Channel 5 respond after Charlotte Crosby SLAMS ‘insensitive and immoral’ plastic surgery show

The reality star hit out after her appearance was dissected on What's Happened to Your Face?

Charlotte Crosby

by Daisy Hall |
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Channel 5 have responded to the backlash after they aired an episode of their show What’s Happened To Your Face? focusing on Charlotte Crosby’s surgery transformation.

The former Geordie Shore star shared a lengthy post to Instagram criticising the programme after it aired last week and received support from the likes of Jacqueline Jossa, Shaughna Phillips and Scarlett Moffatt.

In a statement released on Instagram, Charlotte said, “In 2021, a main UK channel & production company believed it would be a good use of airtime, to dissect my physical appearance. I have seen how many of you saw it, switched off & complained - many not even ‘fans’ of me, just good people who know right from wrong. Thank you for that, and for your messages of love and support.”

She continued, “I have had a public battle with my appearance and have had to go through personal trauma & issue of self-confidence in the spot-light.

“At a time when the broadcast & media were backing a policy of ‘be kind’, Channel 5 and Crackit decided to commission this 1 hour special on ‘rubber lip Charlotte’ (their words not mine.”

Charlotte’s fans and friends were quick to show their support for her on social media with Chloe Ferry commenting, “Love you so much you don’t deserve this you are beautiful,” while Tracy Beaker actress Dani Harmer wrote, "This is just awful! Shame on you Channel 5! 😤."

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Geordie Shore's most iconic moments - SLIDER

Holly gives Gaz a kiss on the penis1 of 16
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Holly gives Gaz a kiss on the penis

18-year-old Holly Hagan literally ran into the Geordie Shore house, excited to spend her teenage years exploring what the 'adult world' was really like and she really did get stuck in. It wasn't long into the first series before Gary Beadle had got out his penis, which Holly decided she wanted to kiss. Random, we know. Since then, Holly has dished the dirt on that encounter, after Gary said his penis resembled a "Sky remote control." Speaking to heat, she revealed, "It's not that big really."

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Sophie's 'chlamydia' moment

How could we have forgotten this? After Sophie Kasaei got into a relationship with DJ Joel Corry, it wasn't long before she started to miss her beau. But when he surprised her by visiting the house, Sophie whisked Joel to the bedroom after a night out for some alone time and it seemed like Sophie was really enjoying herself. Cue one of the most iconic moments in Geordie Shore history. Sophie decided to show how much she was enjoying herself by seductively saying, "Chlamydia", in Joel's ear.

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Vicky spits in Jay's face

As series one progressed, the first house romance had been ignited between Vicky Pattison and Jay Gardner, with the pair deciding to share a room from day one. It looked like things were going swimmingly, until the pair got into a huge fight and ended up calling off their short-lived romance. In the midst of the fighting, Vicky then spat her drink in Jay's face, leaving him fuming. Vicky has since called her behaviour "disgusting and unnecessary."

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Holly dumps Dan outside a sofa shop in a retail park

It seems like a long time ago but Holly actually entered the Geordie Shore house with a boyfriend called Dan. However, their relationship soon broke down and Holly wanted to dump her lover. Obviously, in true reality TV style, the cameras followed Holly as she headed to end the relationship, filming her arguing with Dan then dumping him outside a sofa shop in a retail park. Ouch.

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Charlotte weeing on Gaz

Ever since Charlotte Crosby and Gary got together, they were the ultimate Geordie Shore couple. Whilst they broke up more times than we've had hot dinners, they were firm fan favourites from the beginning. So after Charlotte and Gary had done the deed in Ricci Guarnaccio's nana's bed (so many questions), Charlotte farted to stop the awkwardness between the pair. Noting Gary's utter disgust, Charlotte found it all so funny that she just starting weeing…all over him, the bed and herself.

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Vicky and Ricci get engaged

After Ricci entered the house in series 2, he swept Vicky off her feet, despite her having a boyfriend at the time. However, she eventually finished with him to be with Ricci, who eventually popped the question during the show's Chaos in Cancun series. This was much to the surprise of everyone, as their relationship was extremely fiery. The engagement was short-lived, with the pair calling it off months after and Ricci then left the show to go on Celebrity Big Brother.

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Ricky proposes to Marnie

And from one Ricky to the next, can you remember when ex-TOWIE star Ricky Rayment proposed to Marnie Simpson on the show? Again, this was a huge surprise to viewers, as the pair had only been officially dating for six months. Their engagement also didn't last long, with the pair splitting three months later.

Charlotte and Marnie's fight8 of 16
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Charlotte and Marnie's fight

There's been plenty of fights over the years in the Geordie Shore house but this one takes top place. The fight between the two firecrackers broke out after Marnie stirred the pot after kissing Chloe Ferry's beau Marty McKenna. Obviously, Chloe went pure radge because she'd already 'bucked' him and then Charlotte got involved, leading to security having to pull them all apart. Charlotte then called Marnie "a big flirty slag with really long confusing hair." Savage.

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Aaron tells Marnie he loves her

Marnie and Aaron Chalmers' relationship was very on and off, with the pair loving each other one minute then ripping each others heads off the next. Can you remember when they got caught having sex in a factory's kitchen? But it seemed like it was true love for the pair, as after going back and forth, Aaron finally admitted he loved Marnie. Yet, it took him a while to get there as before he said those precious three words, he responded to Marnie admitting her love for him by responding, "I like your hair." Awkward.

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When Nathan wee'd on the stairs

It shouldn't have been hilarious but it was. One of our iconic moments was when Nathan Henry decided he needed to have a wee and couldn't hold it in so wee'd on the stairs. And if this wasn't funny enough, Chloe and Sam Gowland then ran up the stairs not knowing what he had done and fell into his luke warm piss. Lovely.

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Chloe fighting a tree

Ever since Chloe burst onto our screens, her wild personality has made her a firm fan favourite, as well as all the questionable things she does whilst filming. However, this has to be one of her funniest moments when she started a fight with a tree because she believed the tree 'wanted to fight'. You simply cannot write these things.

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Chloe sent home after starting on Zahida

In one of the show's most recent series, the OG castmates saw around 10 new faces turn up at the house, after their boss Anna wanted to employ some new workers. However, with new faces comes new drama and new girl Zahida Allen got frisky with Marty in the back of a taxi. What Zahida didn't realise was how volatile Chloe and Marty's on-off relationship was and their late night antics sent Chloe wild, and she attacked Zahida, having to be pulled apart by security. Chloe was booted from the show but returned later on in the series.

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Scotty T’s threesome gets interrupted

Scotty T thought he was going to have the night of his life when he brought home two women for a threesome... on a waterbed. However, he instead got summoned out of his bed to speak with Gaz for a deep convo. Better luck next time Scott.

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Back of the taxi orgy

When you thought you'd seen it all, you really hadn't until this moment. An orgy in the back of a taxi. TV gold. After the crew had been partying wild in the town centre, they were all heading back home to the Geordie Shore house. Bored, and very drunk, one of the cast members suggesting having an orgy, which they all were keen on (except Chloe who's alseep at the back). Marnie and Scotty T get carried away and passionately kiss, leaving Aaron fuming and he leaves the house.

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Chloe goes plant pot crazy

How can we forget Nathan deciding he wants a calm and peaceful bath to then be rudely awakened by a drunk Chloe raiding the bathroom with only one thing in sight - the plants. As she goes plant pot crazy, she swings the pot around with dirt going aboloutely everywhere, turning the clean bathroom into a soiled mess.

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The Abbie, Chloe and Sam love triangle

Abbie Holburn kept it no secret that she fancied Sam when former Love Islander turned up as one of the new cast members. However, Chloe also had her eyes set on the hunky lad, meaning they found themselves at logger heads. After the pair fought it out over several episodes, Sam decided to pick Chloe as they were more similar, leaving Abbie upset.

In response to the numerous complaints from Charlotte and her fans, the programme’s broadcaster have taken down the episode and issued an apology.

A spokesperson said, “Channel 5 and the programme’s producers, Crackit Productions, take duty of care very seriously.

“While we acknowledge that the programme was OFCOM compliant, we have taken on board Charlotte’s feedback and removed the episode from our streaming platform My5. We apologise for any upset caused.”

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Charlotte recently shocked fans with a video on TikTok that saw her singing to Corrine Bailey Rae’s Like a Star and she sounded AMAZING.

Fans were quick to compliment her saying, “OMG you need to go on The Masked Singer” and “Wowser why do you not have a record contract?”

We agree. Someone get her signed to a label.

Maybe she could release a single with her Geordie Shore co-stars Holly Hagan and Sophie Kasaei.

Speaking to The Daily Star, Holly previously revealed her plans for the reality trio to form a girl group, “Me, Charlotte and Sophie can actually all sing. We used to all sing together in the Geordie Shore house all the time and we sounded great.”

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