Drag queen who met CBB’s India Willoughby speaks out over her ‘phobia’

She claimed she's scared of drag queens in the house

India Willoughby

by Carl Smith |
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India Willoughby's caused quite the stir in the Celebrity Big Brother house over her views on drag queen culture. After she compared her 'phobia' of drag artists to a fear of clowns as RuPaul's Drag Race star Courtney Act joined the line-up last week, some eagle-eyed viewers raised the fact she posed for photos with drag queens at a Pride festival last year.

Hmmm.

Now, as some brand India 'fake', drag queen Crudi Dench reckons she 'seemed fine' when they met back in May 2017.

When fellow housemate and The Apprentice star Andrew Brady received a drag makeover from Shane Jenek, India announced: "I have a phobia of drag queens. My heart is racing. As long as he doesn't pester me. It's nothing personal against Andrew.

"I've got shades on. I might shut my eyes. I don't want it to look like homophobia because it's not, it's the drag act."

Drag queen Crudi Dench is having none of it, though. After they were pictured together, she took to Twitter to say: "I mean... India seemed fine with me when I said I was a drag queen.. #CBB #cbbuk."

When another user asked 'How was she in person btw?' Crudi replied: "She was really lovely! She was chatty and wanted photos so we obliged!"

India's already faced quite the backlash over her claims, with one viewer tweeting: "I have stopped watching this show now unfortunately,India's behaviour is disgusting,fake,rude and pathetic,shame really because there are some great housemates in the house but in the background" [sic].

What do you think, eh?

Check out the 2018 CBB line-up below:

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Amanda Barrie

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Ann Widdecombe

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Ashley James

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India Willoughby

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Jess Impiazzi

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Maggie Oliver

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Malika Haqq

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Wayne Sleep OBE

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Shane Lynch

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Daniel O'Reilly

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John Barnes

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Shane Jenek AKA Courtney Act

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