Celebrity Big Brother’s housemates were left stunned when hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best revealed Daley Thompson had been voted out after the public had been voting for their favourite

Celebrity Big Brother’s Daley Thompson has become the third housemate to be evicted following a nail biting public vote. As the news was delivered he said it had been a blast. Upon exiting the house, Daley told hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best that living in the house was “fantastic” as he encouraged them to spend a few weeks in the property.

During his exit interview, he said: “I would have liked to have stayed longer but I was quite happy to come out. The problem with it is, no matter what goes on in there, it’s you lot out here,” as he pointed to the public. He added that he didn’t have “high hopes” for his housemates, adding: “They have been funny, revealing, great people.”

When presented with who had nominated him and why, the sportsman commented: “None of them surprised me because they’re all rats.” He rejected claims that he didn’t do any washing up. “I promise you on my child’s life,” he said. He revealed that every day he would wash up and make cups of tea for his housemates.

Daley Thompson was the third celebrity to be evicted from Celebrity Big BrotherHe claimed his housemates “saw him as a threat.” Speaking about his time in the house, he said: “I was chatting to everybody, offering people advice if they wanted it and I was generally trying to be friendly with everyone.” But he later added that: “Jealously always rears its ugly head.”

Reflecting on other housemates games, Daley said he wasn’t trying to win. “It’s not something I had any control over,” he said. He added: “In there, all you can do, I think is, all I could do is just try and be the person that I am, whereas all the people in there – they’re all performative artists, there are some people who are professional reality stars, if you do that all the time, you know how to play the game.

Daley said he was ‘happy’ to be out of the house ( 
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“And it is a game.” He added that while he was “happy” to come out, he added that he had “no real control” over the decision. He also took a swipe at host Will Best, joking he wasn’t “famous enough” for the host to take part in the show. When asked whether he was trying to win, Daley said: “No, it’s absolutely out of my control, I’d have been happy to come out first or last, on that boy’s head,” as he looked at his son.

Earlier this week, it was revealed that EastEnders legend Patsy Palmer would once again be facing eviction alongside Olympian Daley Thompson who had narrowly avoided it in the past.

Four housemates voted for Daley as part of the house’s third opportunity to nominate each other, with Patsy among those who nominated him.

Having been evicted, Daley joked his housemates were ‘rats’ for nominating him ( 
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He was also nominated by presenter Angellica Bell, Love Island finalist Chris Hughes and comedian Donna Preston. Patsy instead received five nominations. Angellica and Chris were among those who voted for the soap star. She was also nominated by RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner Danny Beard, former Dance Moms star JoJo Siwa and the Only Way is Essex ‘s Ella Rae Wise.

The latest evictions come shortly after the second eviction, which took place on Tuesday night. Presenter Trisha Goddard was voted out of the house that night after having been up against Patsy and Coronation Street star Jack P. Shepherd. The three of them had received the most votes from their fellow housemates in the last nominations. Patsy had six nominations, whilst Jack and Trisha were named by four housemates. Trisha ended up losing the public vote.

Prior to Trisha, former Conservative MP Sir Michael Fabricant was voted out by the public just days after entering the house and has since expressed his desires to return. Meanwhile, Mickey Rourke was then asked to leave the house over the weekend following “unacceptable behaviour,” for which he’s apologised.

Celebrity Big Brother airs Sunday to Friday from 9pm on ITV, ITVX, STV and STV Player. Companion show Late & Live will air straight after the episode from 10.30pm on ITV2 and ITVX.