Aly, I am impressed. He is not being fake at all. This guy has a very interesting personality, he is not one dimensional like most of the contestants this season and the reason why I couldn't really like anyone that much. He is this fun loving guy, who likes to gel with everyone, that's not being fake, that's just who he is. It's evident.
But when it comes to game, he is smart. He knows what he wants, he knows how to get it and he does that and he might come across as dominating because others are not doing that. I finally got to see someone taking charge of a task and driving it. Not just going around shouting having no idea what to do. Yes he manipulated votes in his favour and I loved that. He is playing the game and how.
Coming to his and Jasmin's relationship....
What I see and what I hear is that they are best of friends, who have gone through thick and thin together. That's a very strong bond that they share. Any of us watching few moments of theirs from the outside, and passing judgement would be wrong. We don't know anything about their relationship.
All I would say is me and my best friend can shout on each other all we want and the other person never takes it to heart, if my friend is angry and in that anger if they shout on me something like 'stay away, I am handling this' I don't go sulk in a corner,because I understand that person. Does that make me a doormat, hmm.. I wonder.
No... that's just the kind of bond best friend's have