Marriage mother Bourne again as a high-class hoaxer?

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Monday, 04 July 2011 14:53

Opinion and Analysis

In a plot twist worthy of a Jason Bourne novel, concerns have emerged that the now-famous letter from Carolyn Bourne to Heidi Withers may well have been nothing more than a publicity-seeking hoax, instead of different strokes for different folks?

Could it be that the most famous email of the past week was nothing more than a hoax by publicity seekers seeking to promote a wedding and catering business?

The news has come forth from Fairfax Media, which notes Ms Bourne's nicknames of 'Momzilla' and 'mother-in-law from hell'.

Unfortunately for those wishing for it all to be a hoax, the groom-to-be, Freddie Bourne has 'categorically denied' the email was just a stunt to promote his business - one which does catering and planning for big events, including weddings - with weddings something that was promoted on the site in question but is referred to no lnger.

Indeed, Mr Bourne says that his involvement in the business spans only a single month, despite the business having been in business for the last two years.

However, a single month is plenty of time for Mr Bourne and his associates to have cooked up such a plan, and while the denials fly aplenty, so to continues the outrage over Mrs Bourne's original email.

In that email, Mrs Bourne berated her daughter-in-law to be, Heidi Withers, for wanting such a profligate wedding when it did not 'befit' the incomes the soon-to-be married couple currently generate.

Mrs Bourne also noted that only those who owned castles should get married in them, although Mrs Bourne did not suggest that those who want to get married in a church should own it first, too.

However, whether Mrs Bourne did the right thing or not in expressing her feelings, Mrs Bourne and her son have clearly given new meaning to 'The Bourne Ultimatum', with Robert Ludlum presumably turning in his grave.

Heck, it even gives new and very different meaning to MILF'¦. Mother-in-law'¦ FIGHT!