Ashley James: NOT made in Chelsea? (Picture: Channel 5)

CBB’s Ashley James has been called out by her own dad for faking her posh accent.

Seems the 30-year-old, who grew up in Northumberland, adopted a southern accent for the Channel 4 hit reality TV show Made in Chelsea.

The DJ briefly appeared on the show as Ollie Lock’s love interest (after a brief dalliance with Francis Boulle) in 2013.

However her dad, Geoff, revealed to Heat Magazine this week that he still finds it weird to hear his daughter talk with a posh accent.


Ashley as she made her way into the CBB house (Photo by Mike Marsland/ WireImage)

He said: ‘I’m sure she’s proud of her Northern roots. But working on TV, she has to speak the Queen’s English.’



Geoff was proud of Ashley’s move to go on Big Brother, but thought otherwise about her antics with Ginuwine.

When he was asked about his opinion on the 90s singer, he admitted that the pair’s flirty antics were ‘unexpected’, and wants Ashley to be with someone who will treat her well.

He said: ‘I was a bit shocked (when she went onto Big Brother) – it’s a world away from my life.

‘She comes from a tiny, little town in the middle of nowhere, but she’s always been independent.’

Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on Channel 5.

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