SOVEREIGN BRANDS BEACHAM A ‘BULLY’ AFTER REALITY TV STINT
British rapper LADY SOVEREIGN confronted TV bosses during her stint on a = U.K. reality show accusing DYNASTY actress STEPHANIE BEACHAM of bullying = her.
The hip-hop star, real name Louise Harman, was one of several celebriti= es - including Beacham, actors Vinnie Jones and Stephen Baldwin and singe= r Sisqo - to take part in Celebrity Big Brother, which is currently airin= g in Britain.
But after she was voted off the show on Monday (18Jan10) for behaving b= adly, Harman claims she only acted up to defend herself against the rest = of the ‘housemates’ who ostracised her.
And the star points the finger at 61-year-old Beacham and ex-boyband st= ar Dane Bowers as the main antagonists.
She tells Britain’s Daily Star newspaper, "I was bullied into making my= self look absolutely horrible and that wasn’t the case.
"Everyone was bullying me except Sisqo and Stephen. I would say the mai= n bullies were Dane and Stephanie, without a doubt.
"At one point I went to the Diary Room and I wouldn’t say I was close t= o tears, but I was very sensitive about the issue of bullying.
"I said it was unacceptable that certain people were treating me this w= ay. I expressed my feelings but, at the same time, I stood up to them. No= one was bothered, though." But a spokesperson for the show insists they closely monitored the acti= on - and didn’t feel as if any bullying took place.
A rep says, "The welfare of housemates is of paramount importance and u= nacceptable behaviour, including bullying, is not tolerated in the BB hou= se.
"All housemates are monitored closely around the clock by a dedicated t= eam and procedures are in place, including access to BB at any time, to e= nsure that housemates feel supported."
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