[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I don't think the aftercare was ever much good...in bb10 there were about 6 or 7 IIRC that tried harming themselves after the show?

Not to sound like an absolute heartless arsehole but to the housemates getting picked to be a housemate in 2009 still meant becoming a household name

The housemates didn't know the show had its lowest ratings ever and was cancelled.

Maybe when they left and didn't get the attention they craved after months of auditions and being treated like they were superstars by being put in hiding ect they felt hard done by to not come out of the house to the instant fame and front page headlines they had imagined whilst in the house.

Maybe a small percentage was a cry for help butthe rest of the attempted suicides were plain and simple attention seeking in my eyes. Sree being the perfect example when he apparently cut his wrists in his student dorm.

Hardly the luxury he was expecting.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Who Is She?

Yeah, a year after she was still being called a bully and she had to wear really baggy clothes and hats when out to avoid being recognized.

Wasn't she almost raped at some point? I wouldn't be surprised if that was what sent her over the edge.

[Pete.]

Originally Posted by Who Is She?

Endemol used to always claim that housemates got top of the range 'aftercare' after they came out of the show (which we all know is not true if you read Lesley Sanderson, Emma Greenwood, Chanelle Hayes or Nikki Grahame's accounts of what happened after they came out of the house), but do you think they actually need it anymore?

Housemates seem to be able to cope with the pressure a lot more now, and it's sort of like the press is no longer interested and it kind of feels like they can adjust quite easily to real life again (Lesley Sanderson from BB6 said a year after she went in she still hadn't recovered and re-adjusted to real life despite being in there for just 3 weeks).

Thoughts?

do you have any receipts (news reports) for Emma or Nikki?

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by RobInnes

I'm pretty sure Grace wouldn't have called her experience positive after being glassed in the face.

LMAO she wasn't unstable to begin with though?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by Petemitch

do you have any receipts (news reports) for Emma or Nikki?

I know Emma is featured in Narinder Kaurs book "Big Brother the inside story" where she describes how BB treated her as extremely poor.

They left her locked in the bedsit for days telling her she would be going back into the house with the lights on and just a cd Walkman. She goes on to say how bad the aftercare was aswell, like she was discarded.

I would get a direct quote but I cant be arsed to go through it.

[Pete.]

So interesting ^

[Cal.]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

I know Emma is featured in Narinder Kaurs book "Big Brother the inside story" where she describes how BB treated her as extremely poor.

They left her locked in the bedsit for days telling her she would be going back into the house with the lights on and just a cd Walkman. She goes on to say how bad the aftercare was aswell, like she was discarded.

I would get a direct quote but I cant be arsed to go through it.

Yes, she was treated horrible in her last 3 days and claimed she was treated as a lesser to the rest of the housemate by bosses in aftercare. Plus she clung onto fame until about 2007 and then her mum went to the press and said that Emma was struggling with normal life and still struggling to adjust back to reality after being a 'celebrity' for 3 years and then completely being dropped. It must have been difficult.

I think she was allowed to watch DVDs as well when she was locked in the bedsit. Looking back on the highlights its obvious they had no intention of putting her back in, she received about 2 minutes of screen time from the time she was placed in there for the second time to when she was ejected.

[Cal.]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...ined-life.html - here's Lesley's article, it's really in depth and Marsh she does mention the incident at the hotel in Leeds but doesn't say anything about a rape in this article, she just says that the man seemed to not be interested in her being from Big Brother but then treated her like dirt in the morning. She claimed she was raped on this night a few years later I think.