Have you faced scorn and derision from being a Big Brother fan?

[jennyfromtheblock8]

Each year I find greater hostility from work colleagues and friends from even mentioning Big Brother. Makes me feel like it's a dirty secret I have to keep to myself. It's a shame as it can be one of the best shows on TV once it gets going.

[Jamie89]

That's why I joined the forum :laugh: Now I just get scorn and derision from other forum members :fist:

[Josy]

Yeah, normally people say to me 'are you still watching that ****e' [emoji23]

I laugh it off though, I've been a massive fan since day one and will stay to the end.

[Josy]

That's why I joined the forum [emoji23] Now I just get scorn and derision from other forum members :fist:
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[jennyfromtheblock8]

That's why I joined the forum :laugh: Now I just get scorn and derision from other forum members :fist:

Ha that makes you the outcast of the outcast.:bawling:

[ebandit]

...i only mention to closest friends......

Mark L

[Northern Monkey]

No because nobody knows.Only my misses and parents.I came out to them all years ago about my BB addiction.The problem is that i know it's all fake crap but i watch it anyway.I can't stop.I think i've seen 99% or more of all episodes since it started.

[hot2go]

It's my guilty pleasure and why it is mystifies my friends who like it and dislike it....because they all know I hate every other reality show that exists ....i think if maybe it hadn't started out as a social experiment then I wouldn't have picked it up later....I love seeing the interaction and the mind games that take place....cud care less about the cocks and the fake boobs and the ones who just spend all day doing their hair....I like the players, that's why I like Andrew

[armand.kay]

No most people I know who are my age are viewers

[Headie]

No most people I know who are my age are viewers

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[TomC]

No most people I know who are my age are viewers

This

Whaat? D:

I don't know a single person who watches normal BB and never hear it discussed. I'm not ashamed to say I watch it tho tbh.

[T*]

My mum says 'ugh that ****e is back on?'
and then she watches with me from day 2

[rionablue]

I get plenty of flack on facebook in particular even though some of my friends also watch it and we have the banter. The biggest reaction is my husbands when I tell him its starting again and he says 'WELL HOW MANY WEEKS IS THAT TRIPE ON FOR THIS TIME' then he spends most of the time in the kitchen watching what he wants on TV. I am a fan of most reality programmes and I don't see why people knock me for it as I don't knock golfing fanatics (its like watching paint dry) documentary fanatics or any oter genre that people love watching

[T*]

This

Really?!
Maybe it will improve in college but everyone in me class thinks it's **** :joker:

[Northern Monkey]

My mum says 'ugh that ****e is back on?'
and then she watches with me from day 2
Haha that's what i used to say when i was in denial.

[Samm]

Not really, I know a few people who watch it

[LukeB]

No not really :laugh: but I do get called sad when I watch international versions.

[Greg!]

I only know about two people who watch it in real life. But I'm not judged by people who don't watch it because younger people tend to be more tolerant of others interests than old people. No offence to the oldies on here

[jet]

It's my guilty pleasure and why it is mystifies my friends who like it and dislike it....because they all know I hate every other reality show that exists ....i think if maybe it hadn't started out as a social experiment then I wouldn't have picked it up later....I love seeing the interaction and the mind games that take place....cud care less about the cocks and the fake boobs and the ones who just spend all day doing their hair....I like the players, that's why I like Andrew

I'm the same with everything you say here except the bolded part...I enjoy the players but I ultimately want them to fail and a genuine but interesting HM to win.

[Maxxie.]

Pre-2014 yes, but Celebrity Big Brother seems to be talked about occasionally at school in recent years so I join in that a little bit but basically pretend i'm not obsessed with it :laugh:

[Headie]

Really?!
Maybe it will improve in college but everyone in me class thinks it's **** :joker:

Yeah Big Brother (usually Celeb more than Civilian) and Love Island are the most popular

[Shaun]

I'd say it gets the stigma and the hostility it deserves

[hot2go]

I'm the same with everything you say here except the bolded part...I enjoy the players but I ultimately want them to fail and a genuine but interesting HM to win.

Do your favourites ever win ? ....mine don't :laugh: surprise surprise :laugh:

[jet]

Do your favourites ever win ? ....mine don't :laugh: surprise surprise :laugh:

I've had some fave winners, not many....from the civilian series Brian Dowling and Anthony Hutton and from CBB Jack Dee, Julian Clary and James Hill. All male. :shocked:
If you are a female favourite of mine, you never win. Gemma? :hehe:

[Marsh.]

That's why I joined the forum :laugh: Now I just get scorn and derision from other forum members :fist:

:joker:

[Will.]

It's popular with people in my class, so I always feel fine discussing the show.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Most people I know don't like it, so that's why joined this forum so can talk to other fanswho watch the show.

[_Tom_]

I know a few people who watch it - more who watch the CBB version. But yeah sometimes people react funny to it.

I miss the days of like BB7 where literally everyone in school discussed it :flutter:

[jaxie]

I don't talk to people who would give me scorn or derision.