Originally Posted by calamity:
“From the very start Perez wanted to be loved in there, OK he did it all wrong, he had never seen BB before or so he said.... I also think hes been told what type of act was expected of him both before going in and now in the diary room... they wanted someone completely off the wall. to keep the dynamics going in there.........and he certainly did that. he got on my nerves but not as much as Hopkins and Cami... couldnt stand them...oh Im talking in past tense and Hopkins is still there... hahaha only now shes no one to play with.. and will either try and be the nice cop or go overboard picking on her mate Michelle.. whatever I dont care.. theyve lost the star.”
What he wanted was adoration - not to be loved and I think it very unlikely that he hadn't seen the show before given that he had researched all the other HMs before they went in (he knew all of them when they arrived)
He had a game plan and personally I think the sadness was due to the boos which made him realise he was disliked outside the house - that's the point at which he withdrew and then started victim mode - he was so desperate to win but by the end didn't think he was going to, so as a coping mechanism he convinced himself he wanted to go.