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But that's not to say he doesn't have that side of him, because as I say a lot on this podcast, like maths, it doesn't like...

the cast members to be multifaceted.

They need them to just be one thing and like one dimensional.

And it was clear from the start that they wanted Danny to be given this like cheeky, chappy, voice of reason kind of character with the occasional drama.

Don't get me wrong, like the whole Gia thing.

Did he say she was more his type?

But...

that was less about danny to be honest and it was more a storyline to feed into beck's insecurities and escalate her feud with gia and the whole cheeky chappy voice of reason character that made sense very quickly to me as the show started airing because it became clear how hectic um and often unhinged becky's so they kind of needed him to be seen as this calm and collected

yeah, voice of reason against her constant drama that she brings pretty much every episode, if that makes sense.

But the problem with that is that there's only so long the show can suppress like other parts of someone's personality while presenting them as like a one note.

character and Danny's mask of like humble self-made man looking for his ride or die has slipped off occasionally lately with comments like this.

And it's also slipped off in live radio interviews where Danny can come across just a bit arrogant, to be honest.

Okay, Denny.

And we're now at a place on the show as he constantly still dodges questions about his feelings for Beck, like a shady politician, like saying one thing here, then another thing there, like where it's clear that he's just stringing Beck along to the point that even the experts are now like, mate, come on.

And I do agree with Danny, though, about how he shouldn't give someone false hope by faking it and pretending to have feelings stronger than he is.

Like, he shouldn't have lied if he's not in love.

But the thing is, I don't think Danny has any feelings for Beck, and I don't think he has ever had any feelings for Beck, as made clear from his brutal honesty the morning they woke up together for the first time on the honeymoon.

Now, there's no denying that Beck is insecure and just desperate for any validation from Dani and just desperate for it to work and desperate for him to love her.

that it now just feels that we're at a point where him continuing to string her along when it's clear he feels nothing is just coming across as maybe a little cruel.

And when I ask myself, like, why is Danny doing this?