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Originally Posted by jaxie

Admittedly we only see an hour a day but I am just not getting the housemates criticism of them. It's like they are the house scapegoats. It began with James Jordan and it's like all the others in Nicola's gang just follow along and say the same thing, even James C who is fast falling from Lord Commander to prize Pratt IMO. They eat too much. Doesn't he remember having a high energy young man in the household, he does have a son.

I was surprised Calum doesn't have a few more balls to think for himself. He nominates them every time with the same tired comment and yet he can't take it when someone does anything but fawn over him. What a loser he was for laughing at Jamie's 10 comment about Jessica and for his rudeness to her for talking with Nicola. She should have told him she talks to who she likes and he isn't her editor.

Jedward were nice to cray cray Stacy when no one liked her. Look at how she acts toward them now. Only the 3 newest ladies have said how nice they are and how kind to the newcomers. For me that's the one grain of truth.

I thought that (about the food) too when James C mentioned it. Boys from mid-teens to mid-20's are still developing and simply NEED more food than average. I mean he even pointed out himself that they're pretty skinny... which is proof that they're NOT over-eating, they are burning the calories that they're consuming, so they are genuinely hungry! If anything they look like they could do with a bit MORE protein...

The portion sizes I used to have in my teens and early 20's were obscene .

I feel like the moment people really "started" on them was when Jamie flipped at them. It's like it made them "fair game" to be, as you said, scapegoats for everyone else's complaints and frustrations.

They ARE a bit defensive and take criticism hard but that's really the worst that can be said of them, and I think the problem there is really that they take so much unwarranted flak that they find it hard to know when people have a genuine criticism that they should maybe take on board, vs when people are just taking out their own issues on them.