He gave us one of the most memorable evictions to date, some lectures, fun memories and best of all a bit of controversy. But last week you called time on Benedict’s stay in the Big Brother House. We caught up with him to see how he was getting on…

1. Out of 10, how would you rate your time in the House?

I am so grateful to have done the experience. However, much of the time in the house is incredibly boring, waiting hours on end for something to happen or for challenges to be set up. As a result, many of the housemates have nothing better to do than talk about each other or play silly games with each other. In terms of the group of people I was lumbered with, many of them were beginning to grate on me. Some of the them did not understand me, found me too intense or boring and unappreciative of my brand of humour. I found them immature, self-centred and spoilt. They became very difficult to live with, so am grateful to be away from people of that ilk.

2. Have you seen any other previous series of Big Brother or Celebrity Big Brother? And did that make you apply to be on this series?

On and off, yes. I watched the very first few series almost religiously. During the last 5-6 years my interest has waned. I didn’t watch any of last year’s and only dipped into the odd one or two of the Celeb version. You are making the assumption that I applied for Big Brother. I didn’t. I have never applied for Big Brother or any other reality TV show. They contacted me in the first instance.

3. Have your views on the Housemates changed since watching the show? No. The ones I liked I still like. The ones I thought of as spoilt, rude and, on the whole, vile, have proven themselves to be just that even more.

4. This year, for a short time you were allowed to talk about and discuss your Nominations. Did that change the dynamics of the House? Totally. It was all some of them talked about. Even my good friend, Lydia. It split the house into two camps. It became a far more strategic game rather than people voting for their own reasons, they began to vote on what made mathematical sense. I hated that rule and wish it had not been that way from the start.

5. You walked out of the House with a Chair, and gave us a very entertaining eviction. Do you think it was fair on the rest of the Housemates that they were punished for that? Big Brother is not about fairness. Housemates constantly whinged about things “not being fair” in the house. I would constantly remind them “You came on a TV show called ‘Big Brother’. Your life is being controlled. This is not fair.” Why many of those housemates even agreed to go into that house I have no idea. Well, actually I do: because they are fame-hunting, attention-seeking, self-obsessed deludes who see it as a launchpad into stardom. Big Brother has been far too nice to those unappreciative and spolit brats, I only wish the punishment could have been far more severe than the theft of their seating. They seemed to enjoy that punishment far too much. I, for one, think the carpet is the best seat anyway.

6. Who is your least favourite Housemate? That would be a toss up (excuse the pun) between Caroline and Ashleigh. While both girls can, occasionally, have lovely sides to themselves, they both display some despicable aspects to their personalities. Caroline takes great pleasure in victimising and bullying certain individuals she takes a dislike to, as well as constantly criticising her parents, not to mention her complete sense of bone-idleness. Equally lazy, Ashleigh is a shame to my Mother’s county of Essex (which she has a constant habit of reminding us she is from), continuing to give it a bad name through her persistent (almost every other word) use of f***s and c****s, her lack of knowledge about… well, anything really, and her total inability to be pleasant to. and take total advantage of, one of the nicest people in the house: Lauren. Oh, and that ‘showmance’ with Luke S, what an absolute crock of a relationship!

7. Were you shocked by Conor’s outburst the other night?

Not really. To be honest, I don’t know much about Conor. I tried to get to know him, but I am hardly any the wiser than when I went into the house. He has a rather childish and repetitive sense of humour (mostly stolen from a TV show called ‘Facejacker&rsquo that he shares (unsurprisingly) with Ashleigh and also has a pretty foul mouth. So his latest tirade against Deana is hardly a surprise to me.

8. What would you have done if you were in the house and witnessed Conor’s outburst about Deana?

If I had been there to witness it, I would certainly have told him he had gone way too far. Housemates were often called into the Diary Room for over-stepping the mark and receiving warnings for their language. Maybe it is because of my teacher training, but I never received any warnings and am very sensitive about the use of language and the intent or implication it can portray. I tried to stand in when I could when I ever felt someone had become bullyish in that house. I would like to have thought that I would have certainly confronted Conor about it.

9. Which Housemate do the viewers have the most misconceptions about? I think they certainly had the most misconceptions about Lydia. I mean, what did she really do that was that bad, particularly when I compare her to the likes of Caroline, Ashleigh and Conor? All she did was to scheme a little here and there. It’s a game show, folks! Also, you never got to see the fun side of Lydia that I was able to enjoy. Many-a-time she and I would prance around singing songs from ‘Cats’ the musical and having a jolly good frolic!

And finally, Do you wish you were still in there? Yes and no. Of course, I could do with £100k and I would like to participate in more of the challenges. I also miss Luke A, Adam and Lauren an awful lot and hope to see them again. In no way do I miss Caroline, Ashleigh, Sara, Conor or Scott and am very happy to be away from that level of immaturity and brain-numbness. It really was like living in a creche or being on a school trip. Although, on all the school trips I went on, the kids were far more sensible.

Well said Benedict