Celebrity Big Brother’s Angellica Bell breaks down over Martin Lewis show ‘feud’

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Angellica Bell has tearfully addressed her shock axe from the Martin Lewis Money Show Live on Celebrity Big Brother.

Last night, the 49-year-old presenter broke down in the Diary Room before being booted out of the house with Ella Rae Wise and Patsy Palmer in an eviction bloodbath.

Angellica revealed it took her a ‘long time’ to recover after her abrupt departure on The Martin Lewis Money Show Live in 2023, with reports claiming she had been ‘sacked’ with ‘no warning.’

ITV bosses later insisted its relationship with Angellica remained ‘amicable’ despite the TV star being abruptly replaced by ex-Olympian and broadcaster Jeanette Kwakye.

On Celebrity Big Brother, Angellica was asked if she felt like she had ‘found herself again’ on the ITV show before her eviction.

She replied: ‘It’s probably the best thing I’ve done in a long time. Before I came in here, I was a little bit scared.  

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‘The press were asking if I’d talk about the Martin Lewis show and stuff. It took me a long time to get over that.

‘I’m so grateful to all the audience that messaged me about it and also to other celebrities who contacted me and stuff.

Breaking down in tears, Angellica continued: ‘It was those messages and support that got me through. That’s why I wanted to come on the show to tap into my old self. 

‘It has taken a long, long time. I think I’ve found myself again being here. Every cloud.’

Angellica’s husband Michael Underwood – who pivoted from a career as a TV presenter to teaching primary school – previously hinted that the CBBC icon might spill the beans.

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The pair have been married since 2010 and share two children together who Michael joked he would have to ‘keep alive’ while the media personality was away filming.

In a social media video (launching a series analysing every episode of the new season), Michael hinted that we could see a new side to Angelica that doesn’t always ‘come through’ when she’s on our screens.

Michael said: ‘Now obviously it would be foolish not to say she’s the underdog in this team, but I hope she goes in there and shows you what I see every day and have seen every day since we met 25 years ago, and what I’ve seen every day since we’ve been married.

‘Just that kind, funny, straight-talking person and I hope you get to see that, because I think in all the other stuff she’s done on TV, that’s not always come through, because of the type of show that she’s working on.’

On TikTok one fan then commented: ‘Why did she stop working with Martin Lewis? I thought they were great together.’

To which Michael replied: ‘It’s not for me to say but she might talk about it on Celebrity Big Brother.’

The hosting duo worked together for over five years (Picture: Dave Hogan/Hogan Media/Shutterstock) Michael previously said Angeliica ‘might’ addressing her departure (Picture: Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

At the time, ITV insisted that the broadcaster’s relationship with Angellica had remained ‘amicable’ and sources claimed Martin was ‘staying out of it’ as it was not in his hands.

As an insider explained there were reportedly concerns over ‘editorial contradictions’ given the similarity of Angellica’s new gig with Channel 5 and the work she was doing on the ITV show with Martin.

She was seemingly ‘bumped off air with no warning’ just days before filming was set to begin, despite co-hosting the ongoing series since 2017, leaving staff ‘stunned’per The Sun.

A year prior, in 2022, she had nothing but praise for the financial expert who also appears on Loose Women, This Morning and Good Morning Britain to dispense his money-saving hacks.

The TV host’s husband described her as the ‘underdog’ of the series (Picture: Vianney Le Caer/Shutterstock for)

She told Metro: ‘What he does is incredible! And we talk behind the scenes, he is working tirelessly to help people. 

‘When the show used to be out, we’d be recording and people would come up, we would stop recording and be like “Angellica do you mind” and he’d go and talk to those people.

‘He just wants the best for everyone and he’s got a great heart.’

Celebrity Big Brother had a turbulent after Mickey Rourke was removed by ITV after repeated warnings about his behaviour.

Celebrity Big Brother continues at 9pm on ITV tonight.

A version of this article was first published April 9.

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