Originally Posted by blueabu:
“Oh come on pleassseeeeeeeeee. They will never drop Jason, look at all the publicity he gets for DOI. It is all about ratings, ITV arent worried whether people like or respect each other.
This is the real world. Pink and Fluffy just doesnt do it where business and ratings are concerned”
Well we'll see. I don't think their ratings are that great this year, and they've got rid of two judges so far. None of the judges can be sure of being there next year.
Jason is not a 'pantomime villain' - as others have said, he's really like this. With his 'fecal matter' remark and apparently slagging off other team members as well as contestants via Twitter he's sailing very near the edge. That's not the only offensive thing he's said.
The main draw is surely the calibre of contestants, not the judges, and if people are not willing to be subjected to his particular brand of 'entertainment' having seen what he's said this year it will be bye bye Jason.
I think they would have done as well to draw a line under it rather than taking it up in Friday's show, the sight of Colleen Nolan saying sanctimoniously that she always did what she was told was hardly the most convincing counter argument.
(Though it was quite funny when you remember how many required elements she dropped at the last minute.)
Of course they are going to support him at the moment - they have no choice other than getting rid of him mid series. But I would be very surprised if he is sure about being there next year, hence the sycophantic tosh about 'being disrespectful'.
If I were him I would be quite worried that Emma Bunton apparently has the brief to be 'harsh but fair' at the moment, and is doing it better than Ruthie did it and a lot better than he does it.