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I am inclined to think it's his accent / manner, in combination with the fact that he doesn't flatter people much.
So, I think that the British feel suspicious of that kind of easy, North American confidence and articulacy. Compare questions and comments from the floor of the Opera Show with the same from the Trisha audience. Brits come across like mumbling, stammering encephalopaths compared with Americans' smooth, assured delivery. It sounds almost rehearsed to our ears. Hence, I think, the perception of fakeness and condescension.
Also, most of the other housemates spend quite a lot of time telling one another how 'amaaaazing' they are. Richard, for all his charm and diplomacy, doesn't actually brown-nose much at all, does he? Which makes his reputation among the plastics for 'arse sucking' even more ironic. |
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