Danny Beard didn’t hold back as he took a savage swipe at co-star Chris Hughes over his close bond with JoJo Siwa during the Celebrity Big Brother finale. 

During Friday’s instalment of the hit ITV reality show, the iconic drag queen, 32, finished in second place, with Coronation Street star Jack P. Shepherd, 37, crowned the winner.

After the main show wrapped, fans tuned into Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live on ITV2 for all the behind-the-scenes drama.

However, Danny raised some eyebrows when he made a shocking comment about Chris’s intentions with JoJo, 21, while they were being quizzed about their close friendship. 

Insinuating that Chris, 32, is only friends with JoJo for more ‘followers’, Danny yelled out: ‘You wanted more Instagram followers,’ before host AJ Odudu said: ‘He’s joking.’

Brushing it off, Chris – who has 2million Instagram followers compared to JoJo’s 11.1million – joked: ‘I could do with a few more.’

Danny Beard (pictured) didn’t hold back as he took a savage swipe at co-star Chris Hughes over his close bond with JoJo Siwa during the Celebrity Big Brother finale

During Friday’s instalment of the hit ITV reality show, the iconic drag queen, 32, finished in second place, with Coronation Street star Jack P. Shepherd, 37, crowned the winner

After the main show wrapped, fans tuned into Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live. However, Danny raised some eyebrows when he made a shocking comment about Chris’s, 32, intentions with JoJo, 21 

Chris and JoJo have a very close friendship and over the past three weeks, viewers watched them snuggle in bed, dance, exchange mᴀssages, soak in the H๏τ tub as they rarely left each other’s side. 

In Friday night’s live final, Chris was announced as the sixth-place finalist and was immediately grilled about his relationship with JoJo. 

Speaking to hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best, he got emotional as he said: ‘JoJo was like a pure rock to me. She was someone that I could have fun with. That to me was a beautiful friendship.

‘She said to me last night “you’re someone in my life I didn’t know I needed,” he added, choking back tears: ‘she reminded me a lot of….

‘The thing that fascinates me the most about her is not the things she’s done, it’s what she’s been through when she was a teenager and that’s similar to what my ex-girlfriend went through.

‘Seeing how they are both similarly as… in the respect that she’s come through a lot and she’s just a purely nice person. The similarity is in the personality. How nice they are, how loving they are and how caring they are.

‘From a friendship point of view, of course I love her,’ Chris said of JoJo.

Insinuating that Chris is only friends with JoJo for more ‘followers’, Danny yelled out: ‘You wanted more Instagram followers,’ before host AJ Odudu said: ‘He’s joking.’

Brushing it off, Chris joked: ‘I could do with a few more’

Chris and JoJo have a special friendship and over the past three weeks, audiences watched the pair snuggle in bed, dance, exchange mᴀssages, and rarely leave each other’s side

JoJo exited shortly after in third place, and opened up about her bond with Chri,  sharing that the two already have plans to play tennis on Sunday. 

She said she ‘absolutely loved and adored Chris’ and that he would be in her life forever now.

‘He’s helped me create my happiness in this house, he’s more than a friend, we had a lot of fun,’ she added.

As the night unfolded, it was Jack P. Shepherd who claimed victory, stunning both fans and himself. 

The Coronation Street star was floored when AJ and Will announced that he had received the most votes from the public.

In his first exclusive interview, Jack told AJ and Will that he is ‘blown away’ by his victory and ‘didn’t expect it’ – instead he had JoJo ‘nailed’ as the winner.

Talking about how he went from the most-nominated housemate to the winner, the soap star admitted: ‘I figured that I might annoy a few people and they might not know how to work me out but I guess I was liked by the end.’

Jack P Shepherd has been crowned winner of Celebrity Big Brother, with Danny Beard finishing as runner-up 

The Coronation Street star, 37, couldn’t contain his shock as hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best revealed that he received the most votes from the public

Before Jack’s interview, Drag Race star Danny exited the iconic house after being revealed as the second-place star.

He got emotional as he opened up on how much he loved his time in the house as ‘himself’ without the wigs and makeup.

Meanwhile, Dance Moms star JoJo looked elated as she got a podium finish on the ITV show in third place.

Speaking to AJ and Will, she revealed she thought ‘everyone was going to hate her’ and is ‘so grateful’ for finishing in third. 

Talking about her letter from home, JoJo admitted: ‘For me, I felt like the whole time in the house I was all in there then when I got the letter my brain went running outside the house and I felt so disconnected.’

She added: ‘Being away from everything you know and the super publicness of my life, I’ve always seen what people had to say about me and felt a pressure.

‘You can’t hide in there, you’re down to your most vulnerable self but now I’m terrified to watch it.’ 

Just before, comedian and actress Donna Preston, 38, walked out of the door in fourth place to huge cheers from the crowd chanting her name.

But before his exit, Drag Race star Danny exited the iconic house after being revealed as the second-place star

Dance Moms star JoJo Siwa, 21, looked elated as she got a podium finish on the ITV show in third place

Donna was told she received the fewest amount of nominations out of all of the housemates – just two throughout the series.

When asked about her odd nomination reasons, the star admitted: ‘I think I was a bit naughty, wasn’t I? I honestly didn’t have anything bad to say about anyone.’

And opening up on her close friendship with Danny Beard, she sweetly quipped: ‘As soon as I saw Danny I knew he was my comfort blanket and I knew I was going to be amazing friends with him.’

It came after Chris and Chesney Hawkes were evicted from the house in sixth and fifth place.

The Love Island star was told by AJ and Will that he would be the first to leave the house at the beginning of the live final.

Then, just moments later the One And Only hitmaker, 53, was revealed to be in fifth place, following behind Chris.

As he was interviewed by Will and AJ, Chesney emotionally quipped: ‘I’m trying not to cry, I keep seeing my wife.’

Throughout the night, the vote kept being frozen to evict the housemate with the fewest votes, with the viewers then being given five new free votes each time.

Just before, comedian and actress Donna Preston, 38, walked out of the door in fourth place to huge cheers from the crowd chanting her name 

Chris Hughes and Chesney Hawkes were evicted in sixth and fifth place

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The remaining six finalists had an emotional last dinner together on Thursday night, where they talked about their memories in the house, before enjoying a disco.

During their speeches, JoJo described Chris as ‘a vital part’ of her life that she didn’t know was missing, with Chris describing the Dance Moms star as ‘his person’.

Meanwhile, Danny said it was ‘amazing’ to conquer the experience as himself and as ‘Daniel’.

After the nail-biting live final, fans rushed to X to react to Jack being crowned winner, writing: ‘Jack drinking tea all season and wins the whole thing. Legendary. #CBBUK #CBB #CelebrityBigBrother.’

‘What do you mean Danny didn’t win…#cbb #cbbuk.’

‘He was the most real of them all. I’m so pleased for him.’

‘The British public making someone with a dry sense of humour and a tea addiction the winner of celebrity big brother feels weirdly patriotic #CBBUK.’

Celebrity Big Brother launched earlier this month with a reach of 4.2 million (average of 2.7 million).

The Big Brother brand has now surpᴀssed a colossal 100 million streams on ITV, with the new series generating over 20 million streams so far on ITVX (an increase on the first series).

Applications for the next series of Big Brother are open. Hopefuls looking to embark on the ultimate social experiment can apply to be a part of the next series of Big Brother set to air in 2025.

Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother: Late & Live are available to watch on ITVX.