[Garfie]

I’m finding all this very difficult to get my head around, given how Trish projected herself in the house. That person was someone I admired and respected for her views, for her support of others and for her intelligence….

Yet, here we are…

I can understand a teenager holding and posting racist/homophobic comments, but Trish would have been in her 20s when she made those posts, and was definitely old enough to be more aware and accepting of others. It shocks me that she even had those views in the first place, especially as she would have experienced racism herself, and it disgusts me that she felt it acceptable to post them! I would have been ashamed.

And, surely, even if she had those views, once she had recognised how awful they were, why did she not delete the tweets immediately? And I don’t mean because she was entering the BB house, but I mean at whatever age she was when she adjusted her perceptions and realised they were wrong. Surely, if you truly understand and regret having had those prejudices, you remove any trace of them as you’d no longer want to be associated with them?

The fact she let those messages remain, baffles me, especially given that she is an intelligent woman, and surely aware of the potential consequences. And then there’s the GFM page……

I can accept her apology, but she seems like a hypocrite to me, and has lost any respect I had for her.

I just don’t know who she is any more, and have lost any trust in her as a person.

Such a wasted opportunity for her, and such a shame.