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Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Danniella Westbrook Claims Christopher Maloney Contributed To Her Mental Breakdown

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 11:26

Danniella Westbrook has claimed that Celebrity Big Brother rival, Christopher Maloney, contributed to her having a breakdown after she split with her fiancé.

Speaking to The Sun before she entered the CBB house last night, the actress admitted that the X Factor contestant's persistent texts to her ex-fiancé, Tom Richards, caused her to have a meltdown after their split.

"I had a lot of issues with the guy I used to go out with after my marriage split up. The whole time through this Chris was sending him all the messages I was sending to him and giving him my phone number. I had a breakdown," she said.

It has also been reported that Chris attempted to iron out his problems with Danniella before entering the house, only to find that she had changed her phone number. Awkward!

He said: "I don't hold grudges, she fell out with me. When she split up with her partner, he was still trying to be my friend. I struck up a friendship with him and I was caught in the middle. I think she thought that I took his friendship over hers, but it wasn't like that."

"I don't hate her. It's just that we haven't spoken. She was a patron of my academy, we did panto together, I've looked after her, but I've not had the chance to speak to her about everything because she changed her number," he continued.

Well Chris, now's your chance to patch things up considering you'll be stuck in a house together for a while.

Celebrity Big Brother returns to Channel 5 tonight at 9pm.

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- By Megan Downing

This Is Everything You Need To Know Before You Decide Your Fave CBB Housemate

Celebrity Big Brother is underway! But before we start scrutinising the housemates’ every move, we thought we’d give a shout out to all the nice stuff they’ve done so they start on a high. Ya know, before they ruin it all by yelling and fighting.

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You might know John Partridge as Christian Clarke in EastEnders, but did you know he also helped to launch Alzheimer’s Society’s ‘Memory Walk’ campaign to help raise funds and awareness? What a nice bloke.

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Stephanie Davis is best known for her role on Hollyoaks, but before that she was a judge on Liverpool Unites in Dance, a show that used dance to raise money for ECHO’s Liverpool Unites charity. Maybe she’ll unite the CBB house in dance (probs not).

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X Factor star Christopher Maloney is actually a world record holder. He holds the record for longest hop-scotch which he did to raise money for children’s charities. He was also in a mass ‘Onesie Conga’ which we really hope he’ll recreate in the house.

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He might not look like the fighting type, but actor Darren Day was once set to appear on a BBC charity boxing show called The Fight. Unfortunately, the show was axed for being too dangerous before Dazza got the chance to throw down. Shame.

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Winston McKenzie has a pretty controversial past both in and out of politics and we reckon he might be first in line if Darren Day dusts off his boxing gloves. But he also does lots of work with youth groups now so maybe he's turning it around...

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Former EastEnders actress Danniella Westbrook has had rough time in the past, overcoming drug addiction and violent relationships. She’s now focused on working with several charities in preventing violence against women, devoting time to visiting shelters

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Michael Jackson’s childhood bezzie David Gest is no stranger to reality TV. Fortunately he’s no stranger to charity either, regularly hosting charity balls and donating his copious music memorabilia to good causes.

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You might remember Gemma Collins’ brief stint on I’m A Celeb. You know – she cried constantly and quit after three days. On the bright side, she donated her whole fee to charity (still a pretty large sum!). Hopefully she’ll last longer in nice, comfy CBB.

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Angie published a colouring book called Cat-Astrophe, which gave all its proceeds to homeless animal charities. Cats always win us over Angie, nice work.

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Wondering what on earth Nancy Dell’Olio does in her spare time? We’ll tell you! She’s the chair of Truce International, a charity that uses football to unite people in war torn areas.

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We can’t wait to see if Megan McKenna is as fiery in the CBB house as she was on Ex On The Beach. She suffers from Coeliacs Disease and is passionate about helping others with the same problem, dedicating time recommending charities and diet tips to fans.

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Flavour of Love’s Tiffany Pollard goes by her own self-proclaimed nickname HBIC (Head Bitch In Charge) and we reckon she won’t be taking any crap in the house. She’s got a soft side though; walking several runways for animal rights charities in the past.

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Scotty T isn’t just the outrageous ‘buck squad’ party animal we know and love; remember when he jumped into the (extremely cold) River Tyne to raise awareness for the ALS ice bucket challenge? We do, it was great. We can’t wait to see what he gets up to…

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Beauty Star Cop Out's Jeremy McConnell is pretty much just a very attractive man, enough so to be Mr Ireland in fact. We’re sure he’s very nice too though…

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We know Jonathen Cheban as Kim Kardashian’s bezzie, but he’s more than that. He’s worked hard in just about every job to get where he is and last year hosted a bowling evening for his celeb pals, raising a bucket load of cash for the Lustgarten Foundation

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Aside from being an amazing dancer who makes us feel bad about our own moves (we don’t have any), Kristina Rihanoff is a patron of The Dot Com Foundation, a children’s charity that teaches vulnerable children about right and wrong.

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Missed the launch? Catch up and more at: channel5.com/shows/celebrity-big-brother (trust us, it's worth it)

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