Patsy Palmer breaks silence on moment she refused to speak during interview after being kicked off CBB

Celebrity Big Brother's Patsy Palmer appears to have addressed her tense eviction interview.

Best known for her portrayal of Bianca Jackson in BBC soap EastEnders, the 52-year-old was one of three stars to leave the reality TV house on Tuesday (April 22) - the other pair being Ella Rae Wise and Angellica Bell.

Sitting down for her exit chat with presenters AJ Odudu and Will Best, though, it was Palmer's slight frostiness that stole all of the headlines, as she was asked about her uncomfortable encounters with Mickey Rourke.

In the early days of the 2025 series, which airs nightly on ITV1, Palmer's cooking received a savage review from Hollywood veteran Rourke.

"What do you know? You can't cook," he said to her, with the stunned soap star replying: "I can't cook?"

Mickey Rourke has found himself in hot water due to his behaviour (ITV)

"No, not even a little bit," he reiterated. "I hope that was a sarcastic joke," was Palmer's comeback, but soon after she was found crying in the Diary Room.

Inevitably, this cropped up during her interview with Odudu and Best, who were keen to get her take on what's become known as 'Broccoli-gate'.

"You don't want to talk about the broccoli, do you? Absolutely fair enough," said Best after she refused to play his game.

Cue even more silence, as Odudu added: "Did it really upset you when Mickey complained to your face about the food?"

"Erm, not really that," noted a clearly annoyed Palmer.

Palmer has posted dozens of images to her Instagram stories since leaving the Big Brother house, and one of the messages to her followers appears to address her uncomfortable interview with Odudu and Best.

She wrote: "There's nothing awkward about silence. It says it all!"

Meanwhile, body language expert Darren Stanton has weighed in on the Palmer interview on behalf of Betfair Casino.

Patsy Palmer's Instagram statement was a response to her strange CBB exit interview (Instagram/patsypalmerofficial)

"She had a blank face and looked very tense - her shoulders weren’t relaxed, and she didn’t want to engage at all," he claimed, adding that he picked up on 'facial expressions of irritation and annoyance' during this interaction.

"I think for a split second, everyone thought Patsy was joking when she was remaining silent, but everyone soon realised that she didn’t want to answer. I think the audience felt exactly what AJ and Will were feeling. They did their best to keep things going by asking more questions, but it was uncomfortable to watch."

The final of Celebrity Big Brother airs on Friday, 25 April at 9pm. Viewers are now able to vote for their winner from remaining contestants JoJo Siwa, Chesney Hawkes, Donna Preston, Jack P Shepherd, Chris Hughes and Danny Beard.