11:23am Friday 27th August 2010
By Jeff Bolitho
BIG Brother winner Josie Gibson, of Westerleigh near Yate, has walked out of Ultimate Big Brother two days into the show's run.
The 25-year-old left via the fire exit in the garden yesterday after deciding she "couldn’t handle" the experience.
She was met by her love interest and former housemate John James as she left the compound.
Josie apologised to producers saying: "They're all really nice people don't get me wrong. I'm normal, I'm not a celebrity, I couldn't handle it."
Still wearing her microphone, she was overheard telling John James: "Thank God you were here when I came out. I can't handle it no more, honestly. I'm so glad you were just there then."
The couple kissed as Josie told producers that she struggled to cope with her new housemates.
Fellow Ultimate Big Brother housemate Brian Dowling was first to notice that Josie had gone, as most of the other housemates were in the living room.
They all rushed outside and tried to call her back, but she was already on her way out.
Josie had won the final series of Big Brother on Tuesday night with 77 per cent of the public vote.
Interviewed on spin-off show Big Brother's Little Brother last night, Josie said she had felt as if the walls were closing in on her after going back into the house for the "Ultimate" contest.
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