Big Brother: Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace is going back in - and she's ready to take on "vile" Helen Wood

Oh, you'd better know yourself, little girl. Big Brother is about to get serious, as iconic housemate Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace is heading in tonight to shake things up - and she might just come face to face with her foe Helen Wood. Gulp.

Speaking to Digital Spy yesterday, Aisleyne revealed that she's "excited" to get back in there - but also that she hopes she can do everyone proud. But what does she really think of Helen? Where did their feud begin? And which of the other housemates is she looking to shake up a bit? Read on to find out...


Have you had loads of people saying you have to go in the house since you appeared on the show on Sunday?
"That's the only reason I'm doing it, babe. I'm doing it because the public have spoken and I like to please the public!"

Are you a bit nervous?
"A little bit. I think I am, yeah, of course I am. It's a little bit nervewracking, but I just can't wait to be back in there. It's like it's my house. Every time I watch it I feel like they're squatters in there and I just want to be back in there with them experiencing it all, but I'm just really thankful to have another chance to go back in."

We all know you're not Helen's biggest fan. What do you make of how she's behaved in the house?
"I think she's absolutely diabolical. As a housemate, you know exactly what it does to your emotions to be in there, you know exactly the rollercoaster that you're on, and to go in there at such a late stage and bring so much negativity and vileness is horrific for me. Really, really bad. And it's even more bad after being a housemate and knowing how you feel."

Are you disappointed with Nikki? Do you think Helen's a bad influence?
"I was disappointed, I'm not going to lie, but I think Nikki probably felt a bit intimidated by her and that's maybe why she's being like that."

In last night's episode, Helen said you were the worst housemate they could send in and that she hates you. What do you make of that?
"I think she's just a confused fan! To hate someone so much for no reason, it's basically because she probably wants to be me!"

You said on Twitter you couldn't be in the house at the same time as Helen. What would happen if you were both in there together?
"I think that I would lose my patience, I would lose my cool if she picked on someone else. If she said something to me, I'm a little bit like, 'Water off a duck's back, whatever, I've been through a lot worse, you can't really touch me on that level'. But if I see her picking on someone else, I just couldn't bear it. I just could not stand it."

Like a repeat of the Grace and Susie situation in BB7?
"Yeah, there you go! Yeah, exactly."


If you could confront her, what are you dying to say to her?
"I just want her to stop f**king picking on people, stop bullying people, stop intimidating people, and to be f**king happy and stop sucking lemons! She's so bitter, isn't she? It's just awful."

Your disagreements aren't new - you were having Twitter spats back in January. Where did it start? What went wrong between you guys?
"I think she was just trying to get my press. The only people that were really covering her were the Daily Star, whereas I've been in the industry for nine years now and a lot of publications cover my tweets and whatever. So I just always ignored her to a certain extent. I think she was just doing it for a response so she could get more press, and that's basically the only reason that she's doing it."

Do you not think, 'If I just ignore her she won't get that press'?
"I did, and that's why I did ignore her. She's done lots and lots of things, maybe that you're not aware of, that I've just completely ignored because I won't rise to it. There's different levels and she's not on my level."

You've mentioned before that she secretly filmed you.
"Yeah, she secretly filmed me and slagged me off and posted it up. That is just obsessive. That is not normal. Who does that? I'm not f**king Rihanna. My alter ego might be a bit Rihanna but why are you filming me? I'm not an A-lister. What is wrong with you? You must be a fan. I would never do that to someone. Why would you be so vile and horrible? I don't get it."

So what is your aim going into the house? What kind of effect do you want to have on the housemates?
"I want to have a great positive effect. I want to show that a legend can go in and bring life and happiness to the house. And just put some confidence back in them because I feel like their confidence has been knocked since she's been in there. Brian's definitely trying his best - I just think he needs a little bit more backup from me!"

Has your opinion of Marc changed over the past week?
"Yeah, I knew it was going to be detrimental if he teamed up with her, and it really has been. He thinks bad behaviour is applauded as well. But my problem with that is it doesn't matter what Helen's made him think, he should still be a good person and do the right thing. But he's not. He's being nasty and going even darker, because Helen's doing it and he thinks it's popular. Well no, be a nice person in the first place."


Do you think he's gone too far? Can he turn it around?
"I don't know. This is the thing, I really don't know. If he listens to me he can turn it around!"

Who are you really hoping to speak to? Who do you have home truths for - who do you want to sort out?
"Marc definitely needs to know that he's doing the wrong thing by siding with Helen. I want to tell Danny to get out of his shell and Cristian to get out of his shell, if Cristian's still in there. And I want to tell Nick to be his own person and show himself in his own light and not be known as always with this one or that one."

Do you think he has ruined his chances or his time in the house?
"No - some people need that affection and they need those cuddles and that's just that person and how they are. But at the same time, you've been given this amazing opportunity to be in the house - enjoy it as an individual as well. You can still have cuddles and whatnot but you don't have to be wrapped around that person all the time."

What about Jade? She's had accusations of going from one guy to another.
"Yeah, I didn't like Jade at first. I thought she was a black widow! But the longer she stays in there, she grows on you and you sort of understand her a little bit better. I think she's quite vain because when she didn't win the prettiest girl contest, she didn't like that, did she? So she's very vain. But she's alright, she's fine."

What do you think about her and Brian?
"I think I need to be giving her the 411. I've got a lot of questions that need answering before I'm happy for her to pursue Brian!"

Do you think we're going to see the same Aisleyne that we saw in BB7? Or have you changed a lot since then?
"It will be interesting, won't it, to see if I've changed. I couldn't tell you that - you'd have to ask my friends, I suppose. I'm certainly more confident within myself, I believe in myself a lot more. I'm not Shaniqua from The Bronx anymore - I'm Aisleyne from Camden and that's alright - I'm okay with that."


You cried a lot during your first time in the house...
"This time I want less tears but more fun! But I went on such a journey, that's why I was crying. Because it was quite a journey for me."

Will you be able to hold in the tears this time or are you quite an emotional person?
"It depends how much I've had to drink! I don't think I'm capable of crying anymore, I don't know... Get me in that house and I'll be blubbering all the time!"

Are you feeling under a lot of pressure to entertain when you go in?
"Yeah, and I've built up a career for myself now and I hope I don't ruin it! But I'm just going to be myself. You can't go in there with any game plan. I do feel under pressure a little bit but you can't please all the people all of the time. There will be people who want me to go in there and hit Helen or be really confrontational with her in a physical way but I'm not prepared to do that because that's not necessarily in my nature and also I'm not going to lose everything that I've built up over the last nine or ten years. At the same time, I hope I can do what people want me to do and that's stand up to her."

We have seen fights in the Big Brother house get really intense and even physical - are you worried that it could kick off in there if you are in at the same time as Helen?
"Nah, I'm not bothered. What will be will be. If she's so stupid as to go for me that's her business. I'm not going to go for her. There's ways and means of dealing with people and you can have an intelligent conversation - you don't have to get physical."

Is there anything you've watched over the past few weeks and thought, 'I wish I'd been in there so I could have sorted it out'?
"Definitely the whole Helen and Harry situation. I really wanted to give Harry a hug. Even her demeanour changed and how she walked round the house. I'm all for telling her to cover up, but she really covered up - I mean, leggings and a dress. It's testament to me that she felt insecure and she wanted to hide herself. It was body language, and it really upset me and I just wanted to give her a hug."


Do you think she has been bullied in there?
"Yes."

A lot of people seem to have started to like her more this week than they did before.
"Yeah, I'm exactly the same. I wasn't keen on her before - I thought she was really disrespectful walking around in the nod. That might be what she does at home but it's making other people feel uncomfortable. So I didn't really like her to be honest, but as soon as I see someone being picked on and bullied, I feel for them and I want to protect them. That's just my nature. I don't know why, but that's how I am!"

Do you think Helen's done her a favour?
"Yeah, definitely, because people are starting to like Harry now."

Do you think Jack has had a similar turnaround?
"I don't think Jack has had a turnaround. People on my Twitter certainly still moan about him. But I'm my own person, I make my own mind up, and I like him. I really like him."

Did you feel bad when they were joking with him and saying how much support he had?
"I felt so sorry for him! It was funny for a minute but then the nurturing side of me came out and I felt really sorry for him. He's so humble - he was like, 'Oh! Great! Oh! Right! Thanks very much!' I just felt so sorry for him, it was so mean."

So in three words, what do you think we can expect from you while you're in the house?
"Fun, strength and laughter!"

Big Brother continues tonight (June 19) at 9pm on Channel 5.