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43 minutes ago, StayofExecution2020 said:

If this was a sports club, Fernando's ass would have so been fired by now. 

Wouldn’t have been hired to begin with. Anywhere, for that matter.  Nepotism at its finest...

57 minutes ago, StayofExecution2020 said:

Dumbass Fernando probably didn't check back with axl if he is allowed to upload videos. Axl told him not to and now it's off.

Let’s hope the shitty book meets the same fate before its September release 

7 minutes ago, sofine11 said:

Slash and Duff are simply well-paid members of NuGNR now.  Didn't want to believe that in 2016, but I sure as shit do now. That they are well paid makes them only MORE likely to play ball with the dildos that make up Team Brazil.

Yeah, they’re paid staff who play along. The perfectionist ensured purity of the brand by burning bridges and buying everyone out, only to then instruct Team Brazil to destroy all credibility with their highly coveted releases. 

39 minutes ago, GNRfanJen said:

Titled "Sweet Child O' Mine" and to be released this September. 

No, this is not a joke. 

Quotes from James Patterson (the author) and Fernando himself both in the link below. 

https://people.com/parents/guns-n-roses-childrens-book-sweet-child-o-mine-exclusive/

“Email me your ideas”, he said 👀😒

5 minutes ago, novemberparadise23 said:

https://twitter.com/axlrose/status/1256666101338959872?s=21

 

Axl back to tweeting 

 

Ludicrous. Vanessa’s been posting daily beach stories for weeks and now from the mountains. Did she unchain him before leaving and he’s catching up with msm? Lame af...

12 hours ago, GNRfanJen said:

I just have a few thoughts on Fernando’s Reddit posts. 

He says (as expected), that the pandemic changed all the plans they had for 2020. Other than the tour, what plans were those? The tour was announced and promoted long before the pandemic became a pandemic. We said it over and over at the time that if they had plans to release a new album, doing it to coincide with the tour announcement would be the best, most obvious way to do it to create a newfound level of excitement and buzz for the band. That didn’t happen. When a poster in that thread asked if an album release had to coincide with the tour (whenever it starts back up again), Fernando said it didn’t, but it certainly helps. Again...if that’s the case, why was there no album announcement when this tour was first announced months ago? To a similar point - when he says the album is “close” does that mean close to being completed, or close to being released? Big difference between the two, and I don’t believe he ever specified that. 

My next point is regarding the “fan and band gap” he’s referring to. It certainly seems encouraging that he publicly posted the email address and admitted to being open to ideas from fans, but has this not been done before? I’m sure he is fully aware of our gripes over the last several years, yet nothing seems to have been done, so I guess I’m just not sure why all of a sudden the interest in our ideas. And anyways, is a lot of it not common sense? Look around at literally every other band, the answers are right there. But hey, I suppose it’s worth a try (again). 

I am not trying to poke and prod at every word he says, I really try to be as level-headed and fair as possible when conveying my thoughts, but I can’t help but to question some of these things.  

(Ugh, I care way too much about this damn band. Why do they have to be my favorite?! ) 

Of course he’s open to ideas from fans - he’s got none himself, but will happily monetise those the fans email him. 

1 hour ago, bangit said:

Live Nation just tweeted to promote the Saturday London show. Short official video clip, describes it as an 'all new show' pitched as 'the next chapter'. 

Interesting. 

 

On insta too for several hours now 

7 hours ago, killuridols said:

Even though it seems contradictory to say he does charity in a silent way and then his wife posts photos or videos of them doing charity, I would give them the benefit of doubt by thinking those kind of posts (with the reach they have to thousands of people) could inspire others to do the same.

It's not entirely bad to "promote" your charity act if at the same time you are exposing a situation that it is not widely known to the general public or if you are helping a NGO to get more visibility. In that sense, their popularity is useful for a lot of people.

 Wasn't Axl asked at China exchange about charity work?  Their popularity could be the foundation of innumerable good deeds and they mustn't keep mum.

23 minutes ago, Ratam said:

I think that Beta post was for damage control , about all fuss that Fernando silly post caused between fans, seems she is more smart that Fernando is.

The post to Dani? That's from December 10th. But yeah, beta is much smarter than her son. 

2 minutes ago, Axl`s BFF said:

Where was Fernandos rant i'd like to see it

Couldn't handle the reproach and 'fearlessly' deleted it

5 minutes ago, Lio said:

You mean on a horse with all those roses?

Please, let that be a terrible translation mistake

If Axl would be married to Beta, I'd be happy. I'd credit him for it, for not choosing the obvious super model wife It would be lame to not acknowledge it then though, if it were true.

It's a bit silly at this point to be calling Axl Fernando's employer. Fernando's been a part of Axl's 'family' since he was a teenager at least. So at the very least, I'd consider him a close family friend.

Please refer to infamous interview above: If fernando is family, why (during his teenage years) does he occasionally visit the home where beta lives with Axl? 

13 minutes ago, killuridols said:

That website is FULL of mistakes, errors and omissions. One of the WORST GN'R websites that I've ever come across.

That's not how I recall that interview of hers, which I didn't have to read from this terrible site. I did when it came out, back in 2001.

 

Forget the website, how accurate is the interview? We'll never know unless one submits the original version in Portuguese for refutal.

30 minutes ago, Italian girl said:

Sub-title: "my Mother and our personal Atm machine"

Yes!! Used up all my likes...

20 minutes ago, killuridols said:

Ok.

Yes, like you said before, a relationship out of the norm is what makes noise in people's head. This is that kind of relationship..... they both go around saying she is his 'mother', even though she's not old enough to be his mother and even though we all know he did have a mother before.

Would people feel more comfortable if they confessed they have a romantic relationship? Ahhh.... haha... knowing GN'R fans, they wouldn't be happy either! Even if she was his age or younger, they'd accuse her of something, for sure

To answer your questions, I think it is a mix of people not understanding this whole 'mother' thing and the fact that he seems VERY dependent from them. People are always suspicious of men and women who are not married and do not have children.

Where do you get your information from?

She didn't 'abandon' Dylan (that was not her son to be abandoned, hey!). Stephanie let go of her services and thus, she was jobless. Axl learned of this and hired her.

Also, lack of maternal instinct? The woman has three children and several grandchildren by now!

Plus the big manchild Axl is.

I get my information from her very enlightening interview where lots of things become apparent, predominantly how in love she is with her employer. More to the point re Dylan:

"Q: So after the breakup you stayed with Axl?

B: He asked me to stay with him when they broke up. But I was the child's babysitter so I was worried about him. He was only two years old and Stephanie was always traveling, she was never at home."

http://ladydairhean.0catch.com/Axl/Interviews/article0155.htm

13 minutes ago, soon said:

Im not speaking from my perception. People call her his Mom or Nanny sometimes. iirc Cinderella is a rags to riches romance story - so if she was his age or younger and considered a super model, like you said above, would people be more comfortable with the 'she was Seymors nanny' narrative of their relationship? Plus if their relationship were romantic. Would make people more comfortable maybe.

I see what you mean. I guess I'm more touchy-feely then because I walk arm in arm with people sometimes, also. I didnt really mean only the picture, but just in general I dont think I understand what peoples concerns for Axl are. But now I can understand better where people are coming from, thanks.

The fact that she was a nanny and abandoned her principal (Stephanie's son) to work for Axl is a strong indication of lack of maternal instinct for which he treasures her.

The fact that she's an opportunistic gold-digger is evident. Their creepy relationship would be more accepted if they'd been married, because really Axl doesn't need a supermodel and he would have a much healthier relationship with a woman of average looks and superior emotional intelligence. 

Lastly, how on earth does the very intellectually challenged fernando with zero corporate sense run the biggest band in the world?! Why not Duff's daughters then?

34 minutes ago, Spirit said:

Why is it disturbing, and please use first hand knowledge, not something you've read somewhere...

All the people in the forums who've talked about meeting Beta at the shows had nothing bad to say about her, the consensus seems to be that she's really nice. Then you have all the rumors about "what really goes on" between the Lebeis and Axl, that they are controlling him etc.

I say sensationalism.

I've met her 3 times, she's anything but genuinely nice - a good psychologist, tireless hustler who knows what she's doing and protects her place under the sun. She will lose all if Axl wakes up to the reality of his twisted relationship with tb. Wonder why his biological family aren't in his life and what role Sasha plays in all this. 

20 minutes ago, killuridols said:

I dont think those people could take care of him or handle anything related to his life (I mean his siblings...)

Yeah, me too.... I dont care for Duff's solo shit.... sooo boring

And how are tb (tuberculosis) taking care of it? 

1 hour ago, AFGnR said:

 

Ah the idyll of strolling with the nurse...

Does anyone know how hangers on like Andrei etc managed to latch on successfully? What about that weird sports coach guy whom no one apart from fernando seems to need?? TB (literal bloody tuberculosis of the soul!) eliminate everyone but sometimes the oddball slips in - how does that happen?

11 minutes ago, ChrisMaciel said:

Yeah, cause Axl is clearly a 6-year old boy.

 

He didn't make it to 6: "My growth was stopped at 2 years old"