Originally Posted by
marikas:
“Thanks for starting this thread Amie
I loved Nikki from the moment she demanded bottled water on BB and from there on she just got better in my opinion.
Never before has BB seen such an honest entertaining housemate.
Misunderstood by many, but those of us who "get" her know that Nikki is a star. The media know it too, when the rest of the BB7 HM's are but a faded memory, nobody will be saying "Who IS she!! about Nikki, the STAR of BB7.”
I entirely agree with your views marikas.
It's interesting to think that being in the house was probably the first time in her life that Nikki has been forced to interact with other people on such a personal level.
She couldn't hide the personal problems that she carries with her as a residue from her traumatic child/young adulthood.
Due to her condition she must have had such a closeted exisitence for most of her life , and the social skills that we all learn and take for granted as part of the normal growing up process had been denied to her.
Living at home where she would be totally understood or on her own in her flat it would have been easy to organise her life to fit her various needs.
Having to consider other peoples needs that may have been in direct conflict of her more deep rooted needs was an obvious problem, and many of her fellow housemates failed to understand or chose to ignore her needs.
She never openly talked about her problems or tried to garner any sympathy from her housemates or the public.
She just tried to cope the best she could. Of course she made many mistakes, as anyone with her problems would.
I loved the way she took to wearing that little fur rimmed coat all the time towards the end of her stay in the house.
She was never false to her own feelings (this caused her many a problem) and she always did or said what came naturally , and if this meant upsetting or getting on the wrong side of someone then so be it.
She never gave any false praise to ingratiate herself with the other housemates and she expected none in return.
I'll always remember when Glyn was doing his cooking task and everyone was complimenting him on his efforts and being oh so very nice. Then along comes Nikki to tell him that the toast was the worst she had ever had and was in fact as dry as her a***hole!!
I think Glyn nominated her that week!
If anyone was on a journey or sharp learning curve then it was Nikki.
I found her totally facinating and enjoyed every moment good and bad that Nikki was in the house.
I was totally gutted when she left the first time because after becomming totally involved with Nikki and all her antics I realised that once she left Big Brother was over for me.
I never came even close to loving or caring about any other other housemate as I did (and still do) Nikki.
She was the life force behind this years BB and has continued to grow and learn since.
There just something so different about Nikki.
She has real star quality which is something you either have or you dont. It cant be learned.