Fern Britton slammed Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu on Thursday’s Celebrity Big Brother.
The This Morning host, 66, went on a rant against the Love Island winner, 29, as the house had face-to-face nominations ahead of Friday’s double eviction.
It saw celebrities including Louis Walsh, Nikita Kuzmin, Zeze Millz, and David Potts propose two housemates apiece to face a public vote to be thrown off the show, and things quickly became tense.
Ekin-Su nominated Fern, claiming that the former host had not asked her many questions about herself or tried to get to know her.
After each nomination, the housemates exchanged kisses on the cheek to try to clear the air.
However, when it came time for Fern to submit a nomination, she did not hesitate.
Fern, who nominated Ekin, stated that she had tried to ask questions and get to know her but had not found the talks ‘especially enlightening’.
The TV presenter was ‘disappointed and worried’ by Ekin’s actions, accusing her of ‘wearing a mask’ in the home and ‘absorbing other people’s characteristics’.
Ekin was captured on camera appearing totally horrified, not attempting to hide her emotions, and shaking her head as Fern kissed her and told her ‘you’re great’.
The very dramatic moments sent shockwaves through social media, with X users rushing to the site in astonishment at what they were witnessing.
‘Fern saying she’s disturbed about Ekin omg,’ user Finn wrote, while Sana said ‘Fern was not holding back at ALL on Ekin I am GAGGED rn… producers definitely did the right thing giving us face to face nominations.’
User A_grey9283 said ‘Fern dragging ekin su?? I AM HERE FOR IT,’ and Jonny said it was ‘such a savage read of Ekin Su from Fern’.
Soph described it as ‘brutal’, and Nads joked ‘so in summary, Fern said that Ekin is fake.’
However, there was more drama to come, as Ekin was terrified that her friend Marisha Wallace had nominated her, so she refused to kiss her and began crying in bed.
Marisha, for her part, sought to apologies and explain to Ekin that she nominated her because she believed she would easily win due to her big fan following, but the insult plainly wounded much too deeply for Ekin to forgive.
The star, who found fame on Love Island, said she did not think she would be able to forgive Marisha, and complained that ‘everyone is judging me for being on a f*****g show [Love Island].’
Later, Fern spoke in the diary room and blasted Ekin yet again, though this time not to her face, and said she believed Ekin was ‘standing there giving the performance of someone distressed.’
She went on: ‘And I was watching yesterday afternoon as Louis was saying goodbye to Sharon [Osbourne], and everyone stood up and gave a speech. And I noticed Ekin-Su sitting at the table like this’ — here she made sniffling noises — ‘and I thought, is that real or a performance?’
As it stands, the celebrities up for eviction on Friday’s show are Louis, Ekin, Fern, David Potts, and Levi Roots.
Celebrity Big Brother returns Friday at 9pm on ITV and ITVX.