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VA_Jill

(9,983 posts)
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 12:09 PM Jan 2021

Kellyanne, you are SO going to jail!

Kellyanne Conway Accused of Posting Topless Photo of Her Teen Daughter on Twitter>b>

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akdy5b/kellyanne-conway-accused-of-posting-topless-photo-of-her-teen-daughter-on-twitter

Claudia Conway has accused her mother, former senior advisor to Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway, of posting a topless photo of the 16-year-old to her Twitter account on Monday evening.

Screenshots that captured the photo before it was deleted appear to show Kellyanne Conway’s account posting it late Monday evening using Twitter’s ephemeral messaging feature Fleets, the company’s version of Instagram Stories.

Censored versions of the image, which shows a picture of a phone displaying the image of the 16-year-old in what appears to be a bathroom, are being shared on social media. The picture on the phone that was photographed appears to be dated Jan. 4.

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Kellyanne, you are SO going to jail! (Original Post) VA_Jill Jan 2021 OP
Even as much as I LOATHE the conjob monster, I am hoping that this is not true. niyad Jan 2021 #1
Me too. jimfields33 Jan 2021 #8
Child Protective Services is there all the time - Claudia has recorded her mother & CPS on TicToc womanofthehills Jan 2021 #10
Thanks for the updates jimfields33 Jan 2021 #16
Can't stand her, but I think it wasn't her arlyellowdog Jan 2021 #2
Why would you think she's not tech savvy enough to post a photo? Maru Kitteh Jan 2021 #15
not tech savvy enough to post a pic??? Celerity Jan 2021 #41
Daughter says it isn't true. Kingofalldems Jan 2021 #3
+1 H2O Man Jan 2021 #6
XD Bucky Jan 2021 #20
. Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2021 #37
Sorry but Fair Question Time... Montauk6 Jan 2021 #11
Well, she said her mother would never do that, but that's not quite the same as she didn't do it. aikoaiko Jan 2021 #13
Or the mom a GenJoneser, searching her kid's phone, could have accidently uploaded it, yes? Bucky Jan 2021 #21
True. When you look for an image its really small and she might not have noticed she was topless. aikoaiko Jan 2021 #33
Or clicking to enlarge, she could've sent it to the app. I've actually done that. Bucky Jan 2021 #34
She doesn't say it isn't true Withywindle Jan 2021 #18
Watch the video again. Bucky Jan 2021 #22
"This isn't forced, it's coming from me, Claudia." LisaL Jan 2021 #24
That's a pretty tabula rasa conclusion you're drawing there Bucky Jan 2021 #28
I did, and you're right she does say it Withywindle Jan 2021 #26
Yep. Bucky Jan 2021 #32
What teenager doesn't want to leave social media to work on her relationship with her mother? LisaL Jan 2021 #25
Cutting off contact with the outside world is an important abuser tactic Withywindle Jan 2021 #27
This family is a mess. MontanaMama Jan 2021 #4
Totally agree with you. Nothing would surprise me with Kellyanne, not even mtnsnake Jan 2021 #17
When there is more than one child involved, crickets Jan 2021 #36
Mother of the year Norbert Jan 2021 #5
I see a divorce in this family's future VA_Jill Jan 2021 #7
Claudia has in the past year talked to a lawyer about being an emancipated minor Bucky Jan 2021 #23
Any proof this is true?? USALiberal Jan 2021 #9
I think it accidently got posted - kids on TicToc were talking about the pics so it's probably true womanofthehills Jan 2021 #12
In her last WH tweet Kellyanne said "More Mama, less drama." Boomerproud Jan 2021 #14
There's been a stressful history there. The daughter last year tried to file for emancipation. Bucky Jan 2021 #30
Kellyanne VA_Jill Jan 2021 #19
This Bucky Jan 2021 #31
I'd bet anything BGBD Jan 2021 #29
I doubt it VA_Jill Jan 2021 #35
It's BGBD Jan 2021 #38
Nah, she's not going to jail. cwydro Jan 2021 #39
I'm having a hard time debating with myself BlueLucy Jan 2021 #40
It is my considered opinion VA_Jill Jan 2021 #42

jimfields33

(15,831 posts)
8. Me too.
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 01:52 PM
Jan 2021

However a visit from child protective services may be a good thing. There’s something wrong. Not sure if it’s the parents or the daughter. Both parents quit their jobs for the daughter who apparently hated them working where they were but things haven’t improved. Counseling is something is needed.

womanofthehills

(8,721 posts)
10. Child Protective Services is there all the time - Claudia has recorded her mother & CPS on TicToc
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 02:07 PM
Jan 2021

It was sad because Kellyanne was spinning with CPS the way she does on tv. The person from CPS was telling Kellyanne to take away Claudia's phone while Claudia was yelling that she paid for her own phone and no one was taking it away. I only got pulled into this drama by my grandson because he put TicToc on my phone so I would follow his posts - and he is only 9.

arlyellowdog

(866 posts)
2. Can't stand her, but I think it wasn't her
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 12:15 PM
Jan 2021

I don’t think Kellyanne would be that tech savvy or would do that.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
15. Why would you think she's not tech savvy enough to post a photo?
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 02:34 PM
Jan 2021

And yes. She would. Especially if she was drinking or in a rage or both. She threatened to kill Claudia. She's not okay.


And again, why would you think she's not tech savvy to the point of being unable to post a simple photo for cripes sakes? Let me guess. You don't think older women can be tech savvy at all. Too simple to even learn how to post a photo.

SMDH.






Montauk6

(8,079 posts)
11. Sorry but Fair Question Time...
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 02:14 PM
Jan 2021

Now Claudia has previously been quoted as saying that her mother has done worst abuses than what was revealed a week or so ago but she (Claudia) refrained from posting from fear that Orange Would Be The New Conway.

So, is she saying here that this latest allegation is not true because it ISN'T or because of the above...?

aikoaiko

(34,172 posts)
13. Well, she said her mother would never do that, but that's not quite the same as she didn't do it.
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 02:23 PM
Jan 2021

It is hard for me to believe that KelleyAnne would post a topless photo of her underage daughter, but someone did.

I think there is a better chance that Claudia got into her mom's account and posted it.

But a third party hacker could have done it -- just like with Anthony Weiner (lol).



Bucky

(54,027 posts)
21. Or the mom a GenJoneser, searching her kid's phone, could have accidently uploaded it, yes?
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 05:17 PM
Jan 2021

If you're not familiar with a phone, hitting a share button isn't a hard mistake to make. And if the mom is agitated and rifling through the teen's phone, the photo archive and the social media apps are the ones she'd go to first for clues about what her angry teen was up to. As a GenJones myself, I find the accidental upload theory the most plausible. If it was a hack, there'd probably be a LOT more hostile activity on the account.


aikoaiko

(34,172 posts)
33. True. When you look for an image its really small and she might not have noticed she was topless.
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 08:45 PM
Jan 2021

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
22. Watch the video again.
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 05:25 PM
Jan 2021

It looks like Dad, the dysfunctional family peacekeeper, had had a long talk with her. She wasn't blinking "torture" a la Vietnam War POWs. She was calmed & sincere, but clearly dealing with something heavy. Frankly, trying to do PR to throw water on a grease fire is what the kid's parents do for a living. That's gonna rub off on a kid. As the single dad of a former teenager, I can tell you the way kids fight with their folks is usually exactly in the way they've seen their parents behave under duress in the past.

This is what Covid is doing to us: murders are up in America. We're all trapped at home with family and that poor kid has a battier than normal fam to be boxed up with. Nerves are bound to get frayed and snap.

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
28. That's a pretty tabula rasa conclusion you're drawing there
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 05:41 PM
Jan 2021

You can project anything you want onto there. I work with teens all day. This is how the smart ones would do this, especially one with an established social media profile. I can tell you there's a high correlation between living in a dysfunctional household and a kid being talented at putting a dignified face to hide their stress.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
26. I did, and you're right she does say it
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 05:39 PM
Jan 2021

I see an abuse victim being forced by her abusers to recant (true) accusations. This is something abusers will always do if they have the power. Keeping "the peace" at the expense of the terrible truth is key in severely dysfunctional families.

I think what Claudia desperately needs is a safe place far away from her parents, where they can't get to her. Then she can get the help she needs, but not until then.

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
32. Yep.
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 05:54 PM
Jan 2021

Her mother seems to be a rage-oholic, someone addicted to the intense mood chemicals the body produces when agitated. Lord knows she's had to spend a lot of time bottling up her feelings at work for the past five years. That's easily discharged for addicted rage-oholics on children.

George seems like the passive-aggressive type (seriously, think about what he's doing on the Lincoln Project). So he dodges Kellyanne's barbs at home (especially a home that has to have a thinly veiled don't-talk-about-work truce) and that leaves Claudia as target #1. Add teenage rebellion (age 12-16, god help 'em all) and a particularly bright and independent minded kid suffering from the chaos... That's a blow up waiting to happen.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
25. What teenager doesn't want to leave social media to work on her relationship with her mother?
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 05:34 PM
Jan 2021

It sounds to me that her phone got taken away.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
27. Cutting off contact with the outside world is an important abuser tactic
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 05:41 PM
Jan 2021

Someone needs to get that kid AWAY from them.

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
4. This family is a mess.
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 12:20 PM
Jan 2021

I hope these kids get the help and support they obviously need. When I hear how KAC talks to her daughter it gives me chills. Claudia uses social media to act out and let off steam online but I wonder what’s happening with her siblings that we don’t see? It’s truly horrifying.

mtnsnake

(22,236 posts)
17. Totally agree with you. Nothing would surprise me with Kellyanne, not even
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 02:40 PM
Jan 2021

wondering if both she and her daughter were in cahoots on it right from the beginning.

crickets

(25,981 posts)
36. When there is more than one child involved,
Wed Jan 27, 2021, 03:33 PM
Jan 2021

it's not unusual for the abusive parent or parents to pick just one as the main target of all wrongs. The other siblings may be quietly getting along under the radar. Or not, since watching a sibling under attack can be almost as upsetting as being the child in the crosshairs. There's no way to be sure, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if Claudia is target numero uno because she commits the cardinal sin of standing up for herself.

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
23. Claudia has in the past year talked to a lawyer about being an emancipated minor
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 05:26 PM
Jan 2021

With mom out of a job, maybe this is a time for them to come together and work through their issues.

womanofthehills

(8,721 posts)
12. I think it accidently got posted - kids on TicToc were talking about the pics so it's probably true
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 02:21 PM
Jan 2021

Claudia and Kellyanne seem to both have a love-hate relationship with each other. Claudia has posted of being diagnosed with multiple personality disorders and of trying to kill herself. She posted that George checked out and left the family a month ago. Growing up with Kellyanne as a mother must have been a horror story. Claudia says on TicToc that she has hundreds of videos of her mother abusing her that she will release when she is an adult. One minute she hates her mom, people then post death threats to Kellyanne, then Claudia says she really loves her mom and then the whole circle happens every few weeks. Reminds me of the book "I Hate You, Don't Leave Me" - Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder. There are 3 other kids in the family. Claudia has a twin brother and two younger sisters.

Boomerproud

(7,955 posts)
14. In her last WH tweet Kellyanne said "More Mama, less drama."
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 02:31 PM
Jan 2021

I have no idea what's going on here but live by social media-get burned baaad.

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
30. There's been a stressful history there. The daughter last year tried to file for emancipation.
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 05:44 PM
Jan 2021

No 16 year old needs to go through this on a live internet stream.

I imagine the social media sabbatical was a suggestion from her dad, acting as family peacekeeper.

VA_Jill

(9,983 posts)
19. Kellyanne
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 04:56 PM
Jan 2021

reminds me a LOT of my HS best friend's mother who was a narcissist (and an alcoholic to boot, not that I am accusing Kellyanne of that). I guess that's why my sympathies are with Claudia. I used to follow her when she was on Twitter.

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
31. This
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 05:46 PM
Jan 2021

There's some heartbreaking power dynamics going on in that household. I hope they get some help.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
29. I'd bet anything
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 05:44 PM
Jan 2021

that Claudia was the one who posted it.

She put out a video earlier today saying she was sure KA....or her...didn't do it and that she was giving up social media for "a while."

I think she did it to get attention on social media and didn't realize she was actually committing a felony, so now her lawyer dad is working to mitigate the damage.

VA_Jill

(9,983 posts)
35. I doubt it
Wed Jan 27, 2021, 02:46 PM
Jan 2021

But she has posted some stuff on TikTok of how Kellyanne behaved when she and the other kids had Covid. What a b*tch! She sounded just like my HS best friend's mother...it was all such an inconvenience to HER.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
38. It's
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 01:53 AM
Jan 2021

either a pretty intelligent woman is dumb enough to post nude pictures of her underage daughter on her own Twitter account or a teenager did something stupid.

I'll take the odds.

VA_Jill

(9,983 posts)
42. It is my considered opinion
Fri Jan 29, 2021, 12:12 PM
Jan 2021

(also my husband's---who is the child of two alcoholics, one functional and one not so much) that Kellyanne has an addiction of some kind, be it alcohol, pills, whatever, in addition to (most likely) having a narcissistic personality. I was married to an alcoholic so I'm not that bad at spotting the signs either. It's also pretty obvious that she's a smoker...look at her skin, for 55 it's awful. I thought she was much older. Addiction makes the whole family sick. George may be doing the best he can, and I think he is, but if he doesn't get some help for himself, things will go down the tank even quicker. Speaking as one who has been there and done that.

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