Originally Posted by
sofieellis:
“I wonder if the kids are forced to eat her dangerous algae and other ridiculous food.
My guess is that the family are probably used to her histrionics - I imagine she uses her "delicate nature" to get her own way quite a lot in her private life.
I feel very sorry for them
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I agree. I bet she's a right pain at home too. If her hubby does something to upset her she probably has one of her 'swoons'

She's a very controlling person - quite passive aggressive.
Originally Posted by
Seaview:
“There are a couple of You Tube videos that are supposed to be presented by one of the daughters but are...well a bit odd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7VcXsKPQOw”
Oh dear lord. I had to switch that off, it was freaking me out!

That slightly creepy singing over all those images!
If that really IS her daughter, and I have my doubts, then she seems to be as deluded as her mother. Either that or completely brainwashed by her that mummy is always right and, most importantly, must be adored at all times.
Originally Posted by
sofieellis:
“Yes, I noticed that too. So did Gillian put this video on her own youtube site, despite the child in the video claiming her mother knew nothing about it?
And if so, did she think it would encourage people to buy the books, which is what is repeated by the child?
”
If Gillian is behind that then she is quite sick. I didn't think she could sink any lower but if she put her daughter up to that ......

And I actually saw that This Morning interview (always record it while at work in case I'm missing something!) and IMO Phil didn't bully her at all, he wasn't even nasty just asked her about her mother. It was a telephone conversation with not even a photograph of Skylark. She sounded very young (I'm surprised to find out she's 15/16 I would have said 11-13 by her voice) and they were quite softly, softly with her and gave her a chance to say how wonderful mummy was etc. But she also gave away the fact that McKeith wanted to be in Oz to visit relatives she'd never met which Skylark thought that was nice. We of course can see that she just wanted a free ticket to Oz even though her and her lawyer hubby must be loaded!! After the call they were clearly quite uncomfortable criticising McKeith at first - didn't take them long to get back into their stride though!
You have to wonder at the wisdom of the father though allowing her to make the call, she could have been left very distressed if it had gone wrong as she does seem a little sheltered and naive.