Chris Hughes’ brother slams ‘jealous’ Ella Rae Wise after Celebrity Big Brother row

Chris Hughes’ brother believes Ella Rae Wise is ‘jealous’ of his friendship with JoJo Siwa.

The Love Island star, 32, has become close with American star JoJo, 21, since they entered the Celebrity Big Brother house last week.

The pair have regularly spent time one-on- one away from the group, much to the dismay of The Only Way is Essex star Ella, 24.

On last night’s episode of the ITV reality series, Chris took aim at Ella, accusing her of being ‘jealous’ of his and JoJo’s ‘matching energies’.

‘She isn’t sweet on JoJo so there might be a jealously thing there I don’t know, she likes to have her two pence worth and if she’s out of a conversation she wants to be in it,’ he said in the diary room.

Now Chris’ brother Ben has weighed in on the unfolding drama.

Appearing on Lorraine on Monday, Ben commented on his brother’s friendship with JoJo, sharing: ‘I still feel they’ve bonded so well. They are very similar people who have a great friendship.’

However, when asked about Ella, he shared: ‘In my point of view, I think she got jealous about their friendship and wonders why she wasn’t part of it, but I believe Daley has left the biggest bombshell and blown things out of the water.’

His comment also referred to Daley Thompson’s parting words before he left the house last night.

After Ella asked if he had any advice going forward in the show, he told her: ‘Except…I know it’s difficult if you are struggling to be heard, put your hand up. Because there’s some people that are really loud and there’s some people that do this professionally as a game.’

Appearing to take a swipe and Chris and JoJo, he added: ‘There’s two people in here that do it all of the time. I think on the cameras; people will be interested in their relationship.’

When Ella went on to discuss Daley’s comments with Danny Beard and Donna Preston, the former branded it a ‘Daley bomb’.

Earlier in the episode, viewers branded Ella a ‘hypocrite’ after she slammed JoJo and Chris for their reality TV pasts.

Ella, a reality star herself, said the pair were ‘professional reality stars and social climbers’ who were ‘playing a game’.

‘I just feel, and this is my personal opinion, that there are social climbers in this industry, and I think he would benefit a hell of a lot,’ she added.

While Chris found fame on Love Island and JoJo on Dance Moms, Ella has appeared on Towie, Celebrity Ex on the Beach and The Challenge UK.

Her comments drew criticism from viewers, who wrote on X that she was ‘two-faced’ and a ‘game player’.

However, some have also questioned Chris and JoJo’s friendship after he previously tried to kiss her and offered to be the father of her children.

Outside the house, audiences have been speculating about the pair ‘flirting’ and expressing sympathy for the singer’s real-life partner.

However, this notion has been heavily criticised, especially by LGBTQ+ viewers, since JoJo is proudly gay.

Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1.

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