As housemates were gathered on the sofa, Luke read out a statement from Big Brother, explaining that Alexandra had been removed from the house for gross misconduct. It was met with looks of shock and gasps. Darnell said “You have to be so careful what you say in here. It almost put me off coming in”. Dennis guessed that it was mostly likely the “gangster pals” threat that was the final straw.

Lisa said “she never offended me”

There were no immediate shouts of “Ding dong the witch is dead” yet I feel secretly some were jumping for joy.