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FURIOUS fans have turned on Big Brother bosses for fixing the show by not booting out Darnell Swallow and Rex Newmark for bullying Sara Folino.

Telly watchdog Ofcom have launched an official investigation after more than 1,500 fans complained, criticising the show’s bosses for not axing the two lads.


They claim the verbal attack in which Sara, 27, was quizzed about her sex life, told to flash her breasts and branded a “slut” and an “ugly bitch”, amounts to sexual abuse.


And they are baffled as to why Darnell, 26, and Rex, 24, are still on the show when former housemates Alex De-Gale, 23, and Dennis McHugh, 23, were both removed when their behaviour was deemed “unacceptable”.


Yesterday, Big Brother called them both into the diary room where they were issued with official warnings.


Viewer Gaye Denyer, from Wiltshire, stormed: “I am outraged that Channel 4 have appeared to condone this behaviour by not pulling them out.


“It is an absolute disgrace. If that sort of talk happened in the workplace, Darnell and Rex would find themselves in court. I am a fan of the show, but this time they have gone too far.”


One of hundreds of text messages sent to our newsdesk from angry fans read: “Rex and Darnell r vile. Rachel humiliated and Sara vilified, bullied and abused.


“Rex eggs Darnell on. They r a nasty pair who seem 2 hate women. Channel 4 should remove them b4 the final.”


A spokeswoman for Ofcom said they had received more than 1,500 complaints and the calls were still coming in.


Darnell, who started giving Sara grief after she rejected his advances and admitted she fancied Stu, tried to defend his actions to BB.


He said: “I feel like she represents basically how my life on the outside world goes with women.


“I got annoyed or whatever, obviously she knows that I don’t think that she is an ugly bitch.


“Everything I say to her goes in one ear and out the other, unless it’s something like negative, then that has to be something that’s set in stone. I think that’s what I was miffed about.”


Later, Rex added: “Sara knows I’m only playing with her, I made it very clear. I hate bullies, I would never bully someone.”


A Channel 4 spokesman said: “Big Brother will take appropriate action where unacceptable behaviour, including bullying, can lead to offence.


“Rex has apologised to Sara, and Darnell understands that his behaviour was not acceptable.”


This is not the first time this series has been hit with an official Ofcom investigation.


More than 1,500 people logged their concerns about bully Alex De-Gale, and mouthy Scot Dennis McHugh faced a police investigation after spitting in Mohamed’s face.

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