‘Absolute rubbish’ CBB star Gary Goldsmith slams Netflix’s The Crown for ‘victimising’ his sister Carole
CELEBRITY Big Brother star Gary Goldsmith has slammed Netflix drama The Crown for its depiction of his sister Carole.
The award-winning royal series put the spotlight on Kate Middleton‘s mum Carole in two episodes of its latest season, portraying her as a Brit equivalent to Kris Jenner who carefully plotted her daughter’s ascent.
However, Gary, who is Kate’s uncle, called the script “absolute rubbish” and accused the series of “victimising” his sibling.
He told Ed Balls and Susanna Reid: “It’s as far away from the truth as it could possibly be. Absolute rubbish. I thought my sister was slightly victimised in that.”
The recently evicted star went on to heap praise on his relations and complimented a new picture of Kate with her children George, Charlotte and Louis – her first since undergoing planned abdominal surgery in January.
He said: “I love them very much. That picture looks beautiful, they should be very proud of that. My sister is an absolute rock star. Kate is an absolute treasure.”
In season six of The Crown, viewers watched as Kate quizzed her mum over her intentions for her and William.
She says: “I was all set to go to Edinburgh University straight out of school with all of my friends. Then you suggested I change it to St. Andrews after a gap year. With none of my friends. That was no coincidence….
“Was it a coincidence you encouraged me to sign up for the art school in Florence where William was expected to go? And then to the expedition in Chile as well. Where he went…. Once you had the idea fixed in your head, you never stopped.”
The show’s head of research Annie Sulzberger insisted that her team’s work led them to believe it was likely Carole tried to coordinate a meeting between Wills and Kate.
She told Vanity Fair: “Edinburgh had the better art history program. Edinburgh was a better school. All of her friends were going to Edinburgh. She had never talked about doing a deferment—a year off. So it was a little disheartening, actually, to come to the conclusion that a lot of the media had come to, which, in this case, we felt was accurate.”
Sulzberger was keen to emphasise that while she didn’t think Kate was a teen “gold-digger”, she felt she wasn’t oblivious to the strategy either.
She said: “You get the sense that she understands what her mother is doing and somewhat agrees with it, but still believes there needs to be a backing-off.
“It was really interesting character-research work to go through to get the Middleton to the place where we believed our version of them on the show.”