‘I lived with Fern Britton on Celebrity Big Brother –  she was nasty and played the biggest game’-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

Celebrity Big Brother star Fern Britton was accused of playing a game (Picture: Shutterstock for Big Brother)

Celebrity Big Brother star Lauren Simon didn’t hold back from blasting fellow housemate Fern Britton, accusing her of playing a game, ahead of the ITV programme’s final earlier this year.

The Real Housewives of Cheshire star, 51, was the second contestant to leave the reality programme when it returned for an epic revival, quickly followed out the door by Sharon Osbourne.

During her stint in the house, she gained a close bond with the former X Factor judge and Louis Walsh, as well as Love Island star Ekin-Su Culculoglu.

Following her exit, she expressed her desire for Strictly Come Dancing pro Nikita Kuzmin to win, who ended up making it to the final with Fern and Louis, but it was reality star David Potts who was crowned winner.

Fern finished in fifth place, but caused a lot of controversy over her time on the show, with former Big Brother star Olivia Young saying she wanted ‘to break into the house and punch’ her at one point.

And Lauren also hit out at her former housemate, saying: ‘The truth is that there became groups quite quickly, and everyone is playing a game and wants to win – some more than others – there was jealousy a little bit.’

‘The younger ones had their own group too and Fern interestingly enough preferred to play drama games with all the kids because I don’t think that her and Louis and Sharon had a bond at all which was quite interesting to see, she gravitated more to the young kids,’ Lauren continued.

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Lauren Simon was the second housemate evicted (Picture: James Veysey/Shutterstock)

Lauren had some strong words for Fern (Picture: ITV)

Calling out the This Morning legend, 66, for ‘game playing’, she hit out: ‘I think Fern is playing a game if you want the truth, I don’t think she knows who she is or what she’s doing, she just wants to win.’

Lauren also said at the time that she wanted Nikita to win: ‘From the day I met him to now, I think he’s the winner.’

‘I think Fern’s playing a game and it’s nasty what she’s done to him last night, trying to wind him up so we see a bad side of him so she can win,’ Lauren went on, recalling an argument between the pair as tensions heightened.

Throwing shade at another of her fellow housemates, Lauren called out Marisha Wallace, who was evicted from the house days before the final in a shock double eviction.

Lauren also threw shade at Marisha Wallace, saying she was ‘horrible’ to Ekin-Su over nominations (Picture: Shutterstock for Big Brother)

David Potts was crowned the winner of Celebrity Big Brother (Picture: James Veysey/Shutterstock)

Ekin-Su had been left in tears when Marisha earlier nominated her for eviction to her face, claiming it was because she saw her as competition to win.

However, the American actress, 38, has since shared on Late & Live that she felt something ‘wasn’t quite right’, and she was ‘scared’ to reveal the real reasons behind her nomination.

Talking about the difficulties of nominating people you’re so close with in the house and sharing ‘gorgeous moments’ with, Lauren admitted it was ‘really tough’.

‘Marisha and Ekin-Su did form a bond and friendship, and she probably didn’t think it through,’ Lauren said before blasting: ‘And she probably did want to win but she hasn’t, has she, so more fool her for being horrible.

‘Because you know what, there’s a funny thing called karma and it will always get you… believe me, I know!’

As well as growing close to the likes of Nikita, Lauren shared a particularly memorable moment where she was forced to sit in a bin with Louis after breaking rules.

She’s since opened up about her close friendship with the music manager, saying that she seems him like a ‘father figure’.

Lauren told us: ‘I love Louis, he’s so sarcastic, he says what he wants and what he thinks, but then he winks with a smile on his face.

Lauren grew to form a strong bond with Louis Walsh (Picture: Shutterstock for Big Brother)

Louis also made it to the final (Picture: Shutterstock for Big Brother)

‘He reminds me of my father, he’s a father figure because he’s a mentor, I lost my father three years ago, so it was really nice to have that connection, he’s just naughty and so was my dad.’

‘I fell in love with him straight away in a fatherly way,’ she added.

Lauren has now returned to The Real Housewives of Cheshire, following the end of Celebrity Big Brother.

‘It’s great to be back on The Real Housewives of Cheshire with the ladies,’ she said.

Lauren has now returned to the Real Housewives of Cheshire (Picture: ITV/JOSEPH SCANLON)

‘They’ve been nothing but supportive of me on my latest adventure. My time on Big Brother will actually play out on RHOCH, so CBB fans will get another helping of me! I think the ladies have probably enjoyed the peace and quiet whilst I’ve been away!’

She added: ‘This RHOCH series is all about the drama. I mean, I can’t keep up with who is mates with who. We’ve got some new faces on the show too, which is nice. The glamour is ten times more and there is ten times more shock factor moments.’

Series 17 of the hit reality show The Real Housewives of Cheshire is available to watch on ITVX.

Celebrity Big Brother is also available to watch on ITVX.

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