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Agony of woman who adopted BB star

BIG Brother housemate Jason Cowan's adoptive mum says his plans to meet his birth mother are 'a slap in the face'.

The posing, perma-tanned muscleman was taken in by Eleanor Cowan, 74, when he was a toddler.

But she had no idea trainee air steward Jason, 30, who was BB5's runner-up, had entered the reality show.

And she has been upset by his reunion with his birth mother, Jane Astrouskas, 45.

Her son Gordon, 37, said: 'My mum is a very strong and dignified woman but news of Jason's reunion with Jane is like a slap in the face for her.

'It's odd Jane seems to want to see him now he is in the spotlight and has money behind him.

'If it hadn't been for Big Brother, I don't think she would ever have bothered to see him.'

Jason's sister Alice said she was stunned by the BB star, who now lives in Manchester, claiming he had a tough childhood.

She said: 'We are all adopted so we understand what it's like but when we opened the newspapers it just hit you in the face.'

Eleanor had to leave her home in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, and move in with Alice, 42, to avoid jibes from people unimpressed by Jason's moody on-screen antics.

Gordon said: 'She was completely caught off guard and we could all have done with some warning from Jason.

'She dotes on him as he is the youngest of all of us.'

Eleanor fostered Jason, whose birth mum was only 15 when she had him, when he was two and adopted him as a teenager.

Gordon said the last time Jason saw Eleanor was Christmas and he has not contacted them since he left the BB house last week.

Article from Suday Mail