Harry has his reputation to think about
 

Why did he go on big brother then?

TBH I wouldnt want to do that task either.

There's some things people are not comfortable with.

TBH I don't think I could have done that one.

I dunno why he assumed BB would actually publish it

There is a difference between going on Big Brother and posing for a gay magazine

It's mind games....


He's seen BB carry out all the tasks/potential threats so why wouldn't he think that. I guess outside the house logic would say otherwise but in there well who knows how far BB would really go ?

Nor me, I thought he made the right decision.

I also would not have done that task. I'm prepared to do a lot of things but that is by far not one of them.

I would have don that task but i can understan why you would not.

True

And being on a different channel too... yeah, you're right :)

Good for Harry...if you are not comfortable with something...Dont do it.

Wouldn't be that hard to believe they asked the magazine if they could do it. its promoting the magazine too, so i don't see why the magazine company wouldn't let them.

Oh I believe a mag would do it. I just don't believe the show would promote him "on the outside" more than anyone else by doing it

I do wish they had shown the housemates the task room on the screen.

Or even better if both those blokes appeared in the garden waiting for Harry. That could have been priceless.

I don't really understand why he thinks posing in a gay magazine would harm his career (whatever that career is anyway) :conf: It's not as if they wanted him to be in a gay porno & he was the one who said he wanted to be a gay icon!...

They do tend to say anything in their VT though. Plus saying it is one thing, but then if it's thrown at you in a very public way it can appear to be pretty scary.

That's how I see it.

I still can understand why he refused to do a photo for a gay magazine though, I am on his side on that one.

Fair enough if he didn't want to do it, just wondering how it could be bad for his career? Surely going on Big Brother could damage it anyway!

that is true actually. going on big brother is hardly going to rocket his career is it? what is his career anyway??

If I remember correctly, doesn't he own a smoothie/milkshake company or something?? So do gays not drink smoothies/milkshakes? :joker:

The comment about ruining his career could have been his way of getting out of the task. Cheap but who knows..lol

I think many people would have done the same thing as he did.

Maybe he has some aspiration to move into public life in the future, such as standing for to be an MP for instance, he is a strong supporter of one particular party, were he to do that say at the next election, and had he done this task, then the media would have had a field day going on about it and re-printing it.

So,maybe the career he was worrying about was one he hoped to achieve in the near future rather than what he currently does for a living.

He runs 3 businesses apparently.

Was it Harry who made the comment about having his future career to think about? I don't think it was... I don't remember him giving a reason.

poor Alex look at what she had to do, and he wouldn't do anything. Doesn't seem very fair to me

Some fake tan will be gone in a few days. The photos they planned to take would be around to haunt him forever.

Having said that, I do think Alex was a great sport about the tan, even though she was having a bit of a moan about it later. I wouldn't have done it.

Is anything fair on BB. They love to twist and stir the housemates. Fair play doesn't always seem to come into it.

Well with respect, Alex was fake tanned 4 times, Harry was expected to do a photo for likely publication in a Gay magazine.

I think there was a great deal more to consider in those 2 requests, irritated though I'd be,I would have certainly done the fake tan process but I would never ever have agreed to compromise myself by doing the photo for a gay mag for whatever purposes.

In fact I wouldn't do any photo for anything unless I knew I and only I had full control over it in those circumstances.
That would never have been possible on BB once it had been seen, I totally support and agree with Harry's decision. In the long run he made a very wise decision and took time to think about it. Well done to him.

Looking at some of the other silly requests, his was by far the most controversial and also possibly in the long run likely most damaging for him too.

Just out of interest, what do people think his answer would have been had they asked him to model in his underwear with two sexy female models?.

I understand his decision and it was certainly a valid one... what WE don't know are what the client base of the businesses are like. He might not be homophobic himself but he may know enough of those clients are that doing such a shoot would have negative repurcussions for as long as he was associated with the buisness.

Personaly I'd have done the task and look at the advantages to the business being seen as open and tolerant to other sexualitys would open up..

Whilst that's a valid point, he did say he wanted to be a gay icon, so I doubt that his client base views on the subject was the reason he refused.

I agree with him ,he didnt want to do it, end of

My immediate thought was "What reputation"? As a milkshake manufacturer? :D

Anyway he droned on in his audition VT about wanting to be a gay icon. But when given the opportunity he chickened out. Shows how people will say anything at audition to be chosen.

This.

I asked myself last night if I would of done that one, and I would of been pissed at BB because I would of liked to of done my part for the task and had a little task - but at the same time, there would of been no way in hell I would pose for a Gay Magazine.

I just couldn't stand there with two men, half naked - up close, Jesus.

Well Jedward posed for Gay Times, earlier this year, although they claim to be straight. Presumably their management would not have allowed them to do that, unless it was felt to be a good career move.

Although I don't think Harry meant it in a bad way it came across as quite homophobic and hypocritical. Of course he was joking in his VT but he still should have done the task, it would have been a laugh and probably would have boosted any future carrier after the house.

Reputation, what reputation?... some companies which your daddy gave you to run, oh please!

I can see your point totally,however celebrities tend to do anything and seemingly have less inhibitions than people in general walks of life.

I do see your point. However I would have never done it either I have to say.

In the job I do, if the opposition had once posed in their pants, be it in a gay magazine or any other magazine, I would use the picture to ridicule them. Harsh but true. It would be too good an opportunity to miss. If Harry had done the photo shoot, the pictures would have no doubt haunted him forever.

Ooooo a little inverted snobbery there.