Housemate Ella Rae Wise’s mother has shared the reason the Celebrity Big Brother star has been ‘holding back’ in the house. The 24-year-old TOWIE star had a few struggles in the house as axed housemate Mickey Rourke made a vile sexual comment towards her and fans believed there was a feud brewing between her and Chris Hughes.
While there’s been no big argument, Ella has repeatedly called out Love Island star Chris to her housemates for the past week. She seemed upset about them not spending any time together before accusing the TV personality and JoJo Siwa of separating themselves from everyone else.
Her mum Sonia revealed Ella is simply terrified of getting hurt as she was bullied in school. Speaking to MailOnline, she said: “Ella had some difficult times at school. She was bullied really badly which was heartbreaking to see as a mum.
“I think that’s why she holds back when she first meets people, as she doesn’t want to get hurt.” Furthermore, Ella struggled in school because of her dyslexia.
Meanwhile, she “couldn’t be prouder” of her daughter and “how far she has come in life”. On a recent episode of CBB, Ella claimed she couldn’t get closer to Chris due to his past relationship with her pal, Olivia Attwood.
Olivia and Chris got together after meeting on Love Island in series three, which aired in 2017. The romance didn’t end on the best of terms, and Ella claimed her friendship with Olivia was behind her feelings towards Chris.
She overheard Chris mentioning Olivia on the show on Wednesday night, before claiming this is why she “couldn’t connect” with Chris, because she and Olivia were friends. She then appeared to call out Chris with a dig about his past, saying that “people change”.
Shaking her head initially, she was shown speaking to Danny Beard but there was no audio. She was then heard saying: “That’s really hard cos I actually do know her and that’s why I can’t connect with him. But people change, it was years ago.”
However, some fans weren’t buying her excuse and took to social media to call her out. Taking to X, one fan said: “What I find crazy is that Ella was talking about how she was wanted to connect with Chris and how she thought she would…but then said to Danny tonight that she is friends with Olivia and would find it difficult to be friends with Chris. Girl what!?”
Another viewer said: “Ella pretending she doesn’t get on with Chris because of Olivia.
One fan added: “So Ella’s new excuse as to why she doesn’t like Chris is because she knows Olivia… Lol as if she wasn’t pining after him for a showmance.”
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