Documentary fans: Netflix has dropped an unusual, heartbreaking watch. Con Mum explores the true story of Masterchef star Graham Hornigold, and what happened when a woman named Dionne contacted him out of the blue claiming to be his mother.
The doc explores what happened next, how it impacted Hornigold’s relationships and finances, and whether he believes that Dionne is, in fact, the scammer that so many have accused her to be after it was discovered that she hadn’t been entirely truthful when she contacted him.
Here’s everything we know about the true story behind Netflix’s Con Mum documentary.
Who is Graham Hornigold?
You may recognize Hornigold from his time onscreen on Masterchef: The Professionals in his capacity as a pastry chef, and he has worked in some of London’s top restaurants.
Now he is the subject of Netflix’s true-life Con Mum documentary, which explores what happened when a woman named Dionne got in touch with him to tell him she was his long-lost biological mother.
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What is the Con Mum documentary’s true story?
The true story begins with Hornigold receiving an email from a woman named Dionne, who is claiming to be his mother. After asking her a series of questions to try to identify if she was lying, they eventually met and began to build a long-awaited mother-son relationship. Hornigold had never known his mother, as he was taken back to the UK by his father shortly after being born on a British Army base in Germany in 1974.
Dionne confided in Hornigold that she had been diagnosed with a brain tumor and bone marrow cancer and had six months to live, which was the reason why she had reached out to him—and she said that she’d like to leave her wealth, which was considerable, judging by her lifestyle, to him. She also told him that she was the illegitimate child of the former Sultan of Brunei. She bought him a car and all manner of gifts. Some have described this as a form of “love bombing.” Dionne even moved in with Hornigold, his partner, Heather, and their newborn son.
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