{"id":473,"date":"2025-06-16T15:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mississaugaoffice.com\/?p=473"},"modified":"2025-06-20T09:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:43:46","slug":"tattle-life-creator-who-built-most-toxic-place-on-the-internet-unmasked-as-blogger-sebastian-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mississaugaoffice.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/tattle-life-creator-who-built-most-toxic-place-on-the-internet-unmasked-as-blogger-sebastian-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Tattle Life creator who built \u2018most toxic place on the internet\u2019 unmasked as blogger Sebastian Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bastian Durward describes himself as a former office worker who moved to the countryside to cook plant-based meals (Picture: Instagram\/Amazon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The man behind an\u00a0online gossip forum where users tear down both famous and regular people has been unmasked. <\/p>\n

‘Gossip’ website Tattle Life<\/a> first appeared on the internet in 2018 as a website for people to ‘fairly’ criticise celebrities.<\/p>\n

But seven years and 48,000 threads later, the site has become notorious for people to mock, degrade and dox family members of content creators.<\/p>\n

Now the man behind Tattle Life has been exposed as plant-based recipe influencer Sebastian Bond, known as Bastian Durward of\u00a0Nest & Glow.<\/p>\n

Irish couple Neil and Donna Sands discovered the 43-year-old’s identity after suing the website for hosting defamatory commentary about them.<\/p>\n

They argued that the website has ‘profited as a space where users could defame, harass, stalk and attack others online’.<\/p>\n

Donna, who runs the clothing brand Syklie, and tech businessman Neil were awarded \u00a3300,000 by the Northern Ireland\u00a0High Court last week.<\/p>\n

What is Tattle Life?<\/h2>\n
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Tattle Life features various sections for people to discuss ‘families’, ‘gurus’ and ‘traditional celebs’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tattle Life says it is a commentary website for ‘public’ social media accounts. <\/p>\n

Its landing page says: ‘We allow commentary and critiques of people that choose to monetise their personal life as a business and release it into the public domain.’<\/p>\n

Categories for ‘public figure gossip’ include families, gurus, Instagrammers, bloggers and so-called traditional celebs. <\/p>\n

SimilarWeb<\/a>, a web analytics service, says that Tattle Life has received more than 15.5million views in the last month.<\/p>\n

Users on the site, called ‘Tattlers’, have been known to make cruel comments about people’s weight, disabilities and children<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Only today, a user called ‘mushroomprincess22’ said in a thread discussing an Instagrammer: ‘She looks horrendous and so out of proportion with her MASSIVE horse head and tiny sparrow legs. X.’<\/p>\n

Another thread on two influencers says one has a ‘balloon chest and beady eyes but still thinks she\u2019s the ultimate prize’.<\/p>\n

Who is Sebastian Bond?<\/h2>\n
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Bond uses different names online, such as Bastian Durward<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With reporting restrictions lifted, Bond has been unmasked as the man secrely running Tattle Life. <\/p>\n

He is ‘a former office worker that quit long days in London to move to the countryside and share natural recipes and lifestyle tips’, according to his profile on Nest & Glow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An Amazon author page for his \u00a320 cookbook says Bond has a ‘passion for sharing healthy recipes to inspire everyone to eat natural food full of nutrients and vitamins’.<\/p>\n

Bond is linked to two businesses: Yuzu Zest Limited (a UK-registered company) and Kumquat Tree Limited (registered in Hong Kong).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Company House records show the former is in liquidation but is alleged to offer ‘media representation services’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tattle Life’s website says it is run by ‘Helen McDougal’ of ‘Lime Goss’.<\/p>\n

Why has he been exposed?<\/h2>\n

Neil and Donna say they found a 45-page thread on Tattle Life where users trolled them. After asking the site operator to take it down in 2021, they took legal action two years later.<\/p>\n

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Bond’s assets have been frozen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Awarding damages to the couple in December, Justice McAlinden said Tattle Life was ‘clearly a case of peddling untruths for profit’.<\/p>\n

He said: ‘It is the exercise of extreme cynicism – the calculated exercise of extreme cynicism.<\/p>\n

‘Which in reality constitutes behaviour solely aimed at making profit out of people’s misery. <\/p>\n

‘People facilitating this are making money out of it\u2026 protecting their income streams by protecting the identity of the individual posters.’<\/p>\n

In an Instagram statement, the Sands said the court ruling comes ‘sadly too late’ for countless people’s ‘businesses, reputations and mental health’.<\/p>\n

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They said: ‘For others, we hope it marks a turning point – a reminder that the internet is not an anonymous place.’<\/p>\n

Content creators have thanked the couple for taking Tattle Life to court. <\/p>\n

Northern Irish content creator India Sasha raised a glass as she said: ‘It is the most pathetic, disgusting website to ever exist.’<\/p>\n

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What a DAY #tattlelife<\/a> #fyp<\/a> @weebelfastchick @Tiana mYa\ud83e\ude75 <\/p>\n

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She added: ‘If you\u2019re anybody that took any part in any of that, I strongly suggest that you stop posting on it and stop being a part of that toxic cycle of bringing people down in this country.’<\/p>\n

Irish actress and influencer Abigail Parkinson said on TikTok: ‘Well done to Donna and her husband that did this, on behalf of me and everyone else that has been relentlessly bullied and targeted and just been a victim to this disgusting, horrific website.’<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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