Jonathan Durden Part Deux

So, Jonathan has left the Big Brother.

It caused a bit of a debate in my house last night, with Boyf maintaining that if you go into Big Brother, you choose to stay cut off from the world. According to him, there should be no half-way house.

I maintained that if someone close to you dies, you should be told and then allowed to make the decision yourself. Given the furore in Australia, when the programme chose not to tell a housemate her father had died, I think most of the public are probably with me.

However, it is an interesting question.

In this case, I think Jonathan did exactly the right thing and he appeared much more human and likable as a resut.

Jonathan Durden

Jonathan Durden of PHD has gone into the Big Brother house, despite saying he has never watched it (surprising for a media man?). I think he will be entertaining to watch...

'Would you go into the Big Brother house?' This old chestnut of a question usually crops up after half a bottle of wine. My answer? No way.

Trapped in one place, with no books, for several weeks/months? Horrific. I can quite understand why Vanessa Feltz went slightly crazy.

Fundamentally though, I just don't want to be scrutinised like a lab rat.