Ella Rae Wise predicted she and Chris Hughes would bond during their time on Celebrity Big Brother, before their arrival into the house.

The TOWIE star, 24, has been embroiled in recent drama after repeatedly accusing Chris and JoJo Siwa of ‘playing a game’, with the pair then accusing her of being ‘jealous’ of their close friendship.

But prior to going onto the show, Ella voiced her excitement to meet the Love Island star, 32, and even hinted that the pair could get into ‘trouble’ if they fancied each other.

Speaking to The Sun about Chris ahead of the launch, she said: ‘I’ve never met him.

‘I’m really looking forward to meeting him because apparently he’s a laugh. All my friends think we’ll get on really well.’

She went on: ‘Just lock me up if he fancies me. Just put me in the closet or something. I don’t know. Put me in jail outside — there could be trouble.’

Ella Rae Wise predicted she and Chris Hughes would bond during their time on Celebrity Big Brother, before their arrival into the house (pictured on show)

The TOWIE star, 24, has been embroiled in recent drama after repeatedly accusing Chris and JoJo Siwa (pictured) of ‘playing a game’, with the pair then accusing her of being ‘jealous’ of their close friendship 

But prior to going onto the show, Ella voiced her excitement to meet the Love Island star, 32, and even hinted that the pair could get into ‘trouble’ if they fancied each other

However, Ella admitted that she was worried about showing interest in anyone because cruel trolls have called her ‘the bike of TOWIE’.

She said: ‘They say I’m the local bike of Towie. It’s sad. I’m not that person. I don’t want my mum to think that her daughter’s the local bike, because I’m not.’

It comes after Chris backed claims Ella is ‘jealous’ of JoJo during Sunday’s chaotic shopping task amid tension between the trio.

Ella has frequently voiced her dislike of her rivals incredibly close friendship blossoming in the house with tensions slowly boiling.

In the task, which saw the housemates become a family, fans branded her ‘two faced’ as she chose JoJo as her least favourite housemate and the biggest game player.

Taking to the diary room, a furious Chris was quick to stick up for his new friend as he accused Ella of being ‘jealous’ of his and JoJo’s ‘matching energies’.

He said: ‘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.’

Chris also took a swipe at Ella earlier in the task when he told her to ‘use her brain’ while they tried to memorise a dance as toddlers in Big Brother’s nursery.

She went on: ‘Just lock me up if he fancies me. Just put me in the closet or something. I don’t know. Put me in jail outside — there could be trouble’

It comes after Chris backed claims Ella is ‘jealous’ of JoJo during Sunday’s chaotic shopping task amid tension between the trio 

Ella has frequently voiced her dislike of her rivals incredibly close friendship blossoming in the house with tensions slowly boiling

Later fans claimed Ella was showing her true colours as she chose JoJo as her least favourite housemate, leaving the Dance Moms star stunned as she believed the pair to be friends. 

Taking to X they fumed: ‘JoJo finally seeing that Ella is two faced!!!’: ‘Ella is so two faced bc why she sucking up to jojo but talks s*** about her behind her back’: 

‘Ella is a two faced person!! Yesterday she said she doesn’t get on with Jojo tonight she’s laughing and talking with her’: 

‘ella is definitely a mean girl and tries to get ppl to gang up on any girl she’s jealous of for w/e reason it may be’.

‘Chris isn’t wrong – Ella is definitely jealous and definitely not a JoJo fan’: ‘& the public can read that you are JEALOUS Ella’: ‘yeh the public can read that you’re jealous and weirdly obsessed Ella’.

Viewers also branded Ella a ‘hypocrite’ she slammed JoJo and Chris for their reality TV pasts despite rising to fame on TOWIE herself.

Ella said the pair were ‘professional reality stars and social climbers’ who were ‘playing a game’ despite her own career in the field, which has also featured stints on Celebrity Ex on the Beach and The Challenge UK.

Daley Thompson, 66, also dubbed Chris and JoJo’s incredibly close friendship as ‘performative’, ahead of his eviction, and said they were both reality stars who did ‘reality every single day’.

In the task, which saw the housemates become a family, fans branded her ‘two faced’ as she chose JoJo as her least favourite housemate and the biggest game player. 

Chris also took a swipe at Ella earlier in the task when he told her to ‘use her brain’ while they tried to memorise a dance as toddlers in Big Brother’s nursery

Commenting on his remarks, Ella told Donna Preston: ‘He said “They know what their doing, they know they are doing, they know if they pair up they will get more airtime”.’

Taking a swipe at Chris, Ella then said: ‘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.’  

However, many viewers took issue with her remarks as they pointed out that she is also known for reality TV.

Taking to X, fans fumed: ‘Is Ella forgetting she is also from a reality show and hasn’t done anything else apart from that?’: ‘Find it ironic that Ella is saying about people being reality stars, when she is literally from TOWIE and would benefit the most from social climbing’: ‘Isn’t Ella Literally in TOWIE? a reality TV show??’. 

‘Isn’t Ella literally a reality TV star too?’: ‘Ella replaying Delay’s ‘There’s two reality every single day’ when she does reality every single day on TOWIE… the call is coming from inside the house’. 

Chris found fame on Love Island in 2017 and has gone on to appear Celebrity Hunted and Pointless Celebrities, meanwhile JoJo was catapulted to superstardom as a youngster on Dance Moms. 

Chris and JoJo have raised eyebrows with their close friendship and were seen stripping down to their bathing suits for a dip in the H๏τ tub during Saturday’s livestream.

During their time in the tub, the pair appeared to get even closer as JoJo touched Chris’s thigh before he later went on to give her a foot rub. 

Taking to X they fumed: ‘JoJo finally seeing that Ella is two faced!!!’: ‘Ella is so two faced bc why she sucking up to jojo but talks s*** about her behind her back’

Earlier in the show branded Ella  a ‘hypocrite’ as the TOWIE star slammed JoJo and Chris for their reality TV pasts

After watching JoJo, who is dating Kath Ebbs outside the house, and Chris continue to touch one another, viewers were left in frenzy over the pair’s ‘chemistry’.

One show penned: ‘Chris and JoJo’s chemistry in the H๏τ tub is on fire.’

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‘Everyone’s cleared out of the H๏τ tub, and now Chris is giving JoJo a foot mᴀssage’.; ‘It’s just Chris and JoJo in the H๏τ tub now, he’s giving her a leg mᴀssage…’; ‘Ouhhh they went there omggg,’ 

Other scenes in the show over the last week have also baffled fans as Chris has previously tried to kiss her and offered to be the father of her children.

During Friday’s episode, the former TV star made the shocking comment when housemates dressed up as cats for a task, as he told JoJo he has ‘good swimmers’.

Chris has continued to make baffling comments to the performer as he also previously referred to her as his girlfriend in the house.

JoJo revealed to her fellow housemate, Donna Preston, that she wanted to have children to ‘take on holiday’.

Donna said: ‘You have to take these holidays, take these dreams, do what you want to do as well.’

To which JoJo replied: ‘I wanna have babies and take them on holiday.’

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 2025: MEET THE LINEUP!

MICKEY ROURKE – REMOVED

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 – EVICTED

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 – EVICTED

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 – EVICTED

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.