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I think this persecution of Craig is getting out of hand. BB producer's need to get their media team to undo the damage they have done to the poor lad and save him from a life of ridicule and harassment from all and sundry. They did it to save Jade Goody, they now need to act to save Craig.
Apart from internet forum members having a go at him, newspapers and radio show hosts who admit they do not even watch BB are giving their two- penny-worth on Craig's infatuation of Anthony.
I worry for his state of mind when he finds out how BB media people have fed him to the tabloids for cheap headlines when imo, they should be exposing the likes of Derek, Makosi and Kemal for the nasty, vile individuals they are.

Since Saskia and Maxwell have left, Craig has been okay with Anthony. Whether or not he was just trying to secure his place within the gang by bitching about people, i don't know. If he had been like this all the time, i wouldn't have minded Craig, but he did bitch quite a lot with Saskia and Maxwell. But now, all i see, is him having fun and just talking with Anthony. He seems more vunerable with Anthony now, like the lad who has the feelings for someone of the same sex, but they don't feel the same.

Amen to that Madeline! Couldn't agree more!

For me, Craig's unrequited love for Ant... and Ant's handling of the situation...has been the highlight of this years BB. Watching the 2 of them has made me laugh, cringe, emphatize (with both of them) but mostly feel very sad for Craig. I've said before, for all Craig's bluff and bluster, I think he has a very fragile ego and hope he doesn't get too much stick when he leaves the BB house.

Mads - good post, good thread. Needed said.

I respectively disagree

IMO Craig is an annoying little so & so, whose prolonged exposure to Anthony has made him appear too clingy/possessive. However he's not had the bad treatment that Michelle got last year, when even BBLB was playing "psycho type" music over footage of her looking at Stuart. From what I've seen from the official programmes, BB has been treatment Anthony & Craig relationship as sweet (for ever stating that they've got the strongest friendship in the house)

Jade's supposed turnaround only happened because The Sun conducted a wholly unrepresentative poll to ask it's viewers who they felt should win BB. Seeing as how she'd garnered the most press for the previous weeks, the Sun reader (the majority of whom in all probability didn't even watch BB) chose Jade.

The fact that Jade was able to get herself one of the better after show PR people, just meant she was able to ride out the previous storm.

some of Craig's behaviour doesn't do himself any favours, like getting jealous when Makosi was whispering in Anthony's ear. Which allows tabloids the easy route of portraying him as a bunny boiler.

Craig isn't the first BB contestant to get singled out by media and he won't be the last. Just because some people who don't watch BB are criticising unfairly in your eyes, doesn't mean that those of us who do are also "in the wrong"

We all have our opinions of HMs, each as valid as the next. My opinion of him isn't good

End of.

My opinion also is that, he bitched about people, and this shouldn't be forgotten, but he is now just chilling out and talking to Anthony, so we should maybe lay off him a bit.

IOM he isn't just chilling out & talking to Anthony, he is constantly crying because Anthony talk's to or has any kind of interaction with anyone other than him or doesn't say the thing's that he want's to hear, in particular that Ant does secretly fancy him. Anthony seems to be getting more uncomfortable with Craig's behaviour towards him. He doesn't know how to handle it without making Craig have another hissy fit I have begun to feel very sorry for Anthony because I think he is a nice bloke who is out of his depth & just want's a quite life.

The thing that I find interesting about the Craig/Anthony situation is that everone assumes Craig is genuine. Last year Michelle was slated for appearing to fabricate an infatuation (which we now know was real..at the time).

I haven't seen one person who thinks Craig is doing it only for the cameras ( I don't think he is) but I just find it interesting that no one has questioned it....if he had been a woman would people have had the same perspections I wonder?

Great point cc. Some things just don't even cross my mind. I don't think that Crai-aig is doing it for the cameras - mind you, I didn't think that Michickenelle was doing it purely for the cameras either.

I dont despise him but I do think he comes across as worringly controling and possessive but neither have I forgotten his audition tape which to me portrayed him as the worst HM I have EVER seen. He was very mouthy then and maybe he should have thought twice about the big hard man act if he's just a softie.

ooh err double meaning

Good post Madeline. Over the last week or two I've really been worrying for how Craig will be when he gets out. He is going to need a lot of support.

pretty much said exactly what I feel towards Craig

I've no doubt that he's probably a nice guy in real life, but I don't like him BB wise

Yep that's what I think. One minute he's talking about how he doesn't like sex and doesn't winky wonk but the next minute he's talking about how he goes to clubs for sex not relationships etc and just generally turning everything around to a sex conversation and is fumbling away with himself in the living room.
He's full of kak IMO and should have had some kind of mental support BEFORE he went in the house or again IMO shouldn't have been let in at all. Love the green converse though.

Well, i wasn't a member of this forum last year, but i can assure you that i did think it was genuine on Michelle's part. If anything, i thought she might have been smothering Stuart a bit too much.