Celebrity Big Brother 2017: James Cosmo ‘edited out’ alongside Stacy Francis in first night task

The Game of Thrones actor will be missing out on all the fun
Left out: James Cosmo has joined Stacy Francis by being 'edited out' on Celebrity Big Brother
Channel 5
Ben Travis5 January 2017

James Cosmo might have been the Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch in Game of Thrones, but he’s fallen a few ranks in the Celebrity Big Brother house.

The Scottish actor, who entered the show last night alongside 13 other celebs, has become the second housemate to be ‘edited out’.

The decision came as part of the opening night twist on the new series.

Last night saw the All Star housemates pick American singer Stacy Francis as the first contestant to ‘edit out’.

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As a result, she was told by Big Brother that would not receive her possessions straight away, would be excluded from house activities, and was made to wear a beige hoodie.

Now Cosmo has been given the same fate by his housemates – but apparently not because they don’t like him.

Rather, the celebs felt that Cosmo – who has also acted in Trainspotting, Highlander, and The Chronicles of Narnia – wouldn’t be offended at being picked.

The initial choice to ‘edit out’ Francis – one of only two non-white housemates in this year’s line-up – proved controversial, and has been interpreted as ‘racist’ by some viewers who took to Twitter to share their disapproval.

Elsewhere in the house, Ray J – the man behind Kim Kardashian’s leaked sex tape – could be set for a visit from Kardashian’s friend Jonathan Cheban, who is reportedly set to enter the show in the coming days.

Channel 5, 9pm

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