Big Brother viewers have called for former host Emma Willis to grill one of tonight’s eliminated housemates following a particularly raucous double eviction. AJ Odudu and Will Best have gone down a storm since taking over the show for its move to ITV2, but some have voiced disappointment that The Voice UK frontwoman wasn’t the one interviewing Caroline Monk after her exit this evening.
Caroline has proven to be one of the most talked-about and controversial housemates of the season, thanks primarily to her blunt demeanour and antagonistic relationship with Richard Storry.
She was met with a chorus of boos by the live audience when she exited the compound, although the reaction softened during her interview on spin-off series Late & Live.
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Still, fans flocked to X to wish that Willis was on hand with her trademark thorough interviewing style, with one viewer writing: “When the world needed Emma Willis she didn’t show up.”
“Needed an Emma Willis interview for Caroline if we’re honest #bbuk” posted another fan, while someone else simply said: “Caroline needed the Emma Willis treatment in this interview.”
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“I wish Emma Willis was interviewing Caroline. She’d call her out on her bulls**t waaaay more #BBUK,” said another fan, with yet another saying: “Oh how I wish caroline was due to face an emma willis interview tonight.”
Willis hosted the show while it was on Channel 5, fronting it from 2013 to 2018. In 2022, she explained why she would not follow it to ITV2 for its revival.
“I think with every new era of Big Brother, I think there should be a new host,” she told Radio Times. “I loved my time on the show, and I very much kind of said goodbye to it back then because we thought it was over. I don’t tend to go back. I like to move forward.”
There was support for AJ and Will tonight as well, however, particularly when AJ saved evictee Nancy Nocerino from a wardrobe malfunction.
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“I love AJ telling Nancy to pull up her dress a bit. Women looking out for women,” wrote one viewer. “ar AJ being our fav girls girl warning Nancy that her own girls are hanging out and proud #BBUK,” said another.
The double kick-out tonight leaves Cameron Kinch, Elsa Rae, Emily Hewertson, Jenny Baird, Marcus John, Tate Reynolds, Teja Dalphy and Richard in the running for the crown.
Tonight wasn’t the first elimination of the week: Sam Ashby was booted on Tuesday as part of a low-key backdoor eviction.
Big Brother airs on ITV2 and ITVX.
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