Big Brother viewers have demanded that Paul Blackburn be evicted from the house for allegedly making a transphobic remark.
During a Halloween challenge on the ITV reality programme, the 23-year-old security guard is accused of using an obscene term at previous housemate Hallie Clarke, 18.
The property has been adorned for the scary season, as seen in the 24 hour live feed over the weekend, with skeletons in the living spaces and yard.
One of them has been given orange breasts, and the skeleton looks to have an appendage that appears to be a penis.
Several viewers on X (previously Twitter) have claimed Paul was heard calling the skeleton Hallie, which comes after the trans kid told the house she was contemplating Feminising Genital Surgery.
One fan wrote: ‘Well that was an interesting live stream. Paul showcasing how transphobic he really is with the skeleton in the garden. I’m so mad about that, still hoping that I heard that wrong but if that is true then big brother should intervene.’
Someone else asked them to clarify the story, and the original fan account alleged: ‘They named this skeleton Hallie and then did this to it. There’s something in between it’s legs. It doesn’t look good…
‘Paul told Olivia that when Yinrun sees it she won’t like it. And they had a joke about it basically. I’m going to try and find the stream later and watch again.’
A different viewer claimed: ‘On last nights Live Feed, Paul put something between a skeletons legs and said “that one’s called Hallie”. He then told Olivia that when Yinrun sees it “she’s not gonna like it.”’
Fans have demanded that Paul be removed from the house because of the reported statements.
One fan wrote: ‘This should lead to immediate removal. No excuses @itv do you condone transphobia or not?’
Another asked if people ‘can write to Ofcom’ over the incident, with a third person adding: ‘Surely people have been removed for less than this before?’
Someone else argued that bosses ‘HAVE to do something’, with a different viewer saying: ‘I liked Paul, as a housemate, but if this is true its disgusting and even more so when its done at the expense of an 18 y/o.’
Hallie, the 18-year-old youth worker who boldly came out as a trans woman on the second day of the social experiment, became the third evictee on Friday after receiving the most public votes against Trish and Dylan.
Her fellow housemates praised and supported her, and she went on to speak freely about her experiences, having planned to buy a ‘designer vagina’ with the £100,000 prize money if she won.
Hallie also discussed her mother getting into debt to pay for her hormone therapy, as well as her own issues with not feeling ‘attractive’ at times.
Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
Source My Celebrity Life.