Celebrity Big Brother‘s Ella Rae Wise admitted she has in the past wondered if she was gay and said she wanted a ‘girl experience’, following her split from Dan Edgar.
The TOWIE star, 24, made the confession during Wednesday’s show during a candid conversation with pans3xual housemate JoJo Siwa, 22, and drag queen Danny Beard, 32.
After he fellow housemates mistook her ‘coming out’ plans once leaving the house as coming out of the closet, Ella quipped: ‘No I do want a girl experience’.
Then Dance Mom star JoJo said: ‘They say if you have the thought like, “I wonder if I am gay” you’re gay’.
‘You know what I mean, they say if have that thought then you are’.
To which a concerned Ella replied: ‘Oh my god I have had that thought quite a bit’ before going on to reveal her hopes to one day have an ‘experience’ with another woman.
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Celebrity Big Brother ‘s Ella Rae Wise admitted she has in the past wondered if she was gay and said she wanted a ‘girl experience’
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The revelation comes following her shock split from fellow TOWIE star Dan Edgar (pictured together in 2024)
It comes after Ella burst into tears as she opened up about her recent split, after confirmed her break up after entering the Big Brother house single as she revealed she has called it quits with Dan after 18 months of dating.
During an episode of CBB last week, Ella became emotional as she spoke to JoJo and Angelica Bell about the sudden split.
The dancer and presenter comforted Ella as she confessed their break-up had happened right before entering the house. ‘This is fresh,’ Angelica said.
‘I knew something wasn’t right,’ Ella said, before she burst into tears and JoJo and Angelica leaned in to hug her.
‘Thank you. It’s just one of them things. I just feel like an idiot because everyone… I just knew he weren’t going to be what I wanted him to be. And I thought maybe he might for me but he just… and I don’t want to waste years trying to change someone do you know what I mean?’
‘But that just shows your strength,’ Angelica said, to which Ella replied: ‘Yeah, I just have to let it be. And it doesn’t mean we can’t be friends because we tried.’
Dan was reportedly left feeling blindsided as Ella made her CBB debut last week – after their shock split.
During her opening VT, newly-single Ella cheekily remarked: ‘I could literally flirt with a loaf of bread. I could flirt with anything! I’m flirting with the camera.’
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During the chat the Dance Mom’s star said: ‘They say if you have the thought like, “I wonder if I am gay” you’re gay’
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To which a concerned Ella replied: ‘Oh my god I have had that thought quite a bit’ before going on to reveal her hopes to one day have an ‘experience’ with another woman
And pals have now told The Sun that Dan was hurt by her comments after believing their breakup had been fairly amicable.
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A source told the publication: ‘They were still chatting after the big row on Wednesday as had both agreed it just wasn’t working.
‘But everything was pretty amicable. They were just chatting as normal, the odd text and that, and spoke on Sunday just before she went into lockdown.
‘But he was blindsided by the comments she made about being such a flirt last night, and how she flirted with everyone constantly, as that’s just not nice to hear.’
Representatives for Dan and Ella were contacted by MailOnline for comment at the time.
‘We can’t just be together because we have a great s3x life,’ the reality star said as she told The Sun of their shock break up ahead of her CBB stint.
Ella breaks down talking about her break-up with Dan in Big Brother
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Last week Ella burst into tears as she opened up about her shock split from her Dan
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Dan was reportedly left feeling blindsided as Ella made her CBB debut last week – after their shock split
‘We are not together – and it’s really, really sad that we’re not together, we split up a week ago,’ she said.
Ella insisted the split had nothing to do with her entering the CBB house – despite her just days ago reportedly promising Dan she wouldn’t flirt with Love Islander and fellow housemate Chris Hughes.
She went on to say that while Dan is sweet, there was ‘something missing’ between them and she didn’t want to waste each other’s time.
