Levi Roots from Celebrity Big Brother surprises fans by disclosing he has eight children with seven different women, prompting jokes about the secret ingredient in his reggae reggae sauce.

Celebrity Big Brother is in full swing as the second action-packed episode aired on Tuesday evening.

And Reggae Reggae sauce man Levi Roots shocked housemates and viewers alike as he made a surprising revelation about his family life.

The musician, 65, confessed he has eight children by seven different women.

As the housemates climbed into bed for their first night in the house, Marisha Wallace asked the star how many children he has.

As Levi replied: ‘Eight’ the housemates were shocked as Fern Britton exclaimed: ‘Man alive’.

Celebrity Big Brother star Levi Roots, 65, shocked viewers as he revealed he has EIGHT children by SEVEN different women during Tuesday night’s episode

Reggae Reggae sauce man Levi Roots shocked housemates and viewers alike as he made a surprising revelation about his family life

Levi then admitted: ‘Fern it gets worse,’ as he continued: ‘I have eight children with seven different mothers.’

‘God almighty, you did a lot,’ joked Marisha, as Strictly dancer Nikita Kuzmin sat looking completely stunned.

Levi explained that his eldest child is in their 40s as he admitted: ‘I am 65, I started young’.

‘Levi you probably are my daddy,’ teased Manisha as the pair burst into hysterics.

And fans couldn’t believe the revelation either as they took to social media to express their shock.

One exclaimed: ‘Finding out Levi Roots has 8 kids with 7 different women is wild,’ while a second wrote: ‘Levi Roots what the!!!’

A third penned: ‘Levi Roots 8 kids and 7 different baby mothers. lol’.

A fourth teased: ‘Eight kids with seven women? Levi Roots must have got his name in Australia.’

As Fern Britton exclaimed: ‘Man alive!’ Levi then admitted: ‘Fern it gets worse,’ as he continued: ‘I have eight children with seven different mothers’

‘Levi you probably are my daddy,’ teased Manisha Wallace as the pair burst into hysterics

And fans couldn’t believe the revelation either as they took to social media to express their shock

Another fan joked: ‘8 kids with 7 different women? Levi Roots really IS the sauce man’.

While another laughed: ‘Levi Roots is a MAN H**. What’s in that reggae reggae sauce?’.

Another added: ‘Levi’s definitely been spreading his roots’.

Others compared him to the British version of Nick Cannon, the American comedian and rapper who had twelve children with six different women, one being Mariah Carey.

One fan wrote: ‘Levi Roots aka the British Nick Cannon’.

Another added: ‘Levi Roots pulling a nick cannon’.