Maddie Alexander Grout

And again, it's a way of generating content.

As somebody who is very, very visible, every opportunity, whether it's a negative opportunity, whether it's a positive one, you can use it to your advantage.

It's about the narrative that you play back.

um so i have just been like right okay what are the most ridiculous comments here um that i can go and like oh somebody's somebody said oh the youth of today they're like they're such scroungers and i was like i'll reply with um i've been called young for ages thank you for that you just you've just got to roll with it and

No.

So I haven't always been this resilient.

I have had so many things in my life that have not been particularly great.

You know, I was in £40,000 of debt twice.

I was homeless.

I had cervical cancer.

I had postpartum psychosis.

Again, by the way, all of these negative things have got me a shit ton of press over the years because I'm really open and I can talk about it.

I think it really does come down to boundaries, I think, with the press.

It's like, if you don't want to talk about something, don't talk about it.

If you don't want to be seen negatively in the press for a reason, don't talk about it.

And I always say to people, I see people in these PR groups and

They're like, oh, yes, I'll jump at this chance because I just want to be in the paper.

Make sure it aligns to what you do because otherwise you're just going to get a load of new followers who are not the right people.

They're not going to buy from you.

You know this because this is what you teach.