Big Brother fans were left with raised eyebrows after Kerry Riches namechecked Holly Willoughby and This Morning.
The NHS worker, 40, surprised viewers on the live feed when she speculated that Holly would be discussing her on the ITV show.
Kerry told fellow housemate Dylan Tennant she thought Holly and Alison Hammond would be chatting about her because she is ‘so funny’.
The Big Brother housemates are unaware Holly is no longer hosting This Morning as she quit the show three days after they moved into the famous bungalow.
The Big Brother rules state that housemates must be cut off from the outside world during their stay and so are unaware of what’s going on in the news.
Speculation: Big Brother fans were left with raised eyebrows after Kerry Riches namechecked Holly Willoughby and This Morning
Show: The NHS worker, 40, surprised viewers on the live feed when she speculated that Holly would be discussing her on the ITV show
Fan: Kerry told fellow housemate Dylan Tennant she thought Holly and Alison Hammond would be chatting about her because she is ‘so funny’
Taking to X/Twitter, one user wrote: ‘Lerry just said ‘Alison and Holly will be talking about this on This Morning and someone will say, Oh Kerry is very funny. Who’s going to tell her?’
Another added: ‘Kerry: Alison Hammond and Holly will be talking about us on This Morning. Awks.’
A third user wrote: ‘Little does she know!’
Holly shared a statement on her social media last week revealing that she would be stepping down after 14 years on the show with immediate effect, after an alleged kidnap plot against her was foiled.
Holly left the daytime show for the sake of her family, after a turbulent year which saw her enveloped in the ‘queue-gate’ scandal and saw co-host Phillip Schofield quit the show following an affair with a colleague which he had lied about.
It comes amid claims that Holly is no longer being poached by the BBC after suddenly quitting This Morning.
The rival broadcaster was believed to be doing everything they could to sign her to an exclusive golden handcuffs deal.
But according to The Sun all plans are now on hold in a bid to give the television personality ‘breathing space’.
Change: The Big Brother housemates are unaware Holly is no longer hosting This Morning as she quit the show three days after they moved into the famous bungalow
Reaction: One X/Twitter user wrote: ‘Kerry: Alison Hammond and Holly will be talking about us on This Morning. Awks’
A source told the publication: ‘Holly isn’t going to be signed up on an exclusive deal for the BBC — or to be the face of any of their new shows — at this moment in time’.
They described exclusive golden handcuff deals as ‘few and far between’ and said Holly was being lined up to be a ‘major player’ with the BBC, praising her stint on the network’s show Freeze The Fear.
‘But after seeing everything that has unfolded over the past five months, the BBC want to give her some breathing space before making any offers.
‘The ITV internal report into This Morning has still not been published either and the impact that could have also needs to be taken into consideration.’
MailOnline contacted Holly’s reps and BBC for comment at the time.