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I don't understand why this is such a big deal, he's hardly getting special treatment being on the show. I honestly doubt it was only his connections that got him through because (and coming from not a Freddie fan) he is different (his upbringing, education, outlook etc.) and he does provide entertainment (evictions, protest, game plan talk etc.) so they probably saw this and thought it would be good. It's not any different to on the auditions when previous HM's go outside and walk up to people to ask them to audition eventhough they were not planning on auditioning.