It’s hard to believe Big Brother housemate Rory would be punted for something as normal as having a shower.
But he could. According to one hysterical bookie he is the housemate most likely to be evicted this week after a recent incident where he jiggled his hips while bathing.
Given this Sunday he’s up against the incredibly irritating 51-year-old Terrance and Bianca the moody princess it seems unfathomable.
But according to a four line press release by Michael Sullivan CEO of Sportingbet Australia Rory’s jiggle has taken him from second place to take out the show paying $5.50, a status he enjoyed until only a few days ago, to the least likely to win at $51.00.
But how can this be true? Surely the guy is not going to be punished for a silly act – which at worst was in bad taste.
Let me paint the scene. Basically Rory is absent mindedly showering when fellow housemate Terri walks up to him so she’s about a metre away. He notices her and simply jiggles his hips. Yeah, that’s it. I told you.
And in fact Big Brother later called him to the diary room and asked him to apologise - which he happily did.
It’s hard to understand how it could possibly constitute a reason to boot him.
Terri later nominated him for it, but in a place where one struggles to come up with reasons to nominate it seem very unfair she would take such an easy option. Just because she’s a pessimistic wowser is no reason for him to be judged more harshly for doing something dumb.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m completely cool with him being slotted. Just not for that.
I’m cool if people vote for him because he’s a bit of a mug.
I’m cool if people vote for him because he’s so under the radar he’s practically a qualified coal miner.
I’m cool if people vote for him because they don’t want to see the housemates who actually make this year’s season what it is like Brigitte, Travis and Terri leave.
But to punt him for a foolish wiggle is just dumb.
If he does go this Sunday it just goes to show you how carefully you have to play the game in this the King of Reality TV shows if a few seconds of careless behaviour, during a two-month stint, can cost you your shot at $250,000.
Or perhaps it shows us how if a bookie says it will happen – for some reason it will – a parlous state of affairs on a range of levels.
Or does it tell us how, as a society, we are starting to take ourselves just a bit too seriously.