Tbh? I kinda feel bad for her watching this part. She really thought she was living the dream, and that she could get the man of her obsession to fall in love with her. This is the highlight of her life. It’s all downhill after this (well, even more downhill than it was then, in retrospect. She was paying him to spend that hour with her in the pool, and she probably looked forward to it all week while she waited at the Kuwait fart box all alone with her seven meals a day ).
If you find yourself ever feeling bad for Chantal and her terrifyingly expensive and retarded "love life" please remember:
She had two men in her life that stayed with her by choice.
Both Peetz and Bibi floated her lifestyle when she was fat AND broke. They were both loyal and kind. Neither of them stole from her, hit her, hurt her or used her. Both said "I love you". Both stayed for
years.
They put up with her mood swings, didn't shame her for her terrible personality or habits, neither nagged her about her hygiene and both cared for her while she was sick/recovering.
She admitted to throwing things at Peetz.
She stole from Peetz, forging loans and credit cards in his name.
And she cheated on both of them.
Chantal had the love she whines about craving not once but twice and threw it away because "they were boring"*
I personally believe this is why she was never as obsessive about Salah as she was Nadar. Yes, we've seen her latch harder on to Salah in recent times but I think that's because he started fighting back.
She needs someone she can scream at, she needs someone who will make her feel like a victim, she needs someone who will rile up strong emotions in her and most of all she needs someone who will lovebomb her when they're "sorry" (or rather, when they want more money).
When she first got to Kuwait, Salah played his role on camera but then just left when she'd start fights or be too much. This is why she got so bored so quickly and was doing things like going into Nadar's chat still, or causing issues between Salah and his friends**.
So yeah. Even if Salah had somehow fallen in love with her over their time together she would have just cheated on him the moment the opportunity presented itself (or she sought it out online) and just blamed him for being boring.
* I think it's that
she is boring and therefore gets bored very easily, so she looks to kick up chaos around her for amusement. Bonus points if that chaos gets her more attention, or even better makes her a victim.
** No doubt the added validation of "he chose me over his friends!" helped here. We saw her try to do the same thing with his family in more recent years.
for another one of those confessionals.
1.30.26
I had to share.