Celebrity Big Brother fans have jumped to JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes’ defence after their housemates claimed they’re game playing.

During Tuesday night’s episode, Ella Rae Wise, Daley Thompson and Trisha Goddard all blasted the pair for ‘not being themselves’ and playing up to their reality TV past.

JoJo and Chris have set tongues wagging in recent days with their super close relationship. 

And once again they found themselves at the centre of drama as JoJo drew out an unknown message on the Love Island hunk’s hand – leading to a rule break.

A fed up Daley said: ‘You know its part of the plan because every time they get a punishment, they get the airtime.’ 

Ella added: ‘I told you they’ve been having secret conversations.’

Celebrity Big Brother fans have jumped to JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes’ defence after their housemates claimed they’re game playing

JoJo and Chris have set tongues wagging in recent days with their super close relationship

But fans completely disagreed with claims JoJo and Chris have a game plan, with some writing on X: ‘STOP WITH THE OH THEIR GAMEPLAYING! AND WHAT ABOUT IT! YOUR IN A GAME! #cbbuk #cbb’,

‘”Jojo and chris are playing a game” yeah you’re on a game show #CBBUK #CBB’,

‘Everyone clocking Chris and Jojo’s game plan is so funny’,

‘Ella is so f*cking annoying complaining about Chris and Jojo “playing a game” WHEN THEYRE ON A BLOODY GAME SHOW! #CBBUK’,

‘#CBBUK the thing is it doesn’t even seem like Chris and jojo are playing a game. All it is is 2 people who have a stronger bond than others. Surely if they were game playing they’ll want to mingle with everyone????’,

‘I dont think its fair for the housemates to label chris and jojo as game playing to try and turn audience against from them just bc they’re the two that have clicked the most, not necessarily game playing also chris was EXACTLY like this on love island w kem #cbbuk’.

Lying on the floor next to his bed, JoJo, 21, grabbed his hand and spelled something out with her finger, before telling Chris, 32, to ‘think about it’ and adding that it ‘made sense’.

Big Brother gathered the housemates in the living room to announce that this was rule break.

During Tuesday night’s episode, Ella Rae Wise (pictured), Daley Thompson and Trisha Goddard all blasted the pair for ‘not being themselves’ and playing up to their reality TV past

But fans completely disagreed with claims JoJo and Chris have a game plan, with some writing on X: ‘STOP WITH THE OH THEIR GAMEPLAYING! AND WHAT ABOUT IT! YOUR IN A GAME!’

Big Brother said: ‘This is Big Brother. Before you entered the house, the rules regarding attempting to communicate in code or write messages were clearly explained to you.

‘Today, that rule was broken. At 1:59am in the bedroom, JoJo wrote messages on Chris’ hand in secret. Chris gave JoJo his hand and said, ‘you can write it out’. JoJo then wrote on Chris’ hand and said ‘It makes sense, think about it.’

Big Brother said, ‘Chris and JoJo, stand up.’

JoJo revealed: ‘I solemnly swear, put my hand on a bible, it had nothing to do with nominations.’

Big Brother added: ‘Chris, JoJo, you have broken a fundamental rule of the Big Brother house and you will be punished. You have communicated in secret so from now on your conversations will be anything but…’

‘JoJo, Chris, until further notice you are only permitted to speak through a megaphone for all to hear.’

Daley added: ‘But that’s not a punishment, that’s a punishment for us. They’re laughing because they’re annoying us.’ 

‘Big Brother likes to put a cat amongst the pigeons,’ Angellica quipped.

And once again found themselves at the centre of drama as JoJo appeared to draw out an unknown message on the Love Island hunk’s hand – leading to a rule break 

Lying on the floor next to his bed, the Karma hitmaker, 21, grabbed his hand and spelled something out with her finger, before telling Chris, 32, to ‘think about it’ and adding that it ‘made sense’

Danny replied: ‘A cat amongst the pigeons? That’s two mᴀssively loud hyenas amongst a flock of doves.

Fans reckon they’ve worked out the secret code JoJo Siwa wrote on Chris Hughes’ hand at the end of Monday’s show.

Some reckon she was giving the heads up on Ella’s potential feelings towards him, remarking: ‘I feel like jojo told chris that she thinks ella fancies him’,

With another adding: ‘Jojo could have noticed how Ella has been acting towards Chris and was telling him, and spelling it out so nobody would hear.’

While others believe she was sharing her affection for him, with users commenting: ‘Did JoJo do 143? I love you?!?!?’, ‘I heart u probably’, and ‘She draw a heart and said it makes sense.’

Meanwhile, different viewers were of the opinion that JoJo may have been offering a secret code about nominations or their fellow housemates.

One shared: ‘I think Jojo wrote E and P on Chris’ hand btw’, with another adding: ‘What did Jojo write on Chris’ hand??? 3 letters. Second letter looked like it could be an o or a lowercase e.’

With a further believing it there could have been a simpler explanation: ‘IMO she said she was H๏τ in answer to his question why she was lying on the floor.’

Celebrity Big Brother fans reckon they’ve worked out the secret code JoJo wrote on Chris’ hand at the end of Monday’s show

Watching the peculiar scenes unfold, viewers believed they’ve solved the mystery of the pair’s secret message, with many giving offering varying theories

It appears that Big Brother wasn’t impressed by the late night communications as the show’s official X account later revealed that the two would be punished for the rule break

Either way, plenty of watchers called out the duo for breaking the rules as they were communicating in secret.

It comes as CBB viewers fans accused Ella Rae Wise of being ‘jealous’ of fellow housemate JoJo Siwa .

Monday’s episode of the ITV show saw the TOWIE star, 24, sitting in the garden with Angellica Bell, 49, as they watched the pop star give Chris Hughes a back mᴀssage.

Expressing her feelings about JoJo, Ella remarked that she was ‘not her cup of tea’ as she complained about how loud the singer was.

Continuing her rant about the Karma hitmaker, Ella said: ‘There’s not an off switch’, before adding: ‘You’re not like that all the time at home, you’re not, of course you’re not. My mum would tell me to calm the f**k down.’

Turning to the presenter, Ella then asked whether she was ‘being a b***h’, with Angellica noting that there was some truth in what she was saying as Chris and JoJo have separated themselves from the group.

Watching the scenes unfold, viewers believe that the real reason she slammed JoJo was because she was ‘jealous’ of her close friendship with Chris, with some claiming she is craving the Love Island hunk’s attention.

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, they penned: ‘Ella is coming across like she is jealous of Chris and JoJo,’

‘Ella, everything is not fine and you definitely do care. You’re jealous of Chris and Jojo. It is what it is,’

‘It might be best for Ella Rae Wise to go back under the radar because she’s being a little toxic with the gossiping,’

‘liked ella at the start but now i’m sorry i just can’t with how purely jealous she is of chris and jojo. the gossiping. the faces. the comments. girl jojo is lesbian and chris might not like u just do u!!!!’

‘Ella, my dawwlin’ you’re looking very desperate my love, very desperate. Jealous of a lesbians friendship with an ALLY! HA! Get a life my Luvvie,’

‘The jealousy pouring outta Ella is f**king hilarious! She is raging he hasn’t been all over her’

Celebrity Big Brother airs on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 2025: MEET THE LINEUP!

MICKEY ROURKE – AXED

AGE: 72

FAMOUS FOR: The actor and former pro boxer is one of the show’s biggest ever signings and after public feuds with Robert De Niro, two marriages and a string of high profile relationships, he will be bringing plenty of drama.

DALEY THOMPSON

AGE: 66

FAMOUS FOR: The double Olympic gold-medallist is considered one of Britain’s greatest athletes. He broke the decathlon world record four times.

PATSY PALMER

AGE: 52

FAMOUS FOR: It’s an open secret that Patsy is leaving EastEnders, with the actress enjoying a wild leaving party this month. The Bianca Jackson star posted a snap of her character on Instagram with the caption: ‘Bye bye B, always grateful to see her again.’

DONNA PRESTON

AGE: 38

FAMOUS FOR: While Donna has featured in several TV shows and movies, the comedy star is known for hosting Apocalypse and for the role of a circus Compere in 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. She plays Den in Coronation Street, has featured in Pants On Fire in 2019 and even wrote and co-produced BBC Three’s Comedy Threesomes.

CHESNEY HAWKES

AGE: 53

FAMOUS FOR: The singer topped the charts for five weeks in 1991 with his hit The One And Only, before making a string of acting and TV appearances. His arrival on CBB has been described by a TV source as ‘perfect timing’, as he’s just released a comeback album

ANGELLICA BELL

AGE: 49

FAMOUS FOR: The TV presenter is said to have landed a staggering five-figure deal to appear on Celebrity Big Brother. Fans will be keen to see if the CBBC legend spills all on her untimely exit from The Martin Lewis Show – which left fans baffled back in 2023. Angellica currently co-presents Hits Radio while Fleur East is on maternity leave.

 

DANNY BEARD 

AGE: 32

FAMOUS FOR: The RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner – whose real name is Daniel Curtis – has signed up as a late entry. Danny previously made headlines after swearing on Big Brother’s Late & Live last March whilst doing an impression of housemate Louis Walsh. The incident saw the guest say the word ‘c***’ before immediately apologising after being informed they weren’t allowed to say that on the show.

CHRIS HUGHES

 AGE: 32

FAMOUS FOR: After shooting to fame on Love Island in 2017, Chris went on to become a sports presenter and regularly hosts the horse racing coverage on ITV.

JOJO SIWA

AGE: 21

FAMOUS FOR: The American singer, who sH๏τ to stardom on reality show Dance Moms, is expected to draw a big American audience. The hitmaker has made a name for herself in the U.S. pop charts and is known for her outlandish looks and being a vocal member of the LGBTQ+ community.

 

TRISHA GODDARD – OUT

AGE: 67

FAMOUS FOR: The talk show host regularly presented on ITV from 1998 to 2004 and then shifted to Channel 5 from 2004 to 2010. Trisha has been suffering horrible side effects of her chemotherapy – but has bravely battled on.

JACK P. SHEPHERD

AGE: 37

FAMOUS FOR: The actor has played David Platt in Corrie since 2000 and is following in his pal Colson Smith’s footsteps by taking part in the popular reality show. He has won a string of awards for the role including Best Actor at the British Soap Awards.

ELLA RAE WISE 

AGE: 24

FAMOUS FOR: Producers have been keen to land the TV personality, who previously dated Pete Wicks and has had an on-off romance with Dan Edgar. Bosses are hoping the TOWIE star might reveal all about some of her other famous exes.

MICHAEL FABRICANT – OUT

AGE: 74

FAMOUS FOR: The former Conservative politician is understood to have signed a lucrative six-figure deal to take part after political stars were banned from the broadcaster’s other reality show, I’m A Celeb. He served as MP for Lichfield in Staffordshire from 1992 until his defeat in 2024 as well as vice-chairman of the party under David Cameron. But he is perhaps best known for his blond mop for which he has been widely ridiculed but previously denied is a wig.