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Do you watch the show? I do. I watched the last two series. I watched the one with Jim Davidson. I didn't watch the one with Frank Maloney or Kelly. I know Frank, but I don't know Kelly. It's very difficult because he was a good friend of mine and I just don't know how to come to grips with it because he is not the same person at all. I haven't met Kelly, not for any reason, it's just not happened and I don't quite know how to approach it.

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I think this is ignorance rather than pure transphobia but it's still transphobic and Kellie has responded:

The boxing promoter said she "hasn't had a brain transplant" so isn't a different person

Kellie Maloney has hit back at Chris Ellison after the actor claimed "he is not the same person at all" since her transformation.

The boxing promoter, who underwent a sex change last August, appeared on This Morning today to speak about movie The Danish Girl, in which Eddie Redmayne plays Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sexual reassignment surgery.

While speaking about people's opinions of someone who goes through a transformation, she pulled the former Bill actor up on some comments he made ahead of going into the Celebrity Big Brother house.

ITVKellie Maloney has hit back at Chris Ellison after the actor claimed "he is not the same person at all" since her transformation
Speaking on This Morning, as you can see above, Kellie said: "Take Chris Ellison, he made a comment about me saying 'I've met Frank but I haven't met Kellie. He is not the same person at all.'

"But I am the same person. I haven't had a brain transplant. He's supposed to be an educated person.

ITVThe boxing promoter, who underwent a sex change last August, appeared on This Morning today to speak about movie The Danish Girl, in which Eddie Redmayne plays Lili Elbe
Chris admitted last week that he is struggling to "come to grips" with Kellie's transformation and claimed it is because "he is not the same person at all".

The CBB contestant admitted he was good friends with the boxing promoter before she transformed into Kellie but hasn't seen her since because he isn't sure how to approach her.

While speaking about people's opinions of someone who goes through a transformation, she pulled the former Bill actor up on some comments he made ahead of going into the Celebrity Big Brother house
Speaking about past series of CBB, he said: "I didn't watch the one with Frank Maloney or Kelly. I know Frank, but I don't know Kelly.

"It's very difficult because he was a good friend of mine and I just don't know how to come to grips with it because he is not the same person at all. I haven't met Kelly, not for any reason, it's just not happened and I don't quite know how to approach it."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/k...-chris-6367255

He's 68 so probably has old-fashioned views but it's still disrespectful calling Kellie a "he". I'll give him another chance since I think he's just ignorant tbh (despite people telling me I wouldn't give a male housemate a second chance over offensive comments )