Ellis speaks about her ejection (interview)

[Headie]

The young Cambuslang woman unceremoniously kicked off TV show Big Brother has revealed the ensuing drama has been the worst experience of her life.

Ellis Hillon – who was publicly ejected from the long-running reality show on her 20th birthday – has been too upset to leave her home.

The former Cathkin High pupil has been left devastated since being portrayed as a racist over comments made on Twitter when she was aged just 15.

“It’s been horrible, I just wanted to go to sleep and not wake up,” said Ellis.

When the Reformer spoke with Ellis at her house, she was close to tears and barely recognisable from the bubbly girl who first walked into the Big Brother house on September 14.

Just 19 hours after first appearing on national TV, Ellis was sent home by Channel 5 bosses after comments she made on Twitter several years ago surfaced.

Ellis had posted on September 11, 2014: “Oh ******* aye its 9/11!! RIP to everyone who died n ******* they smelly P*** terrorist b*******!!!”

Big Brother bosses called Ellis into the Diary Room and then delivered the shock news that she would be removed from the house immediately because of
her “offensive and unacceptable” online posts.

She recalled: “I couldn’t believe it, I was totally shocked. I saw ‘2014’ on the sheet of paper and I definitely couldn’t remember writing that stuff on Twitter.

“But I wasn’t going to say that I didn’t write it because I wasn’t going to lie. I always want to tell the truth.

“I responded, ‘yeah...but years ago’ because it was so long ago.”

Big Brother asked Ellis if she had anything to say and she replied: “No. Apart from that I’m sorry.”

Ellis told the Reformer: “At that point I thought that the whole nation was against me. I said I was sorry and just wanted to go home, I was so embarrassed.

“When I left the Diary Room I felt empty. I had to sit in a room for a while until Big Brother got my cases.

“I do regret writing that back then and I would never say anything like that now. I was 15 – you don’t know what’s going through your head at that point as a teenager.”

Within an hour of being removed from the house, Ellis was put into a taxi with her suitcases for a six-and-a-half hour journey home.

Show producers phoned her mum, who was shocked to learn that her daughter would be arriving home in a cab after midnight.

Ellis said: “I thought my mum was going to be angry but she was so worried. She rushed out to the taxi when I arrived to give me a hug.

“I couldn’t stop crying and at that point I was thinking, ‘I don’t want to live, I just can’t face this’.”

After finally walking through her front door at 12.30am last Saturday, Ellis ran straight upstairs to her bedroom.

She said: “I just wanted to go to sleep and not wake up.

“A couple of years before all of this I was feeling quite down for a while, and I thought this was my time to be happy and live my dream.

“I don’t think I can be strong, I don’t. I’ve been so upset and don’t understand everything that’s happened.

“Right now, it’s like ‘where do I go from here?’

“I don’t want to go outside. People are going to be asking me lots of questions and I just can’t take it right now.”

Some national newspapers have wrongly reported that Ellis faces the sack from her full-time job at a McDonald’s in Glasgow.

Ellis, who was on unpaid leave while in the Big Brother house, said: “I’ve worked there for three years and my manager and workmates have been in touch asking how I am.

“I get on great with my workmates and they don’t have a bad word to say about me.

“We’ve got a board on the wall with customers’ feedback and I always get great comments for always smiling and going that extra mile for all our customers.

“I just really wish I’d been given a chance on Big Brother to show that I’m a nice person.”

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/cambuslang-girl-booted-big-brother-13311326

[Greg!]

I feel so bad for her :(

[Jase.]

Removing her, shoving her in a room to wait while they packed her ****, then dumping her in a taxi home. Ruthless :skull:

[Jessica.]

How could anyone not remember posting something like that? She shouldn't be mistreated by anyone but I think it was good that she got kicked out.

[Jase.]

I bet the Elstree to Glasgow taxi didn't come cheap :skull:

[Rob!]

NOT a taxi from London to Glasgow :skull:

[Epic.]

She should never have been accepted by the show in the first place, and it would've saved her, the fans, and the show from unnecessary controversy

[rusticgal]

I feel so bad for her :(

I'm afraid I don't. Social media is a dangerous thing if you are going to vent opinions like that...and being 15 is no excuse.

For the short time she was in the house her behaviour was extreme to say the least...she behaved like a wild child..

[Cherie]

Peoole saying 15 is young, you do know right from wrong at 15, and she posted a sectarian tweet in April this year so..... yeah its horrible but she can move on now with a lesson learned

[RileyH]

Poor girl :(

[Cherie]

NOT a taxi from London to Glasgow :skull:

Better than a public train or plane journey, I don’t see the issue :shrug:

[Vicky.]

Its shocking that they let her in in the first place, just to kick her out for something that should have been uncovered within minutes. 'Enhanced background checks' my arse.

[Rob!]

Better than a public train or plane journey, I don’t see the issue :shrug:

I think she'd have been alright on a plane if she just wore sunglasses or something. It's not as if people will have recognised her even if there were any huge Big Brother fans on the plane.

[Elliot]

It’s such a shame their incompetence ****ed her over. Either do background checks and don’t let them in in the first place or don’t put people in the spotlight just to kick them down over a tweet they made at 15. This was just unfair to her.

[Elliot]

What’s the point of having the show if you’re just gonna judge them from the outside AFTER putting them in the house. There are literal criminals in there right now, and have been before. Where’s the consistency?

[arista]

Removing her, shoving her in a room to wait while they packed her ****, then dumping her in a taxi home. Ruthless :skull:

It was not.
RACISM is not permitted
even if it's from her Digital footprint

[Jase.]

It was not.
RACISM is not permitted
even if it's from her Digital footprint

Um am I talking about the reasoning behind why she was removed? NO.

[storybrooke]

Aw I do feel bad for her, hope she has a happy life anyway

[Cherie]

I think she'd have been alright on a plane if she just wore sunglasses or something. It's not as if people will have recognised her even if there were any huge Big Brother fans on the plane.

Would there be that much difference in journey time? ...a hour transfer to the airport...a two hour wait there...an hour in the air ...another half hour getting out of the airport, then the tranfer time home, dragging two suitcases...if I had the choice I would have hopped in a taxi

[y.winter]

I hope she gets through it soon.

That being said, it's the same girl who jumped on Lewis G with her butt all out just a couple of hours after entering the house. So there's a pattern :umm2:

[armand.kay]

Removing her, shoving her in a room to wait while they packed her ****, then dumping her in a taxi home. Ruthless :skull:

Evil Big Brother is back?

[arista]

Um am I talking about the reasoning behind why she was removed? NO.


Her tweet was DUG UP.
It went Worldwide.



RACISM on Ch5/Viacom

Not Legal

[arista]

Its shocking that they let her in in the first place, just to kick her out for something that should have been uncovered within minutes. 'Enhanced background checks' my arse.


Talk sense
It was a deleted tweet

Its Not Endemol's fault at all.

A member of the public dug it up.
that person started it all.

[Glenn-C]

By all means I agree that she had to be removed, but she shouldn't have been put in in the first place if they'd just taken 10 minutes to scroll through her Twitter feed and save her and themselves all this embarrassment

[Marsh.]

Shown up their sh*tty background checks for what they are. As if all of the housemates with clear mental health issues and addictions that are only exacerbated by being in there didn't prove anyway.

But their "aftercare" seems to be shown up as shoddy too. Tossed in a taxi with your suitcase within an hour and off you pop to contemplate suicide after the BB producers allowed you your public humiliation.

Probably for the best it's ending.

[poppsywoppsy]

I am glad she went so quickly.

She jumped into bed with Lewis G quicker than a rat up a drainpipe.

She would have been at it morning noon and night, she was so hyper.

I am so pleased that it didn't happen.

[arista]

By all means I agree that she had to be removed, but she shouldn't have been put in in the first place if they'd just taken 10 minutes to scroll through her Twitter feed and save her and themselves all this embarrassment


It was a Deleted Tweet

[Robodog]

What’s the point of having the show if you’re just gonna judge them from the outside AFTER putting them in the house. There are literal criminals in there right now, and have been before. Where’s the consistency?

Exactly

What about other crimes?

What if it was 'uncovered' that a HM had punched someone back when they were 15? Or had shoplifted? Or set fire to a bus stop?

Would a HM be kicked out for anything else, other than using racist language in a tweet?

If not, why not?

[Babayaro.]

Feel awful for her. Yes, what she tweeted was terrible, but the way the situation was dealt with afterwards sounds appaling. The producers/aftercare team should be ashamed of themselves.

[Vicky.]

Talk sense
It was a deleted tweet

Its Not Endemol's fault at all.

A member of the public dug it up.
that person started it all.

It was a Deleted Tweet

If it was a deleted tweet, how did the obsessed viewer find it? :suspect:

[arista]

If it was a deleted tweet, how did the obsessed viewer find it? :suspect:

She may have kept a photo off it.
That one person had every right to give it to
the Worldwide Media.


Ch5/Viacom/Endemol
acted right away after it went viral.

They even Printed it out for her alone to read. (in front of the camera)

HER FACE DROPPED - Racist Bitch

[Cherie]

What aftercare was needed exactly, she would have had longer holidays away from home...:umm2: Its not like she had been in the house for weeks

[Cherie]

She may have kept a photo off it.
That one person had every right to give it to
the Worldwide Media.


Ch5/Viacom/Endemol
acted right away after it went viral.

They even Printed it out for her alone to read. (in front of the camera)

HER FACE DROPPED - Racist Bitch

Well said Arista.... she knows enough about getting on camera to go in with her arse out, but apparently not enough to know about expressing distasteful views via twitter

[arista]

Feel awful for her. Yes, what she tweeted was terrible, but the way the situation was dealt with afterwards sounds appaling. The producers/aftercare team should be ashamed of themselves.

Bollocks
After she got KICKED OUT
for being a Racist,
it was up to her.
Not the Producers.

Racist Bitch - would not get aftercare
she crossed the red line


Digital Footprint.
Got her 100%
“I responded, ‘yeah...but years ago’ because it was so long ago.”

Does not matter what Year she did it.

[Shaun]

The tweet was deleted after it was found and become a news story, arista.

By all means I agree that she had to be removed, but she shouldn't have been put in in the first place if they'd just taken 10 minutes to scroll through her Twitter feed and save her and themselves all this embarrassment

Or indeed she'd done it herself before she chose to appear on television. Sucks for her but she put herself in that position.

[Cherie]

How suicidal can she be? She is giving interviews for cash

[Babayaro.]

What aftercare was needed exactly, she would have had longer holidays away from home...:umm2: Its not like she had been in the house for weeks

The amount of time she was away from home has nothing to do with it. I'm not condoning her tweets, but going into the house on such an enormous high to then being pulled into the diary room and removed from the house less than 24 hours after first entering, has got to take a hit on anyone's mental health.

[arista]

How suicidal can she be? She is giving interviews for cash


She needs it
No one wants her for a legal Job.

[Vicky.]

The tweet was deleted after it was found and become a news story, arista.



Yes thats how I understood it too :laugh:

[rusticgal]

Exactly

What about other crimes?

What if it was 'uncovered' that a HM had punched someone back when they were 15? Or had shoplifted? Or set fire to a bus stop?

Would a HM be kicked out for anything else, other than using racist language in a tweet?

If not, why not?

A full Criminal Record Check would have been done and ANY criminal act would show up. The Tweet was racist and BB have to act on racism of any kind..

[Robodog]

She may have kept a photo off it.
That one person had every right to give it to
the Worldwide Media.


Ch5/Viacom/Endemol
acted right away after it went viral.

'Every right to give it to the worldwide media' ?

Get the pitch-fork mob going?


Do you think that everything horrible that HMs once said (or did) should be subjected to this same treatment and same level of public outrage?

(eg - shoplifting, assault, using threatening language etc etc)

Or is this just for people who make racist tweets?


What percentage of people baying for blood at Ellie's stupid comment have never once said or done anything as bad (or even worse) themselves?

All of them angels?...

[arista]

Well said Arista.... she knows enough about getting on camera to go in with her arse out, but apparently not enough to know about expressing distasteful views via twitter



Yes she was Aiming High
with her Ass Trick of a g string


Selling herself .


But her Digital Footprint
caught up with her.

[Robodog]

Racist Bitch - would not get aftercare
she crossed the red line



.

Does sexist language cross the red line?

[rusticgal]

The amount of time she was away from home has nothing to do with it. I'm not condoning her tweets, but going into the house on such an enormous high to then being pulled into the diary room and removed from the house less than 24 hours after first entering, has got to take a hit on anyone's mental health.

Sounds to me like she has suffered depression before if you read the article...her behaviour for the short time in there was really bizarre. It makes you wonder if they did proper health checks too..

[arista]

'Every right to give it to the worldwide media' ?

Get the pitch-fork mob going?


Do you think that everything horrible that HMs once said (or did) should be subjected to this same treatment and same level of public outrage?

(eg - shoplifting, assault, using threatening language etc etc)

Or is this just for people who make racist tweets?


What percentage of people baying for blood at Ellie's stupid comment have never once said or done anything as bad (or even worse) themselves?

All of them angels?...


Ch5 /Viacom were correct to Eject her fast

Her Face Dropped
when she looked at the Print out.

GUILTY

[Babayaro.]

Sounds to me like she has suffered depression before if you read the article...her behaviour for the short time in there was really bizarre. It makes you wonder if they did proper health checks too..

That's what I got from it too. Hopefully this doesn't affect her in the long run.

[Babayaro.]

Ch5 /Viacom were correct to Eject her fast

Her Face Dropped
when she looked at the Print out.

GUILTY

Yeah, no one's disputing that.

[arista]

https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article13311251.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/1_JS162709487.jpg

she needs to Move on

[arista]

Yeah, no one's disputing that.



It that Simple,
nothing more.

[Robodog]

Ch5 /Viacom were correct to Eject her fast

Her Face Dropped
when she looked at the Print out.

GUILTY

Yeah we know, but..

What about other past crimes (arson, stealing, assault, threatening to kill someone etc etc) - should HMs be ejected for those too?

[arista]

"Get the pitch-fork mob going?"


No one wants any of that.
Ch5/Viacom had to eject her fast
or the massive fines.

[Babayaro.]

Okay, Arista. You know best. :thumbs:

[arista]

Yeah we know, but..

What about other past crimes (arson, stealing, assault, threatening to kill someone etc etc) - should HMs be ejected for those too?


If its on a Worldwide Digital Footprint given out to the Media
Yes Eject fast

[arista]

[Within an hour of being removed from the house, Ellis was put into a taxi with her suitcases for a six-and-a-half hour journey home.
Show producers phoned her mum, who was shocked to learn that her daughter would be arriving home in a cab after midnight.]


That is Good Aftercare
Well done Endemol /Ch5/Viacom

[Babayaro.]

Oh WELL DONE them for going out of their way to make a two-minute phone call :clap1:

[James]

I don't think it is a trivial task for them to check someone's social media history, especially if the potential housemate has thousands of posts on different platforms.

[arista]

Oh WELL DONE them for going out of their way to make a two-minute phone call :clap1:


They did the Correct thing
with the Racist Bitch.



I know of a man that moved to a Bigger London Bank
he was advised to delete his Facebook, before joining
He is still a Executive there.

[Cherie]

The amount of time she was away from home has nothing to do with it. I'm not condoning her tweets, but going into the house on such an enormous high to then being pulled into the diary room and removed from the house less than 24 hours after first entering, has got to take a hit on anyone's mental health.

She can acess mental health services from home, she doesn’t need to be at Elstree, they can still help her, the first thing she said after being told she was ejected was that she wanted to go home, and they honoured that

[Marsh.]

I don't think it is a trivial task for them to check someone's social media history, especially if the potential housemate has thousands of posts on different platforms.

It's not a trivial task to assess someone's mental health either but that's a requirement which has gradually fallen away too.

[JoshBB]

Producers were absolute ****ing idiots for not vetting social media, and for removing someone over something like that. Just don't let her on the show.

I honestly can't express my disbelief still that they would be so incompetent

[Robodog]

They did the Correct thing
with the Racist Bitch.



I know of a man that moved to a Bigger London Bank
he was advised to delete his Facebook, before joining
He is still a Executive there.

Her use of derogatory language = wrong; but calling her a b***h = ok?

[arista]

Her use of derogatory language = wrong; but calling her a b***h = ok?


Yes
as she did wrong,

[Jack_]

This is disgusting quite frankly

I hope whichever pathetic twat took time out of their day to search for buzzwords on the Twitter profile of a reality show contestant - thinking they were really providing some groundbreaking "expose" - is happy with themselves

[arista]

This is disgusting quite frankly

I hope whichever pathetic twat took time out of their day to search for buzzwords on the Twitter profile of a reality show contestant - thinking they were really providing some groundbreaking "expose" - is happy with themselves


But the person that had the Tweet to Release
could be a Young Asian?

[Cherie]

Are people honestly saying that as soon as contestents go home there is no futher input from the show..as bit like being discharged from hospital they will have access to mental healhcare for a period of time

[Elliot]

Her use of derogatory language = wrong; but calling her a b***h = ok?

Lmao yeah its hard to sit on a pedalstool while calling someone a racist b**ch

Honestly it’s just ****ty and unprofessional. I have qualms with the core of ejecting people for tweets years ago but even if this was basically required for legal reasons they should have done background checks which they didn’t which has ruined a young girls life over year old tweets and incompetence

[Robodog]

Yes
as she did wrong,

Not OK for her to use derogatory language about terrorists (who did wrong);

But OK for you to use derogatory language about her (who did wrong)?

:shrug:

[arista]

Not OK for her to use derogatory language about terrorists (who did wrong);

But OK for you to use derogatory language about her (who did wrong)?

:shrug:


This is a Forum
not TV
Racist Bitch - is Bang On Right.



usually a woman—who is belligerent, unreasonable, malicious,
a control freak, rudely intrusive or aggressive.
When applied to a man, bitch is a derogatory term for a subordinate
Wikipedia

[Lostie!]

How could anyone not remember posting something like that? She shouldn't be mistreated by anyone but I think it was good that she got kicked out.

Social media is a dangerous thing if you are going to vent opinions like that...and being 15 is no excuse.

For the short time she was in the house her behaviour was extreme to say the least...she behaved like a wild child..

Peoole saying 15 is young, you do know right from wrong at 15, and she posted a sectarian tweet in April this year so..... yeah its horrible but she can move on now with a lesson learned

Agree with all of this. I don't wish her any ill will, I wanted her gone when I read the tweets and she is so that's that.

That said, you know full well how offensive what she said is at 15. It wasn't innocent naivety, it was ugly racism. But hopefully she's done some much needed maturing since and continues to do so.

[Marsh.]

Are people honestly saying that as soon as contestents go home there is no futher input from the show..as bit like being discharged from hospital they will have access to mental healhcare for a period of time

Well a number of former housemates have come out and said so. A number were even suicidal after being "let go" by the show after one follow up.

[GoldHeart]

BB producers are the idiots for letting her on the show in the first place .Total pointless waste . Like I said someone else more interesting could of had her place

Ellis still hasn't grown up ,she probably regrets her stupid tweets . But when she entered BB she behaved like she was very immature :facepalm: .

[Starscream]

No mention at all of the Sectarian social media posts she was still making just months before going in the house?

[Cherie]

No mention at all of the Sectarian social media posts she was still making just months before going in the house?

No funny that isn’t it

[Cherie]

It's not a trivial task to assess someone's mental health either but that's a requirement which has gradually fallen away too.

If that is the case then that is the contract they signed....it would seem odd though that there wouldn’t be a set number of months specified for aftercare, obviously it can’t carry on indefinitely

[Marsh.]

If that is the case then that is the contract they signed....it would seem odd though that there wouldn’t be a set number of months specified for aftercare, obviously it can’t carry on indefinitely

Nobody said it would carry on indefinitely but multiple housemates experiencing suicidal feelings, multiple housemates making actual suicide attempts and all of them saying the aftercare amounted to little more than one phonecall is obviously a problem.

[montblanc]

i blame the producers

[arista]

i blame the producers


They had no choice
that Tweet with Racism
went Viral,
they had no choice but to send her home fast

It Ch5 TV, for fecks sake
can you not see a From Page Paper
exposing Ch5.

[Underscore]

no sympathy whatsoever

[arista]

no sympathy whatsoever


You Are Most Wise

[Elliot]

They had no choice
that Tweet with Racism
went Viral,
they had no choice but to send her home fast

It Ch5 TV, for fecks sake
can you not see a From Page Paper
exposing Ch5.

They had no choice??
You mean scrolling through social media which takes about 10 seconds while casting instead of going throug all this to ruin someone’s life??

[arista]

They had no choice??
You mean scrolling through social media which takes about 10 seconds while casting instead of going through all this to ruin someone’s life??


it was a 2014 tweet
Dug Up Again

Endemol would not know of it.

[Vicky.]

it was a 2014 tweet
Dug Up Again

Endemol would not know of it.

They would if they had actually looked. They claimed to vet the housemates, it was bull****. Either it was bull****, or they knew about it and put her in anyway just so they could kick her out and get some press.

[Elliot]

Yes they would if they did background checks. The fact that random sadoes on twitter do a better job than a ‘proffesional’ tv company is rediculous

[GoldHeart]

They had no choice??
You mean scrolling through social media which takes about 10 seconds while casting instead of going throug all this to ruin someone’s life??

Exactly
Very lazy & incompetent ! , and it was a waste of time putting Ellis in :facepalm: .

[Oliver_W]

Peoole saying 15 is young, you do know right from wrong at 15, and she posted a sectarian tweet in April this year so..... yeah its horrible but she can move on now with a lesson learned

I'm not entirely sure what "sectarian" means, and google wasn't very helpful ... what did she say and what does it mean?

[bots]

I'm not entirely sure what "sectarian" means, and google wasn't very helpful ... what did she say and what does it mean?

religious hatred

[Oliver_W]

religious hatred

Yes that's what google said, and it's still not that helpful. So she said "Christians suck"? Did she say "kill all muslims"? Or was it just "God's obviously not real, you're stupid!" What did she say? "Religious hatred" with no explanation isn't worth chucking her out.

[Zizu]

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/cambuslang-girl-booted-big-brother-13311326



Tough ... I doubt she's changed that much tbh


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[JoshBB]

it was a 2014 tweet
Dug Up Again

Endemol would not know of it.

At the very least, it's not hard to at least search keywords that might bring up offensive tweets (ie. racial slurs). And iirc, she only has around a thousand tweets. Could probably check them all within an hour.

[Zizu]

I'm afraid I don't. Social media is a dangerous thing if you are going to vent opinions like that...and being 15 is no excuse.



For the short time she was in the house her behaviour was extreme to say the least...she behaved like a wild child..



Exactly..


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[bots]

Yes that's what google said, and it's still not that helpful. So she said "Christians suck"? Did she say "kill all muslims"? Or was it just "God's obviously not real, you're stupid!" What did she say? "Religious hatred" with no explanation isn't worth chucking her out.

she is a rangers supporter so ... one tweet was "who is going to be sectarian today" with a picture of someone clapping ... another was **** the pope and the ira

[reece(:]

Removing her, shoving her in a room to wait while they packed her ****, then dumping her in a taxi home. Ruthless :skull:

A birthday treat

[spot_on]

What’s the point of having the show if you’re just gonna judge them from the outside AFTER putting them in the house. There are literal criminals in there right now, and have been before. Where’s the consistency?

Exactly, especially something she wrote 5 years ago when she was a kid. This show is becoming a joke, this and now with Lewis. They show is running scared, caving to the overzealous politically correct SJW crowd.

[ThriceShy]

Giving your opinion on twitter should never be a reason to eject someone. I liked Ellis.

[Jack_]

We love the best housemate of all time!