Celebrity Big Brother Update: Bradley Riches gets emotional and admits regret for lying to himself, causing a lot of pain in heartfelt confession.

Celebrity Big Brother’s Bradley Riches choked back tears as he confessed regret over lying to himself during the show’s Celestial Retreat task.

The actor, 22, opened up about coming to terms with his homosexuality and autism saying it’s ‘taken him a long time’ to be proud of who he was.

In a preview clip, Bradley joined his fellow housemates in choosing Levi Roots as the ‘guiding eye’ of the group as they express emotions through dance.

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They then took it in turns to choose petals that were inscribed with questions, before asking another celeb to answer.

Louis asked the Heartstopper’s star to ‘Reveal your biggest regret that you need to let go of’.

Celebrity Big Brother’s Bradley Riches, 22, choked back tears as he confessed regret over lying to himself during the show’s latest task

The actor opened up about coming to terms with his homosexuality and autism saying it’s ‘taken him a long time’ to be proud of who he was

Becoming emotional, Bradley said, ‘Growing up, finding out who I was, trying to understand who I was. But a lot of that time I lied about who I was and it hurt a lot’.

‘Just shying away from the real fact that I’m gay, I’m autistic and proud of who I am. That’s taken a long time for me to say that. That’s my biggest regret, I wish I never did that to myself’.

His fellow celebs broke into applause while Louis said: ‘Bradley, thank you very much. Thank you so much.’

In 2023, the Netflix star also officially became a published author, releasing his own novel titled A Different Kind Of Superpower.

The book, which he co-wrote with James A Lyons, tells the actor’s heart-warming personal story about being ‘gifted’ his autism diagnosis at the age of nine.

Bradley and James aimed to reframe neurodivergence as a superpower through the lens of the children’s book.

‘Everyone is different, so I really wanted to expand on my story so that as many people as possible could find themselves in some part of the character journey,’ Bradley told Vogue in 2023.

‘I actually wrote it originally as a play, which I hope one day we can actually stage.’

Becoming emotional, Bradley said, ‘Growing up, finding out who I was, trying to understand who I was. But a lot of that time I lied about who I was and it hurt a lot’

His fellow celebs broke into applause while Louis Walsh said: ‘Bradley, thank you very much. Thank you so much.’

In 2023, the Netflix star also officially became a published author, releasing his own novel titled A Different Kind Of Superpower (pictured in Heartstopper)

The task saw Big Brother say: ‘Housemates. To live harmoniously in the Celebrity Big Brother house and become the very best versions of yourselves, you will spend today at Big Brother’s exclusive celestial retreat.’

Later Fern Britton asked Gary: ‘How have you found peace within yourself or are you still looking?’.

He confessed: ‘I think peace is something always to be striving for. I thought I was having a really cool life until something hits you’.

‘One day I was Gary, a businessman having a laugh with a great family. And then the next minute, I’m a national villain. So, I don’t really know what true peace is if I’m honest’

Nest Nikita quizzed Sharon to ‘Reveal which Housemate inspires you the most and why?’.

Sharon says, ‘I know the Housemate that inspires me the most and it has to be Levi. I feel like Levi has found serenity and it’s something that I strive for daily and Levi has it.’

Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX