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Big Brother has been slated for showing Angie Bowie's reaction to her ex-husband's death

Angie and David were married for ten years.

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TRUE TO ITS word, the residents of Big Brother are cut off from the outside world.

So while the death of David Bowie was being mourned, his ex-wife, mother of his son Duncan Jones and resident of Channel 5′s BB house was oblivious.

Yesterday afternoon the channel said it had told Angie the news off camera:

It also confirmed that she had decided to stay in the house and would be offered appropriate support.

However, the end of last night’s episode featured a teaser for tonight’s Big Brother show and included footage of Angie Bowie’s reaction to the news of her ex-husband’s death.

She said:

I haven’t seen him for so many years, I can’t make a big drama out of it. I just feel like an era has ended with his passing. I’m so very sad.

The footage then cuts briefly to Angie crying and being told to ”take all the time you need” by Big Brother, before another brief shot of her being comforted by fellow housemates David Gest and John Partridge.

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Angie’s decision to stay in the house, and the decision to broadcast her reaction to Bowie’s death have been widely criticised.

Big Brother’s follow up show CBBBOTS showed additional footage last night, in which Angie explained to Gest and Partridge that she decided to stay in the house because “I’m damned if I do, damned if I don’t”. She also said she didn’t want the press to ‘get to her’ and that she’d prefer to be in the house.

If I don’t leave I look callous, if I stay I look callous, you know what I mean.

After the show last night Channel 5 clarified:

The channel has not made further comment.

It’s widely reported that Angie Bowie and David Bowie have been estranged for several decades, and that she does not have a relationship with their son Duncan Jones.

Written by Emer McLysaght and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    May 28th 2022, 8:35 AM

    Give it another six months and if the price of everything keeps increasing as it has in the last six months, people might be living on spuds!

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    May 28th 2022, 11:31 AM

    @David Van-Standen: spuds ain’t cheap to buy either

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    @James Fox: cheap to grow. I’ve about 80 plants growing

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    May 28th 2022, 10:20 AM

    How come chippies are complaining about the price of potatoes and their suppliers are blaming it on the war saying a lot of potatoes they use are imported. Example My local chippie has t2 stores he gets a HGV load of potatoes once/twice a week he’s getting them potatoes in from UK and parts of Eastern Europe inc Ukraine pre war. This country should be self sufficient in veg.

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    May 28th 2022, 10:04 AM

    How come we cannot buy any frozen chips that are made in Ireland? Not only should be able to, it should be a major export commodity as well.

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    May 28th 2022, 11:22 AM

    Bring back (in supermarkets) the option to pick your own spuds. I personally never get through even a small bag before they go off. Being able to pick the amount you need for one meal would be helpful and I’m sure more people like me, would be more inclined to buy.

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    May 28th 2022, 11:37 AM

    @Finola Thorn: I bought 2 potatoes yesterday!

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    May 28th 2022, 11:38 AM

    @OConnelj: in a supermarket.

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    May 28th 2022, 12:02 PM

    @OConnelj: wrapped in plastic no doubt

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    May 28th 2022, 1:26 PM

    @Finola Thorn: I would completely agree on that, same for other fruit and vegetables. They don’t care if you have to throw out produce gone bad, they sell you a bigger bag than you need because they can charge you more for it. That’s all they are interested in, your money and getting it from your pocket into their till. The days of Superquinn are long gone now.

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    May 28th 2022, 5:12 PM

    @Jason Walsh: nope loose.

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    May 28th 2022, 5:47 PM

    @Finola Thorn: I live on my own,and I go to the veg man,he has a stall,and has every kind of fruit veg and potatoes,I’d say can I get 4 r 6 potatoes,it’s no problem,he has veg u get in the supermarket,and he has the carrots,onions with the stalks still on them,they have only been picked,or often in Butchers they would have a paper bag of potatoes,and u can fill your own,I hope u find someplace near u

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    May 28th 2022, 8:44 AM

    A Polish friend of mine was asking me wan time which were better, Polish Potatoes or Irish Potatoes? I said to him: That dipinds on whether you are ating dem yurselves, or fading dem to de cattle.

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    May 28th 2022, 8:36 AM

    Sounds like he has a bit of a chip about it

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    May 28th 2022, 3:09 PM

    Potatoes are so flexible. I love them as boxty. New potatoes are delicious just add butter and a pinch of salt. Roasted or boiled in their jackets or mashed with milk, scallions, butter and chives. Or served baked in cream. Or as pommes Anna. Or pommes dauphinois! Or Créme fraiche potatoes. The list is endless!! Gan féasta gan prátaí!

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