The Amazing Strike Back: Mommy Wants To Revenge!-Chapter 364: Gaining Fans on Her Own Merit

Recently, Wyatt Jagger’s agency team has been nearly driven to anxiety.

Although a show is airing with high ratings, Wyatt’s personal popularity has decreased rather than increased, and the buzz from the new show has all gone to Anna Thornton.

Ever since Wyatt publicly confessed his love for Marilyn Ford, there’s been a severe loss of fans, and public opinion has hit rock bottom.

In the past, when people mentioned him, the first impression was the "King of Romance Dramas," who held a certain position in the film and TV circle. But now, a forum poll shows that the most common impressions people have of Wyatt are "flaky" and "lovesick," neither of which are good terms, and having this image is particularly damaging to a male celebrity.

Regarding the incident where he ditched Anna Thornton in a live stream, although the team made urgent PR clarifications that Wyatt was delayed due to business, and it wasn’t intentional.

But the explanation had little effect, and few believed it, leading to a second wave of fan departures. Fans felt the PR was so poor that they couldn’t even come up with a decent excuse, making Wyatt’s future seem very bleak.

As for his overall negative public perception lately, Wyatt isn’t very concerned.

He thinks that after being cursed by netizens for a while, it’ll pass. Anyway, being a public figure means letting the audience criticize you. They curse someone today, another tomorrow; it’s finally his turn.

But his PR team is nearly driven to anxiety, with hair falling out in clumps, yet they can’t figure out a way to regain public favor for Wyatt.

Even if temporarily restoring public favor isn’t possible, they should at least find a way to divert the focus, otherwise how can they face receiving their salaries?

Have to admit, this time it’s all Wyatt’s own doing.

Though most of Wyatt’s lost fans were absorbed by Anna Thornton, there were no openings from Anna’s side to transfer the blame onto her.

The fans she attracted are earned through her skills; what can they do about that?

Not to mention the fans, even if they could transfer, they would want to go work for Anna Thornton instead.

Not to mention anything else, just see how worry-free Anna is! So far, she’s dominated the scene just with one manager, steadily advancing one step at a time since returning from abroad, having a keen eye for scripts, excellent in acting... She has thoroughly redeemed herself with her strength, and even having a secret child isn’t a black mark against Anna anymore. It actually verifies her candid and honest persona in front of fans, as someone who doesn’t deceive.

In contrast to her, our guy not only has the aura of the "King of Romance Dramas," but also has the love-struck brain of a romance drama protagonist. To sacrifice his career for Marilyn Ford, he might even feel emotionally moved, thinking his sacrifice for love is highly commendable!

Spit!

Wyatt’s team has almost cursed Marilyn to death in their hearts.

Even some of the fans who haven’t yet abandoned Wyatt share the same mentality.

They don’t blame Anna Thornton for absorbing all the fans but blame Marilyn Ford, the meddlesome "rat poop" or "white lotus."

This incident causing the majority of fans to abandon Wyatt was indeed due to Wyatt’s own mistake, as Anna never said a word about him, giving them no chance to criticize Anna.

Of course, there’s also another reason: Wyatt’s remaining fans simply can’t match the fighting power of Anna’s fans.

Most of Anna’s fans are newcomers, and their passion is at its peak. They’ve been schooled by veteran fans about Anna’s past: originally a young lady, but after her father’s death, the family business was taken over by her stepmother. Anna was rumored to have been in a mental hospital at one time due to illness, hinting at a story behind it.

Later, Anna left home and fought for her place abroad. Upon returning, she confessed to having already given birth to a child, and with the child’s father’s identity unknown, she attracted a wave of public speculation and attacks.

How difficult the journey she’s been through! Giving birth at such a young age, one can imagine how much pressure there was.

Although Anna never mentioned it, fans speculate she was definitely deceived by a scoundrel. Anna chose not to have an abortion, nor to hide this history that she knew could attract harm. Her strength and vulnerability make fans feel all the more tender toward her.

Fans have even launched a "Sending Baby Formula for Anna" campaign, not only to protect her but also to protect her little one.

Anna Thornton is no longer someone you can casually insult or pick on.

Those holding grievances can only turn their blame towards Marilyn Ford.

This whole situation started because of Bianca Ford.

Why is Wyatt being insulted, losing more than half of his fans, while Marilyn gets to remain unscathed, filming in peace every day?

Marilyn’s social media may present an image of elegance and tranquility, but when she saw the negative comments flooding her account, she was furious, even smashing ten phones.

Sharon Langley promised to hire internet trolls to suppress the negativity, but with the massive backlash lately, the more trolls they hired, the more fierce the criticism became.

Critics laughed at Marilyn, calling her a "capitalist darling," saying she hardly had any real fans beyond those she bought.

This statement hit the truth, prompting Marilyn to close her social media comments and have her studio issue a statement saying she was being cyberbullied and would pursue legal action.

Even with the Ford Family’s wealth to hire the best crisis PR, there was nothing they could say in this situation.

They could only let Marilyn lay low for a while and focus on her acting until the storm passed.

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Fortunately, the industry was soon hit by another major event that drew away public attention. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Mason Hawthorne’s computer was hacked, losing a set of confidential files.

Doesn’t Mason love to toy with female stars?

The missing files were none other than his private recordings.

The next day, photos and videos were released, causing a huge uproar, dragging in at least half of the industry’s top female stars.

The content was so explicit! So morally corrupt!

And with the wide range of involved stars, this new scandal could be marked as the greatest scandal in the entertainment industry in recent years, overshadowing who broke up with whom, or whose husband was caught cheating, which became minor matters in comparison.

The netizens saw the dirtiest underside of the entertainment and capitalist world.

No matter how the involved stars came forward to clarify, saying the photos and videos were fabricated, they couldn’t stop the whirl of public outrage.

In the midst of this storm, there was a uniquely proud group.

That was Anna Thornton’s fans!

[When the female lead for "Step by Step" was announced, rumors were rampant that Anna had used underhanded means to climb up, that her sponsor was Mason Hawthorne. And now? So many actresses have been exposed, yet not Anna Thornton. What does this show?]

[It shows that my idol’s situation is true! She was chosen purely on merit, with Director Nash’s keen eye. Can he really choose the wrong person? Jealous gossipers invented lies due to envy, accusing Anna of sleeping her way up! For almost two months, she was attacked and cyberbullied. I wonder if those liars feel ashamed now? It’s time for an apology!]

[From a bystander’s perspective, at first, I was really pessimistic about Anna when she returned. I admit I judged by appearances, thinking Anna looked like someone who didn’t rely on talent. But after this scandal broke, I realized that those who appear pure can be the wildest behind the scenes, while Anna proves her true self and talent time and again. I’m nearly becoming her fan!]

[Anna is indeed impressive, the first star to admit having a secret child. She’s genuinely honest with fans and accountable for her actions. I’ve already become a fan!]

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