Celebrity Big Brother: Former Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci explains why he left house early

'The producers from day one pitched me the idea of becoming a twist in the show'

'The Mooch' has been credited with helping out Never Trumpers – but let's pause a second before we welcome him with open arms (REUTERS)

Anthony Scaramucci has explained his twist on the latest season of Celebrity Big Brother.

The Former White House Communications Director was announced as a contestant on the show, entering the house on the first episode and seemingly acting as a houseguest.

However, the episode aired on Friday, 25 January revealed that, as a twist, Scaramucci was only pretending to be a houseguest, to the confusion of both viewers and other contestants.

Although some claimed the twist was a cover-up for him quitting the show early, Scaramucci told Entertainment Weekly that he “absolutely did not quit the game”.

“The producers from day one pitched me the idea of becoming a twist in the show,” he said. “So it was planned from day one. I know there are people that think we didn’t land on the moon and there are people that think there is a conspiracy here or a conspiracy there but there’s no conspiracy here.”

“It was a straight-up, well-planned twist for the show, and I think it was probably one of the more bigger, historical twists where somebody that everyone thought was a houseguest slipped out in the middle of the day…and I had to get Joey Lawrence to pack my stuff to take it home with me.”

He added that he was unable to compete in full on the show as he has two young children and is still running “a 12bn dollar company”.

“I would love to be a full-blown houseguest and play that game. It is one of the more fascinating games in television history,” he said. “And I also think that’s the reason it is 21 years old and will likely be 41 years old.”

“Because there’s just so much intrigue and, like a sporting event, there’s a lot of stuff that’s going on that’s live-action that you want to be in an appointment television position to watch, the same way you would an NFC Championship or a Super Bowl.”