Celebrity Big Brother live: Louis Walsh calls Jedward ‘vile’ as Sharon Osbourne exits house
Lauren Simon was the second housemate to be evicted after Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary Goldsmith
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Your support makes all the difference.The Celebrity Big Brother housemates have now waved goodbye to three contestants after Lauren Simon was evicted during Tuesday night’s episode. She follows in the footsteps of the Princess of Wales’s uncle, Gary Goldsmith, who became the first contestant on this year’s series to be evicted.
Months after the reality series titan returned on ITV, the celebrity version has been resurrected in the hopes of emulating the success of the latest civilian series, which was won by Jordan Sangha in November.
Surviving contestants include X Factor judge Louis Walsh– who has already shocked viewers with an “incredibly rude” comment – Love Island winner Ekin-Su and Strictly Come Dancing professional Nikita Kuzmin.
In the latest episode, Sharon Osbourne, who was in the series as a “celebrity lodger”, left the CBB house. She was only planned to be in the series for several days and was given a private en-suite bedroom separate from the rest of the housemates.
As for the eviction, it was between Fern Britton, Louis Walsh and Lauren Simon, but it was the Real Housewives of Cheshire star who was voted off.
Meanwhile, Louis launched a scathing attack on the pop duo Jedward, calling them “vile”, and he later made several comments about Ronan Keating.
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Hello and welcome to the show...
Hello, it’s me liveblogging Celebrity Big Brother tonight, no idea why. I can’t say I’ve been paying too much attention but it looks as though Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh have had plenty to say.
We’re starting with reactions to Gary’s ejection from the Celebrity Big Brother house
Louis Walsh gives me the ick, he really does. Very blatant sucking up to his former X Factor colleague Sharon Osbourne, whom I imagine he thinks has a good chance of winning. And now immediately admitting he was “hamming it up deliberately” and “pretending to be shocked”. Meanwhile, Sharon Osbourne is confused about what Gary did for a living. Your guess is as good as mine, luv.
Talk turns to Donald Trump...
Sharon is talking about her time working with Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice, claiming he would only display interest in someone if he thought they were “a pretty woman”.
“When he came to the UK for a state visit, he walked in front of the late Queen,” she recalls, referring to how Trump broke royal protocol by walking in front of Queen Elizabeth II in 2018.
“What, our queen?!” Lauren exclaims. No idea who else she thinks Sharon might have been referring to.
Fortunately, Sharon says, he won’t be around for long (he’s 77).
“Good point,” a fawning Louis says. “That’s a very good point.”
Now for the shopping task, with an interesting theme
Curious that ITV went with a game where contestants have to pretend to be corrupt police officers. Also, I covet Sharon’s dressing gown.
I’m also so here for Lauren’s line of questioning, just now for example, we heard: “Did they catch Jack the Ripper?”
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