Celebrity Big Brother 2014: Ofcom receives over 300 complaints as Channel 5 plans to extend series
Homophobic remarks and the Certificate 18 task have angered viewers
Celebrity Big Brother is facing a possible Ofcom investigation after airing some of the most controversial scenes in the show's history.
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Viewer complaints about the Channel 5 reality TV show have reached 342, with the recently-evicted boxer Evander Holyfield’s “gay ain’t normal” remarks generating the most at 98.
The former heavyweight champion was seen arguing with The Apprentice’s Luisa Zissman when she said there should be more openly gay sports stars.
“If you’re born and your legs were turned this way, what do you do? You go to a doctor and get it fixed back right,” he responded.
“Sexist comments” made by N-Dubz’s Dappy have notched up 52 complaints, following a heated discussion about promiscuity broadcast on 11 January.
Dappy's management forced to pay bailiffs £6,000 after they threatened to raid CBB house
The rapper told Zissman and model Jasmine Waltz that it was wrong for women to have multiple sexual partners. “I’d rather be a pig than a s**g” he shouted. “Tell me how many men you have slept with in one night – that’s dirty, that’s disgusting.”