Celebrity Big Brother

Vanessa Feltz was so upset at being booted out of the show she locked herself away for three hours. An insider who has seen the unbroadcast footage of the show said: "She simply could not cope with the rejection and went to the diary room to speak to Big Brother It was clear that she was upset and everyone in the house thought she would be there for a few minutes to say how hurt she was. But she completely lost the plot and stayed in the diary room for three hours. It turned into a farce with Big Brother playing the nice guy, having to coax her out. The last thing anyone wanted to do was embarrass Vanessa so the episode was heavily edited. Everyone saw on TV that Vanessa lost it before she was evicted and realised she was a little on the edge. But the reality was far, far worse. "Vanessa was away with the fairies. It was linked with her marriage break-up and the failure of her TV career. It was one rejection too many."

The drama is one of a series of embarrassing Big Brother secrets that viewers were banned from seeing. Vanessa admitted she squirmed after watching tapes later. She said: "I look back now and I am extremely embarrassed. At the time it all seemed very serious. We were living it. We could not escape. Nobody realises what it was like."

But while Vanessa was cracking up, Keith was offending his wife Lisa and her family back home in Ireland as he talked about masturbation. Keith told his fellow contestants men had to "choke the chicken" at least once a day to relieve stress. He then said his wife Lisa didn�t believe that women should masturbate. An insider said: "Lisa was incredibly embarrassed by his comments. She is a nice, middle-class Catholic girl and couldn�t believe he was making such personal comments in front of millions on TV." Mum-of-two Lisa, who works as a fashion buyer, failed to turn up when Keith was the fourth contestant to be evicted from the house. Instead, she attended a shoe fair in Germany. Everyone else�s families were there for them when they came out except Keith�s.

Anthea stunned housemates when she revealed that in the past she had cooked magic mushrooms. Her shock admission came when the celebrities began talking about drugs. Anthea, once nicked-named Miss Goody-Two-Shoes, said: "I once cooked a stew with magic mushrooms. Quick as a flash, Claire said: "That�s typical Anthea. Eeen when you take drugs you do some cooking." Jack Dee asked Anthea about a famous night out with Chris Evans when she was dressed in a skimpy nurse�s outfit. Anthea, single at the time, went back to Chris�s house after a marathon all-day bender. Jack then asked if they had sex. Blushing Anthea replied: "I snogged him, I admit to that."

The insider also revealed the stars� boozing was far heavier than viewers were led to believe. On the first night all the stars apart from Chris Eubank went on a 13-hour bender sinking all the drink they had brought in. It was former Alcoholic Anonymous member Jack�s first heavy session for years.

But some of the most enlightening glimpses into what went on come from boxer Chris. He revealed how it was Claire who gave him the biggest shock when he mistook her deodorant for a sex toy. Claire had an underarm deodorant which had a suggestive shape. I remember catching sight of it and being very embarrassed and thinking �Well, this isn't for me� and backing out of the room.

Chris said he ended up being extremely protective about 40-year-old Anthea. He said: "Anthea was just...nice. She was helpful, she was kind of maternal. She was also very fragile. Let me tell you this, it wouldn't have been good for Anthea's state of mind if she was booted out first."

On Keith, Chris said: "On camera, he was always doing weights but I've worked in the gym for 19 years and he didn't look to me as if he'd ever lifted any weights in his life. His form was all wrong." At one point, he looked in the mirror and said 'Look at this, wouldn't you kill for a body like this?' But he�s just a lump."

Chris said he really admired Jack. But he was surprised by some of his habits. He went on: "Once when I was in the bedroom, he just stood there and broke wind, never thought twice about it and walked out. A lot of people find that funny but I don't."

However, it was Vanessa�s hair extensions that brought one of the most bizarre moments. Chris explained: "Jack was always making bread and we�d all take turns to knead it. In one loaf I found some of Vanessa's hair extensions. Fortunately I'm not squeamish about things, so I didn't say anything."

Despite coming out on top, Jack, 39, admitted yesterday he had really tried to make a dash for freedom. He said: "I really did. I was running, running and I got to the main road and there was this bloke walking along having a row with his girlfriend. He says to me, �Oi, Jack, you�re meant to be in the house.� So I ended up going to the house again and breaking back in."

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