[DanaC]

They toned it down when he was in front of them because the criticisms had been so vitriolic it would have been rude and cruel to treat him that way in person.

As it is he had to listen to himself being called a bully, manipulative, creepy, cringey, and as having a superman complex. He was asked if he understood why the other housemates thought he was fake, that his niceness was not genuine, that he was just playing a game.

Honestly I think some people here wouldn't have been satisfied unless AJ had held him down whilst Iain and Vanessa stamped on his head.