Day 18 ended with VJ Bani, Gaurav Chopra and Rahul Dev being handed a task that kept them up all night for speaking in English. As per usual, it ended in drama and tears (Bani's) and today, a day later, Twitter has much to say about this linguistic recalcitrance.
A lone user suggests that it wasn't English that offends but the foul language used:
Rather than english hindi rules @biggboss should forbid people from profanity #BB10 #Biggboss10
— Purvi (@Quirky_Purvi) November 4, 2016
Bani, who appears to be fairly unpopular, has been singled out for scorn:
#BB10 Bigg Boss punished Bani for speaking English ; still she is not relenting and speaking the same language..This kind of behaviour is
— Sidarth Pratap Singh (@sidtweets_) November 4, 2016
Gaurav was resting on bed while the punishment and bani was still speaking english.. What comedy is going in name of task #bb10 @BiggBoss
— Pooh (@iPGaur) November 4, 2016
The amount English Bani is speaking while doing her punishment - thy should have turned the sirens on right then #BB10
— Bigg Boss 10 USA (@BigBoss10USA) November 4, 2016
But not everyone is against her:
Arey yaar @BiggBoss .. everyone speaks English in the house! Not only these three. Bani is still wounded and you have no humanity. #bb10
— Jheshna KS (@jheshnaks) November 3, 2016
Lopa speaks in English a lot too! #BB10
— Bigg Boss 10 USA (@BigBoss10USA) November 4, 2016
Bani's misdemeanours aren't the only topic of discussion online. Two other contestants - Lopamudra Raut and Mona Lisa - went for a swim in the pool which, apparently, stopped both the Bigg Boss house as well as Twitter in its tracks.
Baba!!!!!! I dnt even find him funny...he is plain gross..shamelessly ogling at lopa n mona swim in the pool @BiggBoss #BiggBoss10
— Apoorva (@Apoorva_Says) November 4, 2016
At least someone other than us is outraged.
Bigg Boss, the Indian version of the international reality show, is now in its tenth season and is hosted by actor Salman Khan. This is the first year that non-celebrity contestants are in the house.
Australian TV personality of Indian-origin Priya Malik told NDTV, "I feel that Bigg Boss in India is way more dramatized and is driven more towards entertainment." Priya has been on both Bigg Boss and Big Brother Australia and is rooting for VJ Bani.