I don’t really get the dislike of Chloe. For sure she’s had it easy but that’s not a fault. Her and Jordan came from normal families, I don’t see a lot of wealth, she lived in a normal semi in the earlier series. The ‘savings’ for the house deposit were probably their series one mtv fees and they likely paid no rent living with their parents. They bought a new build and under help to buy scheme that would mean a low deposit, especially in that area of the country. They may have also had a guarantor for the mortgage and they both had the option of working at her father’s upholstery company if they needed a normal wage to cover it if mtv didn’t work out. Their monthly mortgage was probably similar to what the others on the show such as Amber and Sassi pay in rent. They were looking at about £140k on their first home, at a 5% (help to buy scheme) deposit they only needed £7k to put down on it between 2 of them. That’s a lot less than most parent spend helping their kids through university even if the parents did pay it all.
For sure she’s a little madam who always wants her own way and wants a perfect life with high expectations, but what harm is that doing? I think she is playing the game of using mtv and being an influencer…if that dries up they may have paid off their mortgage and he in a really good position. If she keeps her profile going she could end up working as a social media consultant or similar if being a reality star comes to an end. If Jordan is actually working for her father and it’s a different job as he’s hinted at on the show…then he may be later he in a position for a decent job at the company when the father retires if he is being trained to do more. The storyline about it being a shock him going back to work was nonsense, I think they planned it and just turned it into a thing for the show.
She gets criticised for her lack of parenting to Marley, but looking at it another way..he’s hardly shown on the show and when he is he’s generally well-behaved, well dressed and living in a clean house. Compare that to Amber showing all her kid’s behavioural issues and screaming at them in a dirty house. Plus Sassi showing all her co-parenting arguments and losses of patience happening in front of her child. I don’t think that not seeing parenting on screen means it isn’t happening…I think she is making herself and Jordan the tv stars and keeping her child as separate from it as possible. She isn’t for example filming details of whether he is struggling at school or having behavioural problems…his personal privacy hasn’t been affected as badly as the other children. He’s also got two sets of stable grandparents who seem and so had parents who know what a normal upbringing is supposed to look like.
I genuinely think that Chloe has a better brain on her than she displays and is milking her tv stardom financially for all it’s worth while it lasts, and Jordan is completely uninterested in the tv show but just wants a normal, decent house and family environment and can see the financial benefits of being involved in it.
She’s the only one of the uk teen mums who has properly used the fame to her advantage, the others haven’t got the wherewithal. Mia in particular has the right looks and is well-spoken, if she applied her brain she could have been making money in the same way Chloe has and owned her own home by now.