Trisha Goddard has become the second contestant to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house. The TV presenter lost to EastEnders actress Patsy Palmer and Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd, who had also been nominated for the public vote on the ITV reality series. Also during the episode, former Dance Moms star JoJo Siwa said the “beautiful non-binary people are who I feel the most like”, as she opened up about her feelings on her gender identity.
Goddard left on Tuesday’s episode, and was greeted by cheers of “Trisha, Trisha, Trisha”, which the audience on her former talk show used to chant. She said she was feeling “a bit sad” when she departed after revealing during the latest instalment that she wanted to stay in the show as it was a “respite” from her cancer diagnosis. The 67-year-old said that on the show she can “just have fun and things like that”, and not have to worry about health.
She added: “It’s a bit of a bubble, it’s been my risk, not that I expected it to be. “I’m completely surprised at that, but it’s been a respite from treatment and slightly more shitty stuff, I have survived worse.” Goddard told Big Brother she was enjoying the “distractions”, and admitted that coming out of the show would make her think about being “terminal, last wishes”, which was “triggering” for her.
“Thank you for the opportunity to play and have fun, and I wish that everybody who has a life-limiting illness has some opport.