Celebrity Big Brother’s Kim Woodburn takes swipe at TV star branding her as the ‘rudest celebrity’ ever
ONE of Celebrity Big Brother’s most controversial contestants has taken a swipe at the “rudest” famous face she’s ever met.
Kim Woodburn, 83, caused a stir during her stint in the spy house back in 2017, clashing with a number of co-stars before reaching the show final.
Yet now, the How Clean Is Your House? alum has opened up on her most toe-curling encounter – and her Celebrity Big Brother co-stars have been spared.
The former Channel 4 star called out BBC anchor Julia Bradbury, 54, who fronted Countryfile from 2004 until 2014, as being “rotten” to her.
In a new chat, Kim admitted: “I’ve definitely had a few bad experiences, because unfortunately, my love, what goes with celebrities is a rather large head!
“Now, some of them are lovely – I can probably name the nice ones on one hand. Do you know who is delightful? Bradley Walsh.
“What a lovely man. He is just like what you see on telly.”
Spilling the tea, she then added: “Do you know I had a shocking time with Julia Bradbury!
“She was rotten to me. I did a show years ago called Rich, Famous and Homeless, and we actually genuinely slept on the streets for it.
“Well, I did. Talk about cold, love. I really did live the experience on that show.
“And what happened was, the production company said we’re going to get all the clothes you’ll be wearing from a charity shop, as they didn’t want us to wear our posh clothes on the street. They said they’d get us a coat each.
“Then, when we all met in this big open space, they tipped all of these clothes from the charity shop into one big pile, and they said pick what you need.
“So I picked god knows what, and then I was looking for a coat, and there wasn’t one. I thought bloody hell, I need a coat. It was flipping cold, love.
“I said to the producer, I thought you got each of us a coat, and she said she did, and there were two that were my size in that pile. But Julia Bradbury had a suitcase with her – why? – I don’t know!
“But she was packing lots of clothes into the case.
“The producer asked Julia how many coats she had, and Julia asked ‘why?’ and was sitting on the ground, the brazen madam, and the producer said ‘I think you’ve taken one of Kim’s coats’ and that I didn’t have a coat to wear.
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“And do you know what Julia said, and bear in mind I’m about a size 20 and she is about a size 12, Julia said ‘Look, when we came here, you tipped all those clothes on the floor and told the five of us to pick what we wanted, and I’ve picked what I wanted. As far as I’m concerned, I’m keeping the coats’ and she left me without!”
Not mincing her words, Kim added: “She wore her coat, and my coat over it – throughout the whole programme! Can you believe that!
“When I see her on television pretending, being all sweetness and light, I think to myself, you’re rotten, you took my coat off me.
“Luckily, one of the production team stepped in and gave me his coat instead, and it was a blessing!”
The Sun has gone to Julia’s rep for comment.
KIM’S CBB JOURNEY
In 2017, Kim took part in Celebrity Big Brother, entering the house on Day 11 and finished third overall.
During her time on the show she came to blows with her fellow housemates and was involved in major arguments.
There were several clashes involving Kim, who described the rest of the celebs as “chicken-livered s***s” in a memorable outburst – leading to the show’s ratings almost doubling.
Her clashes with Nicola McLean were so bad that the former glamour model threatened to quit the show after being forced to see a doctor due to anxiety.
Coleen went on to win Celebrity Big Brother 2017.
Kim barely interacted with the Loose Woman while she was in the house but afterwards they became sworn enemies.
At the time she told The Sun Online: “I will say this now – how that woman won Celebrity Big Brother when Jedward were sitting there, I have no idea!”