The public don’t seem to like X Factor’s Katie Waissel. It might be that she is a bit posh with the cut glass accent and the eccentric styling. Each week, she just survives the audience vote with the help of the judges. The latest news concerning her gran’s activities as a high-class escort (aka prostitute) might destroy or be the making of Katie.
How she responds in public will be key. The upside for Katie is that it gives her some heartbreak which audiences love. Her persona to date has been difficult to grasp and the slightly insipid spoken personality can now become more overwrought. Reality TV is all about emotion and pain (witness the shenanigans on I’m a Celebrity… for evidence). Importantly she is unlikely to be blamed and having a dysfunctional family makes her like the rest of us. We can empathize which maybe we couldn’t before .