A contestant from the new season of Big Brother has been dubbed the ‘Liz Truss of reality TV’ after being booted on the first day of the show.
Emily Hewertson was one of the highest-profile names to appear in the new season of Big Brother as a contestant when she was announced.
It was a bizarre moment to find out she was entering the Big Brother house for anyone active on political Twitter, as Hewertson is perhaps best known for being an online Conservative influencer.
Hewertson, a political events organiser, is well-known online for her outspoken political views, having joined the Conservative Party when she was just 16.
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Self-described as a ‘Tory’ in video packages promoting her going on the TV show, she is known to have, in the past, rubbed shoulders with Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson.
Whilst she hoped to show people that ‘Tories can be nice people too’, she was met with a vitriolic response upon her entry into the Big Brother house, being booed by the live audience as she entered.
After just a few hours in the house, however, she, alongside Sam and Caroline, was put up for eviction through a combination of the public vote and the actions of other housemates.
The three housemates were then asked to decide among themselves who should be the one to get the chop, with Emily pleading her case to stay in the house.
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"I think I should stay because obviously it's once in a lifetime and I'm young ... it's such a hard one," she said. "I think everyone's reasons are all valid; we all applied to be here."
When she ended up being the first voted off of this new season, however, the jokes immediately began piling in.
One fan tweeted: “Lasted less than a day. The Liz Truss of Reality TV,” while another said: “Damn, she didn’t last long."
A third posted a picture of her and Nigel Farage, saying: "Lmao, that tory girl Emily Hewertson got dashed out of the Big Brother already."
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Whilst many celebrated, others were more blunt in their anger at Hewertson's inclusion.
One tweeted that they didn't 'want her in there for entertainment' nor did they 'want to give her a chance, with the state of the country and the world right now'.
Hewertson took to social media after the decision, saying on Instagram: “A short story… Tory villain + BB = never gonna end well.
“Thank you for all the supportive messages… as always, haters gonna hate.”
Topics: Big Brother, Politics, Nigel Farage, TV and Film, TV, ITV
Michael Slavin