Big Brother seemingly removed an episode of their spin-off show Late and Live from their catch-up service, ITVX, just weeks after editing and reuploading an earlier instalment.
The latest episode originally aired on November 4 and was available to stream online after it finished airing.
However, viewers claimed they were temporarily unable to watch the show, presented by Will Best, as the decision was made to take it down.
At around 1 pm, the fan account SuperTV247 spotted the missing programme and broadcast the news on X.
‘Last night’s Big Brother: Late & Live has been removed from ITVX due to compliance reasons. ITV have said the episode should be made available later today,’ they wrote at around 1 pm. Fans were then pleased to report it being made available once more hours later.
With ITV not yet providing the specificities as to why the disappearance occurred, fans have unanswered questions.
Cocomelonate shared their frustrations: ‘What now and who decides what’s compliant and what’s not???’ ‘ITV are the pits behaving like this,’ Joe fumed.
Danny Denay shared their intentions to ‘look for some blurring / jumpcut edits’ to figure out the change.
‘Oh what is it because of now? Is it because of someone’s shirt again?’ asked Chantelle.
Last month, ITV deleted, edited and reuploaded an episode to erase housemate Ali Bromley’s Wear The Peace charity T-shirt which featured a watermelon – a symbol of solidarity with Palestine amid the ongoing war.
The watermelon symbol, which is in the colours of the Palestinian flag, has become synonymous with the pro-Palestine movement amid the ongoing war, which has killed more than 42,000 people in Gaza since the Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7.
It first emerged in 1967 after the Six-Day War, after public displays of the Palestinian flag became a criminal offence in Gaza and the West Bank, according to Time.
Figures published by the watchdog Ofcom revealed that 552 complaints were made over the episode featuring the T-shirt.
A Big Brother spokesperson said at the time: ‘All Housemate items are checked by our production team before they go into the Big Brother House to ensure they comply with the Rules and compliance requirements.
‘Big Brother does not allow any personal items into the House that could be deemed harmful.
‘We regret that the implications of this particular item of clothing were not fully understood in our bag checks or prior to broadcast of last night’s show.
‘We apologise to any viewers who have been offended by the broadcast and assure viewers that Big Brother was unaware of the implications of the image.
‘The item of clothing has been removed from the House. The Housemate has been spoken to and they have expressed that they are unaware of the implications and did not wish to cause any harm or offence.
‘Any offensive messaging associated with the image does not reflect the values or beliefs of Big Brother.’
In a later episode, some viewers were left horrified by comments Nathan King made about Khaled, who has a Palestinian background.
During a task, Nathan, 24, was asked: ‘Who do you think is holding back their true self?’
He replied: ‘I struggled with this one but I’m unfortunately going to go for Khaled.
‘When we’re having a conversation, he maybe spends too long looking at the camera and not at the person sitting across from him.
‘Khaled, I assume, will have a lot of opinions on things that are happening around the world that are maybe close to home for him but I thought he would be more vocal in his thoughts about it.
‘When we spoke about politics and current affairs in the world in Israel or Lebanon, not everyone has to be an outspoken t**t like me and say what they’re thinking and that’s fine, but he’s holding back on his true self by not speaking about it because he’s thinking about the outside potentially.’
‘This is a bit mad, to say that I’m not supporting my people,’ Khaled replied from another room, after listening to Nathan’s comments.
After watching the events unfold, some fans fumed that the criticism was uncalled for.
Amongst the social media posts was one by WrittenByDavid, who wrote on X: ‘Khaled is not sharing enough of his traumatic personal life experiences for Nathan’s liking???’
User eldserks wrote: ‘Nathan is a truly weirdo? Policing a Palestinian man about how they talk about their own experiences is CRAZY.’
Metro.co.uk has reached out to ITV for comment.
Big Brother airs Sunday-Friday at 9pm on ITV2. Big Brother Late and Live airs immediately after the main programme.
Got a story?
If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us [email protected], calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.
MORE : Emmerdale star axed after 13 years lands surprise role on iconic show
MORE : Big Brother fans feel guilty for booting star off ITV series in ‘savage’ eviction
MORE : Big Brother’s ‘biggest mess since David’s dead’ takes a turn for the worse
