Scott is losing it!!!
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Cute1073 | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 06:33 pm     You are right Cricket...it is unfortunate that people fall through cracks....I think tho before 'deinstitutionalization' happened (thats what they called it) people fell thro the cracks the other way too.....it's hard to find a happy medium I do think Scott has anxiety tho....he said so himself...it just may mean he reacts more strongly to things than others do (stating the obvious) and doesn't have proper coping skills. That is often the case with those who have mental illness. It can just be a disfunction of coping mechanisms. My bet is with Scott he has learned very well to cope in the 'real world' with his meds ect. But then they put him in this environment with someone he has unresloved issues with and all his coping mechanisms went out the window. I actually think Amanda understands this...that may be why she was kinda defending him last night. |
Costacat | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 06:38 pm     I'd just like to say that because one person fell thru the crack, or there was one bad apple in the bushel, doesn't mean it happens all the time. Also remember that some people can check themselves out of hospitals, and those same people often choose to stop taking their meds (since they are now feeling better, they think they ARE better and don't understand the correlation between the meds and their betterness). I do agree that BB really needs to think more about the mental and emotional health of the HGs and quit thinking about how they can create explosive situations that they can exploit for ratings. I do think they knew that Scott was emotionally unsteady (NOTE: I specifically said "unsteady" and not "unstable" as there is a world of difference). But at any rate, we are all being armchair shrinks. Without knowing Scott's exact diagnosis and prescriptions, we cannot say with any certainty whether he was knowingly thrust into an explosive situation while in a fragile state. |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 06:45 pm     no doubt costcat...you are so right.....here we go again eh? Does anyone want to talk about the 'spider bite' on lisa's ass again? lol |
Costacat | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 06:47 pm     OMG Cute! I totally forgot about ALL THAT TALK about the spider bite. We spent DAYS on that little ol' bug bite! LOL... |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 06:49 pm     I know...i think I still have some opinions stored up on that one.....shall I start a new thread or just go to the archive of the last one..... Man we talked her to death! |
Friendofdot | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:13 pm     Does anyone know when Scott's clothing was packed? Did he pack it or did someone in the house pack it? I seem to remember that a couple of the houseguests gathered Justin's belongings in BB2. Just curious. |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:14 pm     i was wondering that myself...no one really has mentioned it |
Maris | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:15 pm     I think they just chucked the clothes out the front door |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:16 pm     or over the fence |
Jpgramma | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:16 pm     From reading the livefeeds, others were dissing Erica because she packed Scots stuff up. |
Woodpecke® | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:24 pm     I'm pretty sure that Alison burned Scott's clothes. |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:25 pm     that was nice of Erica...she took a risk doing that (in more ways than one.....ooooh bad joke) |
Chai | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:26 pm     Wp, LOLOLOL!! Good one!!! |
Jpgramma | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:33 pm     Pink outfit aside, I would SO like to see Erika and Jack last the rest of these clowns out. Found the livefeed post that told us that Erica was the one that packed Scotts stuff up. Those me-me-me-me fools never miss a chance to slam Erika. Azriel - Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 01:39 am "...Nate talking about Erika defending Scott till the end. Robert laughs about her packing his bags...." |
Iceprincess | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:36 pm     That is so sad...she was the only person to treat him as a human instead of a mutant...I like her more and more. |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:42 pm     i think Amanda was very tolerant and caring of him.....She deserves to be in there for someone who treated him like a human |
Bearware | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:42 pm     Cricket - I've been away from the boards for the evening, and just read up on all the response to my response. I didn't really feel badly towards you at all, I just get a bit defensive about the entire prozac issue. No hurt feelings, no harm done. Cute and Costa - thanks for carrying on the conversation for me! I agree with all you've said, and prozac literally saved MY life as well! I do also feel very VERY sorry for Scott, as I just hate to see someone go through all he's going through. As I said earlier, I didn't like him, and I'm not sorry to see him go, but I do hope he can get help, and regain his equilibrium. |
Iceprincess | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:46 pm     Amanda is awesome..I don't put her in the group with the rest of them...She showed so much class last night. |
Cricket | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:51 pm     Okay, Bearware, I'm glad. ROFL @ Cute...very funny. I think Erika and Amanda have been very kind towards Scott and are empathetic towards him. Scott mentioned more than once that he wasn't really as bad as he was in the house, but that was the role he was playing or something and Jun mentioned playing a role. Are the houseguests told what 'personality' they will be? |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 07:58 pm     hmmm i wonder....maybe he was trying to play a role the way Josh did last year....he did say he is a huge BB fan |
Maris | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 08:03 pm     cast your minds back to the first night and Scott was talking about he group photo. He said the photographer told him to give a mean look because he was the "Bad Boy" of the group. They gave him a role to play and I think that was a contributing factor to his behavior. I think he believed he had more license than anyone else to push the edge. |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 08:07 pm     but if they give people 'roles' doesn't it taint the 'reality' of the situation? |
Urctrygrl | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 09:04 pm     Just Wanted To Let U Guys Read this !! Sunday, July 13th, 2003 Tantrum evicts 'Big Brother' contestant By JOHN POWELL -- Jam! Showbiz CBS wanted drama and now they've got it. Another season of 'Big Brother' and another contestant has been shown the door for violent behavior. Scott Weintraub, the 33-year-old waiter from Chicago, was ejected from the "Big Brother 4" game for throwing a temper tantrum in the house Saturday night. The outburst caused some of the players to fear for their own personal safety in the "Big Brother" house. Unhappy about being in the game with his ex-girlfriend, Weintraub, exploded and threw chairs across the kitchen sending his fellow HouseGuests scurrying to separate parts of the house. The producers called Weintraub to the Diary Room, a separate confessional room, to speak to him but he initially refused. "These people don't own me. Scott to the Diary Room? I am not going to the Diary Room," he responded. In talking with fellow HouseGuest David Lane, Weintraub said he felt like the producers were taking advantage of him. Weintraub's ex-girlfriend in the house, Amanda Craig, explained his behavior to some of the other HouseGuests when he finally obeyed the producers instructions and went into the Diary Room to speak to them. "He is a great guy. He is very spoiled and he doesn't handle situations in a mature way. He blames everyone else for his problems. I met him as a waiter and I loved him for it. He always wants things handed to him," she said. Together in the bathroom, some of the female HouseGuests expressed fear over having Weintraub remain in the game. HouseGuest Jun Song hoped that the producers locked Weintraub in the Diary Room and wouldn't let him back into the house. HouseGuest Dana Varela claimed to have spoken to the producers in the Diary Room and they promised that they were going to handle the situation and put a high priority on everyone's safety. "They will put us on lockdown and escort him out of the house," Varela predicted. Upon exiting the Diary Room, Weintraub held a meeting and apologized to everyone for his actions and admitted that he has Human Papillomavirus Virus, otherwise known as genital warts. According to him, the situation has devastated his life. "The reason I was hit by an overload is basically because I have been carrying around this load for like a year. I have isolated myself for the rest of the world. I have HPV. I don't have any now. I haven't had any for a year," said Weintraub. "Seeing Amanda here has brought me back to the time we broke up. She has been able to go on with her life and I haven't. Part of me loves her being here, part of me doesn't." "In no way do I want to leave here or this game. I am truly very sorry. I am just sorry. I want to let everyone to know that," said Weintraub. Some HouseGuests questioned Weintraub's decision to remain in the house and others didn't think his apology was sincere since he has lost his temper before. Weintraub was called into the Diary Room again and apparently sent home by the producers after they spoke to the other players about their safety concerns. Before the "Big Brother 4" series even began, the producers disqualified potential player Brandon Showalter, the 28-year-old computer engineer from Newport Beach, Calif, for breaking the rules. Sub-titling the series 'The X Factor', the "Big Brother" producers introduced a twist into the game this year in which some of the HouseGuests are playing along and living with their former girlfriends and boyfriends. "The twist was the brainchild of my partner Allison Grodner. She came up with this idea for 'The X Factor' and we think that this is the single biggest change that we have ever introduced to 'Big Brother' since we have taken over the show. It is totally unpredictable. We have no idea what is going to happen," series co-producer Arnold Shapiro told Jam! Showbiz on July 3rd. This isn't the first time the CBS reality show has run into controversy. During 'Big Brother 2' in 2001, HouseGuest Justin Sebik was dismissed by the producers early in the series for placing a knife to the throat of contestant Krista -- who took it as a joke and wasn't threatened by his actions -- after a night of reported heavy drinking in the house. Kicked from the game, Justin wasn't allowed to participate in the jury vote. In the 'Big Brother' show, contestants must remain in a house on the CBS Studio lot in California for three months without contact with the outside world. The 'Big Brother' house is outfitted with 38 cameras and 62 microphones, which record the lives of the 12 contestants 24 hours a day. The goings-on are broadcast on TV as well as over the Internet. Each week the contestants vote one of their own out until just two are left. The final surviving HouseGuests are then subjected to a final vote. The winner takes home $500,000. |
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