It is Frank Maloney.
He is undergoing a gender reassignment process.
Seems very brave to me.
I have never watched, so my "knowledge" is from staff room conversations...
This is a case where I am not sure who is being manipulated, and that in itself is one of my big worries about the cynical and exploitative nature of this programme
"Woman" goes into BB House, and is promptly outed by a "friend"
Now was that vindictive - in which case it is very sad.
Was it engineered by Channel 5...... to gain publicity at the cost of this individual?
Was it engineered by the individual to gain publicity and sympathy... possibly even a win?
Was it a combination of the above with the individual and Channel 5 in cahoots?
Whatever the reality ... it is simply exploitative