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Celebrity Big Brother star Donny Tourette looks totally different after ditching his punk style. The former housemate, now 43, looks nothing like he did when he appeared on the Channel 4 reality TV show 17 years ago.
Donny - known as the lead singer of punk rock band Towers of London - chose to leave the show in 2007 less than three days into the series. He's best remembered for climbing over the wall to leave the Big Brother house after finding out that the late Jade Goody and some of her relatives, including her mum Jackiey Budden, were joining.
Amid some housemates becoming 'servants' on the show, he's said to have complained: "I'm not f**king waiting hand and foot on some f**king moron and her family." His co-star Ian 'H' Watkins from Steps helped him over the wall. Almost 20 years since his time on the show, Donny now looks very different.
He shared a video of himself roller skating in California last year, showcasing that he had ditched his platinum blonde hair and punk-style clothing. In a video shared on Instagram, Donny wore yellow shorts and a blue Nike top as he skated and enjoyed the good weather. He smiled at the camera and played Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys over his clip.
Donny Tourette was a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother back in 2007 (Channel 4)
He looks much different in a clip shared on social media just last year (donnytourette / Instagram)Donny has continued to make music with his band in recent years. Towers of London released the extended play Yet to Be in 2022, which included songs like Jump. The track is said to have featured in the TNT series Animal Kingdom. The band previously tweeted: "We recently had our music played on a TNT series called Animal Kingdom the song is called Jump and it's on our new EP! Thanks to everyone who made it happen."
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The band are said to have also created a documentary, originally titled Towers of London: The Movie, in 2019. The project is understood to have later been renamed F**K IT UP! ahead of its scheduled release back in 2022.
Earlier this week, Celebrity Big Brother returned for its new series, which is being broadcast on ITV. The show is hosted by AJ Odudu and Will Best, who fronted the live launch on Monday night which introduced the housemates. The line-up includes Fern Britton, who used to be on This Morning, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh from the X Factor, as well as Kate Middleton's uncle Gary Goldsmith. Love Island's Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Dragons' Den star Levi Roots are among the other housemates this year.