[Braden]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Please refer me to the point where I criticised anyone for disliking Frankie? In fact my first post in this thread was a response to someone criticising people for liking him (all before the show has even begun!) and that's what started this whole debate. All throughout this thread I have said over and over that I understand people criticising him and him being casted, and not once have I said they aren't allowed to do so - in fact I've made a point of saying the opposite. Claiming I've done so would be a lie.

I now understand what you're saying regarding your other point, but that still doesn't negate what I'm saying - in fact it gives weight to it. I constantly complain about the influence the Geordie Shore fanbase has on reality show results and I've been saying so all this series about Alex (and thankfully I was wrong), I completely disagree with people succeeding or failing based on things that have happened outside of the confines of the house and show and this is case in point. I know full well the voting public are guilty of this and that's why I complain about some of their idiotic voting patterns. This is the argument I'm making - it shouldn't be this way. And just because it is it doesn't mean I'm going to suck it up, hop on the bandwagon and start using my preconceptions of celebrities to judge what they're actually like as housemates too, because then I would also be part of the problem.

Is it going to change? Probably not, certainly not on the wider scale of public votes, but I'm still entitled to say that I think it's stupid to judge housemates on things that have happened outside of the house when that goes against the point of the show - because it is.

By telling people to forget their 'preconceptions', you're ultimately criticising their right to dislike Frankie at this moment in time (imo at least). Just let people think the way they want to think. If people's views change it will because of themselves. Not you. That's the main point of what I'm trying to say. You don't need to teach people how to watch the show.