Trisha Paytas, who appeared on Celebrity Big Brother alongside Sam Thompson in 2017, has branded the reality star a "p***k" in an expletive-laden attack, admitting she "hated" him during their time on the show.
Thompson, 34, finished in third place on the Channel 5 programme, while Paytas, 38, walked out after just 11 days. The YouTube content creator, who found fame during the Noughties, made the comments while appearing on Jamie Laing's Great Company Podcast, unaware that Laing had once starred alongside Thompson on Made in Chelsea.
Trisha Paytas recalls 'hating' Sam on Celebrity Big Brother
"I did Celebrity Big Brother, and I remember, I think it was Sam," she told Laing, who responded: "Sam Thompson, he was on my show with me."
"We hated each other, he was awful," she said, adding: "He was a little p***k, is that what you guys say in the UK? He was a little p***k," as Laing erupted into laughter.
Paytas continued: "I had to apologise to him on Big Brother because I did. He's probably fine, he's probably grown, I don't know anything about him. But you give same vibes... So were you on the same show together?"
Paytas explains her 'hatred of men' during the show
When asked by Laing why the pair give off the same vibe, Paytas responded: "Just you know, just very, but now I can handle it. I think back then when I was in the show, it's 2017, I was just so mentally unwell.
"I just hated guys like that, which is just like… I was the mess on that show, so like I apologised to him on the show too. I'm intimidated by guys in general, especially like young, teenage boys scare the s**t out of me. But then you get a little bit cocky, like posh boys, as you would say, right?
"I know if you come for money, but he gave me that vibe. I don't know, just that arrogance. I was just annoyed with it because I was so, I had a hatred of men so early on in the show."
Paytas went on to add: "Also, I was mentally unwell. I never did therapy before the show. I was very, very unwell. So I think all of that triggered the high school in me. The boys, the cute boys in high school, they were awful to me."
Laing responds and Paytas addresses Sam directly
Following Paytas's admission, Laing replied: "I appreciate your honesty and I understand it massively, because I saw something the other day by Gabor Maté, who said when people are triggered… They go back to the age the trauma happened. So you act the age of what happened.
"So if you were triggered as young kids because it's a trauma you experienced when you're a younger child, you're going to go back to that age."
When asked what she would say to Thompson if the pair were to speak again, Paytas told Laing she would say "Hope you're doing better than you were on the show," adding: "Because he was being a little p***k to me. But you know what, no hard feelings."
During their stint on the show, Paytas said she found Thompson and Jordan Davies "immature" and struggled to cope with them. During a conversation in the Diary Room, she said: "Those boys are f***ing assholes. They're f***ing immature. I just don't want to be around it."
