[Omah]

http://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/new...bullying__row/

FORMER Big Brother winner Brian Belo claims he quit a pantomime because he was being bullied.

The reality star, 24, from Ampers End, Basildon, was to appear as the genie in a production of Aladdin at the Thameside Theatre, Grays, until January 7.

But he left in mysterious circumstances last week, citing “personal reasons”, although the Gazette has now learnt he made allegations of bullying to production staff.

His mum Sue, 57, said her son had been reduced to tears after his house keys, script and costume were repeatedly hidden in his dressing room.

However, the production team found no evidence of bullying after carrying out their own investigation and tried to get Brian to change his mind.

Panto co-star and former EastEnders actor Dean Gaffney, who is good friends with Brian, is understood to have sent him a text urging him to come back, but with no success.

Sue said: “He won’t be going back. This isn’t like Brian, as he is quite happy-go-lucky, but this really hurt his feelings.

“I had to change the lock on the door of our house after his keys disappeared, because we were worried about getting broken into, but they turned up the next day.

“He was getting so frustrated and in the end he had to quit. Before he started, he was so excited because the producer said he was a natural. He is really disappointed by the way things turned out.”

Brian, who was the Big Brother TV show winner in 2007, has been advised by his agent not to speak personally about the allegations.

He maintains things were done to him to put him off performing.

It’s emerged Brian refused to go back, despite a late-night visit to his house by the show’s producer Darren Maddison, who also carried out the investigation into his bullying allegations.

Mr Maddison said: “The allegations were thoroughly investigated with sensitivity by the production company and were found to be unfounded.”

Brian has been replaced in the panto by Craig Phillips, who won the first series of Big Brother.

"mysterious circumstances" .....

[GypsyGoth]

It sounds like they were pretty mean to him.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

good

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by Sassy Claus

good

[Shasown]

Brian's not the brightest of blokes, maybe he is just forgetful.

Nothing like the stagefright of a "real" acting job to exacerbate the situation and make the bullying all seem real to him.

Just the other side of the coin.

[swinearefine]

He deserves to get bullied, he's vile.

[Suze]

No ex BB housemate deserves to get bullied no matter how vile they may seem. Bullying is just disgusting behaviour. Don't suppose we will know for sure however if he has been bullied as the Show's Producer says different, but there again the Producer could just be trying to cover his own a*se.

[Sam:)]

Thats Horrible, Im not asking to be cruel but is Brian "special"?

[InOne]

It's clearly because he's Black.

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by swinearefine

He deserves to get bullied, he's vile.

Oh God...

[Omah]

Brian Belo is so furious he hasn’t received any credit for developing reality TV show The Only Way Is Essex that he is now suing the makers for loss of earnings of up to £100,000 a series.

http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/860984-bri...#ixzz1i2Srf7UM

Do producers find him difficult to work with ?

[fruit_cake]

so he doesn't know who shakespeare is, but apparently he does know how to sue people