Originally Posted by May Blossom:
“Great post.
Re: bold above. I posted exactly the same yesterday as I think that there is a need for some fm's to detach themselves emotionally from this relationship. As you say this is not for us it is for them to work out on a personal basis. They effectively started it 'as new' when they left BB house so it is early days & who knows what is going to happen. It may be a few weeks of fun or it could develop into a longer term relationship. It is up to them & no amount of fretting is going to change anything.
I agree with you totally about who will get the blame. It happened in the house & it will happen again if they split. Ziggy had the most to lose by getting involved with Chanelle again as he had established himself in the latter weeks in the show without her. He pulled in fans who realised who the true Ziggy was but did not like or believe in Chiggy. I'm sure he is fully aware of how a split will be perceived but making a go of the relationship is obviously more important to him than worrying about it failing. The bit I struggle with is Chanelle as the innocent 19 year old in all this. This just ridiculous - she is an equal in this relationship. I'm sure she would find some of the stuff a little patronising as an intelligent girl who knows her own mind. She has displayed real maturity since leaving the house in dealing with the stuff thrown at her.
MB”
Well said MB and Hera!
Ziggy had such a bad press during the early weeks in the house, mainly from those who couldn't interpret sensibly what was happening under their noses, or from 'celeb experts' who appeared to have watched selected tapes a couple of hours before their interviews!
After Chanelle left the house, many more viewers were able to see Ziggy as he really was - and were impressed by the way that he conducted himself. Chanelle helped I guess too, in that she wisely didn't slag him off all across the media - although her initial comments were less than glowing
I should imagine that Chanelle would be enormously insulted to read some of the comments about her over the last few weeks, as she seems like an intelligent and clued up young woman to me, rather than the victim some can see. I'd say she's doing very well under probably very difficult circumstances - and I'm sure Ziggy is proud of her