Ellis Hillon now faces sack from McDonald's over racist tweets

[reece(:]

Shamed Big Brother contestant Ellis Hillon is now facing the sack from her job at McDonald's over racist historic tweets.

The fast food giant confirmed it has launched its own investigation into the 19-year-old's social media activity after she was kicked out of the Big Brother house for allegedly posting the vile tweets four years ago - just a day into the latest series.

Ellis, from Cambuslang, Glasgow, works in the McDonald's fast food restaurant on London Road but is now under investigation by company bosses.

McDonald's told the Mirror: "We do not comment on individual employees but can confirm we are looking into these alleged social media posts."

The Mirror exclusively revealed that her place in the house was in jeopardy less than 12 hours after she walked in.

Producers started an investigation after disgusting racist messages sent from her old Twitter account resurfaced.

The teenager, who worked in McDonald's before bagging a place in the BB house, allegedly posted grim tweets about the September 11th tragedy and also used the n-word in messages that were were deleted hours after the launch show.

In a statement confirming her departure on Saturday afternoon, Big Brother said: "As a result of our investigation into offensive and unacceptable posts on social media, Ellis Hillon has been removed from the Big Brother House."

Doubts over her future on the show first began when eagle-eyed fans spotted at least two tweets that hadn't been taken down before she went into the house.

One, sent on September 11 2014, when Ellis was 15, read: "Oh ****** aye its 9/11!! RIP to everyone who died n ****** they smelly p**i terrorist bastards!!!"

Another tweet on January 24 2015 said: "Real n****s #sbo."

That Twitter account, with the handle @ellishillon, was completely deleted a few hours after Ellis entered the house on Friday night's launch show.

Channel 5 bosses, who would have been hoping for less scandals this series after a controversial CBB, launched an internal investigation.

“We are currently investigating the authenticity of a number of historic social media posts,” a Channel 5 spokesman told Mirror Online on Saturday morning.

Producers later decided that they had no choice but to permanently remove Ellis from the house.

Ellis' sister Nevada - who is currently operating a new Twitter account under the handle @HillonEllis - hit back at claims her sibling posted the vile tweets.

"There were no bad tweets!!! People just talk absolute rubbish and make fake things up," she wrote.

"There will be no negativity here and my sister will shine. Good night!!!!!"

But she then liked a tweet from a supporter, who said: "Wasn't she 15 when she tweeted that?"

Ellis caused controversy on launch night when she flashed her bum on her entrance into the house.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/shamed-big-brother-star-ellis-13255668

[Matthew.]

yeah looks like going on Big Brother was a mistake

[armand.kay]

So she's not even owning up to them and apologising instead she's being defensive and trying to pass the blame to her siblings. Have fun at the jobcenter sis
http://i64.tinypic.com/2bws3p.gif

[RileyH]

Ha life is over

[Denver]

Whatever she said was wrong but i hope the person who found the tweets is utterly ashamed with themselves because their jealousy is ruining someones life

[Vicky.]

McDonald's told the Mirror: "We do not comment on individual employees but can confirm we are looking into these alleged social media posts."

But...this IS commenting on an individual employee!

I feel quite sorry for the girl now tbh. Whichever person was sad enough to hunt her social media may have now got her sacked from the job she had (even if it is just mcdonalds) and may make it hard for her to find work anywhere else too. Because of some twitter posts.

[Jessica.]

rip

[Matthew.]

Whatever she said was wrong but i hope the person who found the tweets is utterly ashamed with themselves because their jealousy is ruining someones life

.

[arista]

Like CH5TV
McD. will not allow a Racist (who is in the Papers now)
work there


Twitter - never use your real name

[armand.kay]

So she's not even owning up to them and apologising instead she's being defensive and trying to pass the blame to her siblings. Have fun at the jobcenter sis
http://i64.tinypic.com/2bws3p.gif

oop it was her sister who tweeted those things. my bad

[reece(:]

Lock your twitters girlies?

[armand.kay]

Lock your twitters girlies?
I was literally about to say this. You recovering racist need to lock it up!

[montblanc]

“Ellis caused controversy on launch night when she flashed her bum on her entrance into the house.“

why are these articles always so ****ing sexist like this isn’t even relevant

[JerseyWins]

She might have to downgrade to Burger King now :worry:

[ThriceShy]

We all know she is trash, but this thing about people's lives being ruined because of something they posted years ago is just getting ridiculous.

And it doesn't make any sense. An admitted criminal arsonist is in the house. Hopkins was allowed in. Even Rodrigo was allowed to stay after using the N word.

[montblanc]

She might have to downgrade to Burger King now :worry:

:drool:

[Mokka]

This is ridiculous. Unless her social media directly links her to her job as well they shouldn't be allowed legally to fire her...
But also... let a person grow and evolve already. Let her put her past behind her and move forward. Not being able to find work and being lambasted by media are not going to lead to progress. Society is going to push this kid over the edge... and then who will take responsibility for her suicide?

[Matthew.]

She might have to downgrade to Burger King now :worry:

ew not burger ming

[ThriceShy]

Yeah, I'm not sure that legally you can fire someone for something they said while they were a minor, years before they even started working for you. She needs to lawyer up and seek advice.

I certainly wouldn't take that lying down.

[Headie]

Her to change her name to Ellis Hillon Valentine like our Emily did?

[Scream]

Like others have said, I feel a bit sorry for her. What she tweeted was absolutely ridiculous but I myself have looked back at my Facebook when I was around 15/16 and even though it wasn't anywhere near as offensive as what Ellis posted, I said things that I would definitely not say now.

It's a really hard situation because the tweets are actually inexcusable but she was young and would hopefully never dream about saying them things now. But now her life is literally ruined and it's going to be very hard to come back from this

[armand.kay]

This is ridiculous. Unless her social media directly links her to her job as well they shouldn't be allowed legally to fire her...
But also... let a person grow and evolve already. Let her put her past behind her and move forward. Not being able to find work and being lambasted by media are not going to lead to progress. Society is going to push this kid over the edge... and then who will take responsibility for her suicide?

I mean they wern't joking when they told us in school to be careful what we post online

[Ammi]

..this is where BB have to take some responsibility for things like this as well...if they had done some basic checks into things like housemate’s tweets, all basic things that are available to the public so easily as this seemed to have been with Ellis....?...then they could have made the decision to not put her into the house and not revealed why...and nothing would have impacted onto her personal life in such a way...

[Amy Jade]

I think this is actually really sad. She was 14, we all make mistakes.

It's pretty gross people want her fired.

[Gstar]

I believe her firing will be more justified than Salmans

[Ammi]

I believe her firing will be more justified than Salmans

...huh..?...our Salman, Germyle..?..

[Shaun]

Their Salman, yes :idc:

As for the subject... I think in a professional environment you should have the right to privacy with social media and not have your tweets scrutinised, but I think you surrender that right the second you decide to step in the public eye. Silly girl.

[Ammi]

...she didn’t step into the public eye though until BB made a decision to accept her as a housemate without checking any basic social media history, I presume...and then they’ve made the decision to immediately step her out of the public eye because of their inability to do basic checks...:I don’t care drinking coffee smiley as well inserted:...

[Ammi]

...and ok, I didn’t know anything about Salman losing his job or for the reason why that happened...and I’m a bit stunned tbh...

[Rob!]

I’m not entirely convinced McDonalds have a leg to stand on here. BB yes, because she’s in the public eye, but who the hell cares about the beliefs of the person typing your burger order into the till?

[Jake.]

BigSack?

[Scream]

I’m not entirely convinced McDonalds have a leg to stand on here. BB yes, because she’s in the public eye, but who the hell cares about the beliefs of the person typing your burger order into the till?

possibly for her safety also :shrug: i'm sure everyone in her town will know her now and i'm sure there's a lot that are extremely offended by her tweets regardless of her age. I am not sure myself whether she should have been removed from the house but because she has been, I think McDonals did the obvious thing

[MB.]

BigSack?

What does Luke S have to do with this?

[Ammi]

..it really is a mess up by BB that’s quite unforgivable ...what she said was awful but may have been a stance she may have readdressed and revisited but now it’s something which will be very difficult for her to do that with ...what they did with their lack of input of any basic history check is quite dangerous imo...

[annabelindabee]

We all know she is trash, but this thing about people's lives being ruined because of something they posted years ago is just getting ridiculous.

And it doesn't make any sense. An admitted criminal arsonist is in the house. Hopkins was allowed in. Even Rodrigo was allowed to stay after using the N word.

I've read one of these tweets though... It was not just a nasty comment, it was slagging of all Pakistani people calling them smelly and saying how many of them are out to cause another 9/11 attack...

That's not just a stupid comment

[Glenn-C]

A bit ridiculous now how this girl's life is being ruined because the show couldn't take a few minutes to scroll through her twitter

[ThriceShy]

I've read one of these tweets though... It was not just a nasty comment, it was slagging of all Pakistani people calling them smelly and saying how many of them are out to cause another 9/11 attack...

That's not just a stupid comment

What is it then?

[Crimson Dynamo]

I've read one of these tweets though... It was not just a nasty comment, it was slagging of all Pakistani people calling them smelly and saying how many of them are out to cause another 9/11 attack...

That's not just a stupid comment

by a child

did you ever say anything stupid as a kid?

[hijaxers]

by a child

did you ever say anything stupid as a kid?

Correct me if i'm wrong but the **** the pope and the IRA are much more recent ??

[ThriceShy]

by a child

did you ever say anything stupid as a kid?

And for all we know, as a child she may have been surrounded by such views. I don't think anyone can hold something like that against a child. Minors are minors for a reason. If she isn't old enough to do everything else, then why are we holding her views to the same standard as an adult's?

[ThriceShy]

Correct me if i'm wrong but the **** the pope and the IRA are much more recent ??

You wan't somebody ejected for saying "**** the pope"?

Why?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Correct me if i'm wrong but the **** the pope and the IRA are much more recent ??

Is she a bluenose?


:flutter:



what a girl

and i agree with both those sentiments and so should everyone

[hijaxers]

You wan't somebody ejected for saying "**** the pope"?

Why?

No i don't but this is what they are using as reasons. I don't give a toss.

[Vicky.]

Correct me if i'm wrong but the **** the pope and the IRA are much more recent ??

Erm, the IRA stuff yeah, but what on earth is wrong with saying **** the pope? Yeah its not very nice, but its a fairly common thought, especially among people who aren't religious! Might be missing something like

[y.winter]

Is it still happening? :joker:

[bots]

Erm, the IRA stuff yeah, but what on earth is wrong with saying **** the pope? Yeah its not very nice, but its a fairly common thought, especially among people who aren't religious! Might be missing something like

It's religious hate coming from a sectarian who also supports rangers.

[Jack_]

I believe her firing will be more justified than Salmans

mess was he fired over what happened on here

[Vicky.]

It's religious hate coming from a sectarian who also supports rangers.

Again what does this have to do with anything?!

My father in law supports Rangers...didn't realise that was a bad thing D:

[Tregard]

Erm, the IRA stuff yeah, but what on earth is wrong with saying **** the pope? Yeah its not very nice, but its a fairly common thought, especially among people who aren't religious! Might be missing something like

Sectarianism is not something which should be tolerated.

[BBDodge]

She might have to downgrade to Burger King now :worry:

https://i.imgflip.com/rmje3.jpg

[bots]

Again what does this have to do with anything?!

My father in law supports Rangers...didn't realise that was a bad thing D:

Are you not familiar with the sectarianism between Rangers and Celtic that mirrors the troubles in Northern Ireland?

Sectarianism is religious hate, just based on a persons religion and nothing else. One of the tweets she posted was .... who is going to be sectarian today ... with a picture of a man clapping

[ThriceShy]

Are you not familiar with the sectarianism between Rangers and Celtic that mirrors the troubles in Northern Ireland?

Sectarianism is religious hate, just based on a persons religion and nothing else. One of the tweets she posted was .... who is going to be sectarian today ... with a picture of a man clapping

You think she should be ejected and sacked for that?:conf:

[GoldHeart]

If she loses her job ,again it's her own stupid fault .

They always advise people who want a job not to post offensive stuff as employers can view them , even if she wasn't in big brother this could of still come back to bite her on her bum .

Facebook is another one people should be wary of ,your boss and colleagues can see everything .

[Vicky.]

Are you not familiar with the sectarianism between Rangers and Celtic that mirrors the troubles in Northern Ireland?

Sectarianism is religious hate, just based on a persons religion and nothing else. One of the tweets she posted was .... who is going to be sectarian today ... with a picture of a man clapping

Not really. Not something I have ever looked into before :S

[joeysteele]

..this is where BB have to take some responsibility for things like this as well...if they had done some basic checks into things like housemate’s tweets, all basic things that are available to the public so easily as this seemed to have been with Ellis....?...then they could have made the decision to not put her into the house and not revealed why...and nothing would have impacted onto her personal life in such a way...

This, totally for me.
Really unfortunate for Ellis.

[Denver]

Anyway as someone who use to work in McDonald's it is written in the controls you can be sacked for disrespecting thecompnay on social media and as she hasn't done that she could definitely she them were they to sack her

[Gstar]

mess was he fired over what happened on here

No, he dropped oil on the floor and didn’t clean it up. A hazardous, clumsy bitch

[storybrooke]

I feel bad for her if she could lose her job over this, I know age is no excuse for saying these sort of things but still.. Hope things work out alright

[Robodog]

Whole lives ruined just for saying/thinking the wrong thing.

Slippery slope?...

Today, this punishment is for people who make rude comments about women/blacks/muslims/jews/LGBT people.

It's done under the guise of 'protecting minorities'. That's how it starts.

Tomorrow that punishment will get extended to include negative comments about everyone else (In the name of equal treatment, it's only fair, right?)


SO NEXT: people will get punished for making rude comments about men/whites/christians/straight people.
THEN it will be punishment for people being rude about governments, politicians, corporations etc etc
SOON you won't be able to say anything negative without getting punished under 'hate laws'.


"Yeah but we need these laws to protect minorities from offensive comments!"


Do you really think the people who enforce these laws, the same people who have been literally bombing the middle east for years - you think they actually care about minorities?


Or do you think perhaps they are using minorities as an excuse (like some kind of human shield) in order to bring in new laws that will eventually be used to control everybody?


:conf: . :shrug: . :conf:



.

[Alf]

Whole lives ruined just for saying/thinking the wrong thing.

Slippery slope?...

Today, this punishment is for people who make rude comments about women/blacks/muslims/jews/LGBT people.

It's done under the guise of 'protecting minorities'. That's how it starts.

Tomorrow that punishment will get extended to include negative comments about everyone else (In the name of equal treatment, it's only fair, right?)


SO NEXT: people will get punished for making rude comments about men/whites/christians/straight people.
THEN it will be punishment for people being rude about governments, politicians, corporations etc etc
SOON you won't be able to say anything negative without getting punished under 'hate laws'.


"Yeah but we need these laws to protect minorities from offensive comments!"


Do you really think the people who enforce these laws, the same people who have been literally bombing the middle east for years - you think they actually care about minorities?


Or do you think perhaps they are using minorities as an excuse (like some kind of human shield) in order to bring in new laws that will eventually be used to control everybody?


:conf: . :shrug: . :conf:



.And that argument can be shut down by calling you a conspiracy theorist. And we can all go back to sleep.

[Robodog]

And that argument can be shut down by calling you a conspiracy theorist. And we can all go back to sleep.

Exactly.
Someone challenging the mainstream? Quick! Stick a label on them (conspiracy theorist, extremist, etc etc), put them into a pigeon hole so you won't have to listen... and back to sleep you go....

Sleepwalking off that cliff........

[saiwong]

If she loses her job ,again it's her own stupid fault .

They always advise people who want a job not to post offensive stuff as employers can view them , even if she wasn't in big brother this could of still come back to bite her on her bum .

Facebook is another one people should be wary of ,your boss and colleagues can see everything .

I think what the take-backs from the Ellis situation is that .... you need to be responsible for what you post online.

Many people think that, just because you are behind a keyboard, staring at a computer screen, that you are anonymous
and can say whatever you want without repercussion. This is not so. People need to learn that there are consequences to
their actions and it might not be pretty.

So everyone, be wary of what you post online, whether it is on twitter, facebook or online forum.
Think twice before pressing that 'submit' button. Enjoy your online experience, but be wary that 'Big Brother' is watching you !! (ironic)

You don't want to lose your job because your employer found bad comments you made online. (even if it is a Mac job)

[ThriceShy]

Let's be honest.....

If a black contestant had tweets that were slating all white people, absolutely nothing would happen.

[GoldHeart]

Let's be honest.....

If a black contestant had tweets that were slating all white people, absolutely nothing would happen.

Once again a silly irrelevant argument .

Any kind of racism is wrong !

[ThriceShy]

Once again a silly irrelevant argument .

Any kind of racism is wrong !

Exactly my point.

I bet there has never been a single case of a black person fired or ejected from a reality show because of a disparaging comment they made about white people.

[James]

There's doing the right thing, and being seen to be doing the right thing - often two different things.

A good example was Tila Tequila - they only needed to look at her Wikipedia page to know about her controversies, but still put her in the house. They removed her when she became a problem for their public image.

[JoshBB]

2018 - the year of racist midgets?

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/bigbrother/images/f/f0/BB20_Large_JC.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180619223550https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/590x/Big-Brother-2018-ellis-hillon-1018089.jpg?r=1537037573418

[RileyH]

2018 - the year of racist midgets?

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/bigbrother/images/f/f0/BB20_Large_JC.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180619223550https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/590x/Big-Brother-2018-ellis-hillon-1018089.jpg?r=1537037573418

Messsss :skull:

[Mystic Mock]

Ha life is over

Which is why people should be careful what they say on Social Media.

Although having said that, I do feel uncomfortable that paedophiles and rapists can work in Restaurants with celeb Chefs or be in the media eye as a reformed figure, yet a girl who was 15 at the time Tweeted a few offensive things and isn't even allowed to then compete on Big Brother, Showbiz is ****ed up.

[reece(:]

There's doing the right thing, and being seen to be doing the right thing - often two different things.

A good example was Tila Tequila - they only needed to look at her Wikipedia page to know about her controversies, but still put her in the house. They removed her when she became a problem for their public image.

It's sad how time has changed, Ahmed in BB5 was an open homophobe yet was allowed to stay

[pontyboi]

McDonald's told the Mirror: "We do not comment on individual employees but can confirm we are looking into these alleged social media posts."

But...this IS commenting on an individual employee!

I feel quite sorry for the girl now tbh. Whichever person was sad enough to hunt her social media may have now got her sacked from the job she had (even if it is just mcdonalds) and may make it hard for her to find work anywhere else too. Because of some twitter posts.

Exactly what I was thinking

Who has the time to scroll through probably hundreds of Tweets.

[MB.]

It's sad how time has changed, Ahmed in BB5 was an open homophobe yet was allowed to stay

I'm now just imagining him in the house today, getting removed for posting "gays are icky 😤" on his Snapchat in 2015

[Jordan.]

I'd be more upset about getting kicked out of BB to be fair.

[Robodog]

Exactly my point.

I bet there has never been a single case of a black person fired or ejected from a reality show because of a disparaging comment they made about white people.

You hear disparaging comments about white people all the time in the media, sometimes even on this forum.

But it's treated totally differently if the same type of comments were made about any other race.

From a mixed race perspective, i find it SO unequal, so hypocritical - it is insane.

[armand.kay]

2018 - the year of racist midgets?

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/bigbrother/images/f/f0/BB20_Large_JC.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180619223550https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/590x/Big-Brother-2018-ellis-hillon-1018089.jpg?r=1537037573418
also the year of racist and predatory gays. whew, they did the thing

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[starry]

“Ellis caused controversy on launch night when she flashed her bum on her entrance into the house.“

why are these articles always so ****ing sexist like this isn’t even relevant

I'm more concerned with the constant tedious sex talk from others there, which no doubt CH5 encourage.

[Ammi]

There's doing the right thing, and being seen to be doing the right thing - often two different things.

A good example was Tila Tequila - they only needed to look at her Wikipedia page to know about her controversies, but still put her in the house. They removed her when she became a problem for their public image.

..it’s not really about that for me, James...it’s more that two wrongs don’t make a right...it’s wrong to put someone in the house whose tweet history contents are that of hate speech, which essentially her tweets are...but it’s also wrong to not do basic search checks which would only take moments ...and those checks then meaning a housemate doesn’t become a housemate in the first place...but BB didn’t do that...they allowed the tweets to be made public almost immediately after launch ...and then ejected Ellis, so basically threw her to the public wolves...and that for me far reaches anything she has said, which it shouldn’t...?...they decided to make her a housemate so they have taken on a duty of care for her which they seem to be completely shirking and dismissing...especially as she is a member of the public and not of any celebrity or wiki status ....anything with Tila was a part of her, a public knowledge part of her as you say...all on wiki so down to the public and the fans to become aware of these public things..but not so with Ellis in the same vein at all...(...although obviously tweets are public..)...so why dont BB make themselves aware of such basic things which they feel will decide whether they then put someone in the house or not...social media can be a huge ‘hate game’ and I feel they have a responsibility to not expose someone to that game that they have made a decision to put into the house....because of their lack of any research...their wrong is far greater than hers I feel in its potential impact on her life...maybe an unpopular thing but I’m feeling they deserve to have been axed...

[iRyan]

Every time I see this thread title I get an immediate craving for McDonalds welp

[poppsywoppsy]

I am on the side of MacDonalds here.

If they now knowingly employ someone with racist tendencies, especially after her sisters endorsement that it is true, they will alienate a large part of the community who may use their outlets.

It could be a franchise and affect the jobs of others should a boycott happen because of it.

It wasn't their fault, she is only one employee who has sent out a message they don't support which could bring their name into disrepute now they are aware of it.

[bots]

I am on the side of MacDonalds here.

If they now knowingly employ someone with racist tendencies, especially after her sisters endorsement that it is true, they will alienate a large part of the community who may use their outlets.

It could be a franchise and affect the jobs of others should a boycott happen because of it.

It wasn't their fault, she is only one employee who has sent out a message they don't support which could bring their name into disrepute now they are aware of it.

I think people need to remember this is glasgow. The rangers/celtic sectarianism is very real so the dynamics are completely different to other cities. So what may seem unacceptable is just not in Glasgow

Glasgow has a significant proportion of Pakistani residents, the majority of whom have been here for generations now, you couldn't find a more integrated group anywhere in the UK. Much loved and appreciated by the majority of Glaswegians. They really couldn't give a toss what some wee stupid girl says.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I think people need to remember this is glasgow. The rangers/celtic sectarianism is very real so the dynamics are completely different to other cities. So what may seem unacceptable is just not in Glasgow

Glasgow has a significant proportion of Pakistani residents, the majority of whom have been here for generations now, you couldn't find a more integrated group anywhere in the UK. Much loved and appreciated by the majority of Glaswegians. They really couldn't give a toss what some wee stupid girl says.

quite


no one in Glasgow give a flying fck what that wee lassie says

well the rangers half will agree with some of it

[Eddie.]

Tesco Roxanne?

[mr rochester]

It comes to something when you can’t even get a job at Macdonalds...not looking good for her is it?

[Knispel]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/shamed-big-brother-star-ellis-13255668

Oh dear :O She will have to go and work for KFC instead :smug: