BIG Brother fans have hit out at the ITV show after ‘cutting out a scene in which Marcello grabs Lily by the neck’.
In scenes that aired on the compound’s live feed on Wednesday night, Lily was seen sticking her fingers up at Marcello as she walked by him.
Marcello grabbed Lily’s wrist with one hand and put his other hand around her throat[/caption]
The moment came in response to Lily swearing briefly at Marcello[/caption]
In response, Marcello grabbed her by the wrist with one hand and put his other briefly around her neck.
Lily quickly pulls her head away from him, and he then throws his arm around her in a half-hug before she shrugs him off and walks away.
The Sun has approached ITV for comment.
Fans who viewed the moment quickly shared it online, with it picking up steam after the scenes failed to air as part of Thursday night’s episode.
As a result, fans threatened to complain to Ofcom about the situation and demanded Marcello be removed from the house.
Venting their feelings on X (formerly Twitter), one wrote: “if Marcello doesn’t go you will have a lot more ofcom complaints. This is unacceptable. Regardless if he and Lily were having a bit of fun a man SHOULD NOT put his hand around a woman’s neck!! You need to answer for this!”
“I can’t believe they didn’t show Marcello grabbing Lily’s neck!! WTF?! Now only those of us who watched the live stream and who are on BB Twitter will know about it. Yet another massively disappointing thing from ITV,” wrote another.
“Marcello is dangerous,” wrote a third. “Big Brother didn’t want to show us, but Marcello put his hand to Lily’s neck last night and the only thing that stopped him was the cameras.”
A fourth wrote: “Time to see how they handle what Marcello did to Lily on the live stream last night, if they ignore it or we see AJ defend him then it’s an utter joke because there was no way Marcello putting his hand on Lily’s neck was a joke and she looked uncomfortable.”
“This video shows exactly the kind of pig Marcello is! No excuse for grabbing a woman’s neck, “fun” or not. Disgusting behavior that shouldn’t be tolerated,” said a fifth.
Marcello has repeatedly come under fire by viewers for his behaviour in the house, with him being accused of ‘misogynistic’ remarks towards female housemates.
During one moment, Marcello was seen telling Sarah she “smelled like period” and asked her if she was menstruating when she was in a bad mood.
He was also asked by Ali to stop making sexually graphic remarks with the members of the house when they didn’t ask for it.
The youth worker had previously falsely claimed he and Ali had kissed – prompting a wave of Ofcom complaints.
Big Brother continues weekdays at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
Marcello put his arm around Lily moments later in a half hug as she walked away[/caption]
Fans have called for Marcello to be removed from the house over his behaviour towards the women[/caption]
20-year-old Lily has not been seen speaking out about the moment[/caption]
Marcello has been called out multiple times over his ‘misogynistic behaviour’[/caption]
