well FINALLY I finished watching BBCAN1 ... and I'M ANGRY!!!
I got to loathe Emmett and Jillian ... Emmett was just too arrogant for words (and I don't think I ever liked or trusted him the whole time - I couldn't fathom why he would be popular with people outside of the house when he was so up himself) and Jillian just grated on me (the way she says Hello? nails on a chalkboard!!) ... I wasn't really 100% about Gary getting a 2nd chance but as Alec pointed out ALL of the Jury people had that chance and it was a competition and Gary won ... so once I get past that ... with Jillian and Gary up there I was all for Gary to win it. I of course knew that Jillian won and that there was a controversy ... so I wanted to see how that played out on finale night
I have to say - my god Gary was gracious about it - on the finale night not getting involved in questioning it and from what I saw in the reunion show saying he forgave Topaz straight away and doesn't hold grudges. I loved when on the Sideshow this year Jillian was a guest and Gary went up to her for a hug and said jokingly What did you do with MY money?! (If the reverse had happened I could see Emmett would have been shouting the house down and throwing chairs! like the tanties he threw when he was DQ'd)
Jillian and Emmett because of their showmance had an advantage over everyone else because of the strength of their alliance and their ability to win so many of the comps but they both ended up being so 'rub it in their faces' all the time and it just turned me right off having any respect for that. You can win - you don't have to turn around in DR and be a total asshole and gloating about it ...
Even in the Reunion Show Emmett couldn't be gracious about Jillian's 'win by default' - it was all about "well I was treated badly by the rules and got DQ'd a couple of times so I don't care about this - it finally worked in our favour" ... you got DQ'd because you broke the rules Emmett ... there was no question about it ... so suck it up! Gary did nothing wrong - it was Topaz' error that cost him that win - at least HE had the balls to be gracious about it!
Anyway ... probably I got a skewed view of BBCAN1 because I didn't get to see the live feeds ...
I wasn't a huge fan of Gary through just seeing him on the Sideshow but I warmed up to him by the end of season 2 - but after seeing Season 1 I have a lot of respect for him. (you're safe though - I'm not going to run around the forum throwing glitter everywhere