'I'M NOT A BAD PERSON'
Ryan Thomas defends himself as Roxanne Pallett accuses him of ‘aggressive, deliberate attack’ in shocking scenes from Celebrity Big Brother
RYAN Thomas defends himself on tonight's Celebrity Big Brother after Roxanne Pallett accused him of an "aggressive, deliberate attack" on her on Celebrity Big Brother.
The ex soap star tells Sally Morgan "I'm not a bad person" as viewers called for the ex-Emmerdale star to be "kicked out of the house" following her reaction to their "play fight."
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Ryan adds: "I'm not causing anyone any harm in here at all.
"So when they pick up on something that's nothing it's going to turn into something massive, it makes me not want to be here."
Meanwhile, Roxanne tells Ben Jardine that "Ryan punched me."
During a confidential chat in the toilets, she tells him: "It wasn't play fighting, he repeatedly punched me in the rib."
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She continues: "I didn't say anything, but I was in pain all night. It was intentional to hurt me, he went for it.
"He did it with a fist and it was so sore and so aggressive. I walked off but for the next hour I was in a blur of confusion."
The horrified Married At First Sight star, who repeatedly gasped throughout her story, simply responds with concern: "Babe, are you alright?"
Fans today took to Twitter to claim Roxanne was "making a mockery of abuse victims"and flooded broadcasting watchdog Ofcom with complaints about her reaction to the pair's "play fight".
Last night footage showed Ryan appearing to catch Roxanne a little bit too hard during the "fight", as she called out to him: "Ow that bloody hurt," before calling him a "woman beater".
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She later went to the diary room and demanded to speak to a producer about something that made her "feel very uncomfortable".
Later on in the show, Roxanne was seen in the diary room again explaining what happened and demanding Ryan be removed from the house.
She said: "A boy who's punched me repeatedly, deliberately... he punched me like a boxer punches a bag.
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"There was no banter, it wasn't a joke...
"I can't believe you're letting someone stay in that's done that, it's not on."
Big Brother tried to reassure the star they are taking the matter seriously.
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Ryan was then called into the diary room and given a formal warning about "unacceptable behaviour".
Big Brother said: "We are issuing you with a formal warning, if repeated, we will have no choice but to remove you from the house."
Roxanne then refused to sleep in the same bedroom as him, asking producers to put her up in a spare room as she felt "very uncomfortable".
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