Rylan Clark has been regularly leaving the house for X Factor tour rehearsals, according to ex-contestant Gillian Taylforth.
The former EastEnders actress, who was voted out of the show on Friday (January 18), made the revelation during an appearance on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff today (January 21), seemingly unaware that Clark's exits go against a major principle of the show - that contestants live in complete isolation.
Speaking on the programme about how housemates were not allowed to know the time, Taylforth said: "Rylan went out to do X Factor rehearsals... obviously he wasn't allowed to talk about it, but when he came back he'd just ask somebody the time very quickly like [his] driver, and we said to him when he'd get in, 'What's the time?'"
Meanwhile, Wright Stuff 'Mic Man' Eric Johnson claimed that Taylforth had confirmed the details to him about Rylan's secret exits.
"Recently evicted housemate just told me Rylan has been leaving the CBB house for XFactor tour rehearsals EVERY SUNDAY. Ooops!" he wrote on Twitter.
In the past, contestants who have broken out of the Big Brother compound and into the 'outside world' have not been permitted to return.
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