Celebrity Big Brother star Patsy Palmer breaks silence on ‘most awkward interview ever’ with Will and AJ
PATSY Palmer has broken her silence on her Celebrity Big Brother exit interview, which some fans have called the “most awkward ever”.
The EastEnders legend, 52, was the third housemate to be evicted on Tuesday in a triple elimination that also saw Angellica Bell and Towie’s Ella Rae Wise given the boot.
It was what she didn’t say in her chat with hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best that got everyone talking.
When Will broached broccoli-gate, which saw Patsy break down in tears after controversial Mickey Rourke criticised her cooking, Patsy refused to answer.
He continued: “You don’t want to talk about the broccoli, do you? Absolutely fair enough.”
Again, there was silence, leaving AJ to fill in the gap.
She asked: “Did it really upset you when Mickey complained to your face about the food?”
Patsy flatly replied: “Erm, not really that.”
It left many speculating that Mickey said something else offensive to her in unaired scenes.
Last night, Patsy addressed the attention her interview had received, writing on Instagram: “There’s nothing awkward about silence. It says it all!”
Axed housemate Mickey – who was thrown out after inappropriate and offensive remarks and behaviour – insulted Patsy after she served up a big meal for the house just days i9nto the series.
The Hollywood veteran said: “What do you know? You can’t cook.”
“I can’t cook?” asked a stunned Patsy.
“No, not even a little bit,” Mickey doubled down.
Patsy, who is now based in Malibu, was up for eviction twice before being eliminated and previously spoke of her desperation to leave.
However, in recent days she became happier in the house.
That didn’t stop her screaming for joy when she heard her name called out though.
Patsy’s follow-up appearance on Late and Live drew laughs from the crowd when she was again less than forthcoming with her answers.
Guest Charley Marlowe asked the actress: “You obviously missed your family in there… “
“Did you ever, at one point, think, ‘I could leg it over that fence’?
Patsy replied: “Erm, no, I didn’t want to walk.”
The guest then burst out laughing, but Patsy remained stony-faced.
She continued: “We’re all there to do a job, and I wanted it to be good for them.
“In the beginning it was really tough for me to be in there.
“We’d been through a lot, personally, before I went in.
“As certain energies left the house we all relaxed and we all got through stuff together.
“It takes me a while to be fully relaxed with people I don’t know, I started to enjoy myself when I knew them more.
“Then I thought I didn’t want to go.”
Patsy replied: “I hope that was a sarcastic joke.”
She then went to the diary room and burst into floods of tears.
Celebrity Big Brother 2025 line-up
Celebrity Big Brother is back for a brand new series, with a whole host of stars set to live it up in the famous compound.
Here’s the FULL line-up of star housemates:
Trisha Goddard – Talk show host – EVICTED SECOND
Mickey Rourke – Hollywood actor – REMOVED
Donna Preston – comedian and TV star
JoJo Siwa – influencer and singer
Chris Hughes – Love Island hunk
Jack P. Shepherd – Coronation Street star
Patsy Palmer – EastEnders legend – EVICTED SIXTH
Daley Thompson – Olympic athlete – EVICTED THIRD
Chesney Hawkes – 90s singer
Ella Rae Wise – Towie star – EVICTED FIFTH
Michael Fabricant – former Tory politician – EVICTED FIRST
Angellica Bell – former CBBC presenter – EVICTED FOURTH
Danny Beard – Drag queen and Britain’s Got Talent star