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Brian Dowling: 'Being sacked from Big Brother was so embarrassing'

Presenter Brian Dowling has revealed he learned he was being dropped from hosting Big Brother, after reading it in a newspaper.

The former Big Brother contestant hosted the Channel 5 series in 2011, only to find out Channel 5 bosses decided to cut him from the show.

“It was more embarrassing than anything else being fired and losing your job in the public domain,” he said.

“Once you get your head around it and own it, it gets easier. I had to make myself realise I did f**** all wrong.”

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“ The worst thing was hearing through a newspaper I had lost the gig,” he told the Irish Mirror.

“They tipped me off and then when I contacted Endemol they confirmed it was unsure whether my contract would be renewed.”

“Apart from my ego being dented, I felt a bit humiliated. “I mean, I had won the show in
2001, then won the ultimate Celeb BB in 2010 and hosted it 2011.”

“ Unless you are Davina McCall, there’s only so much you can do on that show.”

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Xpose: Brian was turned down when he auditioned for the TV3 show

Meanwhile Brian is now about to host TV3’s new game show Sitting On A Fortune. But the TV host revealed it was Xpose he initially auditioned for.

“It’s so funny, I auditioned for Xpose years ago but didn’t get it. TV3 got back to me and said I was too well-known, so maybe this time round it was meant to be,” he explained.

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