Are there any videos with the stepdad in them? Has Chinny ever even mentioned him? I know Nat was in one, and the family dynamic was way off there, so I'd love to learn more about this situation.
He doesn't appear on camera, but we have heard his voice a couple of times.
I get the impression that he's a good dude. He has stayed with Chantal's mom for over 25 years now, which counts for something. He does seem to include Chantal in family gatherings (she is more likely not to go because she is on a chia seed diet or some shit, but she
is invited). He appears to be a working man; the family isn't quite what I would call solid middle class, but they seem a little better off than "working class" sounds.
I suspect Nat got into bodybuilding as a way of leveling the playing field with her big brutus of a sister (it isn't quite speculation that she bullied Nat. A verified former friend has claimed it in this thread. Still doesn't make it more than hearsay, but what she said seems to fit the picture). I don't think stepdad pushed her into it. I do think stepdad had more of a vested interest in Nat than Chantal, and he may not have tolerated all her infantilisms, which may work on mom and grandma. So I don't doubt Chantal has some issues with him, as well as issues dealing with being passed off to grandma. I believe real dad split while she was in infancy; she doesn't claim to remember anything involving real dad until her own adulthood.
I think her family has come to accept her for what she is, and has found ways to accommodate and tolerate her. I get no vibes that they hate her or anything, although her half-sis has made some gagging faces on video over Chantal's antics. Mom says she is proud of her daughter, and stepdad keeps inviting her over. So Chantal, at her age, really has nothing to whine about, and certainly has no built-in excuse to be a filthy slob and disgusting glutton. That's on her; I'm giving stepdad a pass unless contrary evidence comes in.
