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Post BB Housemate Antics - Part 3

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littlebear said:
Thanks. Uncanny how this happens any time I dare raise my adorable little head, isn't it?
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Yeah, it isn't the fun it once was here--and I mean for plenty of reasons besides this. So take care, everyone, and be good.

P.S. Oh yeah, saw Stacey and her bf at Bondi earlier. A little shorter than I would have thought. Over and out.
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Hey, honey. I'll be Spartacus. Wanna swap logins? Confuse the hell out of them? It will confuse me, but I can deal.
 
@littlebear , I'm so sorry this keeps happening. If it's any consolation just imagine how sad and pathetic someone's life must be, or how much of a coward they must be to feel the need to impersonate someone's forum identity just so they can insult an ex-BB HM on Twitter.

I hate that they've driven you away :(
 
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travisjake_
2 hours ago
Getting dirty! #mudbaths#newzealand#sulphar#rotorua#hellsgate#massiv#massivkiwitour#gopro@goprooftheday

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dancinpenny
3 hours ago
Excuse my face I'd love to introduce everyone to @urban.anarchy! I'll be training hard for this event before the 21st of March - an obstacle course that is set in urban capital cities with this one in Melbourne. It's like a game as you move from safe house to safe house testing strength, agility and mental toughness!!! Bring all your friends and join in on the fun www.urbananarchy.com register online!

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littlebear said:
Thanks. Uncanny how this happens any time I dare raise my adorable little head, isn't it?
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Yeah, it isn't the fun it once was here--and I mean for plenty of reasons besides this. So take care, everyone, and be good.

P.S. Oh yeah, saw Stacey and her bf at Bondi earlier. A little shorter than I would have thought. Over and out.
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Wow. So sorry this happens to you. Who has that kind of time to harass you?
I hope you can figure out a way to still post here.
 
Am I the only who has noticed none of the girls really speak to Skye? Aisha is always hanging out with Katie and Lisa, but not with Skye. I'm curious to know what happened haha.
 
Wow what a sad existence this person had @littlebear, I'm trying to understand the mentality here but I truly can't. I totally understand you wanting to step away, I would probably do the same, I wish it wasn't necessary though.

Take care, and feel free to return under a new covert username, even if no one knows it's you.
 
GabrielP said:
Am I the only who has noticed none of the girls really speak to Skye? Aisha is always hanging out with Katie and Lisa, but not with Skye. I'm curious to know what happened haha.
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I was curious about this as well.i didn't expect her to hang out with Lisa and Katie, but she and Aisha were pretty close in the house so I thought there'd be some evidence of them spending time together. I'm thinking maybe she's not really a woman's woman.
 
Veronica2005 said:
OMG Priya Malik! ‏@OMGPriyaMalik now

My interview with @Allyalamode for @TheIndianSun http://www.theindiansun.com.au/i-use-death-threats-against-me-in-my-comedy/…


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Big Brother contestant turned stand-up comic Priya Malik tells Alys Francis laughter truly is the best medicine, especially in the face of a racist onslaught

Since stepping out of the Big Brother house when the reality TV show ended in September, runner-up Priya Malik has faced a stream of online abuse – often racist and even extending to death threats.

Many would have retreated in the face of such a despicable onslaught but not the outspoken 28-year-old, who was born into a Hindu family in Dehradun and came to Australia to study in 2008.

Instead, she’s turning death threats into laughter.


“I use death threats in my comedy now,” said Malik, a high school teacher who first started performing stand-up at open mic nights in her hometown of Adelaide a year ago. “I look at laughter as the best medicine in all situations,” she said.

Social media users singled out the kohl-eyed joker as soon as she appeared on Big Brother decked out in traditional Indian dress, making racist and xenophobic comments. Malik’s been told to, “go back to where you come from,” been called a “dirty Muslim,” who “would look stunning in a full burqah where only her eyes showed,” and that she should, “drive your car off a bridge with all your family members in it”.

Big Brother producers warned Malik when she left the house that there had been a certain amount of “racial backlash” against her. But she was still surprised by the level of vitriol. “I expected some of that kind of thing to be there but I didn’t expect it to be as bad as it was,” she said.

And the nasty online comments are still coming now, months after the show ended. Malik said she now deletes them on occasion, simply because she “doesn’t like to keep seeing the negativity”.

But she’s also using her wit to turn the tables on the bullies.

“The other day someone wrote something that was so rude… so I tried to make a joke,” she said. The offending person posted a message to Malik on Facebook saying, “God, you are so rude and distasteful, I used to like you but not anymore”. To which Malik shot back, “That’s blasphemous! God is neither rude nor distasteful. Xoxo”.

And she’s even won over at least one online bully, who started off calling her an “idiot”, only to end up apologising and admitting he was often a victim of bullying himself.

Thankfully Malik said she gets “more love than hate,” from the public nowadays. Her opinionated and “ruthlessly honest” personality may have earned her haters but it also attracted a large number of passionate fans — whose votes saw her become the third runner-up on what was the 11th series of the show.

Malik said she still gets fan mail from people who tell her they were “inspired” by her “unapologetically” being herself. This comes from young girls, people who’ve suffered abuse, and Muslims – who thank her for standing up for them. Priya herself is not Muslim, telling the Guardian she identifies as agnostic but a lot of people think she is Muslim because of her surname and the way she looks.

The budding comedian is a big fan of Canadian-Indian stand-up Russel Peters, who’s won fans worldwide by poking fun at racial stereotypes.

And Malik pulls apart racism in her routine too. “My humour is more about the migrant experience and contemporary political affairs,” she says, and adds that she tries to break down stereotypes and explore what it means to be an Indian in Australia.

Malik’s journey onto the stage started early. She was still at school in India when she began learning how to get an audience’s attention, taking part in school debating, public speaking, and plays.

But it was only after moving to Australia and deciding offhandedly to enter a slam poetry competition – where contestants perform poetry with dramatic flair to an audience – that Malik considered getting into comedy.

“I could see people laughing at the irony and sarcasm [in my poetry],” Malik says. She wound up placing as the first runner-up and with the laughter fresh in her mind, went home and, “started Youtube-ing stand-up comedy videos”.

“I told my husband, and he said ‘What you? A comedian?’,” Malik recalls. Malik’s husband Bhushan clearly overcame his initial surprise as he is now one of her biggest supporters, even running a Twitter account for fans backing her on Big Brother.

Malik returned to the comedy stage for the first time since leaving the Big Brother house in January, entering an open mic night in a spur of the moment decision. “I only decided to do it two hours before the show started,” she says.

And she’s planning a lot more performances in the year ahead. “Comedy’s definitely going to be my priority,” she says. There is even the possibility of performing in India – with a comedy club there contacting Malik after hearing of a quick-witted Indian making waves on Australian Big Brother. “It would require some planning, but I’m definitely keen on doing it,” Malik says. “Especially as there’s a real lack of female comedians there, as there is everywhere!”
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I really admire her.

You need to be strong in spirit to endure that sort of hate campaign online. Online abuse really does wear you down.

I am so sad she didn't win. But happy she has used her BB experience to help launch a new career path.

Strong, smart, opinionated, confident women rock!!!!
 
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