Following a very dramatic Big Brother final, which saw all of this year’s housemates (except axed George Gilbert) reunited for the first time since their evictions, it’s safe to say that there’s no love lost between some Big Brother 2025 contestants.
Two former housemates who definitely are no longer on speaking terms are Zelah Glasson and Sam Ashby after Zelah called out Sam for not telling him they had a crush on him – and things were seriously awks during the final episode of Late & Live as hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best attempted to get them to hash out their differences.
Now, after just missing out on the final, Zelah’s close pal Teja Dalphy has had her say on the row and admitted she ‘doesn’t respect’ Sam and ‘will never be his friend’ after Zelah and his girlfriend Francesca faced backlash.
Teja has had her say on Sam and Zelah ©Shutterstock for Big Brother
Teja told us, ‘It’s mad coming out and seeing how things have been clipped up, what people have been saying about Sam and Zelah, that Zelah was leading Sam on and all sorts of bullshit, that’s the way I see it, because living there, all it was was flirty banter. It was a joke as friends, so clipped up it can look a certain way but I think it says more about Sam as a person to say it was more than what it was because most people that did live there, bar Nancy [Nocerino] and Caroline [Monk] because they just feed into his bullshit – would say that it was completely friendly.
‘It’s completely ludicrous, he loves his girlfriend. I’ve met Francesca, she’s so lovely and I think it’s disgusting the narrative that’s been spun and the fact that [Sam]’s fed into it, because the hate she’s getting on social media is just insane and he’s had a part to play in that. I don’t respect him at all and I’ll never be his friend, to be honest.’
Teja admitted she ‘doesn’t respect’ Sam ©Shutterstock for Big Brother
Speaking about the moment she realised Sam had feelings for Zelah, she continued, ‘I didn’t know about this until Zelah left the house, this is how mad it was because it’s like Zelah’s went out the door and we’re all thinking, “what’s happened?” And I’ve spoken to Sam and I had to prod it out of him, but he was like, “I did think there was something a bit more there,” and I was like, “Why would you think that? All Zelah goes on about is his girlfriend.”’
During his time in the house, Zelah was also accused of flirting with his house bestie Feyisola Akintoye but his girlfriend Francesca didn’t seem bothered. Francesca appeared on Late & Live and said, ‘If I had to be worried about every time someone had a crush on Zelah, I’d always be worried.
‘You expect it, Zelah’s not only hot, he’s smart, he’s funny. He’s got the whole package.’