Inside Ryan Thomas and Roxanne Pallett's Celebrity Big Brother 'punch gate' row

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Celebrity Big Brother back in 2018. The pair became embroiled in the celebrity feud of the year when Roxanne claimed the former Coronation Street had "punched her like a boxer punches a bag" during a play fight.

Ryan skipped over to Roxanne and pretended to be a boxer by throwing punches in the air, which is also known as shadowboxing.But while their co-star Sally Morgan didn't seem too concerned, Roxanne walked away and said: "Ow, woman beater, that bloody hurt!"After realising he may have hurt the former Emmerdale actress, Ryan apologised before attempting to hug the star.Moments after the alleged incident, Roxanne secretly spoke to Big Brother and its producers via her microphone."I've just been beaten up by Corrie's Jason Grimshaw, ouch, Big Brother, that hurt," she said.She later demanded producers called her to the diary room, where she said: "Can I speak to a producer, please?

I need to speak to a member of production if that's alright?"I just need to talk to somebody in production about something that's just happened that's made me feel really uncomfortable, I don't really want to go any further and talk about it on camera like this."Following the accusation, Ryan, who today turns 38, was slapped with a formal warning before being made to sleep in a separate room from the rest of the house.Roxanne claimed she didn't feel "safe" sleeping in the main house and bedroom if Ryan remained alongside their celebrity co-stars.

After appearing to be okay, Roxanne once again looked stressed as she told Ben Jardine: "I'm not [OK], it wasn't play fighting," before appearing to punch Ben.While chatting to Ben and Dan Osborne, Roxanne added: "This is why women don't say anything because it's turned around," before Ryan said: "I.