With Big Brother returning in October, fans are looking back at some of the most explosive moments in reality show history – and perhaps none have been as talked about as the incident involving Roxanne Pallett and Ryan Thomas on Celebrity Big Brother 2018 – so what exactly happened and where is the actress now? Find out here…
In 2018 Roxanne, who is perhaps best known for her role as Jo Stiles in Emmerdale, joined CBB alongside Coronation Street actor Ryan. While asking Ryan if he should do his laundry while he cleaned up, Ryan playfully pretended to punch her, prompting her to complain about him in the diary room.
WATCH: Roxanne Pallett accuses Ryan Thomas of punching her in the ribs
She later told her housemates that he repeatedly punched her in the ribs “like a boxer punches a bag: demonstrating to another contestant by punching him hard. After Ryan protested not touching her, Roxanne overheard this and told the other contestants that lied – she later said she was uncomfortable sleeping in the same room with him.
The Only Way is Essex star Dan Osborne asked Big Brother to clarify the situation, to which they replied: “Dan, it might be worth thinking about why Ryan hasn’t been removed from the house.” He then tried to ask Roxanne about the situation, saying, “What you’re accusing him of… is career-ending for him. It would destroy him. Do you honestly believe he would do that on purpose?” She replied, “I think he would be very stupid to do that in a house full of surveillance.”
Ryan was clearly deeply shaken by the situation, telling the other housemates that it would “break their hearts” if they were in his situation, adding: “I don’t know what she’s doing to me.” Weeping in the diary, he said: “I didn’t do anything, I didn’t do anything.” The situation has received more than 25,000 complaints to Ofcom.
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Roxanne Pallett apologizes for accusing Ryan Thomas of physical abuse: ‘I was wrong’After hearing the crowd chant “Get Roxie out” during the eviction, Roxanne voluntarily left the reality show. She later apologized in an interview with the show’s host, Emma Willis, where she said she had made a “terrible mistake”.
She said: “My mind has run away with me. I’m a sensitive person, my friends and family can vouch for that… In the house, everything gets heightened. Your insecurities are heightened. All I can say is I can explain the moment I felt worse than it was.”
Speaking about the incident a year later, Roxanne appeared on The Jeremy Vine Show, saying: “I chose to go on that show, I put myself out there and I made a mistake. I understand why everyone felt the way they did. When I rewatched it, I would feel same. I was on the wrong path, I was a person I don’t even like, so I don’t blame anyone for saying what they feel.”
Adam later said he forgave her for the situation, saying, “If she wants forgiveness and it makes her feel better, I’d rather give it to her, because I think she’s been punished enough by the public and the people around her.”
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1. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Known for their legendary portmanteau of ‘Brangelina’, the uber A-listers tied the knot in a French chateau in 2014, some nine years after they first linked up on the set of the 2005 blockbuster. Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Things soon took a turn for the worse with abuse allegations surfacing in 2016, the same year Angelina filed for divorce. After seven years of legal struggles, the light at the end of the tunnel appeared, s MailOnline reporting in July 2023 that the couple had agreed to mediation that could resolve their dispute.
2. Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson
Ryan and Scarlett married in 2008 in a secret ceremony on Vancouver Island. Both actors’ stars were firmly on the rise, but professional success was not conducive to marital happiness, and their union was annulled just over two years later, with Scarlett subsequently revealing that the pair had barely seen each other.
3. Russell Brand and Katy Perry
The polysyllabic and polyamorous British actor/comedian/presenter met pop star Katy in 2009 during rehearsals for the MTV Video Music Awards. The following year, the couple married in a traditional Hindu ceremony in India and everything looked beautiful. But with Katy on the California Dreams tour for most of 2011, the couple reportedly decided they had different priorities and Russell filed for divorce – via text message – at the end of that year.
4. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore
The couple split in 2013 after it emerged that Ashton had been unfaithful on the weekend of their sixth anniversary. In 2015, Ashton remarried, this time to his That 70s show Kosta Mila Kunis who was five years his junior – a significant change in dynamic from his relationship with Demi who was 15 years his senior.
5. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
The archetypal whirlwind romance, Tom and Katie got engaged after just seven weeks of dating in 2005. The couple didn’t fight and the following year they both welcomed daughter Suri and married in a Scientology ceremony in Italy. The marriage lasted five and a half years before Katie filed for divorce.
Where is Roxanne Pallett now?
Roxanne has since moved on a lot since the incident and is no longer in the public eye. She married her partner, firefighter Nick Jason Carrion – who also appeared on Married at First Sight – in a ceremony in New York back in 2020. At the time, she said: “I’m living proof that you can find happily ever after after more than a rough time. Walking walking down the aisle in such a perfect fairytale setting to the man of my dreams was the happiest moment of my life. I’m still floating on a cloud.”
Roxanne is now married
In June 2021, she announced she was expecting her first child, telling the Sunday Mirror: “Now I know what ‘happily ever after’ feels like… Having such a beautiful life here and being blessed with the most amazing husband and our little baba on the way… my mum is already knitting for England.” The couple kept the birth of their child a secret, although it was confirmed during Roxanne’s pregnancy that they planned to name him ‘Maverick’. The former actress now lives privately and has also deleted all her social media accounts.
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