Lauren is emerging as the hot topic for housemates seeking a target for tittle-tattle. Ashleigh, Lydia and - surprisingly - Shievonne formed a little diss circle in the garden.

Why? The trio found fault with Lauren's earlier intervention in a Benedict and Caroline sub-fight during the bathroom barney. Still following? It's pretty tangled. The point is that the husky-voiced pixie is not particularly popular at the moment.

Lauren is perfectly aware that she's persona non grata in the House. One of the reasons she's so blazingly up-to-speed is Caroline's determination to tell it like it is.

As the two loitered in the kitchen, Lauren launched into energetic spot of Deana-shaped mimicry. Caroline gave a polite smile before announcing bluntly, "sometimes you don't think about how you come across."

Encouraged by Lauren's bizarre receptiveness to criticism, Caroline kept it coming.

"You mean well and you're so nice and lovely - but I don't know if it was well-judged to call me 'immature'. You've got to try not to get involved."

This was another reference to the bathroom barney.

The ball was in Lauren's court and she gamely parried back. Apparently housemates have accused her of people-pleasing in the past. Now she's sticking her neck out, it's getting kicked. Seems she just can't win. Given her track-record for weeping, we were worried that waterworks were on the cards, but Lauza delivered this analysis of her sticky social standing in the matter-of-fact tone of someone reading the latest sports results.

Cazza clearly felt it was time to ease up on her 'fix up, look sharp' mentoring. "You made great suppers yesterday and today," she admitted. The girls then got a little giggly as they discussed a comic ongoing problem of Caroline's.