Brian Dowling claims he has received "no apology" for Davina McCall amid their long-running feud.
Brian Dowling has spoken about his feud with Davina McCall
The 43-year-old TV star shot to fame by winning the second series of 'Big Brother' in 2002 before replacing Davina McCall as the presenter during the show's first series on Channel 5 in 2011.
But a quarrel ensued after Davina responded to fans in 2020 when asked online by some supporters whether or not Brian had been invited onto 'Big Brother: Best Shows Ever', which looked back at the Channel 4 years of the reality TV show.
Brian has now told The Sun newspaper: "I’ve not got an apology for stuff that was said. I know what happened to me during my time on that show – Davina McCall doesn’t because she wasn’t on the show.
"She resigned and left the show on Channel 4, and she passed me her microphone."
The star was replaced as 'Big Brother' presenter by Emma Willis after two years when the programme moved to Channel 5.
And Brian says he felt "uncomfortable" with some of Davina's comments.
He said: "I was uncomfortable with Davina’s truth because they weren’t Davina’s truths to tell. They were my truths to tell, and how I felt regarding my firing from Channel 5. Davina worked on a show on Channel 4. Davina and I had a good relationship up until the summer of last year, but things were said publicly that weren’t true and weren’t fair."
The TV star - who also fronted 'Celebrity Big Brother' - previously said he would appreciate some acknowledgement of his time hosting the show.
He said: "There were only three hosts of 'Big Brother' - Davina, me and Emma - and I just kind of felt that I was overlooked I just went to address it. But I was not expecting it to go the way that it did with Davina and everything she was saying.
“I just wanted someone to acknowledge the fact I hosted it when it moved from Channel 4 to Channel 5. No one did."
In June 2020, Brian confirmed he rejected a cameo on 'Big Brother: Best Shows Ever' - which was hosted by Davina and Rylan Clark - as he admitted he was offered the chance to record a message for the show.
But he "didn't really feel like doing that" after claiming he only found out he had been axed from his presenting role on the programme in the newspapers.
Davina tweeted fans at the time: "Just an FYI . We did ask @brianofficial to be part of the show. He was ultimate housemate!!!! That was a no brainer. (sic)"
She also wrote: "We haven't talked about Brian presenting as this is the channel 4 years as you have probably noticed. He presented on channel 5 . We had Emma and dermot on as they both worked on channel 4 big brother . We love @brianofficial . A lot. We showed him in bb2 (sic)"
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