Yeah, but you don't expect Big Brother to be a lynchpin for personal change, do you? Didn't think so.
Not necessarily, no, not in the case of personality disorder, anyway - but I kiiinda expect those who've fought their way through the selection process to admission to have at least some sense of the consequences of their being unwilling or unable to change sufficiently to adhere to the rules of the house. Aaand, if they were well aware that a) breaking the rules would result in early eviction, and b) they couldn't not break the rules, then it begs the question, why'd they bother in the first place? What's the point of entering an environment when you know you're gonna single-mindedly work to bring about your own ejection as soon as humanly possible?
I see it as as much a failure of the Endemol psychologists as Kitten - if not more so.
Ah well, she's out now. I expect the Queen and "the aristocracy" are quaking in their green wellies.
Watching the live footage: Hi-IQ Stu is squirming within the clammy, tentacled grip of Michelle, who's metamorphosed into one of those clingy, needy limpet-like women (and it's pretty much always women, in my admittedly limited experience) who never lets thirty seconds pass without intoning, "what are you thinking?". The expression on Stuart's face is reminiscent of that of a child who, having picked up a slug for the first time, finds he cannot then wipe the incredibly resistant slime off his fingers. He really is on the verge of saying, "it's not you, it's me; I need some space...". Or sprinkling salt on her. |
) are already making me retch.
