However, as brands and glossy magazine listicles battle to produce Bessette duplicates, surviving relatives and friends have denounced the show’s ethical transgressions. The commodification of Bessette’s legacy was criticised by Allure’s contributing editor, Marci Robin, who wrote that “brands that didn’t even exist in 1999 are diluting this complex, intelligent woman – who, lest we forget, died tragically – into a tool to sell their stuff without her consent”.