Chloe Ayling has spoken in defence of Roxanne Pallett (Picture: Channel 5)

Chloe Ayling has spoken in defence of Roxanne Pallett.

Roxanne was in the centre of the controversial ‘punch’ row in this summer’s Celebrity Big Brother after accusing housemate Ryan Thomas of ‘assaulting’ her by hitting her ‘repeatedly’ during a play fight in the house.

The nation turned on Roxanne after the incident, but she has since apologised for what happened and admitted she might have ‘got it wrong’.

The housemates who have spoken out so far are firmly Team Ryan, but Chloe has said Roxanne is a ‘sweet girl’.


‘I do hope she’s doing okay,’ she told Daily Star.



‘I think everyone should stop targeting her because she’s a really sweet girl.

‘She made a big mistake and she doesn’t really deserve the death threats. It’s horrible and I know what it feels like.’

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Chloe added: ‘I really liked her in the house, she was one of my closest friends. Whenever I was upset, she supported me. She was one of my closest friends.’

She revealed that she hadn’t been contacted by Roxanne since the show, admitting: ‘I don’t even know what I’d say to her.’

It was recently reported that Roxanne had hand written a letter of apology to Ryan over the incident, however the former Coronation Street star is yet to receive it.

Channel 5 is officially under investigation by Ofcom over the incident who will be looking into ‘whether this programme broke our rules on offensive content’.

Ofcom received 25,257 complaints regarding the controversial moment.

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