Megan McKenna's comments about Tiffany Pollard have sparked a Celebrity Big Brother racism row.
It's the second of the series following Ofcom 'assessing' John Partridge's 'chicken' remark to the US reality star .
In Thursday night instalment from the house, security were called to 'calm down' Megan , as the Ex on the Beach star verbally attacked both John Partridge and Tiffany Pollard, while other housemates held her back.
During the commotion Kristina Rihanoff thought the Ex on the Beach star is "possessed", as Megan has to be separated from housemates.
To diffuse the situation, Scotty T told Megan to calm down but she went to the Diary Room shouting, “I’m not dealing with s*** anymore, I've kept it in all f****** day!”
In the Diary Room, Megan further ranted: "I’m sick of it! I’m sick of the fakeness! He’s a liar. He slates Tiffany to the ground.
"You know what, there’s a few people who agree with me.”
As Megan continued to rant about John and Tiffany in the Diary Room, she called Tiffany a "ghetto c***," which angered viewers.
One viewer posted: "Big Brother are calmly gonna sweep the blatant racism right under the rug #CBB"
Another added: "There have been so many comment made about Tiffany and nothing is being done about it #racism #cbb"
While one viewer tweeted: "thought megan was quite funny and telling the truth til she called tiffany 'ghetto' - no need for racism #CBB #cbbmegan #cbbtiffany"
"WTF, she is mentally disturbed and where the hell are the racist remarks coming from? People are crazy, no racism at all, making issues #CBB," said anotehr.
Twitter was full on the same sentiment, with one CBB fan saying: "Sounds like #CBB this year is an exercise in micro-aggressions and racism. Certain dems are showing their arses"
Channel 5 have been contacted for comment.
During Tuesday night's CBB Tiffany became hysterical after assuming David Gest had died in the Diary Room.
Following the incident she was asked to leave by the former EastEnders actor and other housemates because of her reaction and this upset some viewers.
While many CBB fans complained that it was unfair for the US reality star to be 'isolated' and 'abused', other viewers have alleged John's 'chicken' comment was racial motivated, which Ofcom are now assessing.
Partridge said: "[Tiffany] only wants to come to talk to us now cos she’s hungry and wants some chicken."
The CBB housemates demanded Tiffany leave the house after she laughed at causing havoc by misunderstanding what Angie Bowie had said to her.
American reality star Tiffany found herself shrieking and upset when Angie told her that her ex-husband, musical legend David Bowie had died, but she misunderstood and thought David Gest had died.
John Partridge later told Tiffany how serious the situation was and that people were ready to leave if she stayed - because they felt threatened by her and didn’t want her in the house.
She replied: “Well that’s too bad!”
Tiffany refused to apologise to Angie over her behaviour, and then insisted that she wouldn't leave the house.
Following Tiffany's outburst she was alone in the garden of the CBB house.
At one stage Christopher Maloney tried to make things right with the housemates and asked John if she could come back in.
Partridge replied: "She only wants to come to talk to us now cos she’s hungry and wants some chicken."
Some viewers have taken offence to the alleged racial remark, saying that John's 'chicken' reference pandered to an offensive stereotype.
According to Ofcom there have been 211 complaints for Tuesday night's episode.
An Ofcom spokesperson said: “We will assess these complaints before deciding whether to investigate or not”.
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