Originally Posted by rosieeee:
“I don't hate him - I actually feel quite concerned for him watching him in there - the cigarette obsession is quite scary - he rowed with Dennis about handing them out and then grabbed them all and did the same himself. Then he was asking Pete for his - he can't bear not to know where the cigarettes are, who has got them etc. He just seems very tense in there now.”
I've been thinking about this a lot recently. I am just wondering how much of his condition is really a mental instability or how much is genuine game tactics. He has avoided nomination each week despite displaying some erratic behaviour.
He has been trying to mimic Pete is many respects by baiting other HMs. I have to confess that the cigarette and cleaning obsession are a little bit worrying, but he has displayed (in my opinion anyway) a slight mania which is what made is antics both on and off stage rather compelling (throwing autocues, dropping Mary Nightingale).
I am not belittling depression or bipolar disorder in any way as I have dear friends who suffer desperately and very bravely with both of these conditions, but I also know that they would never in a million years take part in a reality show feeling the way they do, no matter what riches they had been promised.