That was what I was saying, he wasn't straight up with her until it suited his game plan. He only pretended to act as though he was compassionate after he already got what he wanted, in the last weeks. He no longer needed Jade to be with Ed so he could change his tune and pretend to care now.
But there is no turning around and pretending suddenly once he got what he wanted - ed out and so no longer had a reason for needing them pushed together - that Tim was compassionate. He had never shown any earlier. He used her desperation to paint her a fool for ages. Tim knew during the PS just how obsessed Jade was and knew Ed was not romantically interested. But he never gave her any caring advice then did he. His desire to push Ed onto Jade anyway was to make Ed lose female viewer interest and it trumped Jades feelings. And when they got closer his plan was to paint Ed as a bad guy 'using' her by little bitching session to Drew and Jade, so it wouldn't work as a romatic storyline.
Jade is her own person she made her own decisions. That is who she is. Ed did not make her that way. She was that obsessessed for the first couple months before Ed even knew it while they weren't that close. If she could fall in love with him during that time, then it's pretty clear how she acts is not a reflection of Ed's influence but her own character.
Tims confession was not a confession it was a strategic move to make sure that Ed and Jade did not become the loveable romantic couple to viewers. He had to bitch about Ed to make him look bad for Jade, or the romance might backfire on Tim's game. He was never afraid of her dobbing, he chose to bitch then on the week he decalred to us that he wanted Ed gone. Pretty obvious what he was doing all week.
Anway, Tim was an active instigator in the 4-4 group division with Jade on the opposite side when Jade-Ed were still getting closer. Tim has not cared for a long time that Jade was not buddy buddy with him. He did the same thing to Drew in the last week, tried his best to create a division between him and his other best friends making it out to be their fault. He all but washed his hands of Mikkayla the week that he wanted her gone. He did not care to be a grown up and talk to her when she put her hand out after the blow up.
Tim wanted to push them together. He wanted it to be Eds downfall, so that Ed would become less desirable to the female viewers as a taken man. He is not going ruin that by giving her caring advice. He waited until he could use it against Ed. It's not like Tim actually believes that Jade was used anyway, it's all a big game to him to make Ed especially look bad, even when he left. He even said to Drew that he wanted to stick it to Ed after the show because he lost.