Why do people feel sorry for Frankie?!?!?!?!

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rbdcay

09-11-2011

Originally Posted by madlh100:
“What angers me the most is that he was put through over that lad who was fantastic. Can't think of his name, but he auditioned last year and didn't get through. He got as far as the judges' houses and was in Dannii's category.”

John Wilding I presume.

elliecat

09-11-2011

thing is when most people screw up they don't do it in front of millions and in the full glare of the UK tabloid media. I feel sorry for him because it is obviously his way of dealing with life and that is his choice and as a 18/19 year old he is at that age where he does experiment with things such as drugs. The show could have handled him better instead of feeding his need to be the badboy, they have used his badboy reputation to their advantage and as soon as it looked like it was about to backfire they drop him and leave him to deal with the fall-out on his own. Also some of the comments on here about him are disgusting you may not like his antics but some of the comments are just downright vile.

David Waine

09-11-2011

I suspect that he is simply not as grown as up as he ought to be at his age and the whole thing just went to his head. I thought he looked quite embarrassed about it all on stage on Saturday. The knowledge that his days were numbered by (a) his conduct and (b) the fact that he isn't a good singer had well and truly dawned, I am sure. Nobody looked more surprised than he when he was put through to the next round. We also don't know the level of peer pressure that he was put under to act outrageously (not necessarily from anyone involved with the show) but I expect that his ability to resist that sort of thing is quite low.

I must admit that I do feel a little bit sorry for him because he has messed up and humiliated himself in just about the most public way possible. It is easy to point the finger and say, 'Serves him right'. There, but for the grace of God, however...

If he does manage to avoid slipping straight back into obscurity (a big if, admittedly) we might yet see a more mature, and likeable, Frankie.

CockneyRebel

09-11-2011

Originally Posted by Green Goddess:
“...Barlow and co allowed this to happen... They encouraged this, they wanted a bad lad, it would seem Frankie obliged them, and went too far, but it should have been stopped way before this.”

Originally Posted by madlh100:
“Barlow said the last thing he wanted to him to do was behave. I think Barlow is to blame if anyone for putting him through.”

Originally Posted by robertlondon:
“The production team condoned his behaviour - even having Dermot, Caroline and Ollie ask him about his wild ways whilst sniggering along. At his age I made plenty of mistakes. Fortunately I didn't have to be humiliated on a national stage.”

^^^ Agree with all the above.

Originally Posted by LIZALYNN:
“Frankie's addictions had obviously stopped him performing well.”

Addictions? Really? Who said he had addictions? What would that be - alcohol, sex, cocaine? He likes a drink, that doesn't make him an alcoholic, same with sex and cocaine.

Originally Posted by jackbell:
“His life choices will inevitably end in tragedy.”

^^^ More overreaction!

Originally Posted by twingle:
“I feel a bit sorry for him. He has screwed up big time in front of the UK's stage. We all screw up at some point but luckily the media doesn't get to hear about it. As for himself to blame...maybe but I am a firm believer that some of us have a higher self destruct button than others.(aka Pete Docherty and Amy Winehouse) Just a shame he was picked for the live shows and then this mess might not have happened.”

I agree about screwing up. However, I'm not sure he's on a par with Docherty or Winehouse. Tbh, he's no worse than many of my friends were at his age and they've turned out ok.

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