Celebrity Big Brother Patsy Palmer decided to remain silent during her live eviction interview when confronted about former housemate Mickey Rourke.
The 52-year-old EastEnders actress was the fifth celebrity to be evicted from the house and faced questions about her experience on the show from hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best.
Despite the interview starting off smoothly, it quickly turned uncomfortable when the hosts brought up Mickey’s remarks about Patsy’s cooking skills during their time in the house.
Mickey had previously confronted Patsy about her ‘inedible’ broccoli before she left the room and broke down in tears while sat in the Diary Room.
Bringing up the ordeal didn’t go down well with the soap star, who refused to discuss the exchange and Mickey, who was kicked off the show for unacceptable behaviour.
Asking her about their conflict, Will said: ‘There were a few tricky moments that you had to deal with in there, people complaining about broccoli – that was one, but you seemed to move past that?
Patsy looked furious and simply shook her head, refusing to say more.
Will said: ‘You don’t want to talk about the broccoli?’
Trying to get her to open up, AJ added: ‘Did it upset you that Mickey complained to your face about the food?’
Still looking upset and angry, Patsy added: ‘Not really that…’
Both presenters then agreed it would be best to move on from the topic of Mickey.
During his time on the programme, Micky made homophobic remarks to co-star JoJo Siwa, which later saw him removed from the house.
He asked the YouTuber and singer, 21, if she ‘likes girls or boys’, and when she explained she is attracted to women and has a partner, who is non-binary, he responded saying ‘If I stay longer than four days, you won’t be gay anymore’.
Mickey also made a sexual comment that made Ella Rae Wise and threatened Chris Hughes during a task when he accused the reality star of ‘eyeballing’ him.Â
Mickey’s run of bad behaviour resulted in him being removed from the show after previously receiving a warning about how he was expected to act.
After the awkward moment with Patsy during Wednesday’s show, fans admitted they were convinced more occurred between her and Mickey that wasn’t aired.
Sharing their thoughts on X, viewers said: ‘Need to know the lore behind Mickey and Patsy, she was seething at the sheer sound of his name’; ‘Wow that was super awkward. Patsy was NOT impressed with the broccoli question’;
‘I haven’t seen any posts about Patsy’s interview. I thought it was as clear as glass that she was uncomfortable talking about his behaviour. More went down with Mickey than the viewers were shown – for sure!!’;
‘Ohh Patsy really didn’t want to talk about Mickey. And to be honest… rightly so!’; ‘I’m continuously torn between thinking Patsy is hilarious & the most iconic woman and also feeling like she’s about to lamp someone in the face… I could feel Will’s heartbeat through the screen when he asked about the broccoli’;
‘Absolutely obsessed with ar Patsy/Julie refusing to discuss broccoli with Will and AJ #CBB #CCBBUK’; ‘Patsy is really not giving Mickey anymore airtime. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE BROCCOLI’;
‘I think she, along with all the women in there, were repulsed by his sexist misogyny and volatile behaviour. They know how to not give him any more airtime. It must have been unsettling living with such a sleazeball. It wasn’t about the broccoli’;
‘With Patsy’s reaction to the Mickey questions and Ella’s comments about it in the face to face nominations, do we think there’s more to it that we haven’t seen/heard?’; ‘What was going on there with Patsy? Bit odd’.
‘Never ever mention her broccoli cooking skills to Patsy… death stare’; ‘Patsy walking off the stage crying. Like genuinely is she ok, she seems very sad almost in a depressive state’;Â
Elsewhere in the interview, presenter Will asked Patsy what she thought about some of the housemates claims that she ‘brought the mood down’.
Patsy said: ‘The person that said I was bringing the mood down [JoJo], literally I must be magician to bring their mood down because I’ve never known anyone with so much energy.Â
‘Beautiful energy, but energy. So I was amazed that I had that much power.’
Will said: It’s interesting you talk about energy, because I had never met you before, this is the first time we’ve spoken, and you do have a very calm energy even now. I guess that is very different to some of the other characters in the house.Â
Patsy said: ‘Yes, that’s what makes it brilliant. That’s why we all – it’s a great experiment, mixing a lot of people together that are all very different, different ages, different backgrounds, beliefs, different everything.
‘It just shows what we need now in the world, that we can all live together despite our differences.’
