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You don’t have to fret, John Partridge isn’t mounting Gemma Collins, but rather checking out how flexible the GC actually is.
Gemma Collins was in a show-off mood in the Celebrity Big Brother house yesterday when she decided to show ex-EastEnder’s actor John her splits.
Indeed.
This season of CBB is keeping the regulator Ofcom busy with complaints about Channel 5’s flagship show. First hundreds of complaints poured in over Winston McKenzie’s homophobic remarks and now Megan McKenna’s foul-mouthed tirade has sparked fury amongst Big Brother fans.
In the argument 23-year-old reality star dropped “C bombs” about the openly gay actor John Partridge, calling him a “lying sh*t” and “a two-faced little c*nt!” before launching into a filthy tirade about fellow housemate Tiffany Pollard.
In her outrageous monologue to Big Brother she branded Tiffany a “ghetto c**t” during her outburst.
Megan’s meltdown in the house meant that producers had to separate her from the main house and call in security to calm the Ex On The Beach star down
Ofcom has confirmed that it has received hundreds of complaints regarding her use of language.
John Partridge, the openly gay EastEnders’ actor, has opened up about the reasons why he’s taking part in Big Brother – and it’s for his mother. His mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.
She was diagnosed in 2010 and John was along with his husband Jon Tsouras, up until March, his mother’s primary carer. Since March however, his mother was moved to a care home as John felt he could no longer meet her health needs.
Speaking about the care the ex-EastEnders’ actor said,
“My mum has Alzheimer’s, I pay for her care and it is expensive. The honest answer is I’m here to pay her bill.
“Unfortunately she only lived in a two-up, two-down, in a Northern town, so the money doesn’t go very far.
“That’s why I’m here. I’m not ashamed of it. I don’t care what people think – people say all sorts of things when you want to do a program like this: ‘you’re washed up’, ‘they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel.’ I unashamedly say, ‘You can say what you want, but no one takes cares of my bills other than me and that is what I am here to do.”
CBB continues tonight from 9PM on Channel 5
1) John Partridge is openly gay and he is in a civil partnership with his husband Jon Tsouras. They partnered in September 2011.
2) He was with Jon for 8 years before they married in front of family and friends in the Trafalgar Tavern pub in Greenwich, South East London.
3) He was, up until March, his mother’s primary career as she suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. She was diagnosed in 2010. However, she’s now in a care home, because he felt he couldn’t “meet her needs”. John has cited his mother’s illness as one of the main reasons why he wouldn’t be returning to EastEnders.
4) In 2010 He won Stonewall’s Entertainer of the Year Award.
5) He has appeared in no less than 7 original cast recording of musicals from Starlight Express to Cats.
6) In Eastenders, he played Christian Clarke who became the first gay couple to celebrate a civil partnership. At the time it caused quite a bit of controversy. See our top ten gayest moments of EastEnders.
7) He joined Twitter in 2012 and has over 84,000 followers.
8) John and his partner have a pet dog called Winnie and she’s the cutest thing…
9) He’s doing Celebrity Big Brother to pay for the care for his mother. In an interview before he went into the house he said, “My mum has Alzheimer’s, I pay for her care and it is expensive. The honest answer is I’m here to pay her bill.”
10) Apparently, he’s a good cook, with risotto being his signature dish.
11) His husband keeps his feet on the ground warning him to “count to ten”, before opening his mouth. He said, “think about it again and then if it really compels you, then you’re allowed to speak.”
12) He’s a morning person… Up and At Them…