It was as shocking for the viewers as it was for the remaining housemates, and Austin himself.
In a surprise second eviction on Friday night’s show, Austin Armacost was voted the dullest by his fellow celebs on Celebrity Big Brother and was removed from the house.
He remained stony-faced as his flabbergasted flatmates squeezed in a last cuddle before he joined Emma Willis outside the house – shortly after Angie Best was voted off by the public.
And some viewers were equally as distraught…
#CBB AW NO AUSTIN BABE AW NO HES MY FAVE;(((
— carrie randall?? (@carrierandall_) January 13, 2017
Okay, say what you want about Austin, but did not to deserve to leave… or at least leave like that! #cbb
— Maria (@MariaGalea) January 13, 2017
Nooooooo I love Austin ?? #cbb
— Emma Harrison (@emmaharrison_x) January 13, 2017
Oh @bbuk that was really cruel! #cbb
— ????OhKay-DohKay???? (@KayCPage) January 13, 2017
Others, not so much…Nooooooo I love Austin https://twitter.com/megamouth_88/status/820038462862688261https://twitter.com/Coey_9/status/820038458731274242And some serious salt was rubbed into poor Austin’s wound when the programme didn’t even have a reel of best bits to play him off. It was awkward.
Awkward!!! No best bits!!!! ?????????????????????????? #CBB
— Caz (@Cazla_) January 13, 2017
AND no best bits ???? this has been INCREDIBLE. #cbb
— ScottyP (@ScottPearson2) January 13, 2017