Was Emily really sorry for what she said? (poll) (and related threads merged)

[Red Moon]

Was Emily really sorry for what she said or was she having us on in the diary room?

[Billy]

definitely sorry.That was SUCH a sincere aplogy

[Chrizzle]

Nah

[Richie]

Yeah... yeah I do.

I feel so bad for her now. She's been such a stupid girl.

[Psylocke]

Everyone knows i am not an emily fan in any way shape or form,But i do believe she was sorry.
She has been raised in a place with disgraceful morals it seems,as have most of us when it comes to racial and discriminating language.Shes not racist,just ignorant

She deserved her punishment

and hopefully,if even just one viewer stops themselves from calling somone a "N*gger or "Gay" and other words in a derogatory way etc in a flippant manner this whole debacle was worth it

[Mike]

She did genuinly seem sorry for her actions. The thing is though the rules are there and the producers would have decided well before the show that if any sort of racist comment was used during BB8 then they would act upon it immediately so you have to say they did a good job.

[the_chosen_one]

I don't think there's any reasonble doubt. Yes, she was sorry she said it and especially that it caused offence.

[Amy]

Originally posted by Psylocke
Everyone knows i am not an emily fan in any way shape or form,But i do believe she was sorry.


I'm with that.. I think, from the response of the others, she really realised what she said was totally wrong.. yet, should have already known it was wrong anyway.

[J.C.]

I was not keen on Emily as a hm, but have absolutely no doubt in my mind that it was a genuine apology. In fact I want to go further and suggest that her objective for using this word in the first place was just her way of saying to Charley that she sees her as a close friend and close friends can say anything to each other without being misunderstood. Clearly this was a massive miscalculation after just a week and was also not considering the outside viewing world either. She had to go but i do feel 5% sorry for her and her stupidity. The simple answer is to never even think this word let alone use it.... Period.:thumbs:

[andybigbro]

Originally posted by Chrizzle
Nah

This is a serious Matter Chris and Just Because YOU dont like her doesnt mean she didnt mean that she was sorry :rolleyes:

[the_chosen_one]

Originally posted by J.C.
I want to go further and suggest that her objective for using this word in the first place was just her way of saying to Charley that she sees her as a close friend and close friends can say anything to each other without being misunderstood.

It's nice to see someone seeing things with some clarity J.C., I'm glad you pointed that out and I agree with it.

We do, however, like Emily, understand that the calculation was incorrect and the offence caused warranted an apology.

[Ruth*Star]

I think what she did was wrong but she gave a sincear sorry.

[Bells]

Yes, I really do think she was sorry. I felt bad for her in the circumstances. But I thought BB handled the whole situation very well and she did need to be punished. Watching BBBM afterwards helped me understand the impact a lot more. I can pretty confidently say that the whole thing with Emily was based on stupidity rather than being racially motivated. But I think she was very mature, and as a result she shouldn't suffer much in the outside world - for her stupidity and ignorance, maybe, but nothing more. Unless there is more to it in the outside world that I don't know about, but based on her house actions this is how I see the situation.

[InTheFade]

I don't think she was sorry for what she said (we don't seriously think that was the first time she'd ever called someone that, do we?), I think she regretted saying it because she didn't think about the consequences.

[MaDdOctoR]

Originally posted by Jaz0
I don't think she was sorry for what she said (we don't seriously think that was the first time she'd ever called someone that, do we?), I think she regretted saying it because she didn't think about the consequences.

no because if you watched the show properly she said she and her friends (some which are black) say that to each other all the time.....

and yes she was sorry.....if it hadn't been for the wake up call she might have been able to say it more clearly, as she was slightly in shock at the time......

give it a rest anyway.....she made a mistake, she is not a racist.

dOc

[GhettoSuperstar]

I'd like to think yes but then again why would she be sorry if her mates say it all the time. That really made me think twice.

But she is NOT racist.

[bob_3000]

she was very sorry but she dug herself a big whole when she said"where i come from people make that remark all the time":shrug:

[MarkWaldorf]

She was very sorry, and she proved that in the diary room.
As George said, only a person with a heart of stone could still not feel for her.

[MaDdOctoR]

Originally posted by bob_3000
she was very sorry but she dug herself a big whole when she said"where i come from people make that remark all the time":shrug:

she means the people she hangs around with.

I never swear in front of my family (and I'm 27) but when I used to work in a warehouse swearing was more like friendly banter between friends and not what you would normally associate with swearing.....I remember coming home after a very long day, my mom asked me something and I said "oh no, **** that" :puzzled: I was thinking ****....what did I say......of course that was a while back :wink:

so my thoughts on it were just that Emily and her friends just use that word a lot in friendly ways....and unfortunately she said it on that show, to someone she was friendly with.

I know swearing and the N word aren't really the same thing but words do creep in to your vocabulary without you even noticing like the millions of dickheads that keep saying "at the end of the day"

anyway it's over with now.

dOc

[BigBrotherFan..*]

I think emily was really really sorry ! i really miss her she was a great housemate !!i was expecting what she sed to be like really bad but it wasnt as bad as what i thought it was going to be ! it was a stupid thing to say obviously and i dont think charley was upset she was just in shock and i think because she became mates with emily and knew somethin was gonna happen to er! when she appologised you could tell she was really sorry! i dont think anyway should hold this against her ! shes still a person just a person who said a silly thing 1 time and wasnt even ment to be offensive! i feel sorry for her she was a great housemate!

what do you think?

[MaDdOctoR]

Originally posted by MarkChap?!
She was very sorry, and she proved that in the diary room.
As George said, only a person with a heart of stone could still not feel for her.

god yeah that's the first time I've seen him do the BBMB wasn't he like a plank of wood?

dOc

[MaDdOctoR]

I agree.

But I still think it's wrong that the word was said several times before and after the fact and nothing happened to those people.....

anyway that wasn't your question......

I Agree

dOc

[ShadowEye]

I agree, but well done to the girl for at least going out with dignity and not making a huge thing about it. She knew she'd done wrong, and she took the punishment without kicking up a fuss. Well done to her.

[BB-Fan2k7]

It really was the slip of the tounge i feel so sorry for her as she sed it is sed al the time around her at home

[Sam]

I do feel really sorry for her, if your not given a warning , its not really fair, she could have easily been punished in another way to prove its not tolerated, as the only damage it does, is ruining her life with bad publicity

[Bells]

^ Yes, however if she had stayed I think it might have ruined the way she was perceived even more.

[InTheFade]

Originally posted by MaDdOctoR
Originally posted by Jaz0
I don't think she was sorry for what she said (we don't seriously think that was the first time she'd ever called someone that, do we?), I think she regretted saying it because she didn't think about the consequences.

no because if you watched the show properly she said she and her friends (some which are black) say that to each other all the time.....

and yes she was sorry.....if it hadn't been for the wake up call she might have been able to say it more clearly, as she was slightly in shock at the time......

give it a rest anyway.....she made a mistake, she is not a racist.

dOc

*Sigh* you tell me all that like it's a fact and you've known her for years, I did watch the show 'properly' (assuming you mean I watched it with my eyes and listened to it with my ears) and obviously the conclusion I came to is different from the conclusion you came to - live with it, everything you said is an opinion, not a fact... I think we'll have to agree to disagree...

[Sabrewulf238]

I think she was.

Also may I point out that much worse forms of racism is going on apart from emily saying one word, there are people who say that word almost every day and even worse words

[Turrican]

I think she was only sorry for herself - that she had ruined her chances of winning (she was very confident that she would win the whole show)

Emily knew the instant she slipped up what it meant - that she would be removed for racism.

[Turrican]

Originally posted by Ash
^ Yes, however if she had stayed I think it might have ruined the way she was perceived even more.

That's a strong possibility, in my opinion she was already coming across very badly right from her video at the start - admitting she was "pretentious" and claiming to be highly intelligent in the next sentence (lol) along with claiming there was a new type of music sweeping Britain - "indie". So not the sharpest tool in the box is she?

I never really liked her too much, she was way too arrogant and snobbish, the racism just put the cherry on the top for me.