Originally Posted by Jesus. (Post 6205266)

I do agree with you though Niamh, the stick Hazel has received has been completely ott. Daley is in the relationship and the responsibility was all his. Hazel has no responsibility to anyone but herself in that instance.

People fancy each others partners all the time. Anyone on here with a long term partner I can practically guarantee someone they work with will fancy them, and more than likely be attracted to someone else as well.

We're humans not robots. The choices we make to block out other advances are ours and ours alone, it is never up to the person who fancies your partner to back off.

Originally Posted by James (Post 6205736)

It was romanticised by some people, yes, eg. Davina. But a lot of the online stuff was pretty poisonous at the time. And the media covered Big Brother in a much bigger way back then.

Paul got most of the criticism as I said, but for slightly different reasons than Hazel in the Hazel - Daley situation. Basically, people said - wrongly - he wouldn't be interested in Helen outside of the house.

The likability factor, and how popular she was as a housemate, makes a big difference with Helen when comparing to the situation now. But even then I remember Simon Pegg on BBLB criticising Helen for going after Paul in the house when she had a boyfriend on the outside. So the same issues were spoken about at the time.

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 6205763)

This reminiscing about BB2 really makes me want to rewatch it, it was such a good Series