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  1. I met Natalie at the YouTube Australia launch. She was lovely and even funnier in person, making self-deprecating remarks while working the balcony.

    Do you suppose the “surprise” from the ABC producer is because traditional media think they are still the centre of the universe?

    My brother jokes constantly that you should never sell your story to Today Tonight or A Current Affair, because they are fickle. They might support you tonight but they will call you a con artist when they flip the story and run it again the following week. lol

    I’ve never been contacted by any media outlets, though I was contacted by a UK University because of my YouTube involvement.

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    1. I’m not sure, John, it was the Hack or one of those shows.
      I’ve learnt to ask the tone (not topic) of the discussion. One journo swore up and down that it was a “neutral piece” yet called it “Bloggers are Losers”. First line “Papworth says that blogger are egomaniacs” or similar. Funny didn’t remember saying that. No wonder these kids don’t want to be roped in – they have their 15 gig of fame well under their own aegis.

  2. “But she doesn’t want that – she wants to work in retail, and do her videos, and her digital media studies.”

    Wow, does she really want this Laurel or are you putting words into her mouth?

    1. “Also unlike many internet celebrities, Tran has never courted fame, regularly turning down TV shows and journalists …” Article also lists off what she DOES like doing.

  3. The old cntrl c, cntrl v.

    Suggesting that she would rather work in retail than go on Thank God You’re Here is taking the comment wayyyyyyy out of context. Not everyone is scared of television Laurel!

    If you would of watched her channel you would of seen that she has talked about trying to tee something up with Hamish and Andy a number of times and is looking to make a model around selling merchandise, seems to me that she is doing more than just “you know, like um” working retail and not being interested in television.

    1. So either she lied in the article “…Tran said money and fame did not concern her.” and “”I don’t think internet fame holds very much in the real world,” she said.” (and then skipping off to try and do a TV deal) OR Asher Moses lied. Interesting.

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