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Ex Celebrity Big Brother star James Jordan has accused the housemates of having "their heads up Sharon Osbourne's backside".
Sharon's time as a lodger in the ITV series has come to an end with Big Brother announcing her departure following Lauren Simon's eviction on Tuesday. Sharon proved to be a huge hit amongst her fellow housemates and viewers alike, receiving huge cheers as she left the house.
However, despite praising Sharon, James admitted he struggled to understand why the reality tv stalwart has been treated like "royalty". “To be honest, I think the entire house will see an entire shift with Sharon leaving. I don’t understand why, but most housemates have put Sharon on this pedestal and treated her like royalty since she’s entered the house," he told Betfred, in an interview exclusively shared with the Mirror.
"I respect her entirely, but every time I’ve entered the house, regardless of who I’ve been surrounded with, I’ve treated everyone as my equal as no one is better than anyone else. However, this year we have seen most of the housemates scared to speak up to Sharon and quite frankly had their heads up her backside. With Sharon leaving, I think it will allow for some of the quieter housemates to show their personalities."
Celebrity Big Brother star Sharon Osbourne left the house on Tuesday (ITV)Sharon, Louis Walsh and Gary Goldsmith left viewers in hysterics last week as the former X Factor judges hit out at James Corden for "name-dropping". Explaining whether he thinks their conversation was "natural", James continued: “I can only speak about my own experience and can’t vouch that things are the same now, as I’m aware that Sharon allegedly underwent media training prior to the show, so things may have changed.
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“But the two times that I went into the Big Brother house, I was probably a bit of a loudmouth, while I wouldn’t go out of my way to cause arguments or create drama, I wouldn’t shy away and voice my opinion if needs be, and the producers kept their distance and wouldn’t interfere unless it was an emergency.
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“For example, they would never tell you to have a conversation with this person or encourage you to have certain conversations about set topics, and all the interactions, arguments, and conversations on the shows I was featured in were truly authentic, and I genuinely believe that the chat Louis, Sharon, and Gary had was completely natural, too."
He added: “I can only speak from my own experience, but I met Louis once when filming an episode of Celebrity Catchphrase, and he was so lovely, so much fun, and an overall lovely man, and people need to remember that this is a show that is filmed around the clock; there’s 24 hours’ worth of footage, and we only see an hour each night, so sometimes the context and that build-up to these conversations are cut out entirely."
Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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