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BB babe Sophie: 'I didn't cheat over eviction'

MOUTHY evictee Sophie Lawrence last night admitted breaking the rules in Big Brother – because she was confused



By Ed Gleave/Published 18th August 2013

The blonde babe, 20, confessed to her actions – just like infamous Nasty Nick Bateman did in the first series.

Millions of viewers saw Sophie appear to change who she was picking on live telly last Monday during face-to-face nominations.

Fans speculated she had cheated because she swapped her decision after other housemates had nominated – *meaning she could affect the overall result and decide who faced the public vote.

In an exclusive chat with the Daily Star Sunday, Sophie confirmed she *originally picked Charlie Travers but replaced her with Dexter Koh.


“Sometimes you’re under pressure because you’re not sure who you’re going to nominate. It was quite hard to nominate”
Sophie
In a frank admission, she said: “At first I wrote Charlie. But then I couldn’t bring myself to nominate her because she’d never done or said anything bad to me. I rubbed it out and put Dexter.

“Sometimes you’re under pressure because you’re not sure who you’re going to nominate. It was quite hard to nominate.” Sophie was grilled in the diary room about her actions and convinced bosses she had done nothing wrong.

But scores of viewers slated her online over it and claimed producers were giving her special treatment.

Fearing a backlash, Sophie insisted: “I think this has been made into a bigger issue than it was. I was just confused.

“I wrote Charlie and then I thought ‘no, no, it’s Dexter’.”

Sophie insisted that, because she *nominated last, Dexter and Charlie, 27, would have been nominated anyway.


She added: “I wasn’t trying to fix it at all. I didn’t mean it to change the result. I could have chosen someone who wouldn’t have already been up but I chose Dexter.

“So that proves I didn’t intend to do anything bad.”

Her antics mirror sneaky Nick, 45, on the show 13 years ago, who was caught out trying to fix nominations.

Dexter was later saved from nomination in a shock twist after winning immunity – and picked Sophie to replace him.

The former dental nurse was booted out on Friday after her bitching sessions with pal Gina Rio, 24, angered some viewers.

Hitting back, Sophie said: “I didn’t mean anything bad when I spoke about people. In that environment you all do it. There’s nothing I regret.”

Sophie, from Canning Town, east London, added: “I was myself in there.”