David Gest snuck a mobile phone into the 'Celebrity Big Brother' house by hiding it in his bum, his friend Lizzie Cundy has claimed.
David Gest
Lizzie has claimed the late television personality managed to break the rules and get a phone into the house by putting it "in a place where the sun doesn't shine" and has said that her pal would often text her when he first arrived in 'CBB' house, however, he wasn't able to carry on communicating for the duration of his time on the Channel 5 show as there wasn't enough space for him to bring in the charger.
Speaking on 'This Morning', the 49-year-old radio host said: "He was saying, 'I don't wanna do it last minute, I'm not going in.' So I actually went with him to the Big Brother house to make sure he finally went in.
"Anyway, that night it's the early hours of the morning I'm getting these pings on my phone, it's David Gest. I'm like 'You're not supposed to have your phone in that house you know, you're not allowed anything.' And he's like, 'Help get me out, I don't like anyone in here they're all idiots!' I was like, 'Oh no,' he was like, 'You've gotta get me out of here!' And I thought, 'God what can I do?'
"And then suddenly the texts stopped and I thought he must be happy but when he came out he said, 'No I've hidden my phone in a place where the sun doesn't shine, but I forgot to take the charger there was no room for it.' "
Music producer Gest - the and ex-husband of Liza Minnelli - left the house after 13 days during his stint on the show in 2016 due to ill health.
He tragically passed away just months later in April 2016 due to a stroke at the age of 62.
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