Controversial Big Brother housemate George Gilbert has revealed the ‘real reason’ he was axed from the ITV show last week in a tell all video.
The 23-year-old parish counsellor had been ousted from the spy house for ‘repeated use of unacceptable language and behaviour’ according to bosses in a statement.
They added: ‘George has been removed from the Big Brother House with immediate effect and will no longer participate in the programme.’
Fans did not get to see the offending comments that resulted in his removal, with them contrary to broadcast standards.
George had received several warnings from Big Brother that were not shown before his removal from the compound.
Now, taking to his YouTube channel, George has revealed his version of events and what wasn’t broadcast to viewers.
Controversial Big Brother housemate George has revealed the ‘real reason’ he was axed from the ITV show last week in a tell all video
The 23-year-old parish counsellor had been ousted from the spy house for ‘repeated use of unacceptable language and behaviour’ according to bosses in a statement
In the clip, he admits he was given a warning on his first night in the house and another on the third.
He told his supporters: ‘They brand Big Brother as a social experiment where you can discuss things and be on a political spectrum. I wanted to meet new people and people who would challenge my beliefs and maybe help me learn something about myself and see if they could change my mind about some of my beliefs.
‘I thought by going into the house and spreading what I believe as the truth that it would not only help me cement my views if they are right, or it would help other people see a different side of the story.’
His first warning came after a discussion in which he said he ‘doesn’t believe that anyone is intrinsically good or evil’ and used Adolf Hitler as an extreme example.
George explained: ‘Hitler did the things that he did because he would have been fed a pack of lies about Jewish people and that’s why he did the things he did.
‘He thought he was doing good for Germany. He thought Jews were to blame for all of Germany’s troubles. Hitler was misguided.’
The former housemate said he was reprimanded when producers interpreted this as ‘justification for the Holocaust’.
His day three warning came when he told housemates in a conversation how he would not conceive a child with a black woman.
Fans did not get to see the offending comments that resulted in his removal, with George’s words deemed contrary to broadcast standards
Taking to his YouTube channel, George has revealed his version of events and what wasn’t broadcast to viewers
George said bosses took this as a racist remark when he added he would feel like he was ‘betraying my kind’.
He said: ‘If I had a baby with a black woman or a brown woman, the child would have brown skin, brown eyes, brown hair… and the gingerness would die a death.’
George continued: ‘I like touching the boundaries and maybe I’m in the wrong but what I said was, as a ginger with blue eyes – I’m like the rarest form of human on earth – because red hair is recessive and not a dominant gene.’
It was previously reported the final straw for ITV bosses came after George allegedly used antisemitic language.
He now revealed the comments arose in a conversation discussing the rise in antisemitism in London.
George said in his video: ‘So I want to put an end to antisemitism or any other form of discrimination.
‘But I said I do understand why people are sceptical about some Jewish conspiracy at the top of the pecking order, because some of the finest minds in human history, from Shakespeare to Henry Ford to Cissero to Roald Dahl, these are some of the most intellectual men of all time, and they all have antisemitic tropes in their writings, so is it a case of no smoke without fire.’
It was previously reported the final straw for ITV bosses came after George allegedly used antisemitic language
George has now revealed the comments that resulted in his ejection arose in a conversation discussing the rise in antisemitism in London
Daily Mail has contacted ITV for comment.
George’s exit from the Big Brother house was aired in last Thursday’s show when he was called to the diary room.
Bosses told him: ‘Before you entered the House the rules regarding unacceptable and offensive language and behaviour were explained to you.
‘Big Brother has warned you on several separate occasions about language, including issuing you with a formal warning.
‘Despite this, at 6:22pm, in a conversation about conspiracy theories, the words you used broke the rules regarding unacceptable and offensive language on multiple occasions.
‘George, Big Brother thinks that your repeated use of offensive language in the house including during yesterday’s conversation is unacceptable.
‘Big Brother cannot permit you to use language in a manner which is likely to be considered offensive by Housemates or the viewing public.’
George’s exit from the Big Brother house was aired in last Thursday’s show when he was called to the diary room
George responded: ‘Understood,’ before Big Brother continues: ‘Despite the prior warnings and the opportunities we have given you to adjust your language in the House, you have persisted in using offensive language.
‘And as a result, Big Brother has no choice other than to remove you from the House.’
Big Brother gave him the opportunity to leave one final message, asking: ‘George, is there anything that you would like to say?’
To which George responded: ‘I always want to question any theory, any movement, I just like to, I just want to know the truth about things and I’m sorry.
‘I’m really gutted but if that’s what you want to do, then I’m sorry it’s ended like this.’
