Jon Tickle on the housemates:-
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Craig’s special, or so he thinks
So Craig thinks that he is special, does he? I can’t square the circle myself. On one hand, Craig tells us that he has not come out. On the other, he tells us that he has had to justify himself to everyone that he has ever met. With no modesty whatsoever, I’m going to claim that he read my column last year.
I have no problem with Craig’s choices in life. They are his own and whether he chooses to tell people about his past or not is entirely up to him. It’s really none of our business and shouldn’t be a factor when it’s time to pick up the ‘phone on a Friday night.
Strangely, far from being a hindrance to his chances of winning BB6, Craig’s search for public acceptance seems to have given him a fighting chance. There’s a big ‘aahh’ factor: ‘Craig’s obviously had a tough time in life and has come through it, and he deserves to win BB6.’ You get the idea.
However, let’s not allow our eagerness to appear to be politically correct get in the way of the central issue: Craig must be an absolute nightmare to live with. If we do the right thing and ignore his confrontation with his sexuality (as he would wish us to do), then we’re left with someone who would fray the nerves of the most forgiving of any of us.
Of course, I have changed ‘Craig’ for ‘Nadia’, ‘search for public acceptance’ for ‘gender reassignment’, ‘confrontation with his sexuality’ for ‘gender-issue’, ‘BB5’ for ‘BB6’ (you can read the original here, if you are inclined) Thankfully for many reasons, Craig isn’t Nadia, despite his attempt to play the same game and I’m thankful that he doesn’t stand a realistic chance of winning. Please don’t prove me wrong.
Anthony’s handling of Craig is masterful
Wouldn’t Craig wish that it were so? However, Anthony has been the one person to have broken the BB6 mould and has used a veritable arsenal of extremely competent social and communication skills to keep Craig at arms length. The lad deserves to win – we owe him that much, don’t we? If the nice guy doesn’t win, we shall have to lie when we read our children bedtime stories and that would be a Very Bad Thing.
Eugenious?
Jon Tickle on smack, so they say. Like Craig, he must be nightmare to live with (I hope that I wasn’t too bad) but unlike Craig, underneath lies a decent – if goofy and a bit naive, neither of which are cardinal offences – bloke who doesn’t wish ill of anyone. At least he attempts to initiate conversation. That he fails is still better than not trying at all. Could he win? Unlikely, but I wouldn’t object.
Kinga
I give up. I can’t believe, refuse to believe, that we are watching Reality. As we are not, what’s the point in watching? To see how far people can debase themselves in public? I’d rather watch The West Wing, thanks all the same.
Makosi
The time was when Mr N Bateman was vilified for trying to manipulate other people’s nominations. Now, it seems to be the accepted norm. I don’t object too much, it’s a game show after all and ultimately, you are competing with your fellow Housemates. My objection comes when Housemates try to manipulate the public. Makosi thinks that I (and the other viewers) am stupid. I’m not, and like everybody else, I have lost track of the number of times I have shouted at the telly “I can see through what you are doing, so what’s the point in doing it?” It hurts us, precious, it huuurts us. Thankfully the end is in sight
Some good points there
