Fans of Celebrity Big Brother have been left outraged after Louis Walsh appeared to make “rude” comments about Fern Britton’s age.
On Tuesday night’s visit to the famous ITV house, the celebs brushed up on their singing and dancing skills as they took part in You’re Gonna Be A Star. In the X Factor-styled challenge the Housemates formed girl and boy bands and were judged on their performances by Louis, Sharon Osbourne, Strictly’s Nikita Kuzmin and stage star Marisha Wallace.
But as the celebs geared up to perform, Louis appeared to make jabs in Fern’s direction. Louis said Fern should “go to the back” of the girl group when they appear on stage.
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Speaking to co-star Sharon Osbourne, Louis said: “I don’t think she’s right… for the girl group and she’s older. We’re gonna put her in the back.” But the former X Factor judge didn’t stop there, as he then went on to make a dig about Fern’s appearance alongside the other women in the house when they dressed up to strut their stuff.
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Complimenting the women, who were dressed in black, Louis said they all looked great. He then went on to add that “even Fern looks good”.
But viewers watching the ITV show were left appalled by Louis’ comments and headed over to X formerly known as Twitter to share their complaints. One upset fan of the show wrote: “Fern looks amazing! #Louis is so rude #CBB.”
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Another fumed: “Louis Walsh is a rude, arrogant man. @Fern_Britton looks amazing, he’s just an old has been who still dines out on Westlife. He brings them up every episode!”
A third said: “Louis trying to engineer Fern out of the house with ‘even Fern looks good though she’s old’. Just for the record, Fern is several years younger than Louis.”
While a fourth added: “Is Louis jealous of Fern or something? What’s this even Fern carry on all about?”
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Louis put Fern up as one of his nominations this week and took a scathing swipe at the former This Morning presenter while in the diary room. He said: “I think the others deserve to be there.
“Fern is just there. She’s like wallpaper. She’s really nice but it’s not bringing anything. Who can we do without? It’s Fern.”
Last night Louis, Fern and Lauren Simon were on tenterhooks as they faced elimination. But it was Lauren who was forced to leave the house after receiving the fewest votes.
Celebrity Big Brother airs 9pm on ITV and ITVX
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