Jack P Shepherd’s brother has had plenty to say about his Celebrity Big Brother housemates as he issued a scathing attack on the stars of the ITV show. The Coronation Street icon was nominated by eight of his fellow celebrities, meaning he is up for the first eviction.
He is facing the boot alongside Mickey Rourke and Michael Fabricant following the first nominations of the series. Fans complained they were not seeing much of the David Platt actor compared to his fellow housemates. He has rarely joined in conversations in scenes aired on the series so far and hasn’t had much air time. It seemed his co-stars also picked up on Jack taking a step back from the spotlight, as he was nominated by some housemates for not joining in or seeming disinterested in them.
Jack received nominations from the likes of JoJo Siwa, Angellica Bell, Chesney Hawkes, Danny Beard and Donna Preston. The other housemates who nominated him for eviction were Ella Rae Wise, Patsy Palmer and Trisha Goddard.
It became clear they all had something to say about Jack, and none of it was flattering – with Patsy even comparing him to The Joker from Batman as her reason.
Following the tense nominations, Jack’s brother leapt to his defence and issued his own words on his co-stars. Protective brother Tom fumed: “So just to catch up……. All the females in the Big Brother House hate my little brother because he either likes too much aftershave or sits back and listens to conversations without interrupting and saying too much!”
He singled out singer Chesney Hawkes and soap star Patsy Palmer, who is famed for playing Bianca Jackson in EastEnders, and added: “Meanwhile Chesney Hawkes is fuming Jack won’t let him touch him so he’s gotta go!
“And Bianca is upset Jack looks like the Joker on a morning instead of her beloved Ricky!” In the post seen by the Sun, Tom continued to rant: “So…….. my Litte Bro is up against Hollywood Titan Mickey ‘homophobic sex seducing’ Rourke and Michael ‘let’s show my arse by the hot tub for views’ Fabricant!
“Who goes YOU decide. Just be like me Jack x.” Jack has also received the support from his Corrie co-stars, including Julia Goulding, who plays his on-screen wife Shona Platt on the soap.
Julia shared a selfie of herself and Jack and urged: “I’m voting to keep [Jack] in! He’s mint!” Samia Longchambon revealed she was surprised by the nominations.
She said: “Didn’t think I’d be posting this just yet but drop a vote for our [Jack] to stay in the @bbuk house a bit longer please guys. We definitely haven’t seen the best of him yet!!”
Jack’s pal Colson Smith, who was a finalist on Celebrity Big Brother last year, shared a screenshot of him voting to keep the soap star in the house. He begged: “Give the boy a chance!”
He’s up against politician Michael, who received seven nominations, and fellow actor Mickey, who received a ‘killer nomination’ from JoJo Siwa.
She had received the power as part of a twist earlier in the week. JoJo nominated the Hollywood actor after he made an insulting homophobic slur against her when joking about evictions.
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