No dear, they show us what they want us to see. The producers have their favourites and so they get more airtime, i;e Miss Cotton and Mark ( Both on other ITV shows ), it doesn't matter if it's entertaining or not.

I can't say he bothers me at all. He moans, but then so does my hubby, so probably why it doesn't bother me.

I can't say anyone really bothers me this year to be honest. It's been a very "nice" camp this year. It doesn't rank amongst my favourites, but far from being the worst. It's just nice with nobody to wind me up.

Fatima seems to be the only one that's willing to stand up to him - as with yesterday's swearing disagreement - and look how he behaved. The remaining campmates are all too non confrontational to take him on. I wasn't Pat's greatest fan but at least he wasn't cowed in Cotton's presence and refused to be bullied.

The others are all terrified of Cotton's wrath - understandable when you're stuck in an enclosed space with the man

I see your point. I think as time went by Pat would have possibly told him to 'jog on'. But basically if they were truly fed up with his ways and they stuck together it may have the desired affect. I can't see that he could get much worse and they live with the way it is now, so nothing much to lose. It's a case of put up and shut up or do something about it (metaphorically speaking) United we stand, divided we fall and all that jazz as they say

I still think Freddie Starr would have told him some home truths. Or sat there and wound him up. Dammit Freddie! You and your unknown allergy!!

Yes, it's all Freddie's fault the wretch lol.

I know if I were in there I would confront him, or I'd go into the BT and tell them to get him to shut the f*** up LOL!

lol, lets blame Freddie! lol. The show needed someone like him, or a Jenny Eclair or Dom Joly.

If i was in there I'd have called him out on his behaviour too. As I would any of them who behaved like that. His behaviour is unacceptable.

Lamb to the slaughter comes to mind if he went in CBB

I would have had to say something to him whether I had the back up of the others or not. If he were getting on my thungars that much I wouldn't be able to stop my mouth from opening.

I'd never knowingly or deliberately be rude to anyone or say hateful things but...............I'd certainly get my point across that he was acting a 'tad over the top' to put it mildly lol.

All in all though, I don't mind watching him in there. It's not like I have to live with him and it does make me smile when he goes off on one. Last night I said to my hubby, 'there goes minnie moaner again' and that's how I leave it.

It's only a TV show, nothing to get really het up about in the grand scheme of things

I am somewhat surprised that Willie hasn't stood up to Cotton. Willie Carson is normally known for not mincing his words and speaks as he finds.

if, as you keep saying, 'we don't know' 'we don't know', how can anyone have a valid opinion on anything? what is the point of this forum then? no matter what person A says, person B can say 'we don't know' so the discussion grinds to a halt.
having said all that... based on what we DO know, antony cotton appears to be a very negative, self-obsessed, unpleasant, impolite drama queen. maybe the editing magnifies his bad qualities but those personality defects are clear for all to see. i don't hate him, of course. i just find him deeply unpleasant.

Willy to me has turned into a disappointment, then again we may not be seeing the real him as the editors make sure of that?

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As he said to Jessica he lets alot pass him by and ignores it. I suspect Willie has his reasons for being so quiet, knowing his reputation in the racing world he's certainly not being himself. Shame because he's a great fella, lives up to the 'small man' theory to the fullest.

Personally I don't mind Anthony, I find him funny but then I wouldn't want to live with him. I think the majority of them are so dull at least he is bringing some form of entertainment even if it is annoyance and anger from the viewers. A reaction is better than a non-reaction.

I think that we're being well and truly diddled by the editing. Yesterday when Jess was talking to Ant & Dec she said how entertained she had been by all Willie's stories Obviously nothing must interfere with the Mark & Anthony Show

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The campmates were saying what a joker he was and life and soul of the camp - we never saw any of it.

The editing can hide things as easily as it can h/l someone`s behaviour.

Errr... no, actually! Aggressive OMG I've heard it all now...


Bully? "...to afraid to take him on"?. "non confrontational" campmates?. "...terrified of Cotton's wrath"? Is Anthony Cotton a mafia boss or something...


Maybe because there's nothing to "stand up" to...


The point of this forum, I thought, was to discuss things. It seems to me that the posters who are slating Cotton are no better than what their saying Cotton is. As soon as someone disagrees with another posters opinion, then they have a hissy fit, they turn in to that 'drama queen', they certainly become very 'impolite' and 'unpleasant' to other forum members.

...good job I don't mind a little bit of confrontation...!


Is Willie only a disappointment to you because he isn't seeing Anthony in the same way as you? As I said before, maybe things with Anthony are not quite as they appear. The bush telegraph is there for all to go and rant and rave at anything that's bothering them - why aren't they in there ranting about Anthony?

I still don't get it...

Mine too.Without him it would be quite dull.

Perhaps because it doesn't get shown. The BT is Anthony's domain this year and we hardly get to see anyone else in there unfortunately

I wish we could see more of what is going on. I hate to say it, but I don't think Anthony can be blamed for how the show is edited. Unless it was written in his contract that he should hog all the limelight.

Hopefully, we'll see more of the others tonight, but I'm not holding my breath 'sigh'

You are quite right. Antony has no control over how the show is edited. Unfortunately the editing is doing him no favours but that is only because he is showing that he is not a very nice person.

The unpleasant Antony appears far more than the nice Antony, so one can only assume there is very little footage of Antony being very nice!

I agree. Basically I think what you see is what you get, however unsavoury that may be

Well said.

Yup... I also believe that he is very aggressive. The highlights have showed that several times.


The FM's you speak of sound as though they are being hypocritical and acting just as Antony cotton acts. i.e. 'impolite' and 'unpleasant' which he quite clearly is.

From what we've seen of Cotton so far he could give the worst FMs a run for their money on the impolite or unpleasant front