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Christopher Biggins reveals what his career highlight is

And it wasn’t that controversial appearance on Celebrity Big Brother.

Despite the fact that his appearance on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here was 13-years-ago, Christopher Biggins says that nothing has topped that experience.

Speaking to celebrity event planner Liz Taylor, on her Events That Made Me podcast, star of the stage and screen, Biggins, has hailed his appearance on ITV’s flagship reality show, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, as the ‘highlight of his career’.

The 71-year-old revealed that, despite having been cast in rich and varied roles during a career that spans four decades, he deems his trip to the Australian jungle to be the pinnacle of success.

He told Liz, “You may be surprised for me to say to you, but probably the highlight of my career has been I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. It really is. Because, not only having won it, which was fantastic to win because it was the public voting for it. It changed my life in so many ways. It was a wonderful experience. The jungle, a lot of people either hate or they love. I loved it. It was fantastic.”

“It was 13 years ago and I’m still living off it. It was such a strong year and people still come up to me and say, ‘oh we loved it when this happened in the jungle’ and so that is very important to me.”

The revelation is perhaps even more unlikely given that during the discussion, which airs on July 15, 2020 at https://podfollow.com/etmm-liz-taylor, Biggins also speaks in detail of his friendship with author/actress Joan Collins and the doors this has opened for him, including an occasion where he was to keep watch for Frank Sinatra while he smoked a cigarette.
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“There were stars everywhere. My table was me sitting next to Shakira Cain, sitting next to Frank Sinatra, sitting next to Barbara Davis (our hostess), sitting next to George Burns… and Dan Ackroyd. I thought to myself, if my mother could see me sitting one away from Frank Sinatra, I mean, I couldn’t believe it.”

“At the end of dinner, he [Frank Sinatra] said for me to go out into the hallway. He wanted to have a cigarette and his wife didn’t like it, so I had to stand guard, and we had another fabulous discussion.”
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Of course, Biggins has had many features on TV, none more controversial than his appearance on the celebrity version of Big Brother.

In 2016 his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother was cut short after a number of controversial statements. There were just 11 complaints to Ofcom following a comment he made about bisexual people.

Since then his appearances on celebrity-based TV shows has wained. However, he did also perform in the Ab Fab movie in 2016.

15th July 2020
Christopher Biggins felt “violated” after his phone is snatched by thug

Celebrity Big Brother star Christopher has said that he was left terrified after his phone was snatched by a cyclist in a hoody.

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Panto fave Christopher Biggins had his phone snatched by a cyclist in a hoody as he waited for a taxi.

The I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here star said the experience was “terrifying” and left him feeling “violated”.

Talking on BBC Wiltshire, where he is today taking over the station as guest editor, he explained that he has just left a swanky restaurant in Covent Garden, London, on Wednesday night.

“I walked down to Charring Cross Road to get an Uber at quarter to midnight and I was on my phone,” he told the BBC.

“I was looking down toward Trafalgar Square and I was seeing how far away he was and suddenly a hooded cyclist came by and stole my phone – just took it out of my hand.

“It was such a violation.

“I shouted very loudly but it was quarter to midnight and he got away.”

He said talking to insurers the next day made him feel a little better because some of them asked: “Is that the real Mr Biggins?”

Christopher, however, is certain that the thief won’t be able to hack into his phone to steal the treasure trove of celebrity contacts that the star has gained over the years.

Biggins is one of four presenters guest editing BBC Wiltshire this week for the station’s 30^th birthday.

The others have been Time Team’s Phil Harding, Olympian Sharron Davies and Apprentice star Nick Hewer.

Christopher Biggins has just turned 70.

6th April 2019
Has there ever been a gay or LGBT winner of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here?

There have been 16 winners of I’m A Celeb so far – has there ever been a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender winner of the popular ITV show?

Since the show started in 2002, it has been won by six women and ten men. There is only one winner who publicly identifies as part of the LGBT+ community, namely Christopher Biggins. Biggins won the show who won the show in its seventh series in 2007.

A full list of the winners are:

Series 1, 2002: Tony Blackburn
Series 2, 2003: Phil Tufnell
Series 3, Early 2004: Kerry Katona
Series 4, Late 2004: Joe Pasquale
Series 5, 2005: Carol Thatcher
Series 6, 2006: Matt Willis
Series 7, 2007: Christopher Biggins
Series 8, 2008: Joe Swash
Series 9, 2009: Italy Gino D’Acampo
Series 10, 2010: Stacey Solomon
Series 11, 2011: Dougie Poynter
Series 12, 2012: Charlie Brooks
Series 13, 2013: Republic of Ireland Kian Egan
Series 14, 2014: Carl “Foggy” Fogarty
Series 15, 2015: Vicky Pattison
Series 16, 2016: Scarlett Moffatt
Series 17, 2017: Current series

25th November 2017
Who are the LGBT stars who have starred in Celebrity Big Brother
So the 20th series of Celebrity Big Brother has just launched. We thought we’d see which LGBT celebs have starred in the ever popular show.

Generally speaking, LGBT celebs tend to do well in Celebrity Big Brother. There have been two openly gay winners, Rylan and Julian Clary. There have been three runners-up, Sue Perkins, Austin Armacost and Michael Barrymore. However, some LGBT celebs have caused controversy and were booted from the house, including Tila Tequila and Christopher Biggins. There have been two trans women to take part in the show.

There have been:

Lesbian 3

Bisexual 8

Gay 14

Trans* 3

Honourary 1

Total 29

Series 2

Sue Perkins, came 2nd

Former Great British Bake Off presenter Sue Perkins wasn’t as famous back then as she is now. Series two of CBB was just ten days long and she managed to stay right till the last day but didn’t win the series. That honour went to former Take That singer Mark Owen.

Series 4

Jodie Marsh, first evicted.

Jodie Marsh who said she was bisexual after being celibate for 4 years didn’t fair well during her time on the show. She was the first evictee from the series. In an exclusive interview with THEGAYUK.com she told us that only gay porn gets her off now.

Michael Barrymore, came 2nd

His appearance in Series 4 of Celeb Big Bro was largely considered Michael Barrymore’s comeback to mainstream television following the death of a man at his home. He managed to spend 22 days in the house and was crowned runner up of the series.

Pete Burn, came 5th

Peter Burns came fifth the fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother. There were hopes he’d be invited back for the ‘All-Stars’ version of the show, but he died a few months before the start of the 17th series.

Series 5

Ian H Watkins, came 4th

Ian, or as many of our readers will know him as “H” from Steps, came out officially on the day he entered the house. He was in one of the most talked series ever, after a “race row” between a number of the housemates and Indian actor Shilpa Shetty. He eventually placed fourth.

Series 7

Alex Reid, winner

Alex, who has spoken about how he might consider himself transgender or a cross gender-dresser in 2015 managed to win the 7th series of the show. During her time in the Big Brother house ex-wife Katie Price talked about how much Alex liked butt play.

Series 9

Gareth Thomas, came third

Rugby’s first out player, Gareth Thomas, finished 3rd in the ninth series of Celebrity Big Brother.

Series 10

Jasmine Lennard, first evictee

Jasmine didn’t fair too well in the tenth series as she was the first celebrity to be booted from the show.

Julian Clary, winner

Julian won the hearts of the nation and was crowned king of the house.

Julie Goodyear MBE, came 7th

Coronation Street actor, Julie Goodyear, managed to stay the course for 22 days and was the seventh celeb to be evicted.

Series 11

Rylan Clark, winner

King of the presenters, Rylan Clark managed to win the 11th series just weeks after being booted from the X Factor.

Series 12

Louis Spence, came 7th

Louis managed to dance and prance his way through the 12th series of CBB placing 7th overall.

Lauren Harries, came 3rd

Lauren was the first openly trans person to star in Celebrity Big Brother. She came third in the 12th series of CBB. In December, Lauren gave heavy hints that she’d be joining the 17th series, but so far she’s not appeared.

Series 13

Lee Ryan, came 7th

Lee went in a straight man, however, a sexual revelation during a conversation with some housemates made many viewers believe that he is bisexual. Even his fellow Blue bandmate, Duncan James tweeted that he thought he was the only “only bi/gay in the band”. Lee lasted 24 days in the house.

Ollie Locke, came 3rd

Ollie announced that he was bisexual before entering the house and admitted that he had never slept with a man. He has since come out as gay.

Series 14

Leslie Jordan, 2nd evictee

Will and Grace actor Leslie got more than he bargained for when he joined series 14. A few spats with Frenchy saw his best undies destroyed by the star.

Kellie Maloney, came 9th

Kellie Maloney became the second trans woman to enter the BB house. She won the nation’s hearts with her public transformation. Kellie also reveals that Tom Selleck would be her perfect man.

Series 15

Kavana, came 7th

Boybander Kavana, didn’t get much airtime in the 15th series thanks to huge personalities like Michelle Visage, Perez Hilton and Katie Hopkins.

Michelle Visage, came 5th

Okay, so Michelle Visage is an honorary member of the LGBT community. She did herself proud in the house and even managed to make Katie Hopkins seem approachable.

Perez Hilton, came 6th

Apparently, possibly, the most talked about housemate in the history of the show. Execs were so eager to have him back for the latest series but failed to meet his “double the money” demand.

Series 16

Austin Armacost, came 2nd

It didn’t take long for Austin to get naked in the BB house, in fact, it was just a couple of hours. He managed to bromance his way to the finals with James Hill.

Tila Tequila, ejected

The less said the better, to be honest. She got kicked out when BB execs realised that she had written some offensive messages on social media.

Series 17

Christopher Maloney, came 8th

Christopher failed to make much of an impact in this season of CBB – although proved himself to be the nice guy.

John Partridge, came 5th

John Partridge proved popular and likeable during the 17th series of CBB.

Series 18

Christopher Biggins, ejected

Poor Christopher Biggins didn’t last long in CBB after a number of offensive conversations, Biggins was booted off the show.

Marnie Simpson, came 4th

Bisexual star Marine Simpson fell in love with Lewis Bloor and his massive penis. Their love story was the stuff of true boredom.

Samantha Fox, came 7th

Series 19

Austin Armacost was once again invited back to the house but didn’t get very far after he was evicted in a cruel twist when housemates voted him the dullest. He was in the house for 11 days.

Series 20

Jemma Lucy

Entered the house on day one. In her opening VT, Jemma proudly stated she was bisexual.

Trisha Paytas

Entered in the house on day one – and spoke with Jemma about dating both men and women.
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2nd August 2017
The LGBT stars who have starred in Celebrity Big Brother
So the 19th series of Celebrity Big Brother has just launched. We thought we’d see which LGBT celebs have starred in the ever popular show.

Celebrity Big Brother 2017 | Channel 5

Generally speaking, LGBT celebs tend to do well in Celebrity Big Brother. There have been two openly gay winners, Rylan and Julian Clary. There have been three runners-up, Sue Perkins, Austin Armacost and Michael Barrymore. However, some LGBT celebs have caused controversy and were booted from the house, including Tila Tequila and Christopher Biggins. There have been two trans women to take part in the show.

There have been:

Lesbian 3

Bisexual 6

Gay 14

Trans 3

Honourary 1

Total 27

Series 2

Sue Perkins, came 2nd

Former Great British Bake Off presenter Sue Perkins wasn’t as famous back then as she is now. Series two of CBB was just ten days long and she managed to stay right till the last day but didn’t win the series. That honour went to former Take That singer Mark Owen.

Series 4

Jodie Marsh, first evicted.

Jodie Marsh who said she was bisexual after being celibate for 4 years didn’t fair well during her time on the show. She was the first evictee from the series. In an exclusive interview with THEGAYUK.com she told us that only gay porn gets her off now.

Michael Barrymore, came 2nd

His appearance in Series 4 of Celeb Big Bro was largely considered Michael Barrymore’s comeback to mainstream television following the death of a man at his home. He managed to spend 22 days in the house and was crowned runner up of the series.

Pete Burn, came 5th

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Peter Burns came fifth the fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother. There were hopes he’d be invited back for the ‘All-Stars’ version of the show, but he died a few months before the start of the 17th series.

Series 5

Ian H Watkins, came 4th

Ian, or as many of our readers will know him as “H” from Steps, came out officially on the day he entered the house. He was in one of the most talked series ever, after a “race row” between a number of the housemates and Indian actor Shilpa Shetty. He eventually placed fourth.

Series 7

Alex Reid, winner

Alex, who has spoken about how he might consider himself transgender or a cross gender-dresser in 2015 managed to win the 7th series of the show. During her time in the Big Brother house ex-wife Katie Price talked about how much Alex liked butt play.

Series 9

Gareth Thomas, came third

Rugby’s first out player, Gareth Thomas, finished 3rd in the ninth series of Celebrity Big Brother.

Series 10

Jasmine Lennard, first evictee

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Jasmine didn’t fair too well in the tenth series as she was the first celebrity to be booted from the show.

Julian Clary, winner

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Julian won the hearts of the nation and was crowned king of the house.

Julie Goodyear MBE, came 7th

Coronation Street actor, Julie Goodyear, managed to stay the course for 22 days and was the seventh celeb to be evicted.

Series 11

Rylan Clark, winner

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King of the presenters, Rylan Clark managed to win the 11th series just weeks after being booted from the X Factor.

Series 12

Louis Spence, came 7th

Louis managed to dance and prance his way through the 12th series of CBB placing 7th overall.

Lauren Harries, came 3rd

Lauren was the first openly trans person to star in Celebrity Big Brother. She came third in the 12th series of CBB. In December, Lauren gave heavy hints that she’d be joining the 17th series, but so far she’s not appeared.

Series 13

Lee Ryan, came 7th

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Lee went in a straight man, however, a sexual revelation during a conversation with some housemates made many viewers believe that he is bisexual. Even his fellow Blue bandmate, Duncan James tweeted that he thought he was the only “only bi/gay in the band”. Lee lasted 24 days in the house.

Ollie Locke, came 3rd

Ollie announced that he was bisexual before entering the house and admitted that he had never slept with a man. He has since come out as gay.

Series 14

Leslie Jordan, 2nd evictee

Will and Grace actor Leslie got more than he bargained for when he joined series 14. A few spats with Frenchy saw his best undies destroyed by the star.

Kellie Maloney, came 9th

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Kellie Maloney became the second trans woman to enter the BB house. She won the nation’s hearts with her public transformation. Kellie also reveals that Tom Selleck would be her perfect man.

Series 15

Kavana, came 7th

Boybander Kavana, didn’t get much airtime in the 15th series thanks to huge personalities like Michelle Visage, Perez Hilton and Katie Hopkins.

Michelle Visage, came 5th

Okay, so Michelle Visage is an honorary member of the LGBT community. She did herself proud in the house and even managed to make Katie Hopkins seem approachable.

Perez Hilton, came 6th

Apparently, possibly, the most talked about housemate in the history of the show. Execs were so eager to have him back for the latest series but failed to meet his “double the money” demand.

Series 16

Austin Armacost, came 2nd

Austin and James.

It didn’t take long for Austin to get naked in the BB house, in fact, it was just a couple of hours. He managed to bromance his way to the finals with James Hill.

Tila Tequila, ejected

The less said the better to be honest. She got kicked out when BB execs realised that she had written some offensive messages on social media.

Series 17

Christopher Maloney, came 8th

John Partridge, came 5th

Series 18

Christopher Biggins, ejected

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Poor Christopher Biggins didn’t last long in CBB after a number of offensive conversations, Biggins was booted off the show.

Marnie Simpson, came 4th

Bisexual star Marine Simpson fell in love with Lewis Bloor and his massive penis. Their love story was the stuff of true boredom.

Samantha Fox, came 7th
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4th January 2017
Ofcom clear CBB over Christopher Biggins’ bisexual comments

The UK’s communications watchdog, Ofcom has cleared Channel 5 and the producers of Celebrity Big Brother of any wrongdoing in broadcasting comments made by entertainer Christopher Biggins.

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The producers of Celebrity Big Brother and its broadcaster, Channel 5, have been clear of wrongdoing after broadcasting offensive comments made by the entertainer Christopher Biggins.

The entertainer caused uproar after he made a number of claims and comments about bisexuals in the 2016 summer edition of Celebrity Big Brother.

He was removed from the house after a number of official warnings by the show’s execs.

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Ofcom receieved 44 complaints but said that the coments were “within the audience’s expectations”.

A spokesperson for Ofcom said,

“We investigated whether a discussion between Christopher Biggins and Renee Graziano about the sexual orientation of bisexual people was offensive

“We accepted that these remarks made in Celebrity Big Brother were capable of causing offence, but they were likely to be within the audience’s expectations of this programme.”

24th October 2016
Christopher Biggins’ bisexual comments to be investigated by Ofcom

Ofcom is to launch an investigation into the broadcasting of comments made by Christopher Biggins during the last series of Celebrity Big Brother.

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The communications regulator Ofcom is to launch an investigation into comments made by Christopher Biggins during the summer 2016 series of Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother. Channel 5 bosses decided to boot him from the house after several warnings about his comments.

The 67-year-old star caused outrage online after he made a series of comments about bisexuals, including his belief that they were the “worst type” and that bisexuals were people who were those not “wanting to admit they’re gay”.

He also claimed that HIV was “spread by bisexuals” and they brought it over to America.

A number of complaints were made to Ofcom when the programme aired in August. A spokesperson for Ofcom confirmed that they were investigating the comments and whether the comments were offensive.

“We’re investigating whether a contestant’s comments about bisexual people were offensive and breached generally accepted standards”.

26th September 2016
Christopher Biggins to visit concentration camp after Big Brother removal

Christopher Biggins has announced that he is going to visit a Nazi concentration camp after being removed from Big Brother for unacceptable comments.

Celebrity Big Brother 2016

Christopher Biggins was removed from the Big Brother house last week after it was revealed that he had a made a series of offensive comments about bisexuals and one comment about Jewish people to former X Factor star and fellow housemate Katie Wassiel.

The 67-year-old told The Sun that he is going to visit the Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp to witness, first hand, the horrors that prisoners endured at the hand of the Nazis during the second world war.

He told the Sun

“It will be my first time. I know it’s going to be horrible.

“I know it’s going to be ghastly. I know it’s going to be emotional.”

ALSO READ: Housemates heartbroken after Christopher Biggins booted out of the house

Biggins and his partner Neil Sinclair will visit the camp for five days in October.

9th August 2016
Why was Christopher Biggins kicked off Celebrity Big Brother

Larger than life TV personality Christopher Biggins was kicked off Celebrity Big Brother after producers said that comments he had made could cause offense to the viewing public and housemates – but what did he actually say?

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Christopher Biggins that told The Sun that he is mortified by the comments he made during his time of Big Brother.

He told Dan Wootton, the Sun’s Entertainment editor,

“I found Katie and said ‘I am mortified. I would never do anything to upset you. I love you and I’m really sorry’.”

Although Big Brother producers decided against broadcasting some of Mr. Biggin’s comments, during his exit interview with Big Brother,

Big Brother said,

“On Monday you in a conversation with Katie, where she remarked that she was not in the house to represent the Jewish community, your comment was plainly capable of causing offense to Katie and the viewing public. Big Brother spoke to you about your language, when big brother pointed out to you that your language was capable of great offense you apologized and said that you understood the seriousness of the situation, but you’ve continued to use unacceptable language.

“In a conversation with Renee, you said, ‘I think the worst type, though, I’m afraid to say it, is the bisexuals’. You went on to say, ‘what it is, is, people not wanting to admit they’re gay.’

“Today in a conversation with Renee and others you again used unacceptable language regarding bisexuality. Talking about AIDS, you said, ‘I think it was a bisexual disease.’ You then went on to say, ‘there were a lot of bisexuals who went to those countries, had sex with those people and then brought it back to their own families in America, so that’s how it became such a worldwide disease.’”

ALSO READ: Celebrity Big Brother’s most shocking homophobic moments.

Fall from grace

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Speaking to The Sun after his removal Biggins said,

“I am mortified by what’s happened, really mortified. Most of my friends, in fact, are Jewish. I apologised to Big Brother and Katie.

“I love Jewish people. Listen, my best friend is Lesley Joseph. You can’t get much more Jewish than that.

“I have a lot of bisexual friends and I’m not in any way a bigoted person.

ALSO READ: Housemates heartbroken after Christopher Biggins removed from Big Brother.

Channel 5 have decided to not broadcast the scene, Mr Biggins said,

“I think Channel 5 were trying to protect me by not screening it.

“I think it’s unfortunate that someone has decided to leak the story. Then they had to do something.

“I was called into the diary room so I went along in a shirt and underwear. They said they’d warned me twice now and I’d broken the rules so they were going to evict me.

7th August 2016
Housemates heartbroken over Biggin’s CBB removal

In tonight’s episode of Celebrity Big Brother – the housemates are informed that Christopher Biggins has been removed. Samantha Fox – is visibly heartbroken at the news.

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Samantha Fox revealed that she was heartbroken by Christopher Biggin’s removal from the Big Brother house after producers revealed that comments made by the actor could cause offense to housemates or viewers of the Channel 5 show.

As Big Brother tells housemates about Biggins’ fate, the rock legend Samantha Fox breaks down and says, “I can’t believe it, I’m upset,” former EastEnders’ star Ricky agrees saying, “This is not right”.

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Big Brother will reveal more about Biggin’s removal from the house in tonight’s episode.

Earlier in the day Biggins revealed to Grant Bovey that he had become very aware and careful of his actions while in the house.

He said,

“I’ve made three mistakes in here so I’ve been chastised so I’ve become very aware and careful…of course the thing is as you relax it gets worse cause you think you’re at home”

Big Brother continues tonight on Channel 5 at 9PM

6th August 2016
Christopher Biggins removed from Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother favourite, Christopher Biggins has been removed from the Big Brother house by the show’s producers.

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Producers of Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother have made the decision to remove show favourite to win, Christopher Biggins, following allegations of comments made by the actor which could cause offense to viewers and housemates.

Producers did not go into details about what was said, but have confirmed an alleged transcript of offensive comments by made by Mr. Biggins was 100 per cent fake.

A Channel 5 spokesperson said,

“Big Brother has taken the decision to remove Christopher Biggins from the Celebrity Big Brother house.”

“Since entering Big Brother, he has made a number of comments capable of causing great offense to housemates and the viewing public. Big Brother does not tolerate offensive language capable of causing widespread offense. Christopher Biggins has left the house.”

The producers did not comment on whether any part of the alleged offensive comments made were to do with comments he and Renee Graziano made about bisexuals during a conversation the pair had about homosexuality.

6th August 2016