Celebrity Big Brother: Twitter’s love-hate relationship with Katie Hopkins

Celebrity Big Brother started last night and the first contestant to be revealed was media personality and former Apprentice candidate Katie Hopkins – who proved irresistibly unpopular.

Some predicted problems from the start, with Hopkins booed as she walked towards the house:

Here we go … #CBB .. Katie Hopkins in there? What could possibly go wrong ????

— Phillip Schofield (@Schofe) January 7, 2015

Why is this Katie Hopkins woman so mean? She really like this or is it an act? What's the point? can't take her. Switching off #CBB

— Noel Clarke (@NoelClarke) January 7, 2015

But they weren’t to know Katie Hopkins was actually (sort of) becoming Big Brother herself: taking the other contestants to task without them knowing it was her, and choosing two of them to stand for eviction. How long before she’s running Channel 5?

"Big Brother have given Katie the power to do what she was going to do anyway" #CBB

— Meryl O'Rourke (@MerylORourke) January 7, 2015

Perez Hilton, Corrie actor Ken Morley and model Chloe Goodman all got a tongue-lashing – but in the process, some worried for the voice of BB himself.

The male voice of Big Brother sounds suicidal when he's talking to Katie Hopkins. Get the Samaritans in there… #CBB #CBBKatie

— Ben Rawson-Jones (@rawsonjones) January 7, 2015

OUCH!! #KatieHopkins just TOLD Big Brother!!!!!

— ????ohn ????alziel (@JohnDalziel) January 7, 2015

Sounds like the Big Brother announcer called in sick at the last minute and they had to get the janitor to read off a card #CBB

— Paul Jones (@Jonesvision) January 7, 2015

Some others were already looking for silver linings…

The good bit about @KTHopkins being on Big Brother is it'll keep her off Twitter for a few weeks.

— Rob Manuel – Follow @fesshole now! (@robmanuel) January 7, 2015

No MSN – unless it’s a variety of extremely poisonous insects and reptiles, I don’t care who’s joining Katie Hopkins on Big Brother.

— Andy (@AndyCptr) January 8, 2015

I think Celebrity Big Brother should get rid of evictions & just keep the Katie Hopkins’ and Perez Hiltons of the world in there permanently

— Alex Ellison (@Alex_JN_E) January 8, 2015

And some were looking forward to Katie being forced to be nice to the other candidates as her first “task”.

So Katie Hopkins has to be herself rather than the stupid character she plays (which she was unable to pull off anyway) #cbb

— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) January 7, 2015

"I think he's probably lovely" THEY'VE BROKEN KATIE HOPKINS AND IT ONLY TOOK 98 MINUTES #CBB

— Meryl O'Rourke (@MerylORourke) January 7, 2015

(But then again who can’t be nice about Cheggers?)

No matter what they feel about her, many won’t be able to stop watching Katie

Katie Hopkins is in big brother this is going to be fun god help everyone in there #CBB #channel5

— TheodoraAnna (@XxTheodora) January 8, 2015

Katie Hopkins is the best decision big brother ever made !

— Striker' (@JessySaid) January 8, 2015

And if you’re not one of those enjoying the chaos, Gary Lineker has some advice for you.

My timeline is full of complaints about who the #CBB contestants are. May I suggest just not watching the rubbish?

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) January 7, 2015

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