If you’ve been watching this year’s Big Brother (and if you haven’t been then you should – it’s so good) then you’ll know that one of the biggest talking points of the series so far has been Marcello Spooks’ questionable comments towards some of the women in the house.
Viewers aren’t happy with the youth worker and rapper after he questioned whether fellow Big Brother 2024 housemate Sarah Griffiths was on her period and told her her ‘pH levels were probably off’ because she was vegan. Some took to social media to call him out for ‘his lack of respect for women’, with one writing, ‘The way Marcello speaks to women is nasty.’
However, following his eviction from the house, Izaaz Miah has claimed Marcello is ‘so different’ from how he’s being perceived by fans.
‘I do believe he doesn’t mean anything in a bad way,’ Izaaz exclusively told heatworld.
‘I don’t think he thinks as much when he says certain things. Sometimes it can come out quite miscommunicated.
‘I believe he is generally a nice guy in the house and why everyone loves him in there is because he’s a very people person. A lot of people are probably not seeing that vibe.’
Last night’s episode saw Lily Benson admitted she fancied Marcello after they were seen cosying up in bed and Izaaz admitted he was just as surprised by the scenes as the rest of us.
He said, ‘When I saw him on the TV yesterday, for example with the whole Lily scene, I was just like, “Oh, this does look weird.”
‘I know obviously Lily in the garden said the whole fancy side of things, but I don't think he replicates that. I think he genuinely sees her as a little sister.’
Izaaz continued, ‘It's weird because in the house he's so different. One to one, he's really down to earth, so it's a really weird one.
‘I was a bit like whoa when I was watching it from the TV, I think Ali stepped in when it came to that and I think Ali probably saw maybe it doesn't look too good, so she probably did that to mediate that whole whole thing.’
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Nathan Katnoria is heat and Closer online’s senior digital writer. He’s been obsessed with Big Brother ever since the days of Chantelle Houghton and Preston and was hooked on the ITV2 reboot. He even attended the final and saw the housemates up close and personal.