The Big Brother housemates have noticed that Darnell has been a bit withdrawn since entering the house. He rarely eats with any of the housemates and some of the group are beginning to worry about the extent of his isolation.

“Darnell was being a bit…” Jennifer started….

“He’s not got a good appetite, has he?” Dale asked.

“Darnell… he’s a bit, like, different, in the sense that he doesn’t eat at the same time as other people would,” explained Sylvia.

“Is there a reason for that?” Jennifer asked.

“He hasn’t told me, but I’m trying to get him to be open,” Sylvia told the pair. “Like, if you feel you can’t sit at the table because of a certain reason, we’re not going to force him…. I feel like he’s been isolating himself a little. I’m a bit worried about him.”

“But because he’s isolating himself, I kind of find him totally unapproachable,” Jennifer announced. “And like, before, I felt awful for Mo, because he was chatting to him about food, and he said, ‘Can you just get out the kitchen?’ And Mo just like walked off.”

“Darnell’s been over-analysing things,” Sylvia reckoned.

“But we’re his friends,” Jennifer protested. “I don’t understand why he’s taking it out on other people, d’you know what I mean? You know what Mohamed’s like, he’s not like that at all.”

“I’m trying to get him to speak a bit more,” Sylvia nodded.

“He’s got such a big barrier,” Jennifer griped.

But Sylvia defended the songwriter: “He’s trying to think about things and work things out.”