Originally Posted by Starlet:
“I know, the whole thing was bizarre and very un Big Brother USA like. I wonder if the others would have taken Jacobs side more, and called Parker the big baby that he was if he wasn't part of the Power Couple that week.”
I can understand why he reacted the way he did.
Everyone who was there during that conversation knew what had been said. As they were all males, you can double that number to include their partners, who would inevitably have gotten told. That means that over half the house would have heard the talk that Parker was a snake.
Now they all knew that Jen (Parker's partner) had heard them say this, and would all assume that she would tell him. So if Parker didn't say anything, it would seem like he had no answer, that perhaps he was a snake. If he tried to talk to each of them individually, again, it would look like he was a snake and trying to wiggle out of it, and no matter what they said parker wouldn't know for sure if they still thought he was a snake.
By gathering them all up the way it did, whilst it was a high risk strategy, it did a couple things things. It more or less proved that Jacob was lying and therefor that Parker wasn't a snake, stopping the romour dead in it's tracks. It demonstrated that Parker wasn't someone to be messed with. And, by confronting the whole house in order to prove his innocence, the implication was there that he was a stand up guy who would defend his honour over playing the game, which in turn implies that he is trustworthy.