[Jake.]

This is something that I've been wondering for a good while now. We all know how huge the CBB race row was and its lasting effects it had on the both the franchise as a whole along with those who were involved in the treatment towards Shilpa. After watching it back recently, (for me) it seems more tame but then without the hype from the press I suppose that's a given.

The question is, why were the actions from certain housemates in BB7 (only months before the celebrity season which went global for all the wrong reasons) not taken even nearly as seriously? Obviously it was 11 years ago so I was only young myself and I'm having a hard time remembering , but I can't remember much of the public or the press really caring about the treatment of Shabaz (like housemates locking him outside and taunting him with bacon crisps) or making a fuss over how Grace and co spoke about and (dare I say it) bullied Sam and so on... Was it to do with Shilpa's status/the way Jade went from BB Hero to Villian as to why people cared a hell of a lot more? Obviously the public bayed for Grace's blood, but even then it was nothing near the scale of CBB.

Thoughts?