An industry expert has warned that Roxanne Pallett is in danger of losing her TV career after the controversy surrounding her claim that Ryan Thomas was violent with her in the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Roxanne left the show during last night's episode after earlier in the week claiming that Ryan 'punched' her. However, viewers overwhelmingly sided with Ryan after noting that the footage did not appear to back up Roxanne's claims.
Her behaviour garnered over 12,000 Ofcom complaints, and celebs including Ryan's girlfriend Lucy Mecklenburgh have jumped to his defence on Twitter.
And now an industry expert has warned that her behaviour could spark the end of her showbiz career.
"Roxanne is looking at an uncertain future. The reaction she has had is one of the biggest in the history of CBB ," a source told The Star newspaper, who also claimed she could be 'exiled'.
"She will struggle to get big telly contracts now. This has been really damaging. Her reputation is at stake.
GALLERY: all the winners of Celebrity Big Brother so far 👀
Celebrity Big Brother winners so far
1 of 22Jack Dee: 2001
Jack Dee took part in the show for Comic Relief and everyone seemed surprised, none more so than Jack. The series lasted a paltry five days as it was a more innocent time.
2 of 22Mark Owen: 2002
The nation fell in love with Mark Owen all over again when he took part while Take That were on hiatus.
3 of 22Bez: 2005
Happy Mondays dancer Bez made no bones about taking part in the show because he needed the money. During his triumphant series he struck up an unlikely friendship with Jackie Stallone. Yes, really.
4 of 22Chantelle Houghton: 2006
AS the only non-celebrity in the Celebrity Big Brother house it was perhaps inevitable that Chantelle would win. She went on to marry cast mate Samuel Preston from the Ordinary Boys and later had a baby with subsequent CBB winner Alex Reid.
5 of 22Shilpa Shetty: 2007
The nation rolled its eye when Shilpa Shetty claimed she was as big as Angelina Jolie. But her grace and dignity in the face of Jade Goody's bullying saw her crowned CBB winner.
6 of 22Ulrika Johnson: 2009
Ulrika-ka-ka-ka-ka Johnson had stiff competition from Terry Christian, Tina Malone and Mutya Buena but, following a grumpy time in the house, eventually triumphed.
7 of 22Alex Reid: 2010
Alex Reid was pretty much a twinkle in Katie Price's eye when he entered CBB. He became husband number two shortly after his win.
8 of 22Paddy Doherty: 2011
Paddy Doherty winning CBB was not the nation's finest hour.
9 of 22Denise Welch: 2012
Denise Welch took on disgraced X Factor singer Frankie Cocozza, former Towie Kirk Norcross and EastEnders favourite Natalie Cassidy and WON.
10 of 22Julian Clary: 2012
Well of course Julian Clary won. The man's a national treasure! Mind you, he had stiff competition from Coleen Nolan and Martin (really, Martin? ) Kemp.
11 of 22Charlotte Crosby: 2013
Charlotte Crosby was the first Geordie Shore cast mate to enter Celebrity Big Brother and she set the bar very high.
12 of 22Rylan Clark-Neal: 2013
Rylan Clark-Neal was an utter delight during his time in the Borehamwood Bungalow. He now presents Bit On The Side, which is an impressive career trajectory.
13 of 22Gary Busey: 2014
Gary Busey's time on Celebrity Big Brother was...odd. Still, hats off. he won.
14 of 22Jim Davison: 2014
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
15 of 22Katie Price: 2015
Somehow, Katie Hopkins was Katie Price's closest rival for the CBB crown. Thank goodness, the right Katie won. She's denied she's going into the house in 2018 which is a crying shame.
16 of 22James Hill: 2015
James Hill, anyone? ANYONE? Thought not.
17 of 22Scotty T: 2016
Scotty T was pitted against Gemma Collins, Megan McKenna, Stephanie Davis and Jeremy McConnell and came out triumphant. His finest hour? Possibly.
18 of 22Stephen Bear 2016
Bear had an interesting time in the CBB house and a very rude time with Chloe Khan in the CBB toilet. He was up for every single eviction but beat them all and won the show.
19 of 22Coleen Nolan: 2017
Coleen Nolan did TWO stints in the CBB house, first taking part in 2012. She beat Jedward and won this time around.
20 of 22Sarah Harding: 2017
Sarah Harding enjoyed a relationship with Chad Johnson during their time in CBB. Alas, things didn't work in the outside world. The former Girls Aloud singer sadly passed away in 2021 after battling cancer.
21 of 22Shane Jenek (Courtney Act): 2018
Shane Jenek AKA Courtney Act was the stand out star of winter 2018 Celebrity Big Brother, in part because they stood up to the bigoted remarks of house villain Anne Widdecombe.
22 of 22Ryan Thomas: 2018
Former Corrie star Ryan Thomas was the final ever winner of CBB, despite MAJOR controversy in his series involving Roxanne Pallet.
Last night, after viewers saw Ryan break down over the accusations in the Diary Room, CBBBOTS host Rylan Clark-Neal issued a plea to Big Brother to show the housemates the footage.
He wrote: "I’ve never been more uncomfortable watching an episode."
Rylan then followed it up with: "I’m gonna get in trouble for this , I’m all for no interfering no outside contact etc .... BUT SHOW THE HOUSEMATES THE FOOTAGE. There I’ve said it. Praying they will."
This comes after he tweeted during the previous night's episode (August 31) that he was struggling to remain impartial on the drama.
He wrote: "Hope people remember what my job is and it’s to look at everything from every angle. Thanks for watching. Night night x", and followed it with: "I do this job and every night get the comments and tweets that come with it. It’s part of the package. I deal with that. But this time it feels very different, and I’m finding it hard not to say what I really want to say. I’ll leave it at that. Night x".
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