Here is a response on twitter from the writer of the Perez Use Nadia article that sparked the all the furore.

Posted by Nick Barnes · @imnickbarnes

.@death_smiles - It appears a lot of people are focusing on that one line, in which Perez said that Nadia is likeable and would be useful in the house. However, if one took time out to read the full interview, they would realise that Perez was talking about a game plan in the interview and how he was going to find stories on the other housemates for the public. Of course he had a massive game plan before going in. Perez mentioned a number of times how he wanted to be liked and how he wanted a career in the UK off the back of Celebrity Big Brother, so he latched onto the 'likeable' character - also known as Nadia Sawalha - thinking he would sail on through, but it quickly backfired when Perez showed his true colours. You are correct, 'useful' does not mean he was going to use her, out of context, but when it is put into context with the whole interview, and you read between the lines, Perez meant her being likeable was going to be useful for him. The interesting thing is that Perez has been in this game for a long time and he knows he cannot directly says what he means - he has to mince his words and dance around the houses. Throughout the interview, he was mentioning things that he thought would benefit him - a la, the stories in his fellow housemates - and the like about Nadia was no different... He was always going to use her to his advantage, and we have seen that in the house. Perez got so angry about the tweet because he realised that he had been rumbled, and after saying on Sunday's show that he had not said anything about his housemates, and swearing in his son's life I might add, he suddenly retracted that statement today and said that he had said something about Nadia and he knew which interview it had come from. He quickly tried to defend himself and say it was about cooking and cleaning, which I don't believe for a minute. So no, it was not quote for quote "I am going to use Nadia", and not once was it quoted in the headline either. So o don't appreciate being accused of spinning bullshit when all the elements are in the article and the quotes directly printed in The Sun newspaper.

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Perez said Nadia would be useful in the house because she is kind and she can cook, he put this in context tonight on the show, he meant being nice and being able to cook would be useful for her, not him. Unless you believe the Sun newspaper like Hopkins does.

Interesting - does he know Perez personally?

I doubt it. He seems to have taken some quotes from the Sun interview and twisted it into a story. I seem to have ruffled his feathers a bit because I accused him being no better than Perez with his spin and bullshit

Wow this is your first post and you joined 5 and a half years ago. Shocking!

Ha ha now makes sense

I tried to post here before but it wouldnt let me, something about wanting my credit card details

None of this would stand up in court, taken out of context and reading between the lines Nah, this is why I don't read news papers they print what they want

is anyone able to link the actual Sun interview? Is it available online?

I totally agree with unreality tv. Perez was and is hateful.. He used the f word that he complained about to Will.i.am. He has said and done horrible things in the house! He defo wants to win! Nadia has kept him down but the true Perez will reappear! He is a uses cause that is his MO

So in other words they admit that their tweet as them 'reading between the lines' and simply 'not believing' what he was actually saying?

The thing is that the two quotes they put together come from seperate sections of The Sun interview.
Section1:



The 36-year-old said: “I’m finding stories about the celebrities for the viewers.

“I’ll play with people. The thing about me is I’m so fun.

“Some people make it to the finale because they make good TV.

“I’ve been doing this for so long, I know the game, I wrote the book.

“I’m doing this to show the world more of my true self because while a lot of people dislike Kim Kardashian, a lot of people really like her, and they are invested in her.

“This is going to be an amazing opportunity for me to possibly get fans and to get people invested in me.

“And the start of more career opportunities in the UK.

Section 2 was his thoughts on the rumoured line up:

[On Katie Hopkins] "She’s got a lot of buzz and momentum going into the house, she’s the one everybody’s talking about.

“I’m not excited about Cami, she is the least famous person going into the house. There’s not much about her, I’m not excited about her.

“I’m more known that a lot of these people — especially the hot chicks.

“Nadia comes across very likeable and in the house she’ll be very useful.”

He doesn't even mention having a game plan or playing people, he says he'll play WITH people in a "fun" way, and that remark is entirely separate to him describing Nadia as "likeable" and "useful".

That's how Perez is trying to spin it now; his first attempt was to deny he'd said anything.

What wasn't believed wasn't anything from the Sun interview; it was Perez claiming in the DR that it had been about cooking and cleaning. Notice that there's nothing about cooking or cleaning in what you've quoted from the interview.


"Playing people" and "playing with people" can mean much the same thing; and he doesn't say he'll play with them in a fun way. Besides, we've now seen the sort of wind-up aggravation that's the reality behind his claim that he's "so fun".

or they can be ambiguous

'journo' LMAO

More like some Perez Hilton wannabe with far too much time on his hands.

Why would he even say "useful for her"? It would be a completely pointless article if he said things like that in it.

Anyway, the tweet is irrelevant. Anyone with good awareness levels or even half decent awareness levels know that he is an evil money orientated victim playing moron. Katie H is stupid to keep on pushing it, but he knows it will work for him, so carries on the "victimisation". Just look at his whole career so far.he tries to destroy peoples lives for a living.

P.s we all know they take 24 hours, then fit it into 45 minutes. Katie could actually only be criticising him for 20 odd minutes per day. Which isn't actually a lot considering all they haveto do in the house is talk.

Are we seriously expected to solemnly nod in agreement with some random person that tweeted something? My bloody CAT tweets. All the feckin time. It means nothing.

has it got many followers?

Nah. Just me and the neighbours really. He's bloody loud. But more loveable and interesting than a lot of people

quality rather than quantity eh? always preferable

I think the issue is more that the tweet claimed Perez had said something that he actually didn't. It wasn't just a viewer's random opinion like the other ones were.

Very unfair IMO

wow, some guy has a grudge against Perez and BB's diligent fact checking took some cobbled together opinion based tweet as fact. Why am I not surprised
That person's opinion and interpretation (with bias and possible grudge) is not fact and should not have been presented as fact. This is really unfair.

The housemates get way to much outside information and now some random person's opinion on what Perez said is taken as fact and used against him in the house. BB should own up to their blatant screw up. I hope Perez gets a pass to the final. He won't win but he will entertain many of us and liven up the house which is boring without him (as said by some of the housemates and many viewers)

I doubt it...do you?

Does anyone on here?

Does he know himself?

What reason do you have for thinking "bias" was a significant factor?

And how was it "presented as fact"?

BB said it was a tweet, not a factual tweet.

It seems odd for him to be saying a likeable housemate is useful whether he was referring to likeability or cooking and cleaning. You'd expect him to say such a housemate would be good to have around. I would be put off a bit if some person I'd never met automatically assumed I'd be the one cooking for everyone in the house.