Bum rap: Twin threatens to sue after Big Bro fight

Bum rap: Twin threatens to sue after Big Bro fight
Bum rap: Twin threatens to sue after Big Bro fight (Image credit: PA)

Playboy Playmate Karissa Shannon has threatened to sue Celebrity Big Brother after actress Denise Welch pulled down her pyjama bottoms. The incident, which occurred as the pair were dancing on a sofa during a boozy party, was broadcast on the Channel 5 show on Tuesday night. Karissa was outraged at having her bottom exposed, and stormed into the diary room to warn that she would take legal action. "You're going to show my ass on TV, that's for sure. I'm not cool with that so I'm going to sue you guys. My management's not going to be OK with this." She added that she was 'done' with X Factor flop Frankie Cocozza's 'sexual harassment'. Denise, who last week went topless during a hot tub session in the house, claimed she did not realise her actions would have offended Karissa. "It's your great bum, show it off," she said. But the Playboy star declared: "I do not pull my pants down for anyone." Her twin sister, Kristina, later added: "Everybody knows she's a really reserved person." Former glamour model Nicola McLean soon became involved in a noisy row with Denise, and then yelled to Big Brother that she wanted to leave the house. The show's winner will be revealed on Friday night.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.