Celebrity Big Brother and the fuss over Verne and a toy doll

By johnberesford on January 21st, 2009 3 comments

I watched Celebrity Big Brother last night (Channel 4, 10pm). Don’t ask me why, but I did. Naturally, it was pretty much a dullfest, apart from one bit that creeped me out. If you’ve picked up a tabloid today, you may already know what I’m talking about. It involved Verne Troyer and a plastic baby doll. Now, this is where sense and nonsense separate. I thought it was a bit weird and then left it at that. What followed after witnessing a tiny man kissing a toy aggressively was distinctly cup shaped. However, some morons have complained branding the whole thing “disgusting” and the like. Beggars belief!

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You see, the housemates had to do a task for their shopping. They had to make a film of all the major events that have taken place during their stay (Yeah, best of luck with that), which included a drunk Verne flirting with the gals. The doll represented Mutya (ex-Sugababe) and lil Verne grimaced up for a snog.

“Hey, Mutya. I know you wanna leave, but before you go can you just save a spot in bed for me and I will give you some special loving. We don’t have to tell anyone else. Hey – do you want to ride my scooter?” said our Verne, clearly taking the piss.

Viewers have taken exception to the scene, according to The Sun, with one woman calling the broadcast “sick”. She claimed: “Men of Verne’s age should not be snogging babies on TV – real or not.” Now it’s my turn to complain.

Fact is, it’s only as perverted as you think it is. Verne, in my book, was kissing a doll. That, last time I checked, wasn’t illegal. What made me feel weird about it all is because Verne is a miniature human. My bad. I know. So what is this woman moaning about? Did it flash across her mind that two infants were about to have sex? Maybe she thought that there’s probably kiddiefids out there, genetically dehancing themselves to dwarf, so they can attack babies? If not, shut yer mouth. If so, seek help.

Preposterous.

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sarah hutchinson

I have a baby about the size of the doll. I can tell you it sickened me and offended me profoundly. Perhaps if you were a recent mother or pregnant woman you would feel the same since the chemical effect of the hormones which accompany pregnancy or recent childbirth is (for most women) to make us over protective and instinctively concerned about babies well being to the point that the scene on big brother left me physically upset. Maybe I should seek help?? Well frankly I think you should seek some understanding and grow up.
http://www.tvscoop.tv Mof Gimmers

Pregnant women become overly protective of plastic toys? Is that what you’re telling me? Do you also cry when Brian Connolly hits that puppet of his? Do you weep when you see children pulling the heads off Barbie dolls?

You may think I’m being a bit glib, but seriously, pregnancy has nothing to do with anything. It’s about getting things into perspective and, if it’s a hormonal imbalance, like you suggest, then you should stay quiet until you get back to normal, eh?

If that’s not the case, then I can chastise all women for having hormonal imbalances, which, I think you’ll agree, you be as ridiculous as, say, complaining about someone taking the piss on telly with a rubber dolly.

Mof Gimmers
Sue

Mof, at least you’re being honest and saying the bit you found weird was that it was Verne, a “miniature human.” I doubt there would have been many complaints if it had been one of the other male CBB contestants, because it would have just looked ridiculous. The fact is that Verne looks and sounds like a child himself, so when he demonstrates that he actually is an adult male with sexual feelings I think people find that hard to deal with.