You can tell there must be more going on when a tale about a family trip to Disney develops into a worldwide sensation.
As a result of revealing what appears to be an intimate relationship between her ex-husband and their former nanny, Natalie, a 33-year-old mother of two from Ibiza, Spain, has become a social media sensation on TikTok.
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When Natalie first launched her TikTok account, she mostly talked about her challenging divorce. She first gained notoriety through a video of her and her family riding Disney’s Splash Mountain, which has since been taken down.
“We went to Disneyland in Orlando and took the nanny with us. To help with the kids…. Not the husband,” Natalie captioned the video, which garnered more than a million views. The photo from the ride has caused an uproar, showing Natalie’s ex-husband and the nanny sitting together a little “too close for comfort.”
Per the Daily Mail, one comment read, “First red flag is that they sat together on the ride!!!” while another criticized, “Knowing damn well there would be a photo of it… that’s so cheap of her.”
Others criticised Natalie for selecting a charming nanny. One user commented, “You wouldn’t have had this issue if you had hired Mrs. Doubtfire.”
However, a number of nannies spoke up in support of Natalie. This infuriates me for you as a mother and a former live-in nanny. It’s easy not to do that, someone exclaimed. Another asserted that she would have chosen to sit with the mother or the child before the father.
They had not one, but two nannies on that vacation six years ago, Natalie said in an engrossing follow-up. She talked about how difficult it was for her to leave her job as a stay-at-home parent and transfer to an entry-level job with low income while her ex’s new girlfriend—the former nanny—lives in her previous house.
Spanish divorce law, Natalie explains, doesn’t provide alimony in the way some may expect. “When I got married I was 22 years old, I didn’t have anything when I entered the marriage,” she said. “So any money I get is out of the goodness of his heart. Legally, he doesn’t have to give me anything.”
In another video, Natalie opened up about the mistreatment she’s received from the former nanny, ranging from “vile messages” to filing a police report against her. “She actually filed a police report against me at the beginning of all of this,” Natalie stated, explaining that the charges were eventually dropped.
This domestic saga has stirred a heated debate about ethics, betrayal, and the role of nannies in family dynamics. With her TikTok platform, Natalie doesn’t just seek vindication but seems to spark a larger conversation on the intricate, sometimes painful, facets of relationships and responsibilities within the modern family. Stay tuned for more updates on this ongoing, emotionally-charged story.
