"Big Brother Stole My Life"

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• Aint_mad_ATCHA Posts: 743

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  08/09/08 - 09:33 #2

  waww! quite compeling that!

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• saffron500 Posts: 1,745

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  08/09/08 - 09:42 #3

  The fact he was lured back in 2006 says it all really, just a very weak man who perhaps wasnt sufficiently vetted in the first place to go into the original BB house.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 28

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  08/09/08 - 09:45 #4

  Interesting. Thanks for that.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 2,445

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  08/09/08 - 09:53 #5

  It is a fascinating read. I have always thought that the housemates are used more than they use Big brother. The money the production company earns is phenomenal. The winner only receives a paltry sum. Wish they could plough back some of the money back into worthwhile causes.

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• JillyA Posts: 2,205

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  08/09/08 - 10:02 #6

  Scarily read somehwre the other day that 50% of school leavers think they will make their money when they leave school from doing Reality TV of some type.
  
  I thought it was just my 15 year old. He doesn't seem to realise that that what seems to be a large amount to him at 15 is not going to set him up for life just give him some pin money for a few years.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 12,170

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  08/09/08 - 10:03 #7

  ConfidentBelle wrote: »

  It is a fascinating read. I have always thought that the housemates are used more than they use Big brother. The money the production company earns is phenomenal. The winner only receives a paltry sum. Wish they could plough back some of the money back into worthwhile causes.

  
  This is what has always bugged me about the way BB treats their HMs, especially those that are in the house the longest. I know at the end f the day it is a TV show that is there to make money, but the HMs are treated like cattle.
  
  Surely at the very least they deserve:
  
  a) to get the credit they deseve, especially those who make it to the final
  b) to get a decent prize (you win more just for putting up with Noel Edmunds for an hour, than you do for entertaining the nation for 3 months)
  c) to get decent aftercare support (both in terms of emotion/mental wellbeing, and carreer advice).
  
  When BB started and there was concern about what affect being on BB would have on the HMs and whether the TV companies were exploiting people, there was lots of talk from Ch4/Edemol about how the HMs would be looked after and treated right both on and after the show. As far as I can tell, despite these promises, very little of this support ever materialised beyond the bare minimum. :mad:
  
  At the end of the day, the HMs are who make the show. To me they are far more important and more deserving of financial reward and special treatment than even the likes of Davina.

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• stray Posts: 2,867

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  08/09/08 - 10:07 #8

  Interesting account of one man's experience. I'm sure it must have been quite frightening for someone who, at heart, sounds like a loner who wanted a quiet life.

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• The Finisher Posts: 10,518

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  08/09/08 - 10:11 #9

  Very interesting, it just goes to show what a drug fame is to some people.
  
  Even when he knew the harm it had caused him he still couldn't stop himself from going back for more

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• JonDoe Posts: 31,598

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  08/09/08 - 10:20 #10

  P*ss off The Times.
  
  The problem is laziness, poor education and parental apathy. The problem is not a television show.

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