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Saw this at Digital Spy. The Josh comments are from an old article, Narinder's remarks are new I think.

Remember Josh Rafter? The businessman was drafted into the Big Brother house two years ago after being voted in by millions of viewers once the series proper had started.

Like his other housemates, he became an instant star, but Josh has big problems with Big Brother and other reality television shows like Pop Idol and Wife Swap.

Josh believes programme makers can "suck you up and spit you out."

In an interview published last year, Josh, a London property developer, said he had felt a "rollercoaster of emotions" since leaving the house.

He adds: "People should be very, very wary of doing it. The Press can be relentlessly negative. That wears people down."

But is enough support given to these instant media celebrities placed in such trying situations? Josh Rafter, despite meeting with a psychiatrist provided by Channel 4, thinks not.

Remembering his frustration on leaving the hit programme he says: "It's very controlling. Someone should be there to say: `It doesn't matter if you are feeling worried, don't worry if you are feeling emotional'.

Narinder Kaur was in the second series of Channel 4 programme Big Brother. She now works as a freelance radio and TV presenter.

Big Brother made her an instant star, but the fame and adoration didn't last for long. After her stint in the limelight, Narinder, 30, who grew up in the North-East, left her job as a medical sales rep and followed her dream to be an actress.

Regular acting work has not materialised but she is making a living as a presenter and recently fronted the Asian Music Awards.

She says: "I don't think I would have managed to get into presenting without reality television."

Narinder says her Big Brother fame got her interviews and auditions but also came with a downside.

She says: "It got me labelled. I suppose reality television people are all case studies.

"Sometimes you have good weeks and sometimes bad ones.

"I am a very strong, very ambitious person. Some of my Big Brother housemates have gone back to their day jobs and have found it very difficult. The following year there is another programme and they are old news.

"It is very hard on the younger ones, they are only 16 or 17 years old. Sometimes it is very hard to take the Press criticism, reality people are easy targets."

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