to find the 'pleasure' people take in celebs discomfort disturbing?

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I don't watch any 'reality TV' so perhaps I'm getting the wrong end of the stick; I do however read the news and have seen and heard a lot about Gillian McKeith's current run on IAC etc. I also follow people on Twitter who seem to be revelling in her behaviour.

I'm finding it all a bit disturbing - the woman obviously has issues and everyone laughing at her and treating her as a 'freak' is akin to cruelty.

If we put a dog into a pen and sent scorpions in or poked it or stressed it out in some way and then filmed it, there'd be a national outcry - so why is this ok?!

AIBU?!

whoknowswhatthefutureholds - why does that make it alright? By the same token the 'fat' people who put themselves on her show didn't need to; I don't suppose they got paid for it, and were probably like the poor saps who can't sing on the X Factor - made to look ridiculous, but have no-one else to blame because they agreed to go in the first place.

It doesn't make bullying OK, on either side of the fence.

But she's paid to be there, she can leave at anytime, she must have watched the programme previously and seen how contestants are treated.

She chose to go on the programme knowing what she was letting herself in for.
she can leave at any time.

If anyone is so greedy for money or fame to do that then they get whats coming.

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