Iconic Big Brother villain Nasty Nick Bateman has insisted today’s reality show contenders behave worse than him.
The reality star, now 55 and looking almost exactly the same, appeared on the very first series of the legendary show when it debuted on Channel 4 back in 2000 and before being booted out by producers for breaking the rules and ‘manipulating’ nominations.
His antics in the show prompted outrage from viewers and his fellow housemates, but he has played out the seriousness of all the backlash.
Appearing on This Morning as part of a ‘where are they now’ featured ahead of Big Brother’s return to ITV later this year, he said: ‘You look at shows now, people do far worse!’
Since his stint in the famous reality TV digs, Nick has moved to Australia – but he insisted it’s got nothing to do with his reputation on the show.
‘I moved to Australia because Australia is progressive, beautiful sunshine, it doesn’t rain, cold beers,’ he smiled as he joined the interview on a video call from his home. ‘A million reasons it’s better than the UK!’
While Nick has gone down in television infamy, he never expected to be chosen as a housemate, and even recalls producers telling him they thought he’d ‘be too boring’.
He reflected: ‘Perhaps 20 years ago I applied for the show, I didn’t think I would get on it, so many people applied.
‘As the process became narrower and narrower, and they were narrowing people down, I thought that I had probably even less chance of chatting on the show. I was quite surprised I was picked.’
Nick was joined for the mini-reunion – which was led by Big Brother alum Alison Hammond and former presenter Dermot O’Leary – by Nadia Almada, the show’s first transgender contestant, and Kate Lawler, who was the first woman to win.
‘I just had the best summer holiday ever in my life, really. It really was. It was just stepping away from everyday life into a situation that I would have an experience of purely being a person rather than as a label,’ Nadia said.
Asked about the memorable moment she went for a shower in her high heels, she quipped: ‘I still do that. Every day babes.’
Meanwhile, Kate – who remembered being ‘absolutely devastated’ when Alison left the house – have some words of advice for anyone looking to sign up to the revival.
‘I’d say if you;re offered a place, do it,’ she said, noting that she was apprehensive even when the offer came in. ‘Be yourself. You can’t be anything but yourself. When the cameras are rolling, you’ll end up being exposed.’
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV1.
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