Originally Posted by Morbid:
“Yeah, I remember that in the interview with Tom, the Irish guy, they showed a newspaper photo of Nasty Nick standing next to Brad Pitt! It must've been a big surprise when the housemates first came out, how popular the show had been in the outside world, I think some of them assumed it'd just attract a modest cult audience rather than result in them being snapped with a movie star!”
Yes! And particularly because BB really respected the no contact with the outside world rule in those days. Nowadays they'd have probably sent Nasty Nick back in as part of a task and he'd have told them all about it.