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Did anyone else think James bedsit wasnt that bad?
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topcat3
09-12-2012
Ive seen a lot worse accommodation when i was a student, (except no-one cried about it).

In x-factor world anything short of a judges houses style mansion is impoverished.
Cassy990
09-12-2012
Originally Posted by topcat3:
“Ive seen a lot worse accommodation when i was a student, (except no-one cried about it).

In x-factor world anything short of a judges houses style mansion is impoverished.”

I was going to say my student house last year was falling down around us with damp. The roof even caved in. His bedsit was a palace in comparrison.
slappers r us
09-12-2012
Its not that bad
pepipop
09-12-2012
Yes, I thought that too. He had a seaview, it looked relatively modern and in your late teens /20's (esp. if a student), looked good to me. However, I think it was more his state of mind whilst living in it, rather than the actual place itself.
Reven
09-12-2012
I've definitely stayed in worse.
kitten12
09-12-2012
The whole thing seemed so fake

I think they had been peeling onions
DamienS
09-12-2012
Stop being so negative and stop picking a everything
Stupid_Head
09-12-2012
To Nicole it was a dump.
thegirlinpink
09-12-2012
His "sob story" is one of the worst ever. He should be grateful he has any kind of roof over his head. Many people don't.

The way the producers actively encourage contestants to bitch and moan about their jobs and homes is despicable. Especially when the country has spent years in a recession...I thought they'd knock that shit on the head but they are worse than ever with it. No sensitivity and understanding towards their viewers at all.
IsItThatDeep
09-12-2012
Originally Posted by thegirlinpink:
“His "sob story" is one of the worst ever. He should be grateful he has any kind of roof over his head. Many people don't.

The way the producers actively encourage contestants to bitch and moan about their jobs and homes is despicable. Especially when the country has spent years in a recession...I thought they'd knock that shit on the head but they are worse than ever with it. No sensitivity and understanding towards their viewers at all.”

I wonder whatever happened to the poor homeless guy from the auditions who did a runner. He looked like he was in a much worse state than James ever was.
performingmonk
09-12-2012
It was what it was. Definitely not sob story material! I'm sitting in my room right now and I don't feel like crying cause I'll 'never get out of here' lol. If that's all they can come up with against Jahmene's very real story (one of the harshest and most genuine ever to be on the show) then they should be ashamed to even go there.
Yeah_Jackie
09-12-2012
Originally Posted by IsItThatDeep:
“I wonder whatever happened to the poor homeless guy from the auditions who did a runner. He looked like he was in a much worse state than James ever was.”

I saw him last weekend in Westfield Stratford. He looked very well to me. Well kitted out and so on.
Yeah_Jackie
09-12-2012
I thought it was awful. No Laura Ashley wallpaper or Farrow and Ball paints. A complete violation of his human rights. No-one should need to live in such squalor. Poor thing.
HughOS
09-12-2012
Didn't think it was so horribly awful either. Plenty of students live in shittier accomodation.


Originally Posted by Yeah_Jackie:
“I thought it was awful. No Laura Ashley wallpaper or Farrow and Ball paints. A complete violation of his human rights. No-one should need to live in such squalor. Poor thing.”

Brady12
09-12-2012
Doesn't his mum actually dispute the fact that he says she kicked him out and that all that ever happened is that they'd argue and he'd stay at a friends for a couple of days lol
barlowconnor
09-12-2012
It wasnt that bad.
misstrange12
09-12-2012
Saltburn is just up the road from me and the flats look ok from the outside,the bedsit itself seemed small but clean and cosy.I think James was in a dark place while he was there though.He more than deserves our votes tonight btw.
Reven
09-12-2012
Originally Posted by Brady12:
“Doesn't his mum actually dispute the fact that he says she kicked him out and that all that ever happened is that they'd argue and he'd stay at a friends for a couple of days lol”

According to this article, yes.
topcat3
09-12-2012
Originally Posted by DamienS:
“Stop being so negative and stop picking a everything”

Sorry wasnt trying to be negative i was just genuinely wondering what people thought. To me its normal to start off living somewhere not that great, then save up for a flat, then one day a house. I guess it just depends on your background
NightFalls
09-12-2012
Should have seen my bedsit in the 70s, i cried in despair. The matress had a huge hole though the middle and the carpet (which i think was a carpet ) was rotten to the core, filthy and smelly.
dorahall
09-12-2012
I've lived in much worse places, I thought it looked like a nice little place to live. And his tears really irritated me and I do actually like James.
LouisFelch
09-12-2012
Kirsty Allsopp and some bods from the 60 minute Makeover team could really jig the place up with some Cath Kidston floral fabrics, a nicely upcycled 1950's sideboard and what James really needs - an electric toothbrush.
paperplanes_
09-12-2012
It wasn't exactly a nice place to live, and some of my mates have bigger bedsits etc. I can see why he'd hate living there..
phill363
09-12-2012
it wasn't the worst flat in the world, but it's a palace to some of the places I've seen, didn't look like a bad area either he was close to the sea.
Stupid_Head
09-12-2012
I suppose it does depend on which area it is.
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