Paul Osborne

And I think the combination of that, plus the fact that, you know,

People on Big Brother were becoming famous for being themselves.

Famous for being famous is the usual thing that's thrown at it, but it's just famous for being you.

And so because there was lots of criticisms about, like, they had no discernible talent, so why should they be on the TV every night?

And Big Brother had had that for a couple of years by that point, and so they just thought that that was... It vindicated the detractor's perspective on the show through her.

Well, there's a sense of protection, really.

But also you're making the show and you are, you know, the whole concept of Big Brother is you show life in real time, who people really are.

And so there was an element of protectionism, but we're still just making the show.

And also you have to...

You know, there's a balance required.

You can't be just focused on Jade the entire time.

So you're focused on all the other contestants as well.

It's an unfolding soap opera that she was one cast member of.

I mean, it was proven, right?

So I said that she stood out in the audition process and then in the show itself, again, she stood out.

So that's who she was.

She was a standout character.

Filming all day, every day, and let's not forget, back in those days, it was streamed as well.

I think at that time, the streaming, you also had the opportunity to choose which feed you wanted.

So there was a constant streaming.