To me this was just two drunken people behaving like drunken people do, and I personally feel reading any more into it seems s bit of an over-reaction. Lily drunkenly threw herself onto the bed in a flirty mood as she finds Marcello fanciable. He did nothing more than stroke her hair! He hardly touched her inappropriately. It was just flirty behaviour between two consenting adults, and I feel we need to remind ourselves that Lily
is an adult, and not some underaged child. Had he touched her in a sexual manner then it would be a problem, but this is not what happened. They were in a room full of people, and Emma summed it up perfectly. In my experience, go to any pub or club on a weekend and people will be behaving in the same way. Who hasn’t had a drunken flirt that means nothing and leads to nothing?
I think it’s important to remember how producers like to cast housemates in particular roles, then broadcast anything that seems to support that. This year, Lily is the innocent naive child and Marcello is the villainous predator. In so many ways it is like a pantomime, and it’s easy to fall into the trap of accepting the narrative that producers want us to follow. However, I personally feel that their one-dimensional portrayal of housemates can make us forget that we see just minutes each day of each person, and therefore perhaps get a very skewed impression of who they truly are as people.
I don’t disagree that some of Marcello’s comments and behaviours have been questionable- I’ve made that point myself in previous posts - but on this occasion I don’t believe there was any sinister intention.
