What Has Kept Mama Bea In The BBA House

We reckon by now it was clear that one of M’am Bea’s areas of strength in the house was nurturing. Something of a mother hen she was always offering a helping hand here, clearing after some or other persons mess or simply laying her healing hand for those much needed positive vibes. If she wasn’t lending a hand, it most certainly was an ear.

But was it all really that simple? Was her frequent massaging of Tayo’s back innocent or was there a little more of ego massaging going on there? It was becoming increasingly difficult to tell.

This morning she was once again spotted lending another helping hand but this time around not as Tayo’s masseuse, but as Idris’ barber. She stood over this week’s Head of House and smeared a mound of shaving cream onto his tresses. She then took much care in washing the cream off under at tap and kneading the conditioner in with the utmost of tender love and care.

She was also often the resident agony aunt sharing her pearls of wisdom and sealing it off with an uplifting pep talk. She was there to calm JJ down when he, as he often did, let his insecurities about eviction run wild. He also nestled a troubled Ellah in her embrace after nominations were announced this week.

We wonder, could all the caring, nurturing, counselling and nestling be part of a strategy rooted in some form of reverse psychology? After all M’am Bea wasn’t immune from playing the game herself as a housemate.