'I WANTED OUT'
CELEBRITY Big Brother winner Ryan Thomas last night revealed he felt like a "scared little boy" after the Roxanne Pallett punch row, fearing the claims could "really stick to a man".
The former Coronation Street actor beat Cheers actress Kirstie Alley to the title - who didn't mind as she kissed Ryan on the lips to celebrate his victory.
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After leaving the house a winner, Ryan sat down with host Emma Willis and conversation soon turned to punchgate and Roxanne.
Ryan said it had been a tough time dealing with her accusations that he was a "woman beater" after their playfight.
He said: "It was totally unexpected. It was a sign of affection that I've used on Gabby.
"There was nothing in it, as it unravelled and became bigger and bigger, but when Ben told me she said she was unable to stay in the room because she was scared, that rang alarm bells."
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When Emma asked how that made him feel, he replied: "I was a scared little boy.
"Your trust is in a different place. The one thing I held on to in there was Sally as she mothered me from the start and I needed that.
"We all know how something like that can stick on a man, sometimes it can be done in the right way but this was done in the wrong way.
"I wanted out, I thought I would be getting a call from police soon.
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"I was glad we had 24-hour surveillance on us as the point was proven."
Meanwhile runner-up Kirstie, 67, admitted she never expected to reach the final and had to borrow an eviction outfit from Sally Morgan.
The actress also admitted to struggling to understand her British housemates.
Kirstie explained: "I thought it was wonderful. Sometimes I couldn't understand everyone, there's a lot of different dialects, but they were more than happy to translate."
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"I really loved everyone in the house... I couldn't believe that I could sleep with 13 people in the room.
"Snoring is an issue for me. But also light. My room is blacked out where I sleep and there were lights on all the time. But it's made me a better person and I've made a lot of good friends. I had fun."
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Dan Osborne finished in third place and admitted he struggled the most with being away from his kids.
He told Emma: "That's the most important thing to me, making my family proud.
"They are the most important thing and as long as they are proud I'm a happy man."
Emma asked what he had learned about himself and if he thought he could have a fresh start when he got home to wife Jacqueline Jossa.
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He said: "I know I'm not perfect, but having time in there makes you appreciate what you have, like speaking to my children.
"It also made me reflect on the things I don't do right, like in my marriage. I hope she's still talking to me after this.
"I know it's changed me a lot as a person for the better and I've seen what I've done wrong and all I want is a happy home for my kids and for my wife."
Emma also asked about his friendship with Gabby Allen.
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He said: "For the first few days we felt we should keep our distance, it felt a bit weird.
"But we're living together 24 hours a day and she's a lovely girl. We do just get on."
Love Island star Gabby was the first celebrity evicted last night.
Gabby received a mixed reception from the crowd and admitted she wasn't prepared for the boos.
Emma asked her about her friendship with Dan after she was seen saying she loved him during their final meal together.
Gabby said: "Dan, we get on so well and there's no hiding that.
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"I hope that now we can get to being friends on the outside because I love you."
But speaking to Emma, she insisted she sees the former Towie star as a brother, not a potential lover.
She said: "I was always so conscious of not... basically the whole time it was just 'we're just bantering'.
"Towards the middle of the time I just decided to enjoy my time.
"When you're in such confined space it's easy to let go but there was always something in the back of my mind like 'come on you don't want to p*** anyone off'.
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"He always to tell me to calm down, it makes me mad. [He's] like a brother, the more time that we've spent with each other, he's digging me and throwing me down and I'm like 'alright mate'.
"I'm very happy that he was in there, especially this last week. It was nice to have someone to have a laugh with and a drink with."
Next to go and finish in fifth place was Sally Morgan who said she was "very happy just to have been a finalist" and that it was "beyond all my dreams."
She also spoke about her race row with Hardeep Singh Kohli which aired during Saturday night's episode.
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She said: "Apologies need to come from the heart not from the head.
"It would have been nice to feel like he meant it but to me I don't feel like it was sincere.
"What he basically accused me of could ruin a person, and you cannot do that.
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"I had no idea, seriously. You can ask my family, I don't lose it like that.
"It was like someone had punched me in the stomach, seriously."
Nick Leeson finished in fourth place.
He told Emma his stint in the house was harder than being in prison.
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He said: "I thought it was going to be a walk in the park.
"I've cried more in that three weeks than I've done in the rest of my life."
Explaining why, he added: "The tension, you grow really close to the people in the house with you and you feel their pain too if something is going wrong.
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"There were things that were clearly wrong and they troubled friends of mine within the house and it was important that something was said."
Emma looked sensational during the final, wowing viewers in a shimmering midnight blue gown.
The 42-year-old host has been knocking it out of the park in the style stakes this series, and tonight was no exception.
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Emma wore a floor-length shimmering gown which featured a thigh-high split and bow neckline detailing.
She received plenty of praise for her look online as well, as one fan wrote on Twitter: "EMMA LOOKING FIERCE #CBB".
Another added: "Wow Emma looks amazing!"
While a third tweeted: "HOW GOOD DOES EMMA LOOK".
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She was joined in the audience by the former housemates who were evicted - Natalie Nunn, Chloe Ayling, Ben Jardine, Jermaine Pennant and Hardeep Singh Kohli.
But Jermaine and Chloe sat apart from each other barely said a word to one other - despite their explosive chemistry inside the Borehamwood abode.
Viewers were hooked over the course of the series when it looked like romance was on the cards between Jermaine and Chloe.
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And fans rushed to Twitter to comment on their extremely awkward reunion, after Ben positioned himself between them.
One person said: "I guess Chloe wasn't allowed to sit next to Jermaine then"
Another viewer wrote on Twitter: "Love that Chloe and Jermaine aren't sitting together hahaha, pure 'banter'"
Roxanne Pallett and Human Ken Doll Rodrigo Alves - who was booted out of the house early on in the series - were the only two celebs not to return for the finale.
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