Big Brother: Wedding Balls

Not really sure who those two are, tbh, but I'm sure this marriage will last til death do them part.

Ofcom: No

Express.

TV WATCHDOG Ofcom has recently received a number of complaints about same-sex kisses on Channel 5's Big Brother and ITV's Coronation Street, but the organisation has announced that the investigation will go no further...

There's 70 million people in this country, some antedeluvian idiot somewhere will get annoyed about anything.

There's probably someone complaining to Ofcom right now about cows on TV or something.

Football: Balls

BIG Brother contestant Ryan Ruckledge has claimed he had gay sex with a Premier League footballer.

Daily Star.

Love that online tease by the Star.

Think this story can be filed under 'bollocks'.

Brian Dowling: Not Just Married!

Mirror.

Small print: 'The couple's nuptials come just a few months after Ireland voted to legalise same sex marriage and while the couple wed in London a few months ago, we're sure tying the knot in his home country after the historic referendum made the day extra special for Brian.'

You can't get gaymarried in Ireland yet.

The Sun.

Big Brother: Bum Rush The Show!

A BIG Brother wannabe was kicked out of the TV house yesterday for repeatedly exposing himself to another contestant.

Viewers last night saw Aaron Frew, 24, being warned about his behaviour around Tory councillor Joel Williams, 19, who he admitted having a crush on.

But a source revealed: “In the early hours of Thursday he got a bit carried away with flirting with and winding up Joel.

“He was flashing him and it went on for a little bit. It seemed inappropriate so the decision was made to remove him.

“Joel seemed a little uncomfortable but he didn’t make a complaint.

“We decided boundaries had been crossed.” ...

The Sun.

Good stuff, Aaron, I consider this a little victory in the queer class war and for #TeamGay in general.

And good on the Mail Online who were so APPALLED! by all this they've published loads of pics and clips and an incredibly detailed description...

The group then decided to play a game of Truth Or Dare, which appeared to focus on who each of the housemates found attractive.

When it was Jack's turn, he was dared to kiss Aaron on his buttocks, after Chloe deemed the initial challenge of kissing him on the cheek 'boring'.

Once the bottle spun in Joel's direction, he was dared to kiss Aaron on the lips, but quipped, 'I'd rather kiss Aaron on the bottom,' as his housemates chanted to egg him on.

After the dare proved unsuccessful, things appeared to calm down between the two and, after enjoying a few alcoholic beverages, Aaron was seen sharing a bath with Joel.

Following a conversation about Joel's social life, Aaron assured his housemate that his sexually-charged overtures were 'pure banter', which Joel acknowledged.

However, once they got into the bedroom with their other housemates at the end of the night, things were turned up a notch, when Aaron lowered his blue towel and flashed his buttocks at Aaron...

Fagburn imagines Patrick Smugtwit is hurriedly writing 400 angry words saying this was worse than rape; 'Imagine if he did that to a woman!' etc etc.

Aaron's got a lovely little bumbum, I wish he'd flash it at me.

Big Brother: Gross

Fagburn understands Simon Gross has been evicted after what must have been a painfully long two hours.

And further, many performing artistes who've worked with Simone have taken to Twitter to say he's a complete cunt who owes them money. #abusedbysimongross.

Hello Goodbye: Meet the gay Tory kunt from Kent!

And people ask why I don't own a tellybox...

Big Brother: Social Media Outrage*

Big Brother housemates Christopher and Mark have found themselves in the firing line of vicious haters with more malice than sense.

The two reality stars were caught on camera kissing in the fishbowl show over the weekend as their friendship appears to be blossoming into romance.

While their coy affections seem to be genuine rather than vacuous showmance, they have been victimised over their sexual preference for one another.

For some reason viewers are content with seeing full intercourse between heterosexual couple Kimberly and Steven, yet not a gay kiss.

And when the initial article of their tonsil tennis was posted on our Daily Star Facebook page, vile comments had to be deleted in a bid to prevent hateful trolling...

One twisted individual even likened same-sex relationships to "paedophiles in disguise from the devil's workshop"...

Fortunately, however, there were those in support of the BB stars, who ridiculed the prejudicial slurs as nonsense.

One quipped: "Wow two gay men kiss… Never!!!!"

Meanwhile, we hope all three of the new roomies entering the house this evening in a shake-up are gay just to annoy the haters.

Or better yet, maybe Big Brother can do an all-gay special next season.

Nadia Mendoza in the Daily Star.

Respec'! A great piece for the Star.

But as ever, if a TV show is watched by millions the comments of a few twats on Twitter or Facebook don't really tell us much. 

* 'Social media outrage' is a contradiction in terms, shirley?

Big Brother: Big Bother

Now, far be it for Fagburn to suggest Pink News are being completely fucking hysterical here, but did it not cross their minds that tweeting;

“Just seen a supposed guy use the word lush…. Shoot him, shoot him now How utterly cringe and vile #manup #poof.”

may not have been completely serious and was not actually a literal call for a gay man to be shot (for saying 'lush' FFS)?

Just a thought.

PN readers go into predictable 'Imagine if she said that about muslims/black people!' mode.

Could they be more boring?

And could Britain's leading gay hysteric, Patrick Smugtwit, be more predictable?

Big Brother housemate Danielle McMahon tweeted about a "poof" before going into the house "shoot him". How lovely. #incitement #homophobia
— Patrick Strudwick (@PatrickStrud) June 10, 2014

ITZ INCITEMENT TO MUDDER!!!

Big Brother: Meet Christopher Hall

Can you guess what she's into?

Someone who will know the exact way to gain headlines is Christopher. This 23-year-old works as a journalist, and is passionate about getting the scoop before his colleagues. A big fan of Katie Hopkins and White Dee – although he hasn't admitted whose side he is on – the Fermanagh-born lad lives in London, is currently single and has never been in a proper relationship. However, he likes the idea of finding the right man and "building something special".

While his sexuality is sure to annoy strict Catholic Danielle, Christopher classes himself as religious, and was brought up as a Protestant. To make the most of the house, he is not going to hold back, and wants to "let loose and have no regrets".

Daily Star. 

A gay journalist?

But how will he adjust to being locked up with a bunch of idiots for eternity, with only the distant promise of some free booze to look forward to?

Christopher says his favourite journalist is Katie Hopkins. 

Aim high, Christopher, reach for the stars!

Daily Star: Sparks will fly etc etc! So fucking excited about this series!!!

The Times: TV Times

Few would contest the notion that Britain over the first decade of this millennium changed. By imperceptible degree, entrenched class prejudice and deference fell away.

The election of new Labour in 1997 played a part, as did the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, later that year. This was the first government whose members were first Government born largely since the Second World War, while the other forced a new settlement between a monarch and her subjects.

Yet a third event three years later arguably had just as much societal impact. That was the beginning of the Channel 4 reality series Big Brother.

If the contention sounds absurd, that only goes to show the extent to which something once so abrasively new has bedded down into the national psyche...

The rise of reality television has had many negative effects, chief among them a cult of celebrity far more vacuous than even that which went before. Yet it is too easy to forget the rigidity which existed in public life beforehand. To put it bluntly, normal people didn’t go on telly.

Some might argue that normal people didn’t go on Big Brother either, but at least they could. Yes, every Big Brother contestant was an exhibitionist, but this was a far more diverse bunch of exhibitionists than Britain had previously known. Just over 13 years ago, the last three contestants in the first series were, respectively, Northern, black and gay. If, today, that sounds like a banal observation, well, that’s rather the point.

The Times' leader.

A point often made.

Though there's some truth to it, it's often-simplified and over-stated.
It's like saying TV (or Hollywood etc) is a fairy's magic wand that's made everything a-okay - as if other factors, cultural, political and social (how we little boring ordinary people engage with friends, family, co-workers, neighbours etc etc) are of little consequence.

Mind you, in 2001, John Pilger had a slightly different take on things...

Last Sunday, Michael Jackson, Channel 4's departing chief executive, told Observer readers that he had, no less, helped bring about "the profound social changes that have occurred in British society." He cited Big Brother as representing "a melting pot for a broader, more understanding and inclusive society... an optimistic glimpse at the ease of presence between a group of people with different ethnicity, sexuality, religion, class and education". He related this to Blair's promised "classless society" and declared, Tony-like, that "we have a more prosperous economy than at any time in our past".

That gays and females, blacks and Asians are capable of moronic behaviour in Big Brother is not "an optimistic glimpse" of anything. Like the pathetic cast of Jerry Springer, they merely provide a glimpse of the media elite's vicarious flirtation with low life for the sake of a buck and high ratings. No one denies that Channel 4 transmits some quite brilliant programmes, as it should, given its extraordinary remit and resources and the film-making talent in Britain; but these are fragments of its potential. 

Bit patronising and snobby, John.
Maybe he's still angry about making such a fool of himself with Su Pollard on Celebrity Big Brother.

Big Brother: The Official Fanzine

BIG Brother host Rylan Clark could be sacked over claims he has bedded the Jimmy Savile police officer who starred in the show.

The gay presenter, 25, has been romantically linked to ex-policeman Dan Neal, one of the main contestants of this summer's series.

BB bosses have a primary rule forbidding presenters and other staff from getting involved with housemates.

They are now investigating to see if Rylan, who won the last CBB series, has crossed the line dating Dan.

The pair are understood to have got together last month after Dan was evicted from the Big Brother house.

He went on Rylan’s late-night show Big Brother’s Bit On The Side for an interview. Others in the room said sparks flew and they flirted...

Daily Star - fascinating!

And in other news in today's Star...

A WHOPPING great well done to sweet farty Charlotte – our Celebrity Big Brother champion. Told you she’d win, didn’t I?

RICHARD Desmond told yesterday of his vision to keep Channel 5 “punching above its weight” by investing in quality programmes He told TV industry leaders that Channel 5 would to continue to make intelligent, populist programmes, such as Big Brother but would not chase ratings by being “cruel and predictable”.

BIG Brother is set to run for another five years...

Zzzzz...

Big Brother: Gay Boy Problems

A GAY police officer who quit the probe into sex beast Jimmy Savile to enter the Big Brother house said last night: “What’s the problem? It’s not like I’m doing a porno.”

Today's Big Brother-related front page story in the Daily Star. 

Exciting times!
Hard to know if The Gays will be getting behind this hawt bent cop or the gay one out of those morbidly obese twins who vote Tory and like showtunes.
Hmm...

If the twins win, I'm sure there'll be the inevitable Attitude and/or GT shirtless cover shoots.
I hope their respective editors bear in mind that Jack Glenny’s party trick is “putting spoons under my moobs and holding them there”.
Sounds quite a catch, doesn't he, boys?

Rylan Clark: Daily Star Star

The Daily Star.

Horrible stuff.
But there is some good news - The Star remind readers that by happenchance Rylan's hosting a new Big Brother spin-off show that launches on Richard Desmond's Channel 5 this Thursday.

Big Brother: And Your Name Is Harry...

"Without posh people we wouldn't have the nation we do today.
"Money makes the world go round. I want to be a millionaire by 25 - it's looking good so far.
"I'm heavily involved with hunting which is getting a lot of people's backs up."
The 23-year-old, who has a milkshake business, was booed as he entered the house.
Harry has a girlfriend of a couple of months - not to mention a dog and 15 horses.
But he wants to keep his options open. He said: "I'd love to be a gay icon - if you have both fields and decide women are not for you you can turn to the other one."

Oh do fuck off, you big posh spaz!

Celebrity Big Brother: Now With Added Shagging!

Now I don't care about you, but Fagburn is RIPPED about the other big news story today - the return of (Celebrity) Big Brother TONIGHT!
Even though I don't own a telly and can't even be arsed to see if you can watch anything on Channel 5 on the internet, I am so fucking excited about this.
The new series also sees another welcome return to our screens - that of Brian Dowling; star of ITV Play's late night interactive gambling-based phone-in show, The Mint.
Leading CBB fanzine The Daily Star spoke for many when they squawked;
"WHAT a coup it was getting Brian Dowling to present the new Big Brother.
"Who better to host the revamped version of everyone’s favourite show?"
Apart from Davina McCall, obviously?
Brian was on the tellybox as recently as last year, when he won the last Celebrity Big Brother.
Then it was cancelled cause no-one was watching and it had started to look even shitter and sadder than before.
And - AND - it's ten years almost to the year since Brian won Big Brother.
Ah, god bless the bubbly/camp/outrageous/gay/Irish/fat/former air steward, 32.
As I type, the Twittersphere is LITERALLY ABLAZE with rumours about who will be the celebrities on Celebrity Big Brother?
Jedward? Sally Bercow?? Bobby Brown??? Pippa Middleton??? Gore Vidal????
It's gonna be one heck of a show - especially now it's being brought to the nation by wank-enabler-in-chief Richard Desmond.
If the pre-publicity is to be believed we are guaranteed to get to see some of these C-List celebs fucking like wild drunken dogs - LIVE ON TV!!!
So we've moved on from Orwell's 1984, and into The Year Of The Sex Olympics.
And that - my friends - is called fucking progress!

Big Brother: Orwellian Nightmare Cancelled Due To Falling Ratings

So farewell then, Big Brother.
It seemed fitting that the Ultimate Big Brother grand finale was won last night by Brian Dowling.
Or - as The Sun summarises him today - "Gay Brian, 32 - who shot to fame after winning Big Brother 2 in 2001".
Well, shot to late night TV phone-in quizzes and panto anyway.
Since Channel 4's first series in 2000, Big Brother has brought into the nation's living rooms a broad cross-section of youngish Britain, with queers in there as a matter of course; a lesbian nun, a tranny from Madeira, a bisexual with Tourette's, various hairdressers, Pete Burns...
All human life was here?
Maybe not.
The end of Big Brother was marked with a laudatory leader in The Times today, 'Day 3711':
"...Taboos, once they are broken, can swiftly appear incomprehensible. Big Brother, which Channel 4 finally evicted last night, broke plenty. Celebrity, only a short decade ago, usually involved at least a pretence of talent. The voluntary surrender of privacy, now widespread through the internet, was fascinating ten years ago in a way that future generations may never understand.
"This much, many may regret. But Big Brother, in its early years, broke progressive ground, too. While exhibitionist, promiscuous and at times startlingly ignorant, housemates also invariably espoused an instinctive tolerance to which Britain had not, hitherto, managed to give voice.
"The welcome triviality of homosexuality in Britain today could perhaps be traced, in part, to the regular appearance of gay housemates on our screens, behaving no more outrageously than anybody else. Races, too, mixed on Big Brother in a manner almost unremarked upon, save for a few confected rows.
"Fans will remember the fights, the punch-ups and the MP for Bethnal Green & Bow pretending to be a cat. Not everything about the legacy of reality television, however, is trivial. In today’s X-Factor Britain, where races and sexualities intermingle on our screens in the mistaken belief that they have talent, very little of what Big Brother taught us may now seem surprising. But it was."
It would be easy to overstate the case for Big Brother, and its role in changing and shaping the nation's social attitudes over the last decade - just as it is easy to dismiss it as a trivial distraction - but Fagburn thinks there is much truth in what The Times is saying.