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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 13
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    Guys...... if you want to knw thr truth about me just ask!
    there was 3 weeks of filming and the edit did not do me justice.....
    I am really happy to answer your questions and let you know what one is talked into doing for TV....... My business I am happy to say is thriving .... Mikey was right what he said
    Hear it from the horses mouth and perhaps you can then talk fabout me from a place of knowledge not ignorance....
    My client base of celebrities has doubled since the show.....



    PERSONAL SERVICES REQUIRED -channel 4

    The key to genius pr is to know how to play the game and get people talking about you - Suzi Alexson just played her ace card! Not on a small scale, but on a 1.7 million people scale! Love her or hate her, like Marmite Suzi will not be forgotten following her explosive appearance in Channel 4's Prime Time offering ' Personal Services ' last Wednesday night at 9.0 pm. Since airing Suzi has been bombarded with prospective clients to the point that her now flourishing team of executives and PA's are overloaded, with a further repeat this Sunday night at 8.0 pm.

    Her phrase " Don't you know who I am " has been quoted around the UK and regardless of the manner in which it may be said, just like Chico, Suzi knows ' What time it is! "

    " How many people can get away with saying ' darling, are you aware of who I am and what I have done in my life ' on Channel 4 prime time? Suzi Alexson can. With clients from A list celebs to major charities or top London venues all fighting for her PR services, this lady HAS seen and done it all - and she's only hungry for more! An inspiration " JOHN GOUGH, View London.co.uk.

    Suzi Alexson has an outstanding celebrity client base with an unrivalled reputation for delivering creative and unrelenting public relations with an energy people usually require a drug dealer on speed dial to achieve.
    We are all human and Suzi wears her heart on her sleeve, what you see is what you get, Suzi has got the lot! Her inspirational story would not leave a dry eye in the house but her extraordinary courage and strength to ' not be beaten ' , rise above adversity and never, NEVER be a victim is testimony to her extensive client and celebrity fans.....yes, including Max Clifford!
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    CillaBlack wrote: »
    HELLLOOOO! HELLOOOOH! Has no one noticed! WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE "WORLD CLASS PR" IN OUR PRESENCE!!!! Careers at the ready people, this could be your only opportunity to come into contact with someone who has spoken to Max Clifford. Although that in itself is in doubt.....

    It was noticed but thought not worth acknowledging as it only amounts to a PR release, and was not a comment on the programme or response to any of the posts here.

    Her second post informs us that she has now doubled her celebrity client list. It must be up to 2 then.
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    jrio wrote: »
    It was noticed but thought not worth acknowledging as it only amounts to a PR release, and was not a comment on the programme or response to any of the posts here.

    Her second post informs us that she has now doubled her celebrity client list. It must be up to 2 then.

    Yep me too, that's why I made reference to the 1.7 million viewers remark.

    Alexson, if that is you, if you are this genius, how on earth can you think a tall pale-skinned long-curly haired lad looked like a tanned-Cuban with short hair? :confused: You must be in a state whenever you walk outside. That energy bloke you pay for as well has as much use as a NPower coldcaller.
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    myss wrote: »
    Yep me too, that's why I made reference to the 1.7 million viewers remark.

    Alexson, if that is you, if you are this genius, how on earth can you think a tall pale-skinned long-curly haired lad looked like a tanned-Cuban with short hair? :confused: You must be in a state whenever you walk outside. That energy bloke you pay for as well has as much use as a NPower coldcaller.

    No doubt that forms part of what she was "talked into to do for television". As for "talking from a place of... ignorance", it's nice to know she's lost none of her charm. It's not surprising she supposed this thread was another platform for her to mount and be given attention.
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    angelafisherangelafisher Posts: 4,150
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    I'd worry about a press release given by Miss Alexson if the standard of grammar in the above thread is anything to go by. I've only got an 'O' Level in English but even I know where to put commas and apostraphes!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 13
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    Oscar Wild
    "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about"

    I have to say you guys are amusing me so much talking about me!
    I notice none of you have asked me questions to find out about thr real me and the success of my business.
    If you were clever enough to realise that one does 3 weeks of filming then you are in the hands of the edit......
    I am doing so well with my high calibre of clients that the head of entertainment at the Grosvenor hotel on Park lane London is throwing a huge cocktail party with me.....
    Should any of you like to see and know the real Suzi Alexson and the entire Team Alexson and clients...... please message me and I will invite you ..... it is of course all complimnetary food and drinks and full of celebrities and the entertainment industry. It is my guess that most of you will not respond to this invite as you prefer to hide behind false names and a computer. There is a challenge for you all ..... i look forward to hearing from you and also of course to make sure you are the right type of person to attend.
    Thank you all for your interest in me
    Suzi x
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    No, darling, we know who you are, don't want to know what you've done, and find you a colossal bore. Your ego seems to be wider than the Amazon, and your specialist subject appears to talking about yourself, and your amazing life and talent. I do find that seeing yourself as having coffee with Simon Cowell, whilst Max Clifford is on speed-dial, as the apothecary of success is rather pitiful. As was said on the show, you are the "Big I am".

    Most of us do understand the realities behind making tv programmes, but think that no excuse in finding pride in a hideously embarrassing television performance. A very few times publicity really isn't better than none, as you have proved.

    Thanks for the invitation but I suspect there will be little room at this party for any forumers with your massive ego rampant. The challenge is too high, the people really not the right sort! Contrary to your claims, I expect plenty of people have said 'no' to Suzi Alexson in the past. You were just so self-absorbed you chose to talk over them.

    And darling, Wilde's spelt like that. You really must drastically improve your spelling and punctuation which would bring shame on a primary school pupil.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 13
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    Oh Dear! you really can't handle successful people can you? There will actually be 300 people there....... and even more at the Robin Gibb event I have just got him to agree to do.... you really have no idea about the people I represent and I am extremely proud of what I have achieved for my children and I .... especially after the great trauma I have been through...... I come across people like you all the time, they just don't know how to handle people who are proud and successful..... its usually the british who are like this...... and quite frankly i feel sorry for you that you have to boost your blatantly low self esteem by downing others.... i applaud you for your determination and I AM HAPPY I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE YOURSELF FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.
    Everything around you is a reflection of yourself........ and I am proud of what I reflect!
    I went to school at Queens College in Harley Street W1 and suffer from dyslexia and they helped me a tremendous amount..... I am not totally cured quite blatantly and am happy to say I have a proof reader for all my press released..... you see how terrible you are judging someone without knowing them...... the height of bad manners... I wish you well and remember be true to your heart and your heart will always be true to you...... I would be intrigued to know what you do for a living.......
    I have been advised by my Lawyer not to write on here any more so i wish you all well and please email me if you want to know the real reasons I blow my own trumpet and am proud of it !!!! my email address is suzi@alexsonpr.com
    Thanks again
    Suzi
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    Connie BeachampConnie Beachamp Posts: 1,810
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    alexson wrote: »
    Oh Dear! you really can't handle successful people can you? There will actually be 300 people there....... and even more at the Robin Gibb event I have just got him to agree to do.... you really have no idea about the people I represent and I am extremely proud of what I have achieved for my children and I .... especially after the great trauma I have been through...... I come across people like you all the time, they just don't know how to handle people who are proud and successful..... its usually the british who are like this...... and quite frankly i feel sorry for you that you have to boost your blatantly low self esteem by downing others.... i applaud you for your determination and I AM HAPPY I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE YOURSELF FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.
    Everything around you is a reflection of yourself........ and I am proud of what I reflect!
    I went to school at Queens College in Harley Street W1 and suffer from dyslexia and they helped me a tremendous amount..... I am not totally cured quite blatantly and am happy to say I have a proof reader for all my press released..... you see how terrible you are judging someone without knowing them...... the height of bad manners... I wish you well and remember be true to your heart and your heart will always be true to you...... I would be intrigued to know what you do for a living.......
    I have been advised by my Lawyer not to write on here any more so i wish you all well and please email me if you want to know the real reasons I blow my own trumpet and am proud of it !!!! my email address is suzi@alexsonpr.com
    Thanks again
    Suzi


    if you are a great asset to PR , then an STD is a great asset in a cat house, you cannot even lie with consistence, your web blog is almost as exciting to read as a death certificate, and if this is really you then god forbid we would be jealous of some dumbass who could not see she was being taken for a ride by some jamacian rent boy who married you for a british passport,:eek::mad::D

    sorry forgot to add you look like jodie marsh's twin,
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    Waza04Waza04 Posts: 226
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    "Alexson PR" doesn't even appear to be a registered company according to companies house? I fail to believe high profile clients would do business with one-man-band sole traders; especially those unfamiliar with the term "NDA", how emabarrasing esp. in an industry which demands trust and privacy :)

    Welcome Walter Mitty.

    ...although this being said the other Walter Mitty, Peter Rosenfeld, wasn't a great example either.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 13
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    and the comments get funnier and funnier......
    my family and i are having such a laugh at you guys... its hysterical.... stop writing about me that is what the makers of my new show want....... you r all doing me huge favours I am loving it!!!!!:);):D
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    Waza04Waza04 Posts: 226
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    alexson wrote: »
    my family and i are having such a laugh at you guys

    I wouldn't be, DigitalSpy is going to outrank and top any internet searches for your company name; good luck.

    Heres a good example:

    Liam Young
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 13
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    The key to genius pr is to know how to play the game and get people talking about you - Suzi Alexson just played her ace card! Not on a small scale, but on a 1.7 million people scale! Love her or hate her, like Marmite Suzi will not be forgotten following her explosive appearance in Channel 4's Prime Time offering ' Personal Services ' last Wednesday night at 9.0 pm. Since airing Suzi has been bombarded with prospective clients to the point that her now flourishing team of executives and PA's are overloaded, with a further repeat this Sunday night at 8.0 pm.

    Her phrase " Don't you know who I am " has been quoted around the UK and regardless of the manner in which it may be said, just like Chico, Suzi knows ' What time it is! "

    " How many people can get away with saying ' darling, are you aware of who I am and what I have done in my life ' on Channel 4 prime time? Suzi Alexson can. With clients from A list celebs to major charities or top London venues all fighting for her PR services, this lady HAS seen and done it all - and she's only hungry for more! An inspiration " JOHN GOUGH, View London.co.uk.

    Suzi Alexson has an outstanding celebrity client base with an unrivalled reputation for delivering creative and unrelenting public relations with an energy people usually require a drug dealer on speed dial to achieve.
    We are all human and Suzi wears her heart on her sleeve, what you see is what you get, Suzi has got the lot! Her inspirational story would not leave a dry eye in the house but her extraordinary courage and strength to ' not be beaten ' , rise above adversity and never, NEVER be a victim is testimony to her extensive client and celebrity fans.....yes, including Max Clifford!
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    alexson wrote: »
    Oh Dear! you really can't handle successful people can you? There will actually be 300 people there....... and even more at the Robin Gibb event I have just got him to agree to do.... you really have no idea about the people I represent and I am extremely proud of what I have achieved for my children and I .... especially after the great trauma I have been through...... I come across people like you all the time, they just don't know how to handle people who are proud and successful..... its usually the british who are like this...... and quite frankly i feel sorry for you that you have to boost your blatantly low self esteem by downing others.... i applaud you for your determination and I AM HAPPY I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE YOURSELF FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.
    Everything around you is a reflection of yourself........ and I am proud of what I reflect!
    I went to school at Queens College in Harley Street W1 and suffer from dyslexia and they helped me a tremendous amount..... I am not totally cured quite blatantly and am happy to say I have a proof reader for all my press released..... you see how terrible you are judging someone without knowing them...... the height of bad manners... I wish you well and remember be true to your heart and your heart will always be true to you...... I would be intrigued to know what you do for a living.......
    I have been advised by my Lawyer not to write on here any more so i wish you all well and please email me if you want to know the real reasons I blow my own trumpet and am proud of it !!!! my email address is suzi@alexsonpr.com
    Thanks again
    Suzi

    Thanks, Suzi. I know you must have had a traumatic life. You certainly communicated a great deal of trauma to me in your tv appearance. A bit surprised you didn't mention your dyslexia on the show because it would have very relevant, and something a prospective PA would need to be aware of. However, I do find that, on receiving criticism in forums, the respondent suddenly remembers they have dyslexia, Asperger's Syndrome, multiple-personality disorder etc, and immediately requires sympathy. It really is quite shocking the number of times that occurs, and I can only reason that a large proportion of them are also suffering from Alzheimer's.

    Don't feel sorry for me, Suzi. I don't deserve it. Next to your bonfire of vanities, I burn so very, very lightly. Like many in Britain, I'm bitter and twisted with envy for the achievements of successful entrepreneurs like yourself. I wish I could change but I feel it's too late. I expect you do an awful lot of work for charity but don't want to talk about it. Good for you!

    Tonight you've made someone with blatantly low self-esteem feel like the king of the world. Another great deed from the House of Alexson! Is there no end to her wonderment? You're so giving and humble, I just pray that this hasn't greatly drained your illumination, truly a shining light to us all!

    Your "lawyer" has given you worthy advice. Thank God you didn't confide with your "energy guru"! Now, he really was an imbecile. :D
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    Waza04Waza04 Posts: 226
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    ...and here she goes again quoting that awful spin, which the admins have already warned her for.

    Its sad really, bless.
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    alexson wrote: »
    and the comments get funnier and funnier......
    my family and i are having such a laugh at you guys... its hysterical.... stop writing about me that is what the makers of my new show want....... you r all doing me huge favours I am loving it!!!!!:);):D

    Careful, Suze. I really don't think you should be ignoring the sound advice of your "lawyer". That surely is the rocky road to ruin. Probably safe to ignore the "energy guru" but remember, lawyering is a serious profession - you have to go to Law School for a start. I'm sure your head says it's right, but your ego says 'More, more, more!" I've little doubt the ego wins every time.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 13
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    there is nobody on this site that can undo the incredible reputation I have in PR and Events from the last 15 years....... i am sure you all know actions speak louder than words! and my work over the years says it all and everybody i work with thinks you guys are hysterical
    Thank you again
    this really has to be my last post if I can resist repondijng to your madness!!!!
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    Connie BeachampConnie Beachamp Posts: 1,810
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    alexson wrote: »
    there is nobody on this site that can undo the incredible reputation I have in PR and Events from the last 15 years....... i am sure you all know actions speak louder than words! and my work over the years says it all and everybody i work with thinks you guys are hysterical
    Thank you again
    this really has to be my last post if I can resist repondijng to your madness!!!!

    i will find out exactly what kind of deluded fantasist you are tomorrow, i know Martine Mc's cousin very well so first thing i intend to do is to phone her and ask her to ask Martine if she know's you and if you ever done a bit of catering at any of her birthday parties and then i shall post the reply on here, so lets see if your bullshit is any good
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    alexson wrote: »
    there is nobody on this site that can undo the incredible reputation I have in PR and Events from the last 15 years....... i am sure you all know actions speak louder than words! and my work over the years says it all and everybody i work with thinks you guys are hysterical
    Thank you again
    this really has to be my last post if I can resist repondijng to your madness!!!!

    You know you can't resist, Suze. Your ego needs the attention and you know what an incredible record you have, even if no one else is willing to recognise it.

    BTW, what happened to your lawyer? Did you sack him? Or have you forgotten him? Told you, awful lot of Alzheimer's appears when there's criticism to be found.

    Suzi, I do have one question for you, a serious one. That energy guru. I did immediately think he was fake, very much a facsimile of Jennifer Saunders's absurdities in Ab Fab. I presume that this was one of the demands you had to agree to. Don't worry, it's only me and you here, so it won't get out.
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    alexson wrote: »
    Oh Dear! you really can't handle successful people can you? There will actually be 300 people there....... and even more at the Robin Gibb event I have just got him to agree to do.... you really have no idea about the people I represent and I am extremely proud of what I have achieved for my children and I .... especially after the great trauma I have been through...... I come across people like you all the time, they just don't know how to handle people who are proud and successful..... its usually the british who are like this...... and quite frankly i feel sorry for you that you have to boost your blatantly low self esteem by downing others.... i applaud you for your determination and I AM HAPPY I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE YOURSELF FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.
    Everything around you is a reflection of yourself........ and I am proud of what I reflect!
    I went to school at Queens College in Harley Street W1 and suffer from dyslexia and they helped me a tremendous amount..... I am not totally cured quite blatantly and am happy to say I have a proof reader for all my press released..... you see how terrible you are judging someone without knowing them...... the height of bad manners... I wish you well and remember be true to your heart and your heart will always be true to you...... I would be intrigued to know what you do for a living.......
    I have been advised by my Lawyer not to write on here any more so i wish you all well and please email me if you want to know the real reasons I blow my own trumpet and am proud of it !!!! my email address is suzi@alexsonpr.com
    Thanks again
    Suzi
    I have been invited, in my past capacity as a Director of a charity, to exclusive previews of major art exhibitions, private events in the House of Lords and Lambeth Palace, a reception at Kensington Palace hosted by a member of the Royal Family who was also a patron, been wined and dined by the Queen's Solicitors and in in the private dining rooms of major investment bankers in the City, as well as receiving a personal invitation to spend the day at Ascot as the guest of the Members Committee with a champagne lunch and a cream tea. All great fun, especially walking around inside the winners enclosure and getting betting tips from a billionaire race horse owner at Ascot and going down the helter-skelter in Tate Modern in a cocktail dress. I am under no illusions. I was only invited because of my role. I enjoyed it all the more so because I was usually able to bring along friends or colleagues when I was entitled to. Having experienced such hospitality from the great and the good, I have no particular desire to go to the Grosvenor Park Hotel for a PR event, the more so since I have been there several times in the past. Thank-you for your kind invitation but I am afraid I must decline as I shall be washing my hair that evening.:p:D
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    just couldn't resist if you knew the Grosvenor you would know its proper name and it certainly is not what you have called it !!!!
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    Sinceer...It is the Grosvenor House, not Grosvenor Park!!!!!! Darling I have been to more high profile events around the world than you could of dreamt of and usually know the names of the venus that host them........ my lawyer won't be happy me responding to this but I thought that was hysterical and Connie Beachamp please ask \martine as we did her party at the mayfair club me and Miss Dee as well as launching her song "this is my perfect mment at Cafe de Paris with Marie Helane and Gillian....... why I am dignifying this tosh with answers i don@t know but fom bad always come good.....and for waza04 Alexson PR is a sole trader as advised'by my account for your info Alexson PR was born whist the filming took place.......
    Surely you all agree it is impossible to pass judgement with out the knowledge I find it incredible..... i presume none of you understand how PR, a publicist and the world of entertainment works..... i agree with you that it was car crash TV and nothing but a pantomime and in future I suggest you educate your selves before you pass judgement.
    Yiu will see the whole story in the Mail on Sunday this the fee is being donated to the charity Against Breast Cancer..... my mother passed away from breast cancer at the age of 53 and Againsr breast Cancer are working on a vaccine that can be avaiavle in 5 to 10 years for all pre puberty girls to have.... I suggest you all take the time you waste insulting people here and do something for Against Breast Cancer,,,, you will find it much more rewarding.... i really have to stop now has I have an incredibly busy day tomorrow doing my job that I love. I wish you well yet again I urge you to put your energy into something positive you can make a change helping irradicate breast cancer..... go yo www.againstbreastcancer.org.uk suzi x
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    alexson wrote: »
    Sinceer...It is the Grosvenor House, not Grosvenor Park!!!!!! Darling I have been to more high profile events around the world than you could of dreamt of and usually know the names of the venus that host them........ my lawyer won't be happy me responding to this but I thought that was hysterical and Connie Beachamp please ask \martine as we did her party at the mayfair club me and Miss Dee as well as launching her song "this is my perfect mment at Cafe de Paris with Marie Helane and Gillian....... why I am dignifying this tosh with answers i don@t know but fom bad always come good.....and for waza04 Alexson PR is a sole trader as advised'by my account for your info Alexson PR was born whist the filming took place.......
    Surely you all agree it is impossible to pass judgement with out the knowledge I find it incredible..... i presume none of you understand how PR, a publicist and the world of entertainment works..... i agree with you that it was car crash TV and nothing but a pantomime and in future I suggest you educate your selves before you pass judgement.
    Yiu will see the whole story in the Mail on Sunday this the fee is being donated to the charity Against Breast Cancer..... my mother passed away from breast cancer at the age of 53 and Againsr breast Cancer are working on a vaccine that can be avaiavle in 5 to 10 years for all pre puberty girls to have.... I suggest you all take the time you waste insulting people here and do something for Against Breast Cancer,,,, you will find it much more rewarding.... i really have to stop now has I have an incredibly busy day tomorrow doing my job that I love. I wish you well yet again I urge you to put your energy into something positive you can make a change helping irradicate breast cancer..... go yo www.againstbreastcancer.org.uk suzi x

    Oh, Suzi, bless you! No one replied and you still couldn't resist posting again! You've risked making your lawyer unhappy purely to educate the ignorant . Bless you again, darling! The tragedy you've had, the trauma you've been through, yet you're still so giving. The charity work. I know you didn't want to mention that, but you were forced into it.

    I do thank you ever so much for your wise words of advice. You, with your fulfilling career and selfless work, but suffering people here passing judgment without the full facts. Infuriating! Darling, on your behalf it makes me absolutely enraged! Ab-so-lute-ly!

    Darling, will you accept my apology on behalf of the whole forum for the complete lack of respect and admiration shown to you? Please don't say no, I feel you're a woman who is not only used to not hearing no, but also never issuing negativity. Good luck tomorrow. I hope you are fully energised for the demanding day ahead. Tomorrow I will submit my energies into getting these wastrels to produce something positive, even if it's only a sentence, a word, a symbol even(probably the + sign). Think of me babe. You can see that SinSeer will be hard work!

    Jrio X
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    What a big fat joke, she asks for questions and don't answer them. This 'lawyer' (you know she meant that 'energy therapist' fart) should have advised her not to do the show. She must be thinking she's still on it - her posts are like a car crash in slow motion, just like the tv appearance.

    Valid point by jrio
    No, darling, we know who you are, don't want to know what you've done, and find you a colossal bore. Your ego seems to be wider than the Amazon, and your specialist subject appears to talking about yourself, and your amazing life and talent. I do find that seeing yourself as having coffee with Simon Cowell, whilst Max Clifford is on speed-dial, as the apothecary of success is rather pitiful. As was said on the show, you are the "Big I am".

    Most of us do understand the realities behind making tv programmes, but think that no excuse in finding pride in a hideously embarrassing television performance. A very few times publicity really isn't better than none, as you have proved.

    which I agree and answers points raised. If Harley Street and Dyslexia is part of her life, it makes me wonder why it wasn't mentioned or why isn't she doing as much charity work for either of them than for issues which has not affected her? I'll await with bated breath another Suzi Excusi-Me reason..... ;)
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    I've read the vilification of Suze here on the forum -- and have cringed a bit. Suze has tried to convert y'all into Friends of Suze, but hasn't made much progress. She hasn't helped her cause by overlooking the spell check facility on this forum, or in a Google toolbar.

    I have sympathy for Suze. My wife, Marjorie, and I also participated in this RDF programme, and our chance to cringe comes tomorrow night --- when the housekeeper episode is broadcast. It hasn't been shown yet and the Guardian has already called me "a blobby silver-haired American who seems to spend all his time slumped in front of a monitor doing tedious dog spa admin." I suppose that's an accurate description.

    Marjorie and I haven't seen the programme yet. RDF unusually offered us a pre-screening (for reasons I won't go into here) --- but Marjorie and I thought it would be like opening a birthday card several months before your birthday. So we will be cringing in front of our television set tomorrow, hoping that the other family --- whom we never met --- are "a lot worse still."

    Having not seen the programme, I can't blame bad editing. (But reserve my right to do so later.) But, heck, Marjorie and I knew we were making a television programme and not a training video about the recruitment of housekeepers. We knew that RDF would make the programme as entertaining as possible --- and lots of footage of floor mopping and toilet scrubbing wasn't going to earn them any BAFTA nominations.

    Unlike Suze, we don't have a PR business to promote. Our luxury dog hotel is a retirement business --- being small it's often fully booked. I don't do much these days because of a disability, so do spend time "slumped in front of a monitor." Come to think of it, I'm doing that right now.

    We participated in the programme, after almost a year of discussions with RDF, because they promised to bring exceptional resources to the process of locating a good housekeeper for us. RDF said they'd work with recruitment agencies, run advertisements, and do a lot of pre-screening. I won't give away any secrets, but anyone who watched the episode last week will see that RDF tended to select folks who were entertaining to watch --- and not necessarily the best candidates for the job.

    The whole process was artificial. We weren't allowed to see CV's beforehand. We were asked to set visual "tasks" for the candidates. We were followed for two weeks by a crew of five, and we all had to do many things three and four times over. When I was filmed typing the recruitment ad ("slumped") the process took 15 minutes. They filmed over my shoulder, close-ups of my hands, even from outside through the window of my den.

    Marjorie took a photo of the RDF crew filming her in the garden. Folks who have participated in reality television always say that they somehow "forget" the camera is there. Looking at Marjorie's photo you'll see they're pretty difficult to "forget."

    RDF folks opened doors to let our dogs scamper over newly-mopped kitchen floors: that just doesn't happen here in real life. And it's Marjorie who cooks breakfast for the dogs each day, not the "slave." Doggie breakfasts are served in stainless steel bowls (run through the dishwasher after every meal, of course) --- not on our china. We only bring out the china when y'all are watching on C4, so hope you enjoy it.

    And, for the record, I do not know Max Clifford. But I once had lunch in a restaurant and Martin Landau was at another table. And, speaking of blobby, I have met Noel Edmunds on several occasions. He probably doesn't remember me.
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