Paul Osborne

So that is definitely a consideration all the way through.

In the end, because initially, obviously she was vilified in the press.

And also that first episode or that first week or so of Big Brother was kind of a brand new twist idea.

We opened the phone lines and the public would vote for who they wanted to save and the people with the least votes would then go up for eviction.

They didn't know that.

And she was one of the two at the bottom.

So obviously, initially, she wasn't popular with the public.

Then she wasn't popular with the press.

And she wasn't hugely popular within the house in many ways either.

But I think people started to see her vulnerability

as the show went on.

And also, I think, became sympathetic towards her because she had no idea what people were seeing outside of the house.

And so there was an element of empathy for her as a person.

But I think her vulnerability was a key factor in turning the tide towards her.

100%, yes.

I think it was classist.

I think people thought,

She was bright and bubbly and had lots of common sense, but she wasn't educated and she got a lot of things wrong and that became part of the comedy of her with East Angler comments and all that sort of stuff.

I think there was a little bit of misogyny as well.

They took screenshots of her when she was yawning.