He’s heard the feedback… (Picture: REX)
Big Brother is set to return on Sunday with a fresh crop of housemates for 2024.
And, no one is more excited (or, nervous) about that than BB’s co-host Will Best.
In 60 Seconds he talks grilling housemates, backstage riders, pre-show rituals, his obsession with controversial figure Steven Seagal and, his debt to Davina McCall.
For Big Brother series one your co-host AJ Odudu had a backstage rider, but you didn’t. Have you sorted yours out yet?
One has evolved. People have been kind and seen what I gravitate towards. I told somebody I was once nearly cast as The Milky Bar Kid and now my dressing-room is full of Milky Bars.
I also have one beer before every Big Brother live show to get me loose.
My rider is beers and Milky Bars. I am basically a cross between a teenager and a small child.
A dream team if we ever saw one (Credits: ©ITV)
When do they tell you and AJ who is going in the house?
The day they go in. They let us see the VTs for the new housemates on the morning of the show. It’s funny, I feel like I’m more nervous this time to see who they’ve got than I was for the first series.
I think because I loved the last set of housemates so much there is a lot more pressure in my head on this next batch.
I want to feel the same affinity with them as I did. I also feel like I am going to be cheating on the previous housemates because I’ve kept in touch with some of them.
Do you watch your BB interviews with the evicted housemates again to check how you did?
Some of the interviews I watched back because we do get feedback on social media. There were some interviews where people said we were too harsh and others where people said we were not harsh enough.
I watched those ones back to see where did I land? Most of the time I felt we got the balance where it needed to be.
Our job is to ask the questions that we know people at home want answers to and sometimes those questions are going to have difficult answers.
Sometimes the person we’re asking them to might deflect or not answer. It’s not the Today programme. We’re not grilling the Prime Minister. But we need to try and get those answers.
You used to watch BB with your mum and dad back in the noughties. Do they tune in now you’re hosting?
My mum has watched every second of every series. She’s been to quite a few evictions as well. She is hooked. My dad less so but he is nearly 80. He’s not the core demographic.
What TV show could you present that your dad would be impressed by?
My dad’s very funny. His sweet spot with comedy is slapstick. I do the Red Bull Soapbox Race and he absolutely loves …read more
Source:: Metro
