Fury at CBB for allowing Hardeep in the house

WOMEN’S rights supporters have hit out at comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli for using his scandal to land a spot on Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother.

The presenter took six months’ leave from the BBC’s The One Show in 2009 after a female researcher complained about him.

But the incident and its fallout was used as the justification for the 49-year-old being invited on CBB’s Eye Of The Storm series, featuring celebs who have weathered a scandal.

Nicola Thorp, 29, former Coronation Street actress, said: “I cannot fathom how, in a post #metoo world, Hardeep can be put into the CBB world.”

The host admitted “overstepping the mark” with the researcher and apologised after she reported him for “inappropriate behaviour”.

A year later, he quipped: “It’s taught me that a fat, ugly bastard should be wary about chatting to anyone. Maybe