Wednesday 21 January 2009

Not so Cool

As Michelle was booted out of the Big Brother House in a surprise eviction on Monday, Verne mused 'why are all the women leaving?', to which Ulrika glumly retorted 'ask the men'. She refers, of course, to the fact that nominations for eviction from the reality TV house over the last 3 weeks have been largely dominated by the fairer sex, leaving only our Swedish 4 x 4 and LaToya Jackson left, amongst what can only be described as a tribe of men.

Now, having watched bits and bobs of this years celebrity ego-fight, its not unfair of me to say I wasn’t expecting anything very insightful to dribble out of Michelle's mouth in her interview with Davina.

But she did note how otherwise polite and respectful men like Terry and Tommy, were turning into monsters when joined in force by Coolio - 90s gangsta rapper and woman disrespecter extraordinaire. Not one for even bothering to pretend to look a good-looking girl in the eye, this man has spent every waking minute manipulating the men with injections of untreated testosterone, and toppling the women one by one.

Early on Lucy left, after bravely standing up to him during a task where she was forced to spend 24 hours in a small area with him, pretending to 'pap' the garden. Things turned from bad to worse for the model, as Coolio prodded and prodded and prodded in annoyingness and disrespect until she broke.

So, what's left? A bunch of men quite bereft of female company or companionship. Even the rapper himself told Big Brother he 'felt sorry' for Michelle - a woman he had tormented for her entire duration in the house - when she left. Perhaps it is no wonder this man is quite simply - alone. Let's hope the other men grow some balls and stop limpeting themselves to him.

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