The Channel 5 compound has been bounty of drama since airing earlier this month.
And the tension is set to reach fever pitch when Jermaine Pennant’s secret notes to Chloe Ayling are revealed to the entire house by the model on Tuesday night’s Celebrity Big Brother.
It comes as reports emerged the footballer, 35, is said to be still with his glamour model wife Alice Goodwin -despite declaring himself as a single man when he entered the house.
Revealed: Jermaine Pennant’s secret notes to Chloe Ayling are revealed to the entire house by the model on Tuesday night’s Celebrity Big Brother
A source told The Sun: ‘Jermaine hadn’t been with Alice for some time but he wanted her there for launch night.
‘He’s told everyone in the house he’s not married and he went into the show single.
‘It’s complicated, he’s been honest about that, but they are still together and Alice very much thinks that.’
Trouble in paradise: It comes as reports emerged the footballer, 35, is said to be still with his glamour model wife Alice Goodwin – despite declaring himself as a single man
The insider told the publication the married couple cooled things off three months ago but decided to give things another go.
Meanwhile, in scenes to air on Tuesday’s show, Chloe’s admission in the sitting room doesn’t sit well with ex-TOWIE star Dan Osborne when he shares his empathy for the former footballer’s wife outside the Borehamwood Bungalow.
Previously, Jermaine who has been married to glamour model Alice Goodwin for four years, was caught sending a flirty message to the 21-year-old model in her powder compact last week.
Unimpressed: However, the admission in the sitting room doesn’t sit well with ex-TOWIE star Dan Osborne when he shares his empathy for the former footballer’s wife outside the Borehamwood Bungalow
And now in the upcoming episode, Chloe decides to tell her fellow housemates about the intimate notes while they all lounge around in the living room.
She began: ‘He wrote under the thing, “I think I like you shh.”‘
Setting the house off, Ryan Thomas jumped to his feet and excitingly yelped to his pal Dan: ‘You’re going to love this one pal, you’re going to love this one mate.’
Caught up: Previously, Jermaine, 35, who has been married to glamour model Alice Goodwin for four years, was caught sending a flirty message to the 21-year-old model in her make-up
The former Corrie star then divulged all to Ben Jardine and Dan, who looked at Chloe in disbelief as she questioned: ‘I thought everyone knew?’
Asking the question on everyone’s lip, former Emmerdale actress Roxanne asked: ‘Did you write one back?’, to which Chloe confessed that she asked him how long he’d found her attractive and shared: ‘”Day one”. Then there was a break and he said: “might get interesting now”‘.
Weighing in on the situation, Dan expressed concern for his wife as he lamented: ‘His poor missus, man. When did you feel the need to expose him like that?’
Soap star Roxanne couldn’t contain her thrill as she uttered: ‘Oh I’ve got my soap opera it’s like a real life soap opera.’
Sharing: And now on Tuesday’s episode, Chloe decides to tell her fellow housemates about the intimate notes while they all lounge around in the living room
Shock: The former Corrie star then divulged all to Ben Jardine and Dan, who looked at Chloe in disbelief as she questioned: ‘I thought everyone knew?’
Unimpressed with the situation, Dan weighed in and voiced his distaste for the admission for his other half watching the saga unfold on television.
He said: ‘It’s all well and good us laughing about it but his poor missus is going to see this on telly you know.’
Chloe continued to tell her housemates about the situation and shared: ‘This is the thing, I said: “but you have a girlfriend?”. And he said: “but it’s f***ed now,” so I don’t understand. So he’s basically said it’s over.’
To which Dan answered: ‘I don’t want to talk about it.’
Weighing in: Unimpressed with the situation, Dan weighed in and voiced his distaste for the admission for his other half watching the saga unfold on television
However, Jermaine insists that his flirting with Chloe has just been ‘banter’ as he backtracks on his previous remarks.
He tells Gabby Allen and Ryan: ‘No one’s done anything so no one’s going to get into trouble. Obviously she thinks one thing but I mean, nobody’s done anything. They’ve not got on camera like me kissing or anything like that, the games we’re playing.’
Gabby tries to intervene, saying: ‘But the thing is, listen. I’m just saying from like a girl’s point of view, I would be concerned if I was going out and someone…
‘Because she might get called like all sorts of names you know, like as you’ve just said about the whole “If she knew that he had a girlfriend then she shouldn’t have been…”‘
Backtracking: However, Jermaine insists that his flirting with Chloe has just been ‘banter’ as he backtracks on his previous remarks
Ryan agrees that Chloe knew Jermaine had a partner from the beginning, saying: ‘Yeah, she was told from the start that he had a girlfriend. Then she told Natalie that she liked him, then Natalie told him she liked him.’
However, he warns Jermaine that he should think about the ‘messages’ he is sending out. He says: ‘It’s not your fault. But them messages mate, they’re your fault.’
And Jermaine rejects Ryan’s suggestion to talk to Chloe about it, saying: ‘I don’t want to have no conversation with Big Brother to embarrass people on the outside. What I’m doing is not embarrassing because this is all games.
‘I don’t want to have certain conversations with someone when my missus is watching outside.”
Dan points out that Jermaine’s wife will be upset if she is watching, saying: ‘It’s all well and good us laughing about it, but his poor missus. She’ll see this on telly.’
In the past: Jermaine was previously caught sending a flirty message to Chloe in the Celebrity Big Brother house last week
Caught: The former football star, who has been married to glamour model Alice Goodwin for four years, could be seen writing a note to the blonde bombshell in her powder compact
And Ryan agreed. He said: “Mate, don’t even go there.” Are they together though? I warned him already. I did say to him, “You’ll see it back mate.”
‘I pulled him to one side and when we sat down I said, “Listen mate, if you want my advice, I don’t mind bantering stuff with you but if you want my advice, I wouldn’t get in that bed with her tonight”.
‘He went, “I’m just playing a game mate”. So, from my point of view, I don’t know his lady, if Jermaine wants to make that decision for himself, he’s a grown man, he can do what he wants to do. Listen, if I did that to my missus I wouldn’t have any balls when I came out.’
Jermaine was previously caught sending a flirty message to Chloe in the Celebrity Big Brother house last week.
Sparks flying! Jermaine appeared to breach house rules which prohibit the writing of notes, by writing an eyeliner message in Chloe’s powder compact
The former football star, who has been married to glamour model Alice Goodwin for four years, could be seen writing a note to the blonde bombshell in her powder compact.
In the same clip, Chloe was seen confiding in ex-housemate Rodrigo Alves about what was written in the message, saying it contained the words ‘I like you.’
Jermaine appeared to breach house rules which prohibit the writing of notes, by writing an eyeliner message in Chloe’s powder compact.
Chloe could then be seen confiding in Rodrigo about the pair’s secret messages, telling the ‘Human Ken Doll’ that the message said ‘I like you.’
Fans have already caught wind of Jermaine and Chloe bond, after he kissed her thigh for a dare.
Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on Channel 5
Surprising: Chloe was sent a message by Jermaine written in her powder compact, which said: ‘I like you’