Simon Gross from Big Brother has admitted that Irish housemate Marc is like the brother he never had.
The latest evictee from the reality TV show had a very close connection to male stripper Marc O’Neill.
“All I can say is, he’s like the brother I’ve never had. It was the small things, like him wearing my clothes, sharing my clothes. I’ve never ever had a friend like that,” he said.Â
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“He’s just a fantastic guy. He’s a clown, he’s funny, he’s crazy, he’s annoying, but he’s very intelligent. And he’s very loyal and he’s very caring, and that’s what I’ve found with Marc,” he added.
Halfway through the show, Marc was taken from the house in a fake eviction and placed in a timebomb bunker with former housemates.
“When he left the house, I just couldn’t believe it. I wept on the floor because it was like part of me had gone. It was really, really hard. I can’t explain why I would team up with a stripper who’s a scientist!,” he admitted.
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The 46-year-old contestant also revealed that Marc was always there for him to support him everyday.
“We just connected. I don’t know what it was, but we just connected. He was always there for me. Every morning when I got up, I’d make Marc a coffee. It was like we were an old married couple,” he told Digital Spy.
While Simon had no problem with Marc walking around in his underwear, he knew that he annoyed a lot of the other house mates with his shenanigans.
Pain: Marc annoyed a lot of the housemates
“Marc is exactly who he wants to be in the house, and he ruffles a lot of feathers. But when he used to drag me around the garden when I was sunbathing, I never got annoyed. I laughed.
 It was like the little brother, having a laugh and mucking around, and I loved that,” he said.
