Yes THAT is the moment it really went downhill .. he could/should have handled the situation far better

That said we don’t know his mindset at that moment .. he had just been given a serious shock / warning by BB … he was presumably upset / annoyed/ confused / jet lagged / anxious being surrounded by everyone and maybe if JoJo had waited an hour or so to ‘educate’ him then things could have been soooo different

…that sort of ‘humour’ is something that you would have to know someone very well to know how they would take it and that it wouldn’t offend…he not only doesn’t know JoJo but inferred that he wasn’t keen on her …and if you’re saying that it’s something that’s specifically said about lesbians…?…then it’s targeting and it’s prejudice and there’s no two ways with that so a warning was absolutely the correct call…

By using offensive language repeatedly.

I could call you the idiot of TiBB and say “I’m only joking”

Would you be okay with that?

But look how RESPECTFUL he was towards Trish in an earlier conversation .. he was very attentive and interested even thoughtful enough to make sure she had someone in her life to help out …

He did admit that he occasionally says things to get a reaction but I don’t think he’s got a cruel heart

Everything had blown up out of proportion by then though PLUS he’d had a couple of people telling him that he couldn’t say this or that .. he himself may have felt intimidated at that time

Yes we tend to forget that we see about 20 minutes out of 24 hours each day so we miss all the other interactions

…maybe if he had waited until he and JoJo knew each other well and ensure that she realised that he was joking…everything stemmed from that and his words and interaction that made her feel upset and uncomfortable and she would also be upset, annoyed, confused, jet lagged and anxious in that moment…

You are assuming he’s a straight forward character living a normal life style and will behave accordingly


It is clear that he is far from that

…the people who ‘blew it’ were BB because they gave him an official warning for his own behaviour …that was the proportion that was felt warranted in terms of his own interaction and words…

…I’m assuming nothing, Zizu…I know nothing of him or his lifestyle etc but that doesn’t change anything of what was said…I’m not sure if you’re assuming that it would or does but I’m not…

It’s a sorry state of affairs when you have people defending homophobia.

Part of me wonders why such a confident, supposedly high achieving, flamboyant person was apparently made to feel upset and uncomfortable .. over a few tongue in cheek comments

I’m suggesting that he is an ageing , complex , severely damaged individual

I said when he went in that he was an interesting/intriguing character with violent tendencies and a short fuse

…maybe the other part of you could try to wonder why he would make the comments he did to a young woman who he has no knowledge of at all in terms of her confidence or any other aspect of her life or character…I mean, he’s confident and flamboyant Mickey Rourke, why would an hour be waited as a better time to talk to him over a few tongue and cheek comments…

Mickey gets first CBB warning for homophobic Remarks
 

If we saw more than 20 minutes of footage out of every 24 hours then I could probably tell you

…and yet you didn’t need the rest of that 24 footage to wonder why someone would feel upset and uncomfortable at a directed upsetting and uncomfortable remark….

Completely different imho

…it really isn’t, not at all….

He was warned for calling her a lesbian. Is she not a lesbian?

He was so clearly joking and she's too young and stupid to know. She cried ffs... If they're the hurtiest words she ever hears I hope she never joins TiBB.

He called her a fag.

I swear some people will bend over backwards to excuse homophobia. His behaviour was completely out of line and there's no excuse that works. It's not the same as a light hearted joke at all.

For a 21 year old young woman to go into the house and just hours later be called the most extreme homophobic slur, she had every right to be upset and she actually handled the situation a lot better than the washed up bully who tried to humiliate her.

It was debated,
around 10:58AM on This Morning ITV1HD.


Funny having Dermot
talking about it.
a Former Big Brother long-time, host.

He's American. Try to find Maru's explanation for the word 'fag', she's one of our American members. Frankly I can't be bothered to engage with this weepy, self-indulgent crap. I've been called names all my life including on thus forum. I don't need to cry on someone's shoulder.

After she shot down his creepy conversation about tying her up and turning her straight and he realised he’d been rejected, he moved on to bullying her by talking everyone he was going to evict the lesbian, twice. Then called her fag.

But it’s ok! It was a joke!

This is the climate on TiBB now. The Right wing hate gay people and people who stick up for minorities. They will excuse anything and any behaviour if it pisses off people that they deem woke.

It’s pathetic.

During Wednesday's (April 9) episode, the Hollywood actor asks US sensation
JoJo: "Where’s the smoke room? Where’s the cigarette room?
Mickey then says: "I need a fag" and then gestures to JoJo and says: "I’m not
talking to you." Chris responds: "Mickey, you can’t say that" but the actor says:
"I know. I was talking about a cigarette."