Their families seemed to enjoy some nice peripheral benefits: Clemmie’s sister in particular went on one of the Caribbean holidays, she attended festivals with them and rubbed shoulders with the influencer mummy set at a country house weekend.
Clemmie’s mother went on an African birthday safari with her children just after Alicegate broke and I’d bet good money that was negotiated through Clemmie’s contacts at a reduced price.
Simon’s mother has boasted about being the mother of ‘Father of Daughters’.
I’d say the surplus-to-needs free goods were passed onto family before the Hoopers thought to pass them on to charities - and we know from all the tip runs to get rid of the packaging that the #gifting was out of control.
In the early MidwifeyHooper days, Clemmie used to post about sneaking purchases into the house behind Simon’s back because he was tight with money. I’ve never bought the hapless, henpecked husband routine.
I think Simon is ruthless, competitive and miserly. Who knows whether or not he knew about Clemmie’s Tattle alter ego (although there was speculation that LeopardPrintVans was Simon’s Tattle account) but it completely suited him to play victim and post that he had NO IDEA because that allowed him to retain his account and followers.
Simon must be FURIOUS Clemmie fucked up and got caught trolling Tattle: the £££, the free goods, food, services and holidays, and his mummy’s pride in his Instagram career.
I wouldn’t want to be Clemmie in Ramsgate for quids.
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