Dragons’ Den viewers slam ‘horrifically uncomfortable’ offer on £6,500,000 business

Dragons’ Den viewers person been near outraged by an ‘uncomfortable’ connection from Touker Suleyman implicit a haircare enactment from 1 young entrepreneur.

Lucie Macleod, 24, started marque Hair Syrup portion trying to prevention wealth connected haircare astatine assemblage — her concern is present projected to crook implicit £6,500,000 successful 2025.

The dragons were initially impressed by the immense maturation the concern had achieved since 2019 erstwhile Lucie officially began selling her serums done TikTok.

However, it became progressively wide that the young entrepreneur was retired of her depth successful the concern broadside of things truthful the likes of Deborah Meaden and guest dragon Trinny Woodall were out.

Then Touker enactment an antithetic connection connected the table: Her asking concern of £190,000 for a 3% stake, arsenic agelong arsenic helium gets his concern backmost successful 3 months.

He would support his involvement successful the institution everlastingly successful instrumentality for his mentorship.

‘I privation idiosyncratic to turn with maine and assistance maine to not marque mistakes I astir apt americium going to marque without someone,’ Lucie had replied erstwhile asked wherefore she was successful beforehand of them.

Having made a immense magnitude of wealth herself, becoming a multimillionaire acknowledgment to Hair Syrup, she admitted each she ‘wanted oregon needed’ was ‘mentorship’.

Touker’s connection adjacent turned the heads of the different Dragons, who advised Lucie to deliberation agelong and hard astir this offer.

‘What?’ said Steven Bartlett successful disbelief erstwhile the Hair Syrup laminitis initially agreed to the mentorship terms.

Deborah clarified: ‘You’re fundamentally giving distant those shares. I conscionable request you to beryllium truly wide and understand.’

To the daze of the different Dragons — and viewers — an overwhelmed Lucie accepted the woody adjacent aft heading to the partition to think.

However, their acrophobic expressions made her question if this was the close determination and confessed she was present ‘nervous’.

Viewers had the aforesaid instinct and blasted Touker’s connection connected X, calling it ‘shady’ and a ‘horrifically uncomfortable’ watch.

‘What a rotten woody lol fundamentally conscionable taking 3% for nothing,’ wrote prxtsh arsenic Olly called it the ‘most greediest connection Touker has ever made’.

‘What person I conscionable watched,’ asked Craig arsenic Chris posted: ‘That was horrifically uncomfortable viewing.’

Damerella called the connection a ‘con’ arsenic it was wide Lucie didn’t recognize what precisely she was giving away.

On the show, Deborah asked if she understood she was ‘giving away’ 3% of her business, to which the entrepreneur replied ‘For free?’

After the effect from his chap dragons, Touker rescinded the offer, saying helium didn’t privation her to consciousness similar helium had ‘tried to trick’ her successful immoderate way.

‘I archer you what Lucie,’ helium continued. ‘I tin consciousness you’re uncomfortable and I don’t privation to instrumentality distant 3% for thing from your concern truthful I’m out.’

Dragons and viewers alike were relieved the woody had not gone up with X idiosyncratic Scott Pugh saying: ‘That’s a precise shady woody from Touker gladsome she didn’t instrumentality it.’

‘Naw I consciousness truthful atrocious for Lucie, convey deity the different dragons adjacent pressured Touker into stopping that,’ wrote Saffron.

When Lucie near the den, Touker defended himself saying helium had simply ‘tried to find a solution’ for the contented surrounding dividends and getting your wealth out.

Peter Jones praised the businessman for doing the ‘honourable thing’ successful the end.

Dragons’ Den airs Thursdays astatine 8pm connected BBC One and iPlayer.

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