Former Big Brother star Nicola McClean has revealed why her 13 year feud dubbed ‘pantsgate’ with housemate Denise Welch continues to rumble on as they still aren’t speaking
Big Brother has become known for its legendary rows and the celebrity version of the show is certainly no different. And this is explains why the iconic fall out between Nicola McClean and Denise Welch is still a talking point 13 years later.
The feud, which played out on national television, saw Nicola jump to the defence of fellow housemate Karissa Shannon after Denise played a booze fuelled prank on her. Denise had tried to pull down Karissa’s trousers, which left the unbeknown housemate disrespected and upset, which sparked fury in Nicola.
Immediately, the former glamour model, 44, entered into a row with Denise which soon escalated into a war of words over their public image and a task which meant Denise lost the ability to receive a letter from home. And since that day the pair have not spoken.
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In a chat with The Sun, Nicola explained: “I said ‘that’s completely unacceptable’ and she said ‘well they do it for a living’ and I said ‘that makes no difference, I’m a Page 3 girl, does it mean you can just get my boobs out? No, it doesn’t’ and that’s what I lost my sh*t about.”
She continued: “I couldn’t work out how we were saying it’s acceptable to pull down someone’s pants. Now if that was today, what do you think would have happened to Denise Welch? It p*ssed me off then and it still p*sses me off now that I was seen to be in the wrong. How can I be f**king wrong when you are pulling down someone’s trousers without their consent?”
The vocal TV star went on to explain the pair have “never made up” as she claimed Denise has “never apologised”. Nicola quipped that because she is a Virgo, she is “always right”.
The former glamour model added that she doesn’t argue with her husband or shout at her kids. Nicola explained that if she ever did argue with someone, “I probably am never going to speak to you again”.
Earlier this month, Denise found herself as the subject of conversation after her mobile phone started to ring live, leaving production in a state of panic. This comes after the Loose Women panel were engrossed in an emotional segment of the show where they were asked what they would tell their younger self.
At the time co-star Myleene Klass said: “I was not a cool kid, I was a really geeky kid and it’s so funny to see that because I spent so long trying to fit in…”
As she was finishing off her sentence, a phone could be heard going off in the background, which prompted Myleene to ask Denise if it was her. An embarrassed Denise immediately feared she would land herself in trouble, while the rest of the panel burst into laughter.
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