‘I still can’t believe she was in that house’: Big Brother fans are dumbfounded that Donald Trump’s ex wife Ivana took part in series as bosses hoped she’d discuss their marriage
Celebrity Big Brother fans expressed their shock at how the show managed to land Donald Trump’s ex wife Ivana Trump as a housemate.
The socialite, 71, appeared on the 2010 series of the show and viewers were treated to a trip down memory lane during Tuesday’s episode of Big Brother: Best Ever Shows.
TV bosses were undoubtedly hoping Ivana would divulge the details of her relationship with President Trump, who she was married to from 1977 to 1991.
Wow: Celebrity Big Brother fans expressed their shock at how the show managed to land Donald Trump’s ex wife Ivana Trump as a housemate
As hosts Davina McCall and Rylan Clark said it was ‘mad’ to think the US president’s former partner was in the house, fans of the series agreed.
Ivana quickly began trending on Twitter, with one fan writing: ‘Ivana Trump OMFG what a booking’.
Another said: ‘We still can’t believe Ivana Trump was in that house’, while another added: ‘How did I forget Ivana Trump was in bloody CBB?’
Another viewer wrote: ‘CBB7 wasn’t really my fav series but Ivana Trump entering the house was definitely a gag because it was so unexpected’.
Reminiscing on her entrance into the house, Davina said: ‘It’s mad now to look back when you think Trump is in power and she was in there and the stuff she was talking about.’
Rylan agreed, adding: ‘The fact she even walked into that house, I think everyone’s jaw dropped’.
Former Big Brother 2006 housemate Glyn Wise said he met Ivana after her stint in the house, adding she couldn’t have been nicer.
He said: ‘I met Ivana Trump on #BBLB. The only celebrity I am completely gutted I didnt ask for an autograph. Beautiful woman inside & out.’
Ivana was a late arrival to the series, entering the house on day 7 during a magician task where rapper Sisqo opened a box to reveal she was inside.
The star went onto reach the semi-final, being evicted from the house on Day 25, just two days before the final where Alex Reid was crowned the winner.
Other stars who took part in the series, the last celebrity series on Channel 4, included Vinnie Jones, Dane Bowers, Stephen Baldwin and Lady Sovereign.