Would it have been too much bother...
 

...from the other housemates to even try to pretend that Gary´s phobia was real and try to take it more seriously.

Could Gary have acted more convincingly? I´m not sure...

They are so ****ing smug at being dumb its unreal.

If you clock onto the fact he is acting then obviously you are supposed to press the button.

It's when he started fighting the balloons it all went downhill.

Could just as easily been a fail the other way around, say if they were fooled.
Doing see how they could know either way:shrug:

I could have acted more convincingly.

They were convinced but they followed the sheep. Even Stephanie said get him out......

They weren't convinced at all.

Kellie, Stephanie and Audley all said to press the button to get him out.

They were not convinced, they were guessing whether that was the task solution.

That was only after David said he was acting.

Before that and for the majority of the shown edit they were actually saying they wanted to push it as they felt uncomfortable.

Did I watch a different show?

In a way you did watch a different show. On BOTS last night you saw more. Gary was not convincing at all, but they cut most of it out on the highlights. He was actually laughing at one point.

No I saw the same show as you, some folks just have selected viewing radar.

I'm a Gary fan, you saw edited highlights. BOTS showed the whole thing.