Originally Posted by Sun Tzu.:
“Luke A has been mentioned. I watched a video on YouTube the other day when Becky and him had that chat in the garden with Scott and Adam looking on. And he didn't give a hoot what Becky thought and although I wasn't a big fan of Becky at all and found her to be rather manipultiative like when she hated Conor and then got on with him.
But Luke A did come across as some one who wasn't as nice as we might think but the competition wasn't the best in terms who could win it.
Perhaps if Lauren had lasted longer, then she might have won it because she is a lovely person.”
Yes, I don't think Luke was one of the meanest or most hurtful HMs, but there were signs that Luke wasn't as nice as he usually seemed. (I mean such things as snapping at Sara, the 'minge' comment, the 'bmi' comment, disrespectful guy-talk about the women, and not caring what Becky thought.)
And sometimes there'd be a big 'course correction' after. For instance, after he'd shown Becky he wouldn't stand for her nonsense. Like lightdragon, I thought it was good that he stood his ground.
Originally Posted by lightdragon:
“I thought that incident was the one time Luke A looked a winner to me. He didn't start the argument, Becky was all "Right I'm gonna sort him out", and stormed to the garden looking for a fight. IMO she got her comeuppance.
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Unfortunately, he later backtracked like mad and became woeful in the DR. It's hard to avoid the suspicion that his first response was real and reversal was damage limitation, because he was worried about how HMs or viewers would react.
Originally Posted by
wonkeydonkey:
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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu.:
“Perhaps if Lauren had lasted longer, then she might have won it because she is a lovely person.”
Why would she? He beat her in a one to one. There was no reason why anyone who had voted for him then would have stopped voting for him later. He is also a lovely person, and did a lot to support Lauren, far more than she did to support him. I'm sure she would admit that herself. I'm not getting at her: he was 10 years older, and it was right for him to help her through it all. But that is what he did.”
I think Sun Tzu's post said why. It wasn't just the opinion that she might have won. It also, it seemed to me, offered the reason that she was lovey while Luke "(came) across as some one who wasn't as nice as we might think." The idea may have been that that difference between them might have become more apparent as time went on.
Re "He beat her in a one to one. There was no reason why anyone who had voted for him then would have stopped voting for him later" --
For a start, there are reasons why some who voted against Lauren that week might have felt differently at other times. I think Luke might even have lost against Lauren earlier that week, if the vote had been held then. Lauren might well have survived that week if Luke hadn't got involved re her and Adam's relationship (regardless of what Luke's intentions were).