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Lucymac
Member
07-06-2005
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 8:28 am
Not to me. Sounds like it's been a difficult time for his family and he's dealing with it privately. What I'm wondering is whether Joshuah's behaviour is part of the "brilliant strategy" they worked out. I'm with you Bee. I don't think he owes us anymore explanation of a private family matter. I also see nothing to indicate that he was asked to leave by the show. I think he had a family matter to deal with and he chose to leave the show to do that. I do however wonder if what Josh is doing was part of the plan or if Josh came up with a new plan. I would love to hear from Neil on that part in the future. In the meantime I wish him the best dealing with whatever is going on.
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Kmjm
Member
05-19-2002
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 10:20 am
I think that what is really bad about this is that CBS is not clarifying about Neil leaving precisely because they want to milk it for its surprise/shock value on the show. Otherwise why not just release a simple statement that he had to leave for personal reasons? This is what has got us thinking that it might be a hoax. AG will do anything for a "hook" to make this lame show more exciting. It's actually kind of disgusting to use someone's personal family crisis in this way.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 11:19 am
If Neil left for health reasons (his or his family's) then CBS cannot state anything. Neil's privacy is protected by HIPAA. Also, it really isn't any of our business why he left. He left, Sharon came back, the game goes on. And I agree with Bee... I think it sounds like he had something he needed to deal with, and deal with it privately.
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Nancypj
Member
08-17-2001
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 11:22 am
They couldn't show anything on the show Sunday about him leaving. The final scene was the nominations, and Neil was a part of that.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 11:22 am
I don't think they're using it, it's just the same old same old from BB - they want us to pay for the feeds but at the same time just comletely ignore the fact that we see the real story, and continue to spin their own story on the tv shows. In this case on Sunday's show they planned to show only up to the nominaton, and that's what they did. At that point Neil was still in the house, so his exit wasn't shown. I'd think it would be early on tonight's show, and I don't think they'll make a big deal of it, just have a voiceover or maybe they've had Sharon read something in the diary room that says Neil's had to leave because of a family emergency and Sharon's taking his place. I think people overestimate the brains behind BB. All the conspiracy stories go away if you just inderstand that BB simply doesn't care about it's "live" watching audience, there's no effort to deflect them, they just don't care. Housecall's inability to talk about anything that hasn't been shown in the tv shows is just another example of that. And that's my morning rant over .
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Kmjm
Member
05-19-2002
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 1:20 pm
CBS didn't have to say why he left, they just had to say he left the show for personal reasons. They could issue a brief statement and that would be that. Staying quiet about it just encourages speculation. I don't care why Neil left, I just want to know if he is truly gone or if it is another lame twist!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 1:54 pm
Well, why don't we wait till the TV show catches up to reality and see what they say. They just may cover it tonight. Rather than speculating? 
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Kalekona
Member
06-12-2005
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 2:14 pm
Costa, Neils statement says he was not forced to leave for health reasons.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 2:52 pm
My question is: Was Niel in the house when they had the bible swearing "I don't know anyone else in the house" thing?
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 3:06 pm
Denecee - Neil wasn't in the house for that. Sharon was because I remember her saying that she doesn't know anybody else in the house anymore (referring to Jacob) or words to that effect.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 3:28 pm
Thanks Hamsterlady, now I need to go to the stupidist moves thread because on the show Sunday, I am pretty sure they showed the bible swearing thing before the lesbian lie. But somebody said that Josh ran to Neil with the lesbian lie. Why am I confused?
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 5:49 pm
Sharon and Neil were both in the house when they did the swearing on the Bible. It was before Sharon and Jacob were evicted.
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Kalekona
Member
06-12-2005
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 6:44 pm
I thought so to Merrysea but then I wasn't sure because of Jen going on about how bad she felt evicting Sharon and Jacob for being a couple when she was keeping the same secret.
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