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Abbie Chatfields Dark Deal Exposed by Journalist
I've had enough of Abbie Chatfield.Every week there seems to be a new target. Former friends, reality stars, celebrities, politicians, and, of course, the Austr...
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Every week there seems to be a new target. Former friends, reality stars, celebrities, politicians, and, of course, the Australian media.
According to Abbie, we are all out to get her, ruin her career, bring her down, and are currently running a 'smear campaign'.
Quite frankly, it has gone too far - and it is also just not true.
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Abbie knows exactly how this game works. She played it brilliantly. She used the media to become a household name. Why is she suddenly pretending she does not understand the rules anymore?
And look, she has every right to change her mind. She can absolutely decide that the paparazzi she once tipped off to photograph her at the beach in a bikini are now 'creepy' and 'stalkers'.
'I work in a newsroom, Abbie, and I can assure you nobody is sitting around plotting your downfall,' writes Daily Mail senior reporter Jonica Bray
When Abbie first stepped onto our screens in season seven of The Bachelor, something genuinely rare happened. People liked her. (She is pictured on the reality show)
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She can decide the media outlets she once wanted coverage from are now 'twisting facts' and creating 'false narratives'.
But I work in a newsroom, Abbie, and I can assure you nobody is sitting around plotting your downfall.
In fact - and this may sting a little - you barely come up at all.
The last time I heard your name mentioned in an editorial meeting was after it had already ended, when someone casually said: 'Can we just acknowledge that Abbie Chatfield's boyfriend has been kicked out of America?'
(A US immigration spokesperson has since clarified that Adam Hyde wasn't deported. He was denied entry at the Canadian border due to ).
A few people briefly chatted about it while everyone else picked up their notepads and walked out of the room with very little interest in the latest chapter of your ongoing drama.
And there has been a lot of drama.
Even legal cases. None of which the media created, I might add.
Abbie has admitted to staging a paparazzi shoot when she was 'skint' early in her career. (Above: one of the snaps she orchestrated for publicity with her then-boyfriend Todd King)
'Maybe being tangled up in defamation cases, apologising after your boyfriend was barred from a country you slammed, berating teachers for using TikTok, publicly shaming anyone who disagrees with you, and branding journalists as 'scum' might also have something to do with the stress you are now under.' (Abbie is pictured with boyfriend Adam Hyde at the ARIAs)
Jonica Bray helped hook Abbie Chatfield up with the manager she still has today - but says she's lost all self-awareness
For a long time, Karl's personal choices affected his professional opportunities, too.
The Australian media is not sitting around obsessing over Abbie Chatfield.
Unless Abbie's posting videos attacking people, stirring up controversy, or industry sources are feeding journalists tips, she just isn't front of mind in most newsrooms.
Nobody is hunting for Abbie stories like it's the next Watergate.
We report on what is happening and what people are talking about.
Of course, it was years ago that Abbie actively chased the media attention she now claims to despise.
And it is absolutely her right to decide if she no longer wants the photos, gossip columns or constant speculation.
But the entertainment industry is not built for half-measures.
Every major television network and radio station in Australia employs entire marketing and publicity departments, many filled with former journalists, whose sole purpose is maintaining relationships with the media to generate publicity.
You cannot spend years using the machine to build your fame and then act shocked when the machine continues operating exactly as it always has.
Maybe, just maybe, being tangled up in defamation cases, apologising after your boyfriend was barred from a country you slammed, berating teachers for using TikTok, publicly shaming those who disagree with you, and branding journalists as 'scum' might also have something to do with the stress you are now under.
In her latest plea, she pushed back at a reporter who was preparing an article about her being 'quietly dropped' from a deal she was allegedly close to signing. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of that claim - but, broadly speaking, companies do sometimes decide someone isn’t the right fit if they’re deemed too controversial.
Maybe it's not a media conspiracy ruining opportunities, Abbie.
Maybe it's simply reputation, behaviour and public perception catching up in real time.
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