Christopher Biggins Criticizes ‘Big Brother’ After Past Controversy

​Christo­pher Big­gins, the 76-year-old actor and tele­vi­sion per­son­al­i­ty, has recent­ly expressed strong crit­i­cism of “Celebri­ty Big Broth­er,” label­ing the show as “appalling” and “bor­ing.” This comes near­ly nine years after his con­tro­ver­sial removal from the series in 2016.​The Sun

In a can­did inter­view, Big­gins reflect­ed on his expe­ri­ence, stat­ing, “I think Big Broth­er is just ter­ri­ble. They treat­ed me appalling­ly when I did it, so I have that against it. But I just think it’s bor­ing. I don’t under­stand why peo­ple watch it.” ​The Sun

Big­gins’ depar­ture from the “Celebri­ty Big Broth­er” house in 2016 was prompt­ed by com­ments he made that were deemed offen­sive. He was removed after mak­ing a remark to fel­low house­mate Katie Wais­sel, which was con­sid­ered unac­cept­able and not aired on tele­vi­sion. Addi­tion­al­ly, he faced back­lash for com­ments about bisex­u­al­i­ty, describ­ing bisex­u­al indi­vid­u­als as “the worst type” and attribut­ing the spread of HIV/AIDS to them. ​Huff­Post UKWikipedia+5The Sun+5The Independent+5The Independent+2Wikipedia+2HuffPost UK+2

Fol­low­ing his exit, Big­gins issued an apol­o­gy, express­ing remorse for his state­ments and empha­siz­ing his long­stand­ing friend­ships with­in the Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty. He not­ed, “I am mor­ti­fied by what’s hap­pened, real­ly mor­ti­fied. Most of my friends, in fact, are Jew­ish.” ​Huff­Post UK

Reflect­ing on the broad­er land­scape of real­i­ty tele­vi­sion, Big­gins voiced con­cerns about the fleet­ing nature of fame and the sub­stan­tial finan­cial incen­tives offered to con­tem­po­rary real­i­ty stars. He con­trast­ed his own expe­ri­ence, men­tion­ing, “I do think what they’re pay­ing now, they paid Nigel Farage a mil­lion pounds, it’s ludi­crous. When I did it, I got … .” ​The Sun

Despite the con­tro­ver­sies, Big­gins remains a notable fig­ure in British enter­tain­ment, rec­og­nized for his work in tele­vi­sion and the­atre, includ­ing his mem­o­rable role as Luke­warm in the sit­com “Por­ridge.” ​Wikipedia

For more insights into Christo­pher Big­gins’ per­spec­tive on his “Celebri­ty Big Broth­er” expe­ri­ence, you can watch the fol­low­ing inter­view: