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she's here with us now I haven't seen her I know I can't see anyone right now um yeah I haven't seen any of that so it's pretty interesting anyway car no you haven't seen nothing back then, no. I won't do it for a long time, even if then really why? Well, I don't want to be embarrassed and sit on the couch feeling alone with Gastly and um, and I don't want to go into anything that I just don't want you to not be embarrassed, you were absolutely sensational. Honestly, when I heard you were going, my jaw dropped because, well, now we've worked together in the past, Fern, on many occasions and I can remember us hosting. a show in Manchester called Soapstar Superstar and uh we were in the hotel,

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is the two of us, look at us there K, that was almost 20 years ago, but after every show we go back to the hotel, we go back to your hotel room with Lynn and David, which is here, they still have it and we watched Celebrity Big Brother, it was your absolute favourite.

Remember? I think it might have been and you were trapped and I and then I thought, God, now everyone's going to get in there. everything is going to be the person yes, because I know well after 20 years, it's not that surprising, yes, and I surprised myself by saying yes, the invitation came and I thought, well, that's not an immediate no, it's not so strange, yes, and me too. I said yes and then obviously everyone asked why you do it and I thought, well, I could use an adventure. I haven't had an affair in a while and you know, sometimes you just need to challenge yourself and I quite like it.

I feel uncomfortable sometimes and I thought, well, I'll try it. Yeah, I always think it's good to do something that scares you a little from time to time so you still feel human. Was that? Because obviously you would imagine it. what it was going to be like when you walk in the door, try and imagine, was it how you imagined it or how was it different, yeah, that's a hard question to answer because by then, before you walk in, they keep you held for about 36 hours, they feels like Days in a row, yeah, in a hotel room with a companion making sure there was no phone, no watching, no TV in the hotel room, no radio, no, nothing, you're done, you didn't book, what did you exactly?

Oh, so I sneak out the door from time to time. and just walking through the halls, yeah, um, but you're accompanied and the escort is lovely and she's there to chat with you and bring you food and drink and everything, so I was already distracted, you know what I mean, that's what that the game started. all our heads, yeah, uh, confusing each other and then suddenly you're dressed and made up at the hotel, in a lovely car to the studio, you wait a bit while everyone else comes in and then you walk in. and it's like there's the lovely AJ and Will and you walk up a ramp in the rain and I think I'm walking through the inside of my dress because my dress is too long, I mean, and then you walk in and you like it. oh hello hello literally extraordinary and then that first night they keep you up until 3:00 in the

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because they want you to unpack and get ready and they deprive you of some sleep also probably absolutely there were many times when I sat in the DI room and I said to my older brother, look, can

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pensioner please go to bed early?

Lou was on the couch, he said he hated the night, he hated being in a room with everyone and he just couldn't sleep and he had a panic attack, yeah, locked in a big room with 12 other people and no windows, no light from the day, nothing except. kind of dim light in the bedroom all the time and under the beds they are all lit up under the beds they all look like you know those cars that go or with all the lights on so it was strange really very strange, and then after I think I did it 19 nights, I think that's what we did and the last few nights were very difficult, very difficult and I was just wanting to sleep and those hours will be over, then you wake up and you're still locked in and suddenly the lights go on.

They turn on and can play music or you know, all kinds of noises, it's a sensory overload in many ways, isn't it at all? And it makes everything emotions, everything very intense because the tears, but I remember seeing you crying. I'm so sad my heart broke because you know it's pathetic and I'm so sorry but you know when you're mild you don't know what's going on anyway and then someone is nice to you if big brother just had to say hello how are you? you, Fern, well, I'm so sorry, I'm absolutely fine, I don't know why and I think a lot of us cried, a lot of us did, yeah, it was literally just a strange environment, a lot of it was a lot of fun.

It was fascinating to be a part of it and then there were parts that were so confusing and painful, I mean when poor Bradley got kicked out, evicted, Eed, evicted, I mean it was a shock to all of us, we were absolutely into it. I felt like you were struggling with the nominations though, you were struggling with some of the challenges when you had to put the snake in Louis' bed, oh that was horrible, you were traumatized by that and it's just the game I know and I was the one. first. one thinking in my head all the time it's just a game it's just a tv show this is entertainment we're all here just to do the experiment and then I did the snake and me and I were thinking very quickly because of course it was up for eviction and I thought well, whoever came across that in the diary room leaves, they didn't call me it's just that someone came to the DI room and it was me and there I was and they told me and I thought well it would be me or Louie, whoever was here I would choose, so I was ruthless and said Louie and I was surprised I did it and then I wasn't allowed to tell the house, even though obviously everyone had realized it was me, right? and I was really really upset, I didn't sleep well that night and at the end I went to my older brother and he said, okay, you can tell them so they can at least hate me, but at least I can admit that you know. and of course, what does Lou say?

Make me a cup of tea, so I made him lots of cups of tea and brought them to his bed, I bet he didn't tell you that he didn't do it because Sharon told you when she left, look. After him, what was it like having Sharon there? She is an amazing woman, she really is. He loved her anyway, but inside the house everyone thought she was the bees niece and she is fabulous. She tells it like she is, she doesn't suffer fools, but. She's also very, very kind, what's the word? she kind, loving, thoughtful and quite self-critical, also, totally, very kind, totally, and she's been there and gone and back, yeah, absolutely, um, how's Nikita at home?

Nikita is charming, absolutely gorgeous, beautiful, something. it happened there, we didn't understand each other, yeah and um, accidentally um I said, I don't even know what I said, but he thought it was something to attack him, it really wasn't no, um, that's that part of being. in that kind of zone, that position, yeah, yeah, and the smallest thing can suddenly seem like something really huge, you'll look at it again and, honestly, you'll look at it again and go away. I can't believe everyone was making such a fuss. About that act, that moment for you I felt alone, yes, it was difficult.

I was just trying to explain that because I think he had already nominated me and he told me it was because I went to bed early I would like to have uh I wouldn't do his um gym sessions but you know I've had this place so I couldn't do all of them. those ways so it wasn't so I didn't make him play his games yeah I did um and when he came out he said I'm sorry and I told him okay but I do all those things right? and he said yes, so he had to think of something, yeah, just try it. nominate and that's absolutely fine and then um, the horrible game that we're running around with thumbtacks, I mean having to defend our big balls, I mean, it was crazy and then, yeah, yeah, well, why don't we ?, yeah, let's think about um, uh, and then.

There was a crash and hanging overhead and um, it hurt too, didn't it, it really hurt and you know how it goes. I'm fine, I'm absolutely fine, adrenaline, I'm absolutely fine, I'm absolutely fine and Nikita. He took me into the diary room and we sat down and the doctor came out and said well it's F blunt force trauma so you're going to feel a little weird and then I have to tell you it looks like you're finishing up so I'll tell you real quick , you know, those eyes that I make, that, the doctor also said I had to go take a shower and get ready because it was eviction night and he said just have someone in the bathroom while you. you're in the shower case you and whoever accompanied me David David sat on the couch while I was on the show, you're right, FYI he is the most adorable man.

I'm madly in love with him, him, Bradley Zezy and Marisha, just fantastic. People are waiting for an invitation to Cornwall from science. Yes, do you want to come? We would love. I'll be there soon. You know you will. You will also publish a new book in October. Yes, this is not fiction. is a nonfiction that will arrive in October and the next fiction, which is number 11, will arrive next spring and is about a group of people who live in a house and are forced to do things. Yeah, I thought it hadn't been done. before no, it's not about a woman in the house, but that's it, it's not that yes, can we just quickly?

I know we really ran out of time. Can we quickly show you a little bit about yourself? The first time I presented this program was with f. Oh man alive, how beautiful we look in 2005, almost 20 years ago, this was an incredible moment because I'm obviously a big fan and to be able to host the show I just watch, look how small you are, I adore you anyway 15 ago years since you left the program you were 15 years ago it's lovely it's lovely to be back and well done YouTu thank you very much very nice of you to mention us in the house yes, it was several times thank you very much and it's great Did we love it?

You were brilliant. You have nothing to be ashamed of. Don't sit down, sit down and have a glass of champagne and watch it. Oh no, like we did all those ago, and a little cheese, a lot of cheese, thanks Beth.