Sam Fox 'suffered panic attack' in unaired scenes

[zakman440]

CELEBRITY Big Brother bosses are facing new cover-up claims after Sam Fox suffered a meltdown and it was kept from viewers.

The former Page 3 model suffered a crippling panic attack earlier this week.

In scenes that were not aired on the Channel 5 show, producers were forced to send in medics and she was given medication.

But fans had no idea about the drama and show chiefs are now open to fresh claims of a cover-up.

A CBB insider said: “Sam was not well at all. She was called to the diary room because they were concerned about her health.

“She had a full-blown panic attack. It got pretty serious and they were genuinely concerned.

“Medics were sent in to make sure she was OK and not at serious risk.

“They even had to give her medication to help her calm down.”

Heavy D, below, who was evicted on Tuesday, said: “Sam moans a lot. It’s hard to tell if she really means it or she just likes a moan.

"But she is finding it difficult. She’s missing her mum.”

The Sam cover-up is the second time Channel 5 bosses have kept a major drama from viewers.

Earlier in the series Christopher Biggins made a sick joke about Nazi death camps and it was not aired.

Bosses only took action and booted him out after the Daily Star found out about it from an insider.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/big-brother/538728/CBB-bosses-sam-fox-meltdown-panic-attack-unaired-cover-up-claims-christopher-biggins

Poor Sam :(. I can understand them not airing this, but they could've at least told us this had happened. I hope she's okay.

[Rob!]

Shows how fake Janice's fit was then if they can't air a panic attack. I've often wondered if they're fairly common in the house.

[MB.]

Not sure how or why this would suggest that Janice's fit was fake in the slightest, considering a lot of it likely depends on what is in said celebrity's contract in regards to what can and can't be aired, etc

[reece(:]

Glad they've not aired this as I couldn't deal with people saying she's faking it

[Jordan.]

Wow I'm glad it wasn't aired, I couldn't handle seeing another distressing scene like Jayne's

[Rob!]

Not sure how or why this would suggest that Janice's fit was fake in the slightest, considering a lot of it likely depends on what is in said celebrity's contract in regards to what can and can't be aired, etc

Well I just wondered if they didn't air it for that very reason. Janice is big and American and not afraid to sue left right and centre so I would have thought that a medical emergency like that would be slightly more controversial to air than a panic attack?
I didn't think Janice's fit was fake at the time btw but this just made me wonder.

[Pete.]

Makes Bear's behaviour towards Sam all the more despicable

[Lostie!]

Everyone who doesn't like her would just accuse her of faking it anyway, as with Jayne and Janice.

[Vicky.]

Eh...why should we see a panic attack? Sorry, some coverups I agree with and if I went on BB I know I would be signing away my right to privacy but if I had a panic attack I would be really pissed off if they showed it...that **** is NOT something people want to see, trust me :S

Also they may well have asked Sam if she wanted it shown or not, as I imagine they had to do with the jayne thing and all medical type stuff...

[Robodog]

Yeah a real panic attack can be a very scary place to be, you can lose control of your breathing and your mind and can even feel like you are about to die

Good that they didn't show it. You wouldn't show them having diarrhoea, and a panic attack could be far more personal and embarrassing than that would be.

[Binbin]

Poor Sam :(. I can understand them not airing this, but they could've at least told us this had happened. I hope she's okay.

Back in the late 90s Gordon Ramsey did a Celebrity Hell's Kitchen - it was a classic. But, he said he would never do another because the celebs were always seeking psychological counselling. Gordon was not at all impressed.
Interestingly (?), Marco's dad took over as the head chef on the next 3 seasons which explains why Marco is a pseudo-celeb, and turned up on this show last regular season.

So, sure, Sam's had a bit of game show pressure combined with a 'bang on the head' along the way (Renee's had more bangs than Sam though - and she just cried and bleated like an ogre eating a lamb).

Hope she feels better though; I had a 5'x3' wet T-shirt poster of her 'art' on my bedroom wall.

[Cal.]

Eh...why should we see a panic attack? Sorry, some coverups I agree with and if I went on BB I know I would be signing away my right to privacy but if I had a panic attack I would be really pissed off if they showed it...that **** is NOT something people want to see, trust me :S

Also they may well have asked Sam if she wanted it shown or not, as I imagine they had to do with the jayne thing and all medical type stuff...

I agree completely. I understand Big Brother is a fly on the wall show and we should be able to see everything going off the original concept but personally if we're only seeing 40 minutes of the day I don't really want to be seeing Sam Fox have a panic attack. It's not pleasant to watch.

[Binbin]

diarrhoea

Is that how you spell that?

[Vicky.]

Is that how you spell that?

NHS says yes, spellcheck says no

Spellcheck says diarrhea. NHS says http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Diarrhoea/Pages/Introduction.aspx along with a lovely description for you :)

[Rob!]

Is that how you spell that?

That was your contribution to the discussion?

[LaLaLand]

As a sufferer myself from multiple daily extreme panic attacks, I can only sympathise with her on this. Wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy!

[Cal.]

That was your contribution to the discussion?

:joker:

[ConnieLingus]

Was this just after she was nominated?

She seemed quite calm when she was sitting quietly in a corner under the radar.

[azi]

:(

[Ammi]

...awww poor Sam..:sad:...I'd like to think that they haven't shown it because it would be insensitive and in bad taste to do so but there is an element of thinking that it'll also show the real stress that the housemates have been subjected to by Bear and how it's been allowed by BB for him to push/prod/poke/goad etc to levels that start to 'break people'....so more showing them in a bad light and that this is not 'entertainment' at all or some battle of endurance...

[Jake.]

Was this just after she was nominated?

She seemed quite calm when she was sitting quietly in a corner under the radar.

comments like this just do my head in

anyway, I fully agree that they shouldn't have aired it. panic attacks are so overwhelming and awful and it was probably even worse with 50 cameras pointing at her

[Jake.]

i once had one in the middle of a science lesson in secondary school and everyone pissing themselves whilst i left the room made it 10x worse :laugh:

[Ammi]

i once had one in the middle of a science lesson in secondary school and everyone pissing themselves whilst i left the room made it 10x worse :laugh:

....awwww..:hug:..I know someone who had one when they had to have an inoculation/injection at school..and yeah for him as well it was that it was so public and people laughing etc because laughter is often a reaction to these things when people feel awkward as well and don't know how to react, you know...

[Ammi]

i once had one in the middle of a science lesson in secondary school and everyone pissing themselves whilst i left the room made it 10x worse :laugh:

...Science though, Jake...yuk...

[sampvt]

Panic attacks are so easy to fake so they probably thought it was a faker for sympathy votes and they can't risk losing bear to her can they. There got x on the beach coming up

[Liam-]

Bear and Lewis bullying an older woman into a panic attack, disgusting behaviour.

[Vicky.]

Panic attacks are so easy to fake so they probably thought it was a faker for sympathy votes and they can't risk losing bear to her can they. There got x on the beach coming up

I wouldn't think a genuine panic attack was easy to fake..I have never attempted to fake one mind so maybe my opinion on this is a bit irrelevant but it is so much more than fast breathing and fanning your face like some seem to think it is.

[rusticgal]

Makes Bear's behaviour towards Sam all the more despicable


It was probably what bought it on...:fist:

[Vicky.]

Not sure if anyone blaming Bear/Lewis for this actually has any experience of panic attacks, but from my experience (and that of a few friends too), they are not 'caused' by anything. They come completely out of the blue and often for seemingly no reason at all. Which is why they are so damn scary. If there was a trigger I could try to avoid that. As it happens, there isn't :S

However I guess if there is a stick to beat them with, it will be grabbed. Even something as serious as this.

[rubymoo]

I feel sorry for Sam, as a sufferer of anxiety and past panic attacks (not had one in a while) i can say how awful they are and you actually think you're going to die.

In my case i can say that stress and anxiety go hand in hand with panic attacks, although like Vicky i've also had a panic attack that came on from no where, i would say that if you suffer panic attacks the Big Brother house would possibly not be advisable.

[bots]

bereavement is one of the major causes of panic attacks, and Sam has had to deal with that in the last year. If anything, that's a more likely contributer than anything bear or anyone else has done in the house

[sampvt]

If she was diagnosed as a panic attack sufferer, surely the bb docs wouldnt have put her in. Its all BS for the sympathy vote. My sister in law has them for attention, now she has been diagnosed with adt or some other bs letters to disguise her pitiful actions.

[Vicky.]

If she was diagnosed as a panic attack sufferer, surely the bb docs wouldnt have put her in. Its all BS for the sympathy vote. My sister in law has them for attention, now she has been diagnosed with adt or some other bs letters to disguise her pitiful actions.

Panic attacks aren't generally dangerous or anything though, why on earth would it mean she couldn't go in? Also I am quite sure you cannot deny someone a 'job' because they have an illness.and sure BB is classed as work for the celebs

[sampvt]

Panic attacks aren't generally dangerous or anything though, why on earth would it mean she couldn't go in? Also I am quite sure you cannot deny someone a 'job' because they have an illness.and sure BB is classed as work for the celebs

Nobody is denying anyone anything, I am just saying that Panic attacks are all different and easily fakable. Strange how shes getting them now the votes are needed. I don't trust her after her BS the other night. She thinks she is a diva.

[Niamh.]

If she was diagnosed as a panic attack sufferer, surely the bb docs wouldnt have put her in. Its all BS for the sympathy vote. My sister in law has them for attention, now she has been diagnosed with adt or some other bs letters to disguise her pitiful actions.

Why not?

[omgwtf]

Glad they've not aired this as I couldn't deal with people saying she's faking it

Agree...no one has any right to say she's faking a panic attack. I don't like unqualified armchair diagnoses.

[sampvt]

Agree...no one has any right to say she's faking a panic attack. I don't like unqualified armchair diagnoses.

Works both ways, can you diagnose she wasn't faking it.

[south12345]

Panic attacks can happen out of the blue for some but they can also be brought on by a build up of tension, which no doubt the house is full of.
To be stuck in an often aggressive and threatening environment, that you cannot escape makes it all that worse.

I for one am glad they didn't show it because watching someone experience one is quite distressing

[T*]

Glad they've not aired this as I couldn't deal with people saying she's faking it

This
I really wanted to shake people that said Janice's fit was fake.