[Lostie!]

I can't help but feel that people are annoyed he chose to spend more time with Helen / Ash over Chris / Ashleigh. I mean, if he stuck with the latter two, I doubt as many people would say things like "get some self respect", even though they weren't much warmer towards him. Actually, Chris was the worst out of them all in terms of irrational, intense dislike for him.

I do wish he'd just stayed more neutral, but I don't think he can win either way with some people. He stays alone, then he's playing for sympathy. He goes with Helen and Ash, he's kissing up to the wrong people. If he went to the other side, he'd have probably been accused of following the public reaction.

Also, he's evidently not kissing up to them. He's defended Christopher more than once, he nominated two of Helen's close friends in the last nominations and Ash the week before that, he admitted to Helen that she has said the nastiest things in there, for example.