[jegmeister]

If there is one thing that makes my blood boil, it's when housemates get treated unfairly. Think of Paula - she was booed before she went in for some bizarre reason that I couldn't really work out - presumably because she didn't play the "normal girl me" card like Tricia Penrose.

Then when she suffers some kind of illness where the producers suggest she moves into the luxury area, she is labelled as "faking". Based on what? People's prejudging of the evidence - we don't know what happened when she was ill and we don't know what the doctors say but for some reason, the public think they know better than them. Just because she seems ok now doesn't necessarily mean she was "faking" it and yet that assumption is now out there whether or not it's true.

I also don't like the way she is being treated by most of the Housemates in there - as some kind of weirdo to be mocked rather than an eccentric to treat with respect for just being different. I honestly don't think she is in any way unpleasant or devious - she doesn't understand how she comes across and indeed if, as reported, suffers from dyspraxia, this would explain why she behaves the way she does. A little more understanding from Housemates and viewers, rather than just dismissing her as a freak, would show some compassion.

I actually think she is great fun and could add a lot to this show if she is only given a chance.

It's also very disappointing that we are going to end up with some HMs who are coasting through, conforming and not challenging the arrogant boyz gang (ie Dettori, Ruddock, Maloney etc) and the older/overweight and proud women cliques which are already forming (ie Penrose, Taylforth, Richards).

Very disappointing.