Fern Britton 'snubs' Nikita Kuzmin as CBB feud rolls on despite olive branch

26 March 2024 , 23:16

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Fern Britton 'snubs' Nikita Kuzmin as CBB feud rolls on despite olive branch

Fern Britton's feud with Celebrity Big Brother housemate Nikita Kuzmin appears to still be rolling on.

The former This Morning host suffered tension with the Strictly Come Dancing professional while they were in the Big Brother house together. Nikita became involved in a bizarre ageism row over a striped jumper as Fern appeared to think he was seeing her as old and like she needed things to be explained to her. He was baffled as to where her remarks had come from, before explaining she had taken it the wrong way in awkward scenes.

Upon leaving the ITV show, the pair seemed to have been able to put the tension behind them. In her exit chat, Fern told hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best : "I think we misunderstood each other, I misunderstood him then he misunderstood me and it's all good now, he’s fantastic."

However, it appears the drama is not yet over as Fern is only following a selection of her housemates on Instagram - and not Nikita. At the time of writing, Fern follows 151 people on the social media platform including winner David Potts, Zeze Millz, Marisha Wallace and Bradley Riches. Nikita follows Fern, however she hasn't returned the move.

Nikita and Fern had awkward clashes in the Big Brother house (REX/Shutterstock for Big Brother)

The professional dancer opened up on what he really thought about Fern as he appeared on Loose Women. Nikita explained: "The thing is I did not forget I was being filmed but I thought most of it was going to get cut. So I was sure some bits, which after when I came out everybody was like so you knocked out Fern... I was like s**t." The panel gasped in shock as Katie Piper reminded the guest that he was live, as she said: "We can't cut that it's live telly."

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After apologising, Nikita added: "I was, in that moment, confused, perplexed, bamboozled, everything at the same time, I was really confused on what we were talking about but the most important thing was we cleared it up in the end. We probably misunderstood each other and I'm always really sorry if I offend anyone in any way. I never have bad intentions with anybody."

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Fern and Nikita's falling out caused a heavy stir on social media, prompting the Strictly star's girlfriend, Lauren Jaine, to speak out in favour of her other half after he bumped into Fern during a game. The presenter also cleared up the situation as she stated that her co-star had bumped into her accidentally while playing with fellow housemates.

Speaking in the Diary Room, Fern said: "He was so sweet. He got me to the medic room and everything. I think he's a lovely, lovely man, and we would have been fine, but accidentally we had some misunderstanding." Housemate Bradley Riches told the Mirror that the clash between Fern and Nikita made him "uncomfortable". Bradley said: "It was so awkward, I wanted the world to eat me up. me up. I was unaware they didn't get on and see eye to eye. I'm obviously very good friends with Nikita, but I'm also friends with Fern."

Mia O'Hare