Big Brother viewers rally round Tomasz as he reveals the horrific homophobic abuse he experienced in the military
The cleaner, 31, struggled to hold back his tears as he revealed he was assaulted while serving in Poland
BIG Brother viewers rallied round Tomasz tonight after he revealed the shocking homophobic abuse he experienced while in the army.
Fans as well as housemates Brooke and Zoe were reduced to tears when the cleaner, 31, recalled the moment he was assaulted by his fellow servicemen in Poland for being gay.
Tomasz and Brooke were discussing their experiences of homophobia with Zoe in the garden, as the other housemates continued with the second challenge of the day.
Things soon took an emotional turn when Tomasz revealed he had briefly served in the army in Poland, where he became subject to vile abuse from his fellow soldiers.
He explained: “You guys are very lucky to be born in this country. I unfortunately caught the time in history where military service was still compulsory, so I was in the army for a month.
“But it ended in disaster. It didn’t take long before everyone knew I was gay.”
Struggling to hold back his tears, he continued: “I was staying with 12/16 guys in one room.
“One night they were bored, and somebody just said: “Grab him”. Four of them grabbed my legs and the others grabbed my legs so I couldn’t get free.
“And they lay on top of me and pretended to hump me. It was so degrading.”
Left in tears by the story, Brooke commented: “It makes a complete mockery of everything you’ve been through.”
Tomasz added his shock that there was no law about sexual assault on men in the army, meaning he was let go under the condition of being “temporarily unable to serve.”
Zoe also broke down at his words, adding: “You are such a nice person, and that’s such a s*** thing to happen.”
Viewers immediately expressed their heartbreak for Tomasz on Twitter, and praised him for speaking out about such a difficult issue.
One wrote: “Do feel sorry for Tomasz. He’s such a nice guy!!!” while another added: “No Tomasz, you weren’t ‘almost’ sexually assaulted, you were sexually assaulted. Poor man. Bloody horrific story.”
Another viewer agreed: “Bless Tomasz nearly broke my heart when he was telling his story of being assaulted because he was gay homophobia is disgusting.”
While others praised his strength to overcome such an ordeal, writing: “Tomasz, the absolute babe! It’s a cruel world we live in, it can either break or make you and this has defintiely shaped Tomasz into a stronger person!”
And: “Tomasz clearly been through hell but is clearly willing to fight on. Takes strength to then take part in #bbuk”
Further fans lauded him for telling his story on air, writing: “I just want to give Tomasz a great big hug! Important to have these discussions! Great to see it aswell more and more!”
And: “I love Tomasz he’s such a sweetheart and he’s gives the LGBT community a good service being in the house.”
Tomasz had been a fan favourite throughout the episode, having left viewers in stitches during both challenges.
The first saw the housemates run to escape a “Killer Coin” which rids them of 20% of their riches.
While their co-stars raced around to avoid it, Tomasz and his partner simply hid in the toilet, leaving fans in hysterics as they poked their heads over the door to watch their flapping housemates.
Tomasz only delighted fans again during the second challenge, where the housemates had to hold up a pile of coins for as long as possible.
Tiring after mere minutes, the cleaner began to moan loudly, before buckling under the coins and collapsing to the floor.
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