Roxanne Pallett has left the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house, it has been announced.
A spokesperson for the Channel 5 reality show confirmed the former ‘Emmerdale’ star had walked in a statement issued on Saturday morning.
It read: “Roxanne has decided to leave the BB House. The remaining housemates have been informed.”
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the actress told the Press Association in a statement: “Roxanne decided to leave the CBB house late last night after deliberating for two days with some sensitive issues she felt strongly about.
“She has now been reunited with her fiancé and family and thanks everyone for their support during her time in the show.”
Her departure comes after a turbulent few days in the house, which saw her accuse actor Ryan Thomas of punching her.
On Thursday’s episode viewers saw Ryan approach Roxanne while making punching sounds, to which she she responded: “Owww! Woman-beater! That bloody hurt!”
The actress then wandered alone into the bedroom and said aloud: “I’ve just been beaten up by Corrie’s Jason Grimshaw. Big Brother that hurt.”
The exchange took place in the kitchen without the cameras capturing a good view, making it unclear for viewers to see exactly what happened.
Ofcom has received over 11,000 complaints since the episode aired. The watchdog will now assess viewers’ concerns before deciding whether to investigate, as is standard procedure.
A backlash also saw many viewers come to Ryan’s defence on Twitter, with many commenting on how the allegation damages real crimes against women.
Following the incident Roxanne was called to the Diary Room and immediately asked to speak to a producer.
She said: “I need to speak to a member of production if that’s alright, I just need to talk to somebody in production about something that’s just happened that’s made me feel really uncomfortable. But I don’t really want to go any further and talk about it on camera like this.”
The saga continued when Ryan was summoned to the Diary Room, where he was told his behaviour was unacceptable and was given a formal warning.
After apologising Ryan said: “I think we both know and Roxanne knows there was no malice or hurt or anger in anything that I did during this time. But from your point of view, while doing this show, I’m sorry and I understand.”
Roxanne, who was still upset, later asked bosses if she could sleep in another room.
During Friday night’s episode Ryan broke down in tears and said his life’s “in tatters” as he talked about the “punch” row.
Following Ben Jardine’s eviction, the live feed from the house showed Ryan crying in the garden as he spoke about how the spat has affected him.
When fellow housemate Sally Morgan asked how he was doing, he said: “Really, really really bad. I just don’t get it.”
He added: “I feel emotionally absolutely battered. It came from nowhere, absolutely nowhere.”
He later insisted he wanted to “try his best” to get on with Roxanne despite what had happened.
Meanwhile, Roxanne was seen hiding in the store room following the eviction of Ben.
So far this series, ‘CBB’ bosses have already removed one housemate, showing “Human Ken Doll” Rodrigo Alves the door following an undisclosed “incident” in the house.
This came a week after the show was criticised for not booting him out when he used the n-word during his first night in the house.
Rodrigo has another version of events, though, claiming he chose to leave of his own accord, following his friend Natalie Nunn’s eviction. ‘CBB’ has denied this, but offered no further information regarding what led to his removal.
‘Celebrity Big Brother’ airs every night on Channel 5.
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15. Christopher Biggins – Series 18 (2016)
Paid: £150,000
Final position: Ejected, after nine days
Prior to entering the house, it was reported that Biggins would be the highest-paid of that summer’s contestants, pocketing a £150,000.
However, once he was removed for a string of offensive comments, attention turned to whether he’d be paid it all.
It was later reported he pocketed just half of it, which admittedly is still not to be sniffed at.
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14. Vicky Entwistle – Series 12 (2013)
Paid: £150,000
Final position: Sixth
Producers were keen to get former ‘Coronation Street’ couple Bruce Jones and Vicky Entwistle in the house, but seeing as he was a lot more willing to sign up than she was, he bagged just 10% of her fee.
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13. Perez Hilton – Series 15 (2015)
Paid: £150,000
Final position: Sixth
Love him or hate him, there are few who would deny that Perez wasn’t worth the money, proving to be the talking point on his series.
When ‘All Stars’ came knocking, though, he sent them away, claiming they couldn’t afford to pay him the fee he felt he deserved.
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12. Ulrika Jonsson – Series 6 (2009)
Paid: £175,000
Final position: Winner
Various outlets claimed that Ulrika earned £175K for appearing on ‘CBB’, later returning for ‘Ultimate Big Brother’ a year later.
Interestingly, she’s the only housemate from the Channel 4 years to make the list of highest-paid housemates.
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11. Stephanie Pratt – Series 14 (2014)
Paid: £250,000
Final position: Tenth
Admittedly, not someone we were anticipating seeing on this list, reality TV veteran Stephanie is said to have bagged a quarter of a million for her stint in ‘CBB’ back in 2014.
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10. Danniella Westbrook – Series 17 (2016)
Paid: £250,000
Final position: Fifth
Danniella made no secret of the fact she’d fallen on hard times prior to entering the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house, and got an impressive quarter of a million for her much-awaited appearance.
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9. Janice Dickinson – Series 16 (2015)
Paid: £300,000
Final position: Seventh
The highest-paid housemate of the ‘UK vs. USA’ series (yes, she got even more than Stevi Ritchie!), Janice was evicted just two days before the live final.
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8. Jonathan Cheban – Series 17 (2016)
Paid: £300,000
Final position: Walked, after six days.
Former housemate Cami Li has made a rather bold claim about Cheebs’ ‘CBB’ fee, suggesting he convinced producers to give him a “daily fee”, before then walking.
She wrote in the Daily Star: “[Jonathan] played them and they weren’t too happy. When will they learn?”
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7. Kellie Maloney – Series 14 (2014)
Paid: £400,000
Final position: Ninth
Kellie Maloney’s arrival on ‘CBB’ came just weeks after she came out publicly as transgender, so producers were really willing to fork out to get her on side.
At the time, her fee was reported as being the biggest in ‘CBB’ history, though as you can see, she’s since been overtaken.
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6. Katie Hopkins – Series 15 (2015)
Paid: “More than £400,000”
Final position: Second.
Alright, so we don’t know the exact figures, but it was widely reported that the former ‘Apprentice’ candidate had what was (again, at that time) the highest ‘CBB’ fee ever.
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5. Katie Price – Series 15 (2015)
Paid: £500,000
Final position: Winner.
Katie Hopkins’ glee at her high fee didn’t last long, though, as Katie Price trounced her by a full hundred grand – and she wasn’t even in it all the way through!
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4. Heidi and Spencer – Series 19 (2017)
Paid: $700,000 (roughly £567,000)
When Speidi first entered the house in 2013, it’s fair to say they pretty much dominated the show, and while they didn’t end up winning, they were at the centre of the year’s main storylines.
It’s no wonder, then, that producers were so keen to get them back for ‘All Stars And New Stars’, to the tune of more than half a million pounds.
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3. David Gest – Series 17 (2016)
Paid: £600,000
Final position: Walked, after 13 days.
Even The Pricey and Speidi couldn’t compete with David Gest’s fee, though, as he reportedly scooped £600,000 to appear on ‘CBB’.
He eventually walked due to health problems 13 days into his run, and sadly died two months after the series wrapped.
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2. Ray J – Series 19 (2017)
Paid: $1 million (£809,000)
There’s been much discussion that at a million dollars, Ray J’s fee is the biggest in ‘CBB’ history. Not the case, but he’s still done pretty well for himself.
The actual highest ‘CBB’ earners ever are…
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1. Jedward – Series 8 (2011)
Paid: £1 million
Final position: Third.
Yes! Channel 5 were keen to make sure that their first ‘CBB’ went off with a bang, so allegedly forked out a MILLION quid – the most they’ve ever spent on a housemate – to get Jedward involved.
They did manage to last the whole series run, so Channel 5 got their money’s worth, but Kerry Katona and Paddy Doherty were the year’s runner-up and winner, respectively.
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