Geena wrote:
Funny thing is, Ant reminds me of Ray in so many ways; they both liked a drink and went on about how they may be percieved by the public a LOT - both of them liked to play pranks - though I always thought Ray was a bit rough with the girls, but anyway....both Ant and Ray, as far as I can recall, voiced their concern about their families seeing them at their worst. Ray looked as bored/bemused of Jon Tickle's stories/ideas....as Ant did by Eugene's.
Both Ray and Ant seemed to really want to mostly have fun and enjoy their BB experience - for all their flaws, both Ant and Ray seem like genuinely nice chaps. IMO

Excellent post Geena, I agree with everything you've said. Anthony is a different person of course than Ray but both are nice blokes with no harm at all in either of them. And I can see the similarities in both their BB experiences as you say. What I liked about Anthony was that he was lovely and genuine to everyone. He wouldn't let Craig slag Eugene off in the last few days remember? He didn't go in for bitching - it's not that he's boring, it's just not his thing perhaps. He was a good laugh and got into the spirit of things. OK he was very cocky when he won BB but he was excited and it must have been overwhelming and then again why shouldn't he be self confident? He's a nice looking bloke, a sound person and he'd just won.
He had time for everyone in there and that must be nice when you're in a house full of people that you feel hate you, to have someone like Anthony to go sit with and know that he'll be a bit civil to you and not slate you the minute your back is turned.
With all that said, I can completely understand people being pissed off that he won. I personally am delighted but I have been disappointed other years when my housemate of choice hasn't won. I don't think Kate deserved to win and I hated her interview. It was a total anticlimax. I didn't want Cameron to win either and was disappointed when his name was announced, however seeing his reaction and then his interview I brightened up and was able to be delighted for him so I didn't feel really let down at all. I had never disliked him in the house though, just would have preferred a couple of others to win.
If Eugene had won I'd be here going mad over it!
