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Manx contestant enters Big Brother UK

24-year-old doctor, Matty, featuring in 2023 series

The new series of Big Brother UK started last night and there’s a contestant from the Isle of Man!

Matty, a 24-year-old doctor who works in a geriatric department, says he loves "old people".

Ahead of going into the show he said: "I want to experience everything before I die, and I just thought why not do something mad like this? I used to watch Big Brother when I was like, 9 or 10 past my bedtime with my mom. I grew up in such a small place on the Isle of Man where I didn't really see many people who felt like me. I remember watching Big Brother and I could see myself in all these characters from a cross section of society, and I thought like, oh, maybe I would fit in there. So I just always wanted to apply."

 

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