Originally Posted by cezzy:
“I buy that Chloe & Stevi are in a relationship. It is a relationship based on their mutual need for adulation & fame & has nothing to do with romance or love. The fake Stevi "Ooo Chlo.........aaah oooo, yes" BS is sickening & it's good to see Chloe has enough integrity to not pretend that the dual toilet visits are anything more than another part of their fake act.
If Eamon had said anything more about their relationship then I believe the strain on Chloe would have been too much. I'm no expert, but I have plenty of knowledge & experience of mental health issues. While both she & Stevi have a need to be loved by the general public, I feel Chloe's needs could be better dealt with by a good counsellor. Stevi seems to wants adulation because it's a way of making easy money & rather than being a happy go lucky kinda guy, all I see is a slimy sleaze ball. His behaviour on last night's show when telling Chloe he wanted to sleep in "Bobz" bed & saying he wanted a week away from her, was horrible. It was deliberately hurtful on the night Janice left & said it would seem for no reason than because he apparently felt edgy. More likely it is because after Eamon's comments, he has realised the relationship plan has failed & was probably blaming it on Chloe's faux crying. Sorry mate but the vast majority of viewers realised the fakery from the start.”
Good and interesting post. I completely agree with you that Chloe has issues that go beyond the typical BB fragile ego and need for adoration. That's why I don't like seeing FMs be so harsh about her. It seems clear to me that she has issues beyond her current control.
Re. their relationship...I like your take on it. I've been trying to calibrate my thoughts on that, because for 3 weeks I was convinced it was a fauxmance (and I've NEVER suspected any BB HM of a fauxmance before, that's how non-cynical I usually am) but recently it's seemed like a very real dysfunctional co-dependant thing.
The way I see it, their relationship
is a business arrangement. But having been forced by the BB experience into intimacy for 4 weeks, and given that they're in a stressful environment, they've gone from 'method acting' into something appropriating real; they've formed some kind of bond and now it's breaking apart as they've got to know each other more. Like a fauxmance equivalent of Stockholm Syndrome. So what I'm seeing now is that she really does depend on him and is needy, and he really is holding the power cards, irritated by her and completely out of his depth with her alcoholism (he seems obliviously unsupportive for someone who's been engaged to her for months).