7.34pm: A playful sprite has clearly taken control of Ashley. Whatever is he doing to an unamused Julian?
Day 2: Let's be friends
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They've not even been in the House for 24 hours, but already we see friendships starting to form, as our bewildered celeb housemates look to each other to provide stability and, more importantly, entertainment. Though you can bet your bottom dollar that things will change over the next couple of weeks, maybe even days, these are the most prominent friendships that have developed over the first day...
Danica & Lorenzo
And they called it puppy looooooove! No, no, Danica and Price Lorenzo haven't struck up a budding romance, they've been bonding over their mutual appreciation of dogs. Bless. After Lorenzo has told everyone in the House his touching story of how he met his favourite dog ever, Danica shared stories of her dog, Willy. The longer these two are cooped up in the House, the more they'll miss their pets, so we think there's a lot more canine chat to come.
Ashley & Harvey
Within minutes, these two got on like a house on fire, and have gone from 0 to 60 quickly, sharing passions in music and exercise. Harvey has even promised to take Ashley to his favourite tattoo artist when they're both out of the House. We think they should get matching BRO tatts...
Julie & Samantha (& Cheryl...)
As if brought together by their secret drama queen task, Julie and Cheryl appeared to bond immediately over shared ground. Over the course of the day, though, we have noticed that Samantha and Julie have been hanging out a lot, talking about their idyllic rural lifestyles, leaving Cheryl out of their chats. Only time will tell if Julie and Samantha's friendship will last, and if they will enlist Rhian into their blonde bombshell posse.
Day 2: The Moment Of Truth arrives
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The celebrity residents of our newly revamped House have been enjoying BB's first task of the series this afternoon.
The Moment Of Truth involved housemates standing beside speech bubbles which contained text detailing something rather shocking about what they've been up to out in the real world. Julian and The Situation sat themselves down in the Diary Room and tried their best to figure out who'd done what, said what and accused each other of, while, out in the garden, BB placed the rest of the gaggle on podiums according to what JC and The Sitch had guessed.
Sadly, our pair of guess-timators didn't exactly shine in the task and came in with a losing result after matching four housemates to their statements incorrectly.
Missing out on a prize isn't the only fallout from the task. Having seen Danica's statement: "Men pay me for my time on the internet", tongues are wagging all over the place. She's currently the topic of the day for Ashley, The Situation and Rhian, with them all talking about her capacity for "rinsing guys" and how far it goes.
Coleen's confession also induced some raised eyebrows. The news that the Loose Woman has, in the past, made a sex tape caused audible gasps. Her explanation seemed to settle all that down though, as did Martin's confession that he's a "recovering greengrocer".
Stick around - we'll have the video with the reveal up in just a little while.
Julian and The Situation try to figure out their housemates' dark pasts
7.52pm: Danica and Ashley are in the Diary Room and appear to have been given cuddly toys.
7.57pm: Hev (SORRY CHERYL) is telling Sam that she judged her over *that* article but is now revising her opinion.
8.01pm: It would seem Chez is actually having a veiled go at La Brick, defending her right to walk around with her "belly out".
8.11pm: Lorenzo hates discussing his exes but is telling Danica a protracted story involving two exes in a stand-off.
10.22pm: The HMs have sat down to a very civilised spaghetti dinner. There's lots of concerned passing of items.
Back over at 8.34pm: The civilised dinner party is still going strong. Nice table manners, housemates
8.50pm:#TheSituation is teaching Danica how to say "I love you" in Italian. Will this blossom into a romantic siutation?
9.05pm: #Thesituation (and Danica) have migrated to the Diary Room and are having a good old laugh about mysterious things.
9.14pm: Cheryl's in the hot-tub and dismayed at the lack of bubbles. She tells Ashley to "put 50 pence in the meter".
9.25pm: A hot-tub party is fast developing. Ashley, Harvey, Rhian, Cheryl and the Prince are all wading in bubbles and ultra-cheerful.
9.31pm: Meanwhile, Julian, Danica and Coleen are cleaning every darn surface in the kitchen. Is this the first taste of a House divide?
9.34pm: Boredom? Pffft. Cheryl's too busy inflating her swimming costume in the hot-tub for boredom.
Day 2: That's what makes you beautiful: Our celebrity housemates often come loaded with baggage from somewhat murky pasts and Samantha's certainly one of those with an infamous back story. In case you didn't see it over the days it virally swooped the internet, Brick wrote a curious article entitled 'Why women Hate Me For Being Beautiful'. The backlash was awe-inspiring, with commenters, Facebook-users and Twitterers venting their fury at what looked very much like a grand example of outlandish smuggery. Or an extremely canny commission guaranteeing the newspaper bazillions of hits. One of the two. Either way, it didn't reflect too well on Samantha herself. Now she's in the Big Brother House and, considering the story is her biggest claim to national fame, the article keeps coming up in conversation. As the pair prepared dinner this evening, Cheryl took it upon herself to talk Samantha through her own, individual take on it. The woman formerly known as Hev told Samantha that she thinks the issue might be that people have different definitions of 'beautiful'. Which is a very fair point. There's no doubt the lady pictured in the article is an attractive woman indeed, but 'beauty' is in the eye of the beholder. This was Cheryl's point. Self-appointing yourself with the title might be a bit much, she reckoned. Samantha defended herself, making the point that American ladies tend to doll up more than frumpy English women. "In the US they tend to make an effort" she said, disregarding women in America who choose not to make an effort. Cheryl came back strong. "I look like sh*te," she said. "People are probably saying 'look at the state of that!' We've got to stop pressurising ourselves into looking a certain way. That's probably why people have a problem with what you said" Brick nodded wistfully, probably wishing that the Walford Washer-Woman had been around to offer guidance at the precise moment she'd pressed 'send' and whizzed her email off to newspaper HQ. "You're totally right. It's our choice," she conceded. Heather backtracked at this concession, adding; "but also you've got the freedom to write what you want. And people can agree with you. That is the beauty of life!" Common sense never arrived quite so cheerily wrapped. The conversation was over, packaged up with a diplomatic ribbon. Heather looked up at a nearby whirring camera and changed the subject. "Big Brother: open the store room so we can have some poppy cola!" she cried, clearly busting for a fizzy drink. | |
9.46pm: A now deflated Cheryl is explaining veruccas to Prince Loz who's never had one. "This could be your lucky day," says Julian. #cbb
10.01pm: Martin Kemp's putting the 'hot' in 'hot tub' right now. Excuse the lack of professionalism but...FWOAR. *ahem*
10.16pm: #TheSituation is looking for a girl who's "beautiful inside". He doesn't just want someone who's DTF (naughty acronym alert).
10.19pm: According to Jasmine, Bootsies is the club to hit in LA. We're nodding like we're part of the jet-set. Uh-huh, Bootsies, sure.
10.35pm: While most of the housemates talk up a storm on the outside sofas #Goodyeartires in the bedroom. As does Julian.
Props to @anniepaynexxx for combining MK and JL to create... 'Marmin Kennard'. Lovin' your work. #CBB
10.47pm: Outside, an ashtray has spilled on Mike S. "We definitely have a situation," says Harvey, several times. #situationcomedy
10.55pm: "Anyone over 40 should be in bed by now," says Julian who's living this sentence parallel to an eyemask-wearing Julie
11.09pm: Harvey's asking Jasmine to appreciate his feet. "I've got great feet for a man, man".
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11.16pm: Cheryl's spreading vicious veruca rumours about the state of Harvey's feet. "Cheryl, stop spreading miffs about me!" #CBB
11.22pm: "How far's that?" asks #TheSituation. "About three quarters of an hour away" says Danica. He's baffled. "What does that mean?" #CBB
11.33pm: Seeing as so many have asked so nicely, here's Martin Kemp wandering around in a towel earlier. #CBB pic.twitter.com/giGPnnHu
