[Angus]

Originally Posted by flamingGalah!

I think the point here is that he initially did it as a joke to see if people would actually donate him money... he was pi**ing himself that people were so stupid enough to do it, yet kept on asking for more... It was only after many people tweeted him back saying what he was doing wasn't right that he said he was going to donate it to charity...
So it wasn't like he did it to begin with to make money for charity...

Are there really people out there who cannot see that he was always joking? - FFS that's what he's best KNOWN for. All this sanctimonious righteous indignation is bloody laughable. Now if Sam had asked for donations to a charity and THEN pocketed the money for himself, that would be wrong - BUT he didn't, so get a grip.

Try reading 50cent's twitter, he's got over 3 million followers and he tweeted them all asking them each to send him $1. No doubt he was joking, but even if he wasn't, so what's it anyone's business if people want to send him money?

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by angus58

Are there really people out there who cannot see that he was always joking? - FFS that's what he's best KNOWN for. All this sanctimonious righteous indignation is bloody laughable. Now if Sam had asked for donations to a charity and THEN pocketed the money for himself, that would be wrong - BUT he didn't, so get a grip.

Try reading 50cent's twitter, he's got over 3 million followers and he tweeted them all asking them each to send him $1. No doubt he was joking, but even if he wasn't, so what's it anyone's business if people want to send him money?

he gave it to charity because he got backlash for it.

[flamingGalah!]

Originally Posted by angus58

Are there really people out there who cannot see that he was always joking? - FFS that's what he's best KNOWN for. All this sanctimonious righteous indignation is bloody laughable. Now if Sam had asked for donations to a charity and THEN pocketed the money for himself, that would be wrong - BUT he didn't, so get a grip.

Try reading 50cent's twitter, he's got over 3 million followers and he tweeted them all asking them each to send him $1. No doubt he was joking, but even if he wasn't, so what's it anyone's business if people want to send him money?

But seeing as many of his fans will be very young & naive he should have known better... And if it was just a "joke" why did he set up a PayPal account!?!

It is quite clear that he only decided to donate the money to charity after the backlash he received. Had he been upfront from the start & perhaps asked people to donate to charity & he would give them a mention there would have been no backlash at all...

It is obvious that you like Sam Pepper, but to deny that he did anything wrong is a little silly & did you not accuse John James fans for doing that very same thing? Being so blinded for your love of a housemate, that you look past any of their faults...

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by flamingGalah!

But seeing as many of his fans will be very young & naive he should have known better... And if it was just a "joke" why did he set up a PayPal account!?!

It is quite clear that he only decided to donate the money to charity after the backlash he received. Had he been upfront from the start & perhaps asked people to donate to charity & he would give them a mention there would have been no backlash at all...

It is obvious that you like Sam Pepper, but to deny that he did anything wrong is a little silly & did you not accuse John James fans for doing that very same thing? Being so blinded for your love of a housemate, that you look past any of their faults...

But at the end of the day, it is no one's business if people wish to give someone money/fanmail. It really is of no concern to anyone.

No one is forcing them to do it, it's completely up to them...