[Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Shaun

I could've understood the "you won't be straight when you leave" line could have been meant as a weird, flirty (again inappropriate given the age difference) joke but to then go on about how he wants to evict her, tie her up, and then make the 'fag' quip was really just doubling down on the means to offend.

This sums up my entire opinion on the situation, until the incident, I liked Mickey as a housemate, but it was ridiculously uncomfortable to watch.

[Quantum Boy]

This being defended is peak TiBB lol. What he said was repulsive, his age and quirks are certainly no excuse, and the gaslighting playing it down - "he only called her a lesbian" and "he meant a cigarette" just daft.

The only vague excuse I can think of that comes close to explaining it is that his brain has been rattled one too many times.

[Quantum Boy]

It's also beyond question that a civvy BB house mate's feet wouldn't have touched the ground on the way out the back door.

[Liam-]

The usual suspects out in force to defend blatant homophobia and attack the victim of said homophobia for how she dealt with it, shock horror

[Crimson Dynamo]

Lets keep the thread about the topic and not members or it will be closed

[Quantum Boy]

Originally Posted by Liam-

The usual suspects out in force to defend blatant homophobia and attack the victim of said homophobia for how she dealt with it, shock horror

I naively for a split second thought when I saw it, "no one will be able to fully defend this" but I realised that such a thought was ridiculous and of course they'd be defending it before I even logged in .

I doubt anyone thinks it was actually fine and no one would ever dream of (openly) saying what he said themselves, but of course they'll pretend to think it was fine and everyone over-reacted. Just typical culture war nonsense.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

It’s nothing to do with his age. It’s to do with his offensive remarks.

Then why are people continuously mentioning it to insult him?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Lizzie Cundy (33) has said that Mickey is a kind soul who helped her and he should be given the chance to stay in the house

She knows him



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...ZIE-CUNDY.html

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

It's also beyond question that a civvy BB house mate's feet wouldn't have touched the ground on the way out the back door.

Yeah, I was just saying that to someone yesterday, if it was civilian they would have been out the back door before the news of the homophbia/threats/bullying hit the papers.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Jojo's partner Kate Ebbs has been abusive about the incident on social media
and has started DOXING Mickey!!

In a rant on insta she posted "no offence Mickey you look like a ********** foot so
you don't stand a chance with anyone anyway because your a ********** loser.

'He's a pig and he is a dangerous person. I wouldn't want to be alone in a
room with him and I wouldn't want ********** anyone to be alone in a room
with him.'



She sounds a little agressive

[Livia]

That's a scary looking broad.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Jojo's partner Kate Ebbs has been abusive about the incident on social media
and has started DOXING Mickey!!

In a rant on insta she posted "no offence Mickey you look like a ********** foot so
you don't stand a chance with anyone anyway because your a ********** loser.

'He's a pig and he is a dangerous person. I wouldn't want to be alone in a
room with him and I wouldn't want ********** anyone to be alone in a room
with him.'



She sounds a little agressive

Nothing they said is wrong and they’re just defending their partner.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Beso

Then why are people continuously mentioning it to insult him?

Not people - person.

Most are not referring to his age.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

I naively for a split second thought when I saw it, "no one will be able to fully defend this" but I realised that such a thought was ridiculous and of course they'd be defending it before I even logged in .

I doubt anyone thinks it was actually fine and no one would ever dream of (openly) saying what he said themselves, but of course they'll pretend to think it was fine and everyone over-reacted. Just typical culture war nonsense.

Haha same. I also thought this then remembered it’s TiBB and the types of people this site has.

[Glenn.]

Unfortunately I knew this would be the case.

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Haha same. I also thought this then remembered it’s TiBB and the types of people this site has.

I laugh when people think this place is full of extreme views and riddled with prejudice, it's a bloody kindergarten compared to what the C4 forums where like, and 90% of all political and modern dayism debate based discord servers.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Swan

I laugh when people think this place is full of extreme views and riddled with prejudice, it's a bloody kindergarten compared to what the C4 forums where like, and 90% of all political and modern dayism debate based discord servers.

I never said it was worse.

But it’s not great.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Not people - person.

Most are not referring to his age.

Some, not most.

[Livia]

Amuses me when people refer to the "types Of person" on TiBB. No one on here is all good or all bad and to pretend otherwise is laughable.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Beso

Some, not most.

The only people I’ve seen talking about his age are the people using it as a defence of why he was homophobic.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Livia

Amuses me when people refer to the "types Of person" on TiBB. No one on here is all good or all bad and to pretend otherwise is laughable.

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Swan

I laugh when people think this place is full of extreme views and riddled with prejudice, it's a bloody kindergarten compared to what the C4 forums where like, and 90% of all political and modern dayism debate based discord servers.

We have more echo chambers now, but the much younger internet had the same complaints about being a nasty place. And there wasn't nearly as much to do on it...

[Oliver_W]

I'm not saying this excuses the way he spoke to JoJo, but it's interesting how he doesn't seem tomind gay men - he was concerned about what pronouns to use with Danny, he complimented his drag costume to BB, and used to work in a tranny bar

It's probably a narcissism thing - he thinks gays want to sleep with him, and dislikes lesbians because they don't

[vesavius]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I'm not saying this excuses the way he spoke to JoJo, but it's interesting how he doesn't seem tomind gay men - he was concerned about what pronouns to use with Danny, he complimented his drag costume to BB, and used to work in a tranny bar

It's probably a narcissism thing - he thinks gays want to sleep with him, and dislikes lesbians because they don't

Disliking one lesbian doesn't mean you dislike all lesbians.

The way that I saw it is that he made an ill-judged joke on the assumption that JoJo would be thick-skinned enough to take it and probably give it back as a bit of fun smack-talking, but when JoJo crumbled he thought **** it and doubled down.

I actually do not think he is homophobic or transphobic at all.. He seems very liberal to me, in all honesty, but just '90s liberal' and not modern 'woke liberal'.

He just tried to joke like it was the 90s still and quickly found out that doesn't work on mainstream telly any more, especially among those that do understand the medium and the BB audience base..

[Glenn.]

You know you guys can keep saying “it was a joke” but it doesn’t wash.