The Vanessa Chettle story should be a warning to other socialites

Vanessa Chettle resurfaced afew days back and all she has done is she returned to remind us the sad tale of what awaits ninety per cent of all Kenyan socialites after the fame has subsided and age has taken a toll on their bodies and they can no longer garner even an iota of the attention they are used to.

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In her prime, she was one of the most popular celebrity socialites because she was an attractive nubile young lass. She was what most other socialites pretend to be; naturally alluring and aesthetically pleasing.

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Vanessa Chettle’s and her ex bae who is her second baby daddy

But soon enough, the attention and fame got to her head. Vanessa Chettle became a combative lady who was no longer a joy to be around and when she was a cast member on the show Nairobi Diaries, she would always get into physical altercations and she eventually got arrested for the same.

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But when did the rain start beating her? To understand that, you need to walk a mile in her shoes but avoid the trapping of the emotional rollercoaster she clearly got stuck on. She is an attractive woman and as a result, men bent over backwards to accommodate her. She got to experience life courtesy of the pretty girl privilege and it was a blast.

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Vanessa Chettle photographed at drinking den in Eldoret

All of a sudden, she started dating some boy and as these things sometimes go, she fell pregnant. When that happened, her allure to many of her fans who are simply thirsty men was over. And now Vanessa Chettle struggled to get to the heights of social life that she had previously enjoyed and that can take a toll on anyone’s mind.

Vanessa Chettle is the true face of what being a socialite ultimately leads to

And so we watched her spiral out of control. She was now a mother but we were treated to videos and photos of her partying and smoking bhangi. She was a mother whose social media showed us a glimpse into the world of a woman fighting to cling on to her last hurrah.

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Vanessa Chettle when she was pregnant a second time

And then like a whisper, she was gone. She slinked back home to her parents in Eldoret and her social media went silent for a time. When she reemerged, she was dating a DJ from her home county and soon enough, she was pregnant again.

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This time, however, things seemed different. She seemed grounded. Vanessa Chettle seemed like she was happy with her new man and more stable. Then she revealed she was pregnant and looking forward to starting her new chapter of life with her man -then nothing.

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Vanessa Chettle when she was arrested for assault

Now she is back and she looks worse for wear. And her man is nowhere in sight. But once again, as if this is a rerun of a bad TV show, she is back to posting photos of herself smoking bhangi. And at this point, we have to step back and realize that this is what you should expect from a failed socialite. One who doesn’t have friends who are honest with her. One who doesn’t realize that her old life has moved on and left her behind. She is a socialite who doesn’t realize entertainment has moved on to newer, hotter socialites and she is last weeks news.

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We are seeing a phenomenon at play. Sigmund Freud would have given his arm and one gonad to be able to study this -the effect of social media after it has built up a socialite and given a steady supply of dopamine and serotonin to the point Vanessa Chettle (I suspect) became addicted to the highs she was provided and then she lost it all. It is brutal.

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Vanessa Chettle’s post back when she used to party with heavy hitters

But what is a failed socialite to do? She can only grin and bear it, hoping we cannot see the pain in her eyes and while any intelligent socialite would be well advised to study Vanessa Chettle and learn from her, we are only going to continue seeing these socialites like Shakilla come onto the scene and then fall off and repeat the cycle.

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Vanessa Chettle is the true face of what being a socialite ultimately leads to

Vanessa Chettle has been thrust back into the netizens collective consciousness after a Twitter lad met her at a local keg bar and he told her story in a series of tweets (I think they are called a thread).

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Basically, Vanessa Chettle who was at one point in the not so distant past, the most popular and thirsted after socialite and even made it to become a cast member on one of Kenya’s few reality TV shows worth a damn, Nairobi Diaries. And even while she was on it, she couldn’t seem to work in a cooperative manner with either her co-stars nor the production team.

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But before we go into all that, let us start from the beginning. Vanessa Chettle first appeared on the Kenyan entertainment scene when she was spotted partying at a now-defunct Westlands club called Changes. She would often be seen in the company of male celebrities such as Shaffie Weru, Joe Muchiri and DJ Creme. I have some friends who would cover all that jazz a lifetime ago. None want any part of this blogging world anymore so I will respectfully leave it at that.

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She was then a victim of some trashy tabloid that claimed she had slept with the likes of Shaffie and Nick Mutuma. A story that was never verified and all parties came out to dispute vociferously. Vanessa Chettle then had her personal life upended as it was revealed she was dating or is it married to some octogenarian odiero in what could easily pass for the creepiest public relationship Kenya had ever witnessed. Anyway, that soon fell apart as so many things in this life do. And she went on to become a couch-surfer extraordinaire.

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She was the type of lass who refused to listen to anyone who cared enough to warn her that she needed to slow her roll. Soon enough, she had a first daughter. That was right around the time the people who dealt with her got tired of having to put up with her diva tactics. They all just left her. She was caught up in fights on the Nairobi Diaries set and even they had to let her go. This arch of her life was similar to her former colleague Pendo’s. The two of them had been very keen on chasing the fast life. They would get themselves involved with men who they believed could afford them the type of life they wanted. They were glam girls and they wanted that glam life. Pendo somehow managed to do right the ship after a lot of troubles but she too isn’t unblemished as she is currently facing jail time should she fail to pay a hotel a debt she incurred while staying at their premises.

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The two lasses have a story arch as I said that yet another, newer lass, Shakilla would do well to pay attention to and heed. You see, in their heydays, Vanessa Chettle and Pendo were the fuel of many a man’s steamy wet dream. They were the IT girls too. And they rode on a cloud of fame so strong and huge that at one point, had they made the right choices, they would have been among the first females to catapult themselves into the rarified stratosphere of A-listers. Instead, they chose to chase base pursuits that were fleeting.

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Vanessa Chettle seemed to have come to her senses shortly after she had her second child. She met with a man named Maina and they soon had a second child. But as these things go, she is now stuck upcountry having to do menial jobs at a bar inorder for her to earn a living. And that is a warning tale for anyone who cared to watch just how far the mighty have fallen. Whatever the case, every socialite should watch the Vanessa Chettle tale and learn that this life the trollops lead aren’t exactly peachy. There will be a price to pay even if it comes decades later. Life is about balance and accountability is the system by which it gets restored.

 

Vanessa Chettle is a story to tell your daughters and warn them off the trollop life.

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