02:00LOL, yes I should have been a professional nosey-p...LOL, yes I should have been a professional nosey-parker. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-48249465730839065502015-02-16T23:57:33.505+02:002015-02-16T23:57:33.505+02:00Brilliant spelling out and deduction! You've m...Brilliant spelling out and deduction! You've missed your calling ;) Will keep an eye out for the follow up stuff now :)Older Single Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752771952921898184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-27520396049701440802015-02-13T16:56:55.961+02:002015-02-13T16:56:55.961+02:00Thanks for the link. I am honoured to be part of y...Thanks for the link. I am honoured to be part of your news round up post. xxRachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-83689630307829339742015-02-12T15:24:22.384+02:002015-02-12T15:24:22.384+02:00It's taken me a few days but I have JUST come ...It's taken me a few days but I have JUST come back to read it and have linked from a post I just wrote. But now that I HAVE read it, I should include a paragraph in my post but I am starving marvin. This story IS fascinating though and it'd passed me by until you wrote about it xxNew Mum Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285584922202683960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-10568530540946566442015-02-10T15:25:11.535+02:002015-02-10T15:25:11.535+02:00Yes, I'm also waiting for the follow up. I wan...Yes, I'm also waiting for the follow up. I want to see this other Alan and Katrina who supposedly run the Heathrow Cottages B&B. I want to hear from the B&B they actually stay in about how they let them use the washing machine as they are such regular customers. I want to hear character references from their erstwhile friends who between them couldn't lend a few hundred pounds for a rental deposit. So much not said. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-41291176622453962372015-02-10T15:22:36.917+02:002015-02-10T15:22:36.917+02:00A friend of mine who is a social worker onece told...A friend of mine who is a social worker onece told me about having to find accommodation for a 22yo who had nowhere to sleep. She said, can you imagine being 22 and not having one friend or relative you could ask if you could sleep on their sofa for a few nights? I couldn't imagine it but there are some genuine people like this. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-11565875982670313602015-02-10T15:20:06.423+02:002015-02-10T15:20:06.423+02:00One problem is that DM never tell the full story a...One problem is that DM never tell the full story about anything. Whatever I read there, I'm always left with questions, and obvious questions at that. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-30340480533945084672015-02-10T15:01:29.833+02:002015-02-10T15:01:29.833+02:00This is a very strange story indeed!!
Very suspici...This is a very strange story indeed!!<br />Very suspicious too. Why don't the Daily Mail prove their story? Or admit they've been had?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-3048312336117699782015-02-10T11:35:33.373+02:002015-02-10T11:35:33.373+02:00I have heard nothing about this story but really e...I have heard nothing about this story but really enjoyed reading your synopsis. Sounds like a series of really bad mistakes for business people to make, then again business people do, and have, made seriously bad mistakes, all the time. Hard to feel sorry for them..... and there's ALWAYS a back story to the stories printed in newspapers. Always.<br /><br />I feel bad reading the stories in Ireland about families living in their cars as they have been made homeless due to rising rents and lack of rental properties. When the first story broke I just couldn't join in with the 'how awful this is' because I felt there had to be a back story that no-one was revealing. I was proved right. (why on earth would you choose to force your 3 children to live in your car when you have family members to turn to???)<br /><br />it must be true what they say.... never believe what you read in the newspapers. Well, not completely anyway! xx<br />jazzygalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069218745940412457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-49894673348119377492015-02-10T11:16:55.647+02:002015-02-10T11:16:55.647+02:00It all seemed a bit odd to me too, although I didn...It all seemed a bit odd to me too, although I didn't analyse it very much, just an instinct that something was 'off' with this story.Jeanhttp://www.notsupermum.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-7140334056544785562015-02-10T07:41:18.830+02:002015-02-10T07:41:18.830+02:00See my comment above. Where are these innocents wh...See my comment above. Where are these innocents who have gained so much publicity and would presumable want people to now they are not the same couple? Why didn't the DM report this in their article? How does the commenter know? Too much missing information imo. <br />Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-88206286633300760412015-02-10T07:38:43.468+02:002015-02-10T07:38:43.468+02:00I'm hope they do a follow up and not let it qu...I'm hope they do a follow up and not let it quietly disappear. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-78178662712955544672015-02-10T07:37:49.192+02:002015-02-10T07:37:49.192+02:00I'd expect to see a photo of the other Alan an...I'd expect to see a photo of the other Alan and Katrina with a short interview. They've got loads of free publicity from this story if it's the case. I'm keeping an open mind but veering toward sceptical on this. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-10953035235151204852015-02-10T00:56:35.597+02:002015-02-10T00:56:35.597+02:00According to Eve from the DM page of comments, a j...According to Eve from the DM page of comments, a journalist from the DM visited the B&B to ascertain whether the Alain and Katrina who worked there were the same homeless people as seen in the DM's photos. Apparently they did not resemble them. I don't know whether to believe this story or not.Liza from Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436652162787783154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-16585740377717921432015-02-10T00:53:27.305+02:002015-02-10T00:53:27.305+02:00According to Eve on the comments page of the DM, o...According to Eve on the comments page of the DM, one of DM's journalists visited the B&B to ascertain whether the Alan and Katrina were the same people as those in the photo. Apparently they weren't. I'm not sure whether to believe this or not.Liza from Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436652162787783154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-71679142693288522532015-02-09T23:49:52.731+02:002015-02-09T23:49:52.731+02:00According to the Daily Mail comments, the author o...According to the Daily Mail comments, the author of their article visited Heathrow Cottages and interviewed the owners who although called Alan and Katrina did not resemble the people in the photos. This is the comment:<br /><br />"Eve101, London, United Kingdom, 33 minutes ago<br />Correct. They do run the B&B. but they are not called LANE and SMITH never were so clearly nothing to do with this story. Again if Lucy Osborne did her job properly she would have reported it that she visited the B&B spoke to Katrina who,looks nothing like Katrina Smith and is more than 20 years younger. Not a story than, is it?"<br /><br /><br />Liz from Francenoreply@blogger.com