Big Brother housemates still have no idea Donald Trump is president

It is Day 41 successful the Big Brother house, and lone a fistful of housemates remain.

After immoderate dramatic moments, daze evictions, and one of the biggest premix ups connected world TV, 1 contestant is astir to locomotion distant with a immense currency prize.

One by one, castmates person been leaving the location and dilatory returned to existent life, but implicit the past six weeks, they’ve missed a lot.

Much similar I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here, contestants connected the ITV programme person had nary interaction with their phones oregon the extracurricular world, and lone a fewer messages from their loved ones.

From a caller President of the United States to the astir shocking personage decease of the year, here’s what’s happened that the Big Brother stars person nary thought about.

Donald Trump wins US predetermination (again)

One of the biggest planetary quality stories of the twelvemonth came a period into the Big Brother housemates’ stay, connected Wednesday, November 6, erstwhile Donald Trump won the 2024 US election.

After an explosive Bonfire Night, astir mid-morning successful the UK, it was declared the Republican Party person emerged victorious over Kamala Harris.

The Big Brother housemates not lone missed her defeat, but the fallout with celebrities reacting, from Billie Eilish tearing up connected stage to Cardi B saying she was ‘f**king bittersweet and truly f**king annoyed’.

It mightiness beryllium a spot of a daze for the Big Brother stars to locomotion retired to, but looks similar we’ll each person to settee successful for 4 much years of his unpredictable presidency.

Liam Payne dies aged 31

One Direction fans are inactive successful mourning implicit the tragic decease of Liam Payne, who died aged 31 connected October 16 aft helium fell from a hotel balcony successful Buenos Aires.

His erstwhile bandmates and X Factor stars including Simon Cowell person paid tribute, portion Britain’s Got Talent temporarily paused auditions.

The quality has been the astir shocking personage decease communicative of the year, with fans and friensd inactive devastated, and respective tributes and vigils astir the satellite being paid.

The star’s assemblage arrived backmost successful the UK past week as funeral preparations get underway.

Coleen Rooney is heading into the I’m A Celebrity jungle

As ITV shuts its doors to the Big Brother house, world TV fans are gearing up for different immense amusement starting successful conscionable a fewer days: I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

After months of rumours and speculation implicit who could beryllium heading into the jungle, the authoritative line-up was confirmed this week.

Wagatha Christie prima Coleen Rooney volition beryllium facing Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s grim bushtucker trials, alongside Oti Mabuse, Alan Halsall, Danny Jones, Dean McCullough and GK Barry.

Tulisa Contostavlos, Melvin Odoom, Barry McGuigan and Jane Moore implicit the 2024 cast.

Several of the stars person already been spotted landing in Brisbane, Australia, portion a rumoured fewer latecomers are expected to beryllium jetting disconnected successful the adjacent fewer days.

Changes successful UK authorities leaving Jeremy Clarkson fuming

Over connected this broadside of the pond, we’ve had immoderate large governmental changes.

Kemi Badenoch was announced as the caller person of the Conservative Party, replacing Rishi Sunak, portion Rachel Reeves delivered the Autumn budget.

And it near the likes of Jeremy Clarkson fuming arsenic the Labour Chancellor announced a determination to use inheritance taxation to household farms, leaving the Clarkson’s Farm prima raging implicit the and worrying the determination would ‘be the past straw for farmers who are already struggling to cope’.

Other cardinal takeaways from the fund included stamp work connected 2nd homes, scrapping the VAT exemption connected backstage schoolhouse fees, an summation connected the nationalist surviving wage and a levy connected vapes.

Comedian Janey Godley dies aged 63

Another tragic personage decease the Big Brother finalists won’t person immoderate thought astir is that of Janey Godley.

The Scottish comedian – who recovered fame from her infamous Trump poster and parodies of Nicola Sturgeon’s Coronavirus news briefings during the pandemic – was receiving extremity of beingness attraction aft being diagnosed with ovarian crab successful 2021.

The BBC prima has been remembered beryllium fans for her outspoken comedy, her allyship to trans communities, and her courage, particularly successful the past months of her life.

Paying tribute, erstwhile archetypal curate Sturgeon – whose predecessor Alex Salmond died conscionable days earlier – wrote: ‘Janey Godley genuinely was a unit of nature, and 1 of the funniest radical I person ever known. I was capable to sojourn her successful the hospice a mates of weeks agone and though she was fragile, she inactive had maine successful stitches.’

Saoirse Ronan goes viral for shutting down Paul Mescal with a brutally honorable comment

Saiorse Ronan went viral for each the close reasons after a brutally honorable comment connected the Graham Norton Show.

The histrion silenced Eddie Redmayne, Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington during a communicative wherever Eddie was talking astir learning self-defence for The Day of the Jackal and being told to usage his phone as a limb to jab into someone’s neck.

While the boys were laughing astir it, Saoirse – the lone pistillate connected the signifier – said: ‘That’s what girls person to deliberation astir each the time.’

The guests were stunned into silence, and Saoirse past spoke to the audience: ‘Am I close ladies?’ And was met with a circular of applause.

She aboriginal spoke astir however the absorption had been ‘wild’, saying: ‘It’s decidedly not thing that I had expected, and I didn’t needfully acceptable retired to benignant of marque a splash. But I bash deliberation there’s thing truly telling astir the nine that we’re successful close present and astir however unfastened women privation to beryllium with the men successful their lives.’

All the lookalike contests – with 1 personage quality and rather a fewer not-so-lookalikes

Somehow rather suddenly, X user’s feeds person been inundated with images from lookalike contests.

It archetypal began with Wonka histrion Timothée Chalamet making a astonishment quality astatine a New York contest, wherever hundreds of men were hoping to beryllium crowned victor and branded identical to the Dune star.

Then, 7 men with chains astir their necks and abbreviated shorts attempted to convince america they looked similar Normal People histrion Paul Mescal.

Then fans moved connected from actors to boybands – with a Harry Styles competition being held successful London past weekend.

Though 1 victor was crowned, we’re not 100% definite immoderate of them held the resemblance…

And it didn’t halt there. On Monday, a Dev Patel lookalike contention was besides held successful San Francisco, with hundreds of South Asian men turning up successful the hopes of being branded the Slumdog Millionaire’s doppelganger.

Zoe Kravitz and Channing Tatum split

While romance was brewing successful the Big Brother location betwixt Nathan and Baked Potato, the aforesaid couldn’t beryllium said for 1 of Hollywood’s biggest powerfulness couples.

The time earlier Halloween, it was revealed Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz divided aft 3 years together.

Further details implicit the extremity of their narration haven’t emerged, though the quality of the Blink Twice actors parting ways came just 8 weeks after Channing shared a saccharine station astir his fiancée on his social media saying ‘I got you forever’, with an representation of Zoë dormant connected his lap.

Big Brother is disposable to ticker connected ITVX.

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