Celebrity Big Brother has aired Stormy Daniels’ launch show VT despite the adult film star pulling out of the show at the last minute.
There has been plenty of confusion and drama in the last couple of days about why Stormy, 39, wasn’t among the stars to enter the CBB house despite being heavily linked to the programme.
Addressing the situation on Friday night’s Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side, show host Rylan Clark-Neal said: “Stormy Daniels arrived in the UK [on Thursday morning] and, like every other housemate, she filmed her profile VT.”
He said it was only fair viewers got to see the VT, which should have played as she entered the CBB house.
In the VT, Stormy introduces herself by saying: “Hello, I’m Stormy Daniels land I’m best known for being an adult film star who brought trouble to the White House.”
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Stormy has alleged she slept with Donald Trump in 2006.
Trump has denied her allegation.”
She continued: “I’m currently involved in a huge media storm involving the United States President and it’s been shown on every news outlet around the world and it’s drastically changed my life.
“Everybody loves a good scandal, especially if it involves sex. I know a lot of people think they know everything about me, based on what they read or their own opinions, but I think I’m about to prove everyone wrong.
“I took on the US President but now I’m here to take on the Big Brother house.
“You think you’ve seen a storm? You haven’t seen nothing yet!”
After the VT finished, Rylan continued to address viewers by saying: “Now, as you can imagine, Big Brother was thrilled and excited by Stormy’s potential for the house.
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“However, five hours before the live show, Stormy informed us that she wished to simply appear on launch night and then leave.
“Big Brother tried to work out a fair compromise with her but in the end, for Big Brother, launch night is about housemates moving into the house, not about celebrities pulling out.
“Reports that Stormy asked for more money are completely false. Reports that Big Brother sought to control Stormy to achieve a specific outcome are also completely false.
“So there you go. We had her, she changed her mind and she went. It wasn’t how we wanted it to go, but always remember – no housemate is bigger than Big Brother.”
Stormy, meanwhile, was due to appear on ITV’s Loose Women on Friday afternoon to talk about why she pulled out of CBB, however the interview could not go ahead.
Loose Women’s Jane Moore explained to viewers she’d spoken to Stormy backstage and the interview would not go ahead as planned, much to Stormy’s disappointment.
Today @StormyDaniels was due to talk to us live in the studio. Due to reasons out of our control, the interview couldn’t go ahead. Watch this space… pic.twitter.com/AB54DMdYqA
— Loose Women (@loosewomen) August 17, 2018
According to Jane, Stormy’s reason for pulling out of CBB was a “custody development” in the US, which she learned about shortly before the live launch.
She said Stormy wanted to put her child first and being in the CBB house would mean being out of contact with the wider world for weeks.
Stormy also told Jane that she’d requested to appear on the CBB launch show anyway to explain dropping out, and bosses agreed before changing their minds.
Jane told the panel: “Needless to say, it has all become a legal situation with lawyers talking to lawyers and she says she has been told she can’t come and talk to us, but she wants to be sitting here.”
In the eye of the storm. What happened when Loose Women finally got to meet @StormyDaniels… @nadiasawalha @kayeadams @janem & Penny #LooseWomen pic.twitter.com/rlRMIsUf0R
— Loose Women (@loosewomen) August 17, 2018
A statement issued by Big Brother on Friday afternoon said: “Stormy Daniels was booked to appear on the show several months ago and hours before the show was due to go live, informed the production team that she no longer wished to enter the house as previously agreed.
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“Producers discussed a variety of options with her but were unable to agree any acceptable conditions for her entering the house.
“Our focus is now on making a brilliant series with our fantastic celebrities.”
CBB airs nightly on Channel 5.
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