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Elizabeth still seems very bitter about the way she was portrayed during BB2, but she does make a good point
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I feel sorry for Elizabeth - she got a really crappy deal when she came out, and was slated and ripped to shreds, for doing what?? Having one conversation with Helen about Paul, when they'd all been drinking?
I liked Helen, but to be honest with you, and no disrespect meant, she would have driven me mad in the last week going on about Paul (which she did, and Elizabeth was sick of it, so she tried to put it to her, because she was trying to say Paul wasn't as great as he seems.)
I can't say I would have reacted the same - i would have probably told her to stop talking about Paul 24/7 and leave it at that, but she told her - I don't think there was any true malice in her telling Helen, I just think, that none of them knowing what was happening outdside, Elizabeth felt she was preparing her for the worst.
Not worth a public slating at all, and, as has been said, Brian was a bigger Paul critic, and it's never been mentioned.
As for Paul confronting her on TV, I'm sorry, but i found that cringe worthy, and was wishing he wouldn't do it - that was something he and Elizabeth could have discussed in private, he made abigger deal of it than there was.
I'm not directly critising Paul or anyone else, I' just trying to point out that Elizabeth wasn't the devil.
Also, the treatment she got on her departure - the producers chose her a classical song didnt they? I thought that was portraying more the big 'gap' between Elizabeth and the common woman there seemed to be, and some of my friends were more vicious after that "And the tune when shecame out, for god's sake, who does she think she is..." like it was her fault.
Davina was pretty much dissinterested in Elizabeth, lets face it, and she as engaging as she was with some others - everyone hasthere favourites, but Davina is a (very good) professional, and I think she could have done more with her interview. (But that was a long time ago, and I don't remember exactly what happened - I just remember what I thought at the time.)
I never had a problem with Elizabeth - I liked her, she was level headed, she was quieter than the rest, but that shouldn't make her boring and useless - she was just different. You may argue, but I'm fairly sure that, if you think about it, a house full of entertainers and hyperactivity, like Brian and Helen, would have driven the country mad - you need more 'stable' people like Elizabeth, and Dean.
I think thats where this years was slightly unbalanced - there were a few more entertainers, and they all competed against each other in the first few weeks.
As for the article itself, I think her views are very astute, and I like reading her articles, and I agree with most of what she says. Yes, she comes across as slightly bitter, but after her treatment, I don't blame her, I think I would be slightly bitter under the circumstances.