CBB's Fern Britton defended by James Jordan as she's accused of 'game playing' after tears
Celebrity Big Brother star Fern Britton's tearful display has been criticised as "game playing", but former Strictly star James Jordan has spoken out in her defence.
Celebrity Big Brother saw another emotional display from some of its contestants last night, including Fern Britton, who was seen crying in the diary room after she was nominated. Some fans of the ITV show accused the former This Morning star of “playing a game”.
However, ex-Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan leapt to her defence on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, last night. The professional dancer, who previously came third in his series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2014, pointed out that there seemed to be a double standard where Fern was concerned.
Last night, fans watched as emotions began to bubble over following some awkward scenes. Tension appears to be building between Fern and Strictly Come Dancing’s Nikita Kuzmin, who seemed to ignore her when she came over to chat to him while he was peeling potatoes.
During the episode, it was revealed he had voted for Fern in all three nominations. The former ITV star subsequently ended up finding out about the votes, which left her feeling upset.
Some fans weren’t impressed by Fern’s emotional display, taking to X to share their frustration. However, others jumped to her defence, with one arguing: “It’s kinda upsetting to find out someone nominated you three times even if it is Nikita. Fern is allowed a moment.”
James was one of the people to speak out on Fern’s behalf, accusing show bosses of “throwing her under the bus” in view of his 364,900 followers.
He wrote: “Big Brother threw Fern under the bus asking her to put the snake in someone’s bed.
“Especially because everyone knows apart from Louis. In my opinion that was a poor game played by BB. Fern is lovely.”
One of his followers then wrote back: “She’s game playing crying in diary room every night.”
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However, James doubled down, responding: “And yet she still doesn’t cry anywhere near as much as any of the boys BUT they are not playing a game???” (sic)
“Didn’t [say] they weren’t,” the follower replied, to which James said: “So are they all game playing? Apart from Louis who doesn’t eh all the time.” (sic)
Fern, Nikita, Zeze Millz and Marisha Wallace will all face a live double eviction on Celebrity Big Brother tonight.
Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV and ITVX.