He comes across as a real control freak to me. Hope he (and Dee) are first out on a double. She's a nightmare too. What a horrible horrible pair!

Poor Ola .... she must have spent the last 15 years veering between being Eliza Doolittle, and getting her back doors smashed in

Well I'm not convinced she's an innocent sweetie in all this. I know you cant help who you love and it is blind, but she's been with him 15 years and now has seen what he is like. I know it is edited but you can only edit so much. I have never really liked her on SCD, something about her, and she choreographs in such a way that her partners do minimal dancing and she dances around them. I think they are both they like that and an evening with them would be awful. You would keep being accused of being rude and have to watch what you said and did in front of 'my wife'.

I get the impression that Ola wouldn't stand for his rubbish, but could be wrong there. I see her as the anchor in that relationship and James knows this. Ola wouldn't struggle to move on, but he would. It's one positive thing I will say about him, (reluctantly mind). He knows he can't have his own way with Ola but he'll vent at others whenever he can.

I think he'd be great to live with, rather live with James than Gary

His wife must be glad she is not getting the " in this country" speech while he is in the house, good job she has her own career and not with him 24/7,

I don't think any of them would be easy to live with however I would rather live with him than some of the others, Dee doesn't seem too hard to live with either.

James always talks about his family with love and respect. Of course they love him too and Ola said in her letter that he is the kindest man she ever knew. I know she was canvassing but she didn't have to use the word 'kind' - it's not really something we've seen from him but that's the word she chose.

Also, all his previous dance partners from Strictly speak well of his character - even Vanessa who I know doesn't mince her words.

I think James is really playing up the outspoken part of his personality - and it's not difficult as there are, and have been HMs in there who would try anyone's patience. He is without a job at the moment and I think he is trying to develope a 'love to hate' persona - he is eloquent, pretty unflappable, intelligent and opinionated and I think he is doing his best to show this off with a view to future work.

He is always 'on' - he never relaxes, he's always loud and he's pretty much always camera-aware and performing. I'm sure he relaxes at home and is fine to be around.

None of the evictees thus far have expressed a view that James was difficult to live with.

Very well said.

And I'd rather live with Audley out of all the remaining HMs I don't for one moment think the James we are seeing in the house is anything like the James who lives at home with his wife, but I totally understand why people would not choose him as a significant other.

When I said I would rather live with him I wasn't choosing him as a husband !

I share your views of Ola.

I couldn't live with someone as rude as James, the lack of manners would drive me crackers.

I appreciate that, I probably strayed a bit too far off topic

I don't really understand what you are getting at here - are you suggesting that she should try to change him?

If he lived with me, I would want to smack that smug supercilious face of his then kick him out

On the basis of nominations by those who actually had to live with them it was Gary and Frenchy who were a nightmare to live with.

I hope to God that overbearing loud smirking control freak never gets another job on our tv screens. He has been an absolute nightmare to watch, I would go as far as to say his attention seeking ego mania has spoilt this show for me.

Always trying to be in charge, thinking he is the bees knees and "always in the right", An absolute detestable self opinionated kn*b of the highest order.

Are you implying he is RUDE??

RUDE.. James Mr. Rudey Jordan....how very dare you. Even the thought of it...well,,,

if he heard that he would self combust with righteous indignation
(deluded tool that he is)

I think some forget 10 out of 14 HMs nominated Gary at some point and the reason was usually his behaviour in the house.

Only in a passive-aggressive way

This is like imagining that water is wet or that the earth is round no?

But what's your own opinion based on what you can actually see i.e. Highlights show,
rather than based on on someone else's opinion..