We really are going to miss Celebrity Big Brother when it ends.
In a twist no one saw coming, we've found ourselves actually having a soft spot for every A-lister in the CBB house – even Louis Walsh (how could you not after all the showbiz tea he's spilled?). As such, each eviction has been a toughie, but nothing hit harder than losing Marisha Wallace and Zeze Millz within ten minutes of one another earlier this week. They were our final girls from the beginning and we are not okay.
Sorry, Fern, we love you, but it was your time to go.
Nikita, hi *blush*.
David Potts, let's be best friends after this and never wear trousers together.
As with a few of our evictees, heatworld managed to grab West End legend Marisha Wallace for a chinwag the day after her eviction and she was predictably, a queen – the whole interview was like a gracious Olivier Awards acceptance speech. Normally, we're fishing for scalding hot tea in these things, but we just sat back, listened and smiled in the presence of this legend (hi, we're also musical theatre kids).
Saying that, she did spill a little tea that raised our eyebrows. In a conversation about her friendships in the house, we fully expected her to start singing Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu's praises – after all, they were besties in the house and told us ALL THE TIME. Hence why Ekin-Su caused such dramz after that face-to-face nomination.
But, no, no. Marisha opened up about a friendship that we had no clue was that deep – her friendship with Zeze.
Of course, we knew these two girls were close, but from the sounds of things, Marisha had a closer bond with Zeze that she did with anyone – including Ekin-Su – which was definitely not the narrative we saw play out on-screen night after night.
While talking about which of her housemates she is definitely keeping in touch with after the final, she named Zeze.
Marisha told us, "Zeze was a person in that house that I knew I could trust to have my back. She never nominated me. I never nominated her."
Breathe those six words in for a hot sec.
She continued, "We were literally in that [house] together like holding each other up, like being sisters. There was so many moments where I went to Zeze and was like, 'Hold me down.' And she would help me that; like we help each other out.
"So for us to come out together was actually very beautiful. Because in the house, we went in together, we lived together and we represented something about black women that hadn't been seen on television. I think that sisterhood, well educated beautiful women [having] conversations that really matter to the culture; that matter to women – and we still had fun. So it was it was a really beautiful moment with Zeze, I was really happy."
ITV, get these two a spin-off immediately.