Big Brother bosses tell Brian Dowling to lay off fake tan
Published May 26 2012, 16:03 BST | By Colin Daniels
Big Brother bosses have ordered Brian Dowling to be less brown for the new series.The host admitted that producers are planning a revamp of the Channel 5 show and want him to update his look.
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Dowling told The Sun: "They are changing the look this year and it was suggested I could wear jeans. I said I would love to wear jeans.
"They then said, 'You looked really brown'. So I have been told to be less Essex, more Chelsea. How that is relevant to the show I don't know but, yeah, I have to look less brown."
Speaking of being mugged earlier this year, he added: "Even now I don't go out when it is dark on my own. When it happened I left the lights on and I was crying for my mum. I felt like a bit of a pussy."
Dowling concluded by saying that Big Brother, which starts its new series on June 5, "still has such a strong following".
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He alway stands so rigidly aswell, like he's got a poker stuck up his backside. Be a bit more looser, a bit more relaxed. It's a fun reality tv show, not Question Time
June 1st 2012 at 11:58am
Yay, regardless of what I think of Brian, I'm just looking forward to the new series!
May 28th 2012 at 8:15pm
Brian had most of last summer to get good at his job - He didn't. the only presenter who would have done an even worse job would be Steve Jones. They need someone less wooden and a bit more quick witted.
May 28th 2012 at 3:21pm
emma willis should host big brother not Brain! i'm sick of him! He always get things wrong and he keeps flirting grrrr ...EMMA IS MUCH BETTER THEN HIM
May 28th 2012 at 1:25pm
How about Brian not only cut out the fake tan, but also stop using the botox, become more animated and either learn how to master autocue or be given opportunity to ad lib more.
Sounds too much to ask - just get anyone else to present instead - he really is plastic, devoid of personality and simply not reason enough to carry on watching
May 27th 2012 at 4:03pm