Is it only me that can't get the link to work?
It sounds like an interesting interview with Bubble and it is a shame if he's feels he needs to defend what he’s said, but without seeing what he said I can’t comment. He does have a habit of sounding arrogant, but I'd have thought they'd be more generous as he and Brian were so close, and of course he's now your new showbiz pal Vic. Well done for doing it, and even if I can’t see it yet, thank you for (trying to) share it. You do put a fantastic amount of effort into these things and even if we don't agree on everything, I have great admiration and appreciation.
However, I must admit Bubble’s seeming unwavering self-belief in his own absolute popularity is hard to stomach. I too thought he was a moaning minnie in the house, and if he's like that in the interview then I'm not surprised by the negative comments. Based on my non-interview experience of him, my opinion of him has been changin, and I generally agree with ROB. The person I saw in the house was not funny, but immature and spoilt - far worse than Helen and Brian ever were. He was so ‘woe is me’ at getting nominated as if somehow the rules shouldn’t apply to him, so he became unpleasant as well as annoying. I also know I’m the antithesis of most Sun readers, but I never could understand that we were all in shock that he’d been evicted. My whole office thought we must have been watching a different show!
That said, Bubble did a great exit interview, and I thought he probably is really nice, just not suited to the BB pressure. He’s seemed well mannered and keen to keep his fans happy. He’s always sounded enthusiastic about being able to help charitable causes, which it great, but as ROB has pointed out, doesn’t make him unique.
Unfortunately he seems to have regressed into spoilt child mode. He's made a few 'I woz robbed' comments on his own website, that I hoped might have been part of his humour that I don't get, and not really bitter. Unfortunately I fear my optimism was misplaced and the spoilt man I saw on tv was not an artefact of the BB experience after all.
I obviously don’t know what he said about HMV, but I’ll contradict ROB anyway.
If you look on his site, lots of the ladeez there think he’s the sexiest person alive. He also advertised his HMV appearances there, so if he said lots of people turned up to see him, then he probably wasn’t lying. He never put ‘with Paul’ in his diary, and Paul didn’t do anything himself, so it was always too late for us Paul fans!!! However, he has to be careful not to believe everyone if they tell him he was great and funny and the most wonderful person ever. They're after something! This includes the reporters from The Sun.
He is well intentioned, he’s probably a great dad, and his jokes did something for a lot of people, and I’d never dream of doing a marathon, even if I was raising money for myself, so he has plenty going for him. I am interested in what he’s up to, and wish him well. I’d probably have a laugh with him if I met him on a night out, but he needs to grow up and take the rough with the smooth. He’s had pretty good smooth - doing work for Chelsea, meeting some heroes and getting financially security. He’s in a position to do charity work and meet interesting people, (like Victoria and LEE). The Sun has continued to be supportive - they even managed to make it sound like he was doing better than the others by not appearing in BBSW.
I know this is a long post for someone that hasn’t even read the interview, and I’ll probably discover I’ve got him all wrong and I suppose in a BB interview, he’s going to look back. I don’t want to come across as nasty, because there’s far more I like about him than I dislike. He needs to put his disappointments behind him to let his good points shine.
I can't wait to see what he says to LEE. I hope he redeems himself!
