It's been one hell of a first week on Big Brother, with one contestant walking out, and things getting very hot and steamy in the bedroom... and the hot tub for that matter. Just last night, however, it was announced that Andrew Tate had been removed from the house, and Ryan may be following him.
The reason why Tate was removed has not been confirmed. It was initially thought it was down to a racist tweet he sent to Cheryl Fernandez-Versini a few years ago regarding her marriage to Ashley Cole, however, today it's emerged that The Sun have a video of him from 2012 hitting a girl with a belt.
The four-time world kickboxing champion was quick to take to Twitter to defend himself:
The video the sun will release is me hitting a girl with a belt. They edited out ALL of the laughing and joking and it's felt!
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) June 14, 2016
They are pretending I beat her up when we were joking and the belt made noise but didn't hurt! They cut all laughing pic.twitter.com/tlUEjc7AaR
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) June 14, 2016
I am not a violent man. Kinky yes violent no. Such a stupid story! I didn't even hit marco or Jackson or Chelsea when they threatened me
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) June 14, 2016
I have never hurt a girl in my life and this is a total lie trying to make me look bad. And Laura put a belt on marco and didn't get kicked.
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) June 14, 2016
Eveyone reads 50 shades no one cares they kicked me because I told my new plan to big brother they said it's too clever and dangerous.
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) June 14, 2016
video is from 2012 and they cut all the laughing out lol. She didn't sell it. I'm still great friends with her we will release a new vid :)
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) June 14, 2016
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They edited a video of me to make me look bad when im not. they're afraid of my MASTERPLAN. This is the girl #bbuk pic.twitter.com/buyZfw3WPR
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) June 14, 2016
Last night he also posted a video on Facebook insisting that he was kicked off the show because his "plans was just too risky".
"They (producers) were saying to me: 'Look, if one of those takes a swing at you please don't hit back because you would destroy them, you would annihilate them. You're a pro fighter. These are people who think they can fight, please don't hit them back'.
"And they decided my new plan was just too risky and I had to leave, so enjoy the show without me."
However, Channel 5 denied this and later released a statement saying:
"Channel 5 and Big Brother have become aware that Andrew Tate has posted a statement on Facebook about the circumstances of his departure from the Big Brother House. What Andrew says in that statement is completely false.
"Andrew was not removed because of his actions inside the House. Nor was he removed for tweets allegedly posted by him prior to his entering the House. Andrew was removed because of information which came to light today."
Meanwhile, it looks like Ryan Ruckledge is also in hot water over a tweet he sent to 2013 Big Brother winner Luke Anderson.
Luke told Mirror Online: "If Big Brother are removing housemates for racial slurs and abusive past tweets, then yes, without a doubt [he should be removed].
"In previous shows housemates using derogatory racial terms had been ejected immediately. Transphobic hate speech is no different. There is a growing LGBT community who will be offended."
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Big Brother have not yet commented on Ryan's status in house yet.
At this rate, there may be none of them left in that gaff for the final.
