The ‘groovy granny’ called a meeting to discuss her co-stars’ farts.

Big Brother’s Jane fired up at her co-stars in Tuesday night’s episode. Photos: Channel 10

Fresh after being nominated for eviction for the second week in a row, Big Brother’s oldest housemate fired up at her co-stars in Tuesday night’s episode. Jane, the self-proclaimed ‘groovy granny’, called a meeting with MMA fighter Colin, barber Vinnie, and tradie Bruce to criticise the trio for farting too often in the house.

While the boys, who are aged in their 20s, acknowledged the 67-year-old’s complaint was “fair enough”, they hit back when Jane accused them of “disrespecting women”. This marks the second time she has admitted to feeling “disrespected” in the Big Brother house after she slammed Colin and model Holly for kissing under a blanket in the bedroom.

“I just have a thing with disrespecting women,” she said.

“I don’t want to hear people farting in my face — some things are inappropriate, and I just think you need to be a little bit more respectful towards, maybe women.”

Vinnie, who has relatively stayed out of the drama so far in the house, asserted that he and his friends “all have respect towards people, women, men, whoever”.

He said it wasn’t fair for Jane to be so accusatory, regardless of her age and “life experience”, and the argument quickly escalated.

“As a woman, I felt disrespected,” she continued.

“The way you have behaved towards me, as a woman, I find disrespectful.”

 

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Conversation around disrespect opens up generational divide

Viewers felt that the way Jane and the trio of men debated respect and disrespect for women revealed how different generations felt about the issue.

Several thought that Vinnie, Colin, and Bruce might not be able to relate to the 67-year-old’s concerns simply because they were Gen Z and she’s a Baby Boomer.

“I understand where she’s coming from, but I can tell you now, none of them will understand her point by their response — different generations, so sad, but she’s right,” wrote one person.

“I feel like she was trying to make a point about old school values, but I can’t prove it,” added another.

A third said: “Why is it so easy for that generation to give feedback, but they are incapable of receiving it?

Another said this is exactly what Big Brother is all about.

“Does she understand it is a social experiment and instead of telling people what they did was wrong, try to understand them. ‘AS PEOPLE’ we all are different. More understanding, less ‘this is the way society taught us,’” they wrote.

Viewers applaud show’s wild edit

Although viewers had previously criticised this season of Big Brother for incorporating background music and unusual edits that deviated from the original format, many were thrilled when the show flashed back to a previous conversation Jane had in the house.

She was shown sitting by the pool on her second day, telling her co-stars that she “cannot stand” when people begin arguments with “as a woman”, rather than just stating their point on their own behalf.

It was an awkward flashback for Jane, considering she said “as a woman” during her conversation with Vinnie, Colin, and Bruce.

“This is a great edit from the Big Brother team,” one person commented.

“The throwback to when she says she doesn’t like when people say ‘as a woman’… just after she’s said ‘as a woman’ was pretty brutal BB,” another wrote.

Jane storms off

‘Fartgate’ came to an end when Colin argued that farting next to Holly was very different to farting directly on her, and Jane stormed off when she wasn’t feeling heard.

“On your bike,” Bruce told her as she walked away.

“I’m not getting on my bike. That is a perfect example,” Jane replied.

“You just disrespected us and then you try and gaslight it into being a thing against women,” Colin said.

The women of the house quickly rallied around Jane when she sought their support; however, many viewers appear to have sided with the boys.

“As a woman, I think Jane has to go,” one person commented.

“I’ve actually never seen someone with so little disrespect, the way she went about that was appalling,” another added.

“I feel like those boys held a fairly respectable conversation here. They were being gaslit by her. They couldn’t finish a sentence and she stormed off when she didn’t like that the conversation wasn’t going her way,” someone else replied.