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Liam has shocked the housemates by making an "insensitive" remark about Kara-Louise during this afternoon's podcast.

The group was in sombre mood as the microphone was passed between them at the sofas, with Carole still stewing over last night's decision to swap her piccalilli for a party.

Housemates were instructed to ask the person to their left a question about another member of the group from a sheet provided by Big Brother. But as Liam took his turn, he declared the questions to be "crap", instead opting to ask the twins: "Do you hate Kara-Louise?"

After a shocked silence, the twins responded that they definitely did not, with an embarrassed Amanda complaining: "Liam's mean to everyone." The tree surgeon quickly tried to defend himself, insisting: "I was being nice!...I've pointed out on the radio that everybody likes you, Kara, and you're a nice person."

Although he apologised for his actions before the podcast ended, Carole later took him to task for his "insensitivity", pointing out that Kara-Louise already felt rejected after being voted the worst housemate during yesterday's task.

"I thought they would say 'no, we love her' and we would all go 'yeah, we love her, woohoo!'" he protested, adding a defensive: "I didn't realise that I'd ruined everybody's lives."

"I think you [should've] just not asked the question at all," chided Ziggy, while Carole said: "It went down like a lead balloon, her face just went."

"It's just a bit of a smack in the face with a frying pan, that's all," piped up Brian. "I don't think you realise that 'cos you've got the subtlety of a brick through a window."