BB Video: Why I walked
'CBB sent me psycho,' says quit star
CELEBRITY Big Brother quitter Mutya Buena has blasted bosses for pushing her towards a BREAKDOWN.
In a secret heart-to-heart with Ulrika Jonsson before she stormed out of the house Mutya warned: "If I end up in a psycho hospital at the end of this then I shall blame Big Brother."
The footage was not broadcast- worried bosses, who vetted housemates for psychological stability before the show, are keen to avoid controversy following the Jade Goody race row in 2007.
Former Sugababe Mutya, 23, walked out of the house on Friday after seeing gobby Tina Malone evicted ahead of her.
Producers had been battling all week to keep the singer in as four female housemates faced the boot.
They knew she was struggling to sleep and was desperate to leave.
Mutya, who has a three-year-old girl Tahlia-Maya, saw doctors twice off screen as tension in the house and homesickness took their toll.
She had a medical scare on Tuesday after taking prescribed sleeping pills, although CBB chiefs have denied calling an ambulance.
At the time she reportedly said: "I've had a stronger tablet and it seems to be working the opposite."
A show insider said: "Mutya became concerned after taking one and a doctor saw her for 90 minutes until she felt calm and treated.
"She had been too anxious and stressed to sleep properly in a room full of other people under the constant gaze of the cameras."
Even during the tasks Mutya has struggled to keep her spirits up. Earlier in the week she moaned to LaToya Jackson: "I don't think it's been enough to take my mind off things. It's time for me to go home."
But as Shameless star Tina, 45, became the second star to be evicted, Mutya raged: "I'm not prepared to stay around. I'd prefer to go through the back door than go through that b*****ks (the waiting crowd) anyway."
Referring to the male housemates, she went on: "They are irritating me. If I stay here any longer it's gonna do my nut in."
Housemates tried to talk her round, but Mutya added: "I've done well for two weeks. I'm not staying here another night. I want to wake up in my bed tomorrow morning. Other people here want to win. I don't. I've not come here to get popularity. I'm not gonna miss anything."
Mutya finally left just before midnight on Friday and will still collect her £60,000 pay cheque for the 15-day stint.
Coolio said he understood her decision. "I have respect for her. She couldn't sleep here and it was getting on her nerves," he said.
But Tommy Sheridan, 44, was the first to put the boot in. He said: "She became an appendage to Tina. She went everywhere with her."
CBB chiefs have also had to defend some of Mutya's controversial comments. The football fan joked that Chelsea fans dubbed rivals QPR "Queer People Running"-but the comment wasn't aired.
Last night a CBB spokesman said: "We were aware of what Mutya said (about QPR fans), but she was not using the term herself, just stating a fact. The comment was not made when we were on air.
"Mutya told Big Brother that she'd made her mind up that if she wasn't evicted she wanted to leave."
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Mutya is fake and should not be paid the full amount
By mistri.. Posted January 20 2009 at 7:12 PM.
coolio is a funni man jus leave him let him do wat he is doin. he is makein t.v better..
By tuka.. Posted January 19 2009 at 10:54 AM.
miss you. xxx
By malc.. Posted January 19 2009 at 12:15 AM.
leave the girl alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By sarah.. Posted January 18 2009 at 10:22 PM.
I think it takes a lot for a mother to be away from her child, she was simply doing her job as a working mother and trying to provide for her family. This does not mean that she should be mentally abused and made to feel uncomfortable. I suffer from anxiety and social phobia but still feel the need to provide for my family so LEAVE HER ALONE!!!!!!!!!
By kelly matthews.. Posted January 18 2009 at 9:33 PM.
Tipical Chelsea Fan! QUITTER
By Akos Kid.. Posted January 18 2009 at 7:33 PM.
Is it true she is related to Iain Dowie? She certainly looks a bit like him and it would explain her comments somewhat.
By wicksta.. Posted January 18 2009 at 5:40 PM.
I have met Mutya in real life as she lives by me. She was being foully verbally abused on a bus for at least 15 minutes by a drunken man whilst struggling with her shopping and managing her toddler in a pushchair. I didn't know who she was and neither did anyone else but the courage and dignity and calm manner in which she handled the situation amazed me. I felt so proud when I saw her on CBB to see that is who she is and I think she's an amazing and very real person. I can't imagine being in that house with those boarish and superiority complex men. If she feels she needs to leave and would rather be home with her child, then that is what she must do. To stay at the risk of her mental health would be absolutely ridiculous. To stay and require to be medicated with addictive sleeping pills is also ridiculous. She has done the right thing by anybody's standards. From what I can guess, the money the stars are given goes to their charity regardless of how long they stay which is why they are quite happy to leave or walk out. There is not one single person (except Coolio) who has stated he wants to stay and win. She doesn't need to worry about the lack of jobs in the real world because she is a talented artist and we all know the sleb world isn't 'real'.
By Jay Real.. Posted January 18 2009 at 5:31 PM.
Mutya you are like all Chelsea Fans filled with your own importance like them you'll get nowhere
u RRRRRRR'S
By Russell.. Posted January 18 2009 at 2:41 PM.
I would rather be a Q.P.R. fan than a glory hunting Chelscum supporter.
The woman needs her head sorting out
By Linda Stokes.. Posted January 18 2009 at 1:41 PM.
Mutya i hope you gave the money back!!
By Tony.. Posted January 18 2009 at 12:57 PM.
mutya could'nt stay when tina went, only tina seemed 2 talk with her,i think her misserable face and lack ov energy was tiresome 2 say the least,
By maggie.. Posted January 18 2009 at 1:11 PM.
mutya could'nt stay when tina went, only tina seemed 2 talk with her,i think her misserable face and lack ov energy was tiresome 2 say the least,
By maggie.. Posted January 18 2009 at 1:10 PM.
I'd cheerfully go without sleep for a damn lot longer for 75 grand. She doesn't deserve to be paid. Do you get paid for turning up for work 2 weeks out of 3?
By Queen Victoria.. Posted January 18 2009 at 11:40 AM.
HOW SELFISH OF MUTYA TO QUIT JUST AFTER TINA GOT EVICTED.IF MUTYA LEFT EARLIER IN THE WEEK TINA WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED AND THERE WOULDNT HAVE BEEN AN EVICTION AT ALL.BUT IM GLAD SHE'S GONE,SHE WAS BORING.
By TOPROPE TINA.. Posted January 18 2009 at 10:27 AM.
She is a miserable spoilt cow, probaly never done a days work in her life and got paid for doing nothing, and could not hack it!!! Im glad she's gone, looking at her sour face made me depressed.
SPOILT SPOILT needs to be dropped on a desert island for a month to teach her life values and some manners....
By lucy chester.. Posted January 18 2009 at 10:07 AM.
silly weak girl, she thinks she is hard but truth is she's pathetic.
By elle haig.. Posted January 18 2009 at 9:20 AM.
She decided to go into the house what did she expect ? I would'nt go in there for £60k and I could do with the money as I am not a celeb.
They are all greedy idiots who clearly rate themselves far too high, if they need money they should try earning it.
And I have too say the women in there are really gross to listen to and watch apart from La Toya.
By sah.. Posted January 18 2009 at 9:14 AM.
I can understand how Mutya feels, for whilst she was not directly "bullied" - to be in that dreadful atmosphere with Coolio passing disgusting remarks constantly, and getting away with it by BB (instead of being evicted), it was enough for anyone to go "bonkers". She would have coped quite well, and not "walked out" had there been a nicer atmosphere!!
By J. Kelso.. Posted January 18 2009 at 8:43 AM.
How can anyone say she's done well when she has only been in the house for 2 weeks.
If I was being paid to sit in a house considering the lack of jobs in the real world I'd count my self lucky.
I COULD GO ON.
By B Real.. Posted January 18 2009 at 8:16 AM.
How can anyone say she's done well when she has only been in the house for 2 weeks.
If I was being paid to sit in a house considering the lack of jobs in the real world I'd count my self lucky.
I COULD GO ON.
By B Real.. Posted January 18 2009 at 8:15 AM.
I THINK SHE DONE WELL TO LAST THAT LONG, BUT EVERY BODY IS BLAMING COOLIO, PLEASE SET THEM STRAIGHT MUTYA WE SAW U HAVING A FEW LAUGHS AND JOKES WITH HIM.
By WEENASTY.. Posted January 17 2009 at 11:32 PM.