[Seraphim]

I have no idea about Perez before this show, and so I judged purely on what he offered in this show, and I thought he was amazing - hilarious, witty, smart, interesting and interested in people - even to the extent of reading up on them before going into the house. Yeah, he was a drama queen - I don't mind that. I like colourful, zany people with some personality. Callum bored me, and I thought he was an arrogant prick. He wasn't keeping the peace. He never once intervened when Katie Hopkins was being nasty or having a dig at anyone. He only said things if Perez tried to argue back or defend himself. He just resented Perez stealing his screen time, like all the other Z list losers for whom getting on TV is their main goal in life.

I liked that Perez never spoke down to anyone, and when he did take people on, it was in retaliation to things they'd said, or their attitude to him, and it was always the biggest, strongest ones he took on, and not those who were more vulnerable. That is the opposite of a bully. I thought he was quite correct to demand that Ken be removed - he was dreadful towards the women in the house, and completely unacceptable. The coughing was a merely minor annoyance, and if Alexander couldn't tolerate that, then there's something wrong with him. To try to make out that Perez drove him crazy by coughing is ridiculous. As for Cami-Lee's silly reaction to the lesbian suggestion - she just made a mountain out of a conversational aside to be nasty to Perez, and I cannot believe that the audience bought into it. Last year's housemates wouldn't have batted an eyelid - and neither would I. If she was as clever as she claims to be she'd have cracked a joke about it, however she was too dense to do anything except make a silly drama out of it. The "stick it up your ass" comment came after Callum called him a dick. I don't know why the viewers bought into this idea that it is fine for thick plank-heads like Callum to be abusive and derisory towards another person. Who does he think he is?

As far as what Perez has written in his blog, I cannot comment.. He's a journalist writing a gossip blog. Is that worse than someone who writes for any other gossip rag, or the people who own them? Speculation about whether people are gay or not was always a hot topic, and obviously journalists are in the business of trying to uncover the truth. Why is Perez seen as the devil incarnate more than anyone else in the same business? I imagine it is that newspapers see him as a threat and try to bring him down.

That's my take on things.