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Originally Posted by Ammi

...so is it that he's old..his environment..stress of the BB house..?...I actually don't think he is racist as such but the joke was and I he hasn't disputed it..?...he was very silly, people can still like him, it doesn't make him a bad person or take away from anything positive in him but he did make a racist joke and that can't be denied...

Both. He said himself - that once it was pointed out to him, he could see their point, but at the time it hadn't occurred to him.

And that was likely to be partly because of the attitudes he grew up with typical of his generation and partly to do with not being able to think quickly enough about every word he says before saying it.