Disgraced former Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson has said he is “ashamed” of himself after being dismissed from Celebrity Big Brother for an incident involving Chloe Goodman in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The actor, who was drunkenly throwing up in a toilet, was accused of lifting open Chloe's robe and touching her breast while she comforted him; leading to widespread controversy and his eventual removal by show bosses. Ken Morley, who sided with him and essentially told Chloe to get over it, followed two days later.
Although the Ex On The Beach star did not make a police complaint, Jeremy has now been cautioned - and called the whole thing “a terrible drunken mistake”; explaining that he is keen to apologise once Chloe leaves the house.
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He told The Sun: “I was sitting on the bathroom floor wiping the vomit from my face, looking disgusting, when Chloe came in to check that I was OK. As she was helping me, she leaned over me and I pulled back the collar of her robe. I thought she had a bikini on underneath it but she didn't.
“I didn't see her full breast — all I was thinking was, ‘;Which bikini do you have on and are you flirting with me?' The situation could have gone a million different ways but things happened the way they did, feelings got hurt, I got axed. And here we are.”
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Jeremy does not, however, regret entering the Channel 5 show at all, saying: “It could have gone any way, and I don't regret it. I'd 100 per cent do it again.” Following the ejections of him and Ken, tonight's first eviction has been cancelled - but a ‘;live twist' will go ahead as planned.
It has been speculated that perhaps one or two new inmates could enter to make up the numbers, with the likes of former X Factor star Marcus Collins coming to mind after first being rumoured several weeks ago. The show airs tonight on Channel 5 with host Emma Willis, with RuPaul's Drag Race judge Michelle Visage now the narrow bookies' favourite to win.
