The Mail on Sunday

‘Human Ken Doll’ booted out of Big Brother in new racism storm

- By Katie Hind SHOWBUSINE­SS EDITOR

THE reality TV star dubbed the ‘Human Ken Doll’ has been kicked out of the Celebrity Big Brother house over his use of the N-word.

Brazilian-born Rodrigo Alves, right, was given a formal warning last week after he used racist language on the Channel 5 show, prompting more than 1,000 complaints to broadcasti­ng watchdog Ofcom.

On Friday it was confirmed that a second incident had taken place. A CBB spokesman said yesterday: ‘Rodrigo has been removed from the house and will not be returning.’

During his time on the programme, Alves – who has undergone extensive plastic surgery in an attempt to look like the boyfriend of the children’s doll Barbie – was called into the diary room and cautioned for using the racist slur. The incident followed an alcohol-fuelled party with fellow contestant­s.

The 35-year-old was also reprimande­d for telling former The Only Way Is Essex star Dan Osborne that he was not attracted to him because he was ‘too white’. Alves’s expulsion is the latest row to hit the show. Stormy Daniels, the porn star who allegedly had an affair with Donald Trump, pulled out just hours before she was due to enter the house. The future of the programme is also under scrutiny after Channel 5 boss Ben Frow told the Edinburgh Internatio­nal TV Festival last week: ‘I’m planning for a year without Big Brother.’

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