Well, it was bound to happen eventually, but I didn't expect it to be Ordinary Boy Samuel Preston who was the first to walk. Despite sticking a fortnight in the Big Brother house this time last year, he couldn't stick more than 20 minutes on BBC music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
Given that new host Simon Amstell manages to mock his guest panelists even more than his predecessor Mark Lamaar, a MNTB booking is, of course, a mixed blessing, though contestants normally managed to grin and bear it and, in some cases, give back as good as they get. Preston seemingly took particular offence to Amstell mocking his wife and former Big Brother housemate Chantelle Houghton's autobiography, and in particular a section where the non-celeb Celeb Big Brother winner tells how prior to her celebrity days she couldn't afford to shop at M&S. The Ordinary Boy frontman didn't see the funny side and stormed off set and, reportedly, straight out of the studio. His team captain Bill Bailey then picked a replacement contestant out of the audience.
A spokesman for the show said: "Preston just stormed off. He literally walked out of the building. It's a shame Preston felt he had to leave. Fans will know Simon loves to banter with his guests. It's the nature of the show - and it's not meant in a mean way".
Speaking to Radio 1 after the event, Preston said: "If that was in any other situation, I would have hit him. I just had to remove myself from the situation, so I just got up and left."
Opinion seems divided on the celeb message boards I've read (not that I spend all my time reading celeb message boards) as to whether Preston was just a spoilsport who couldn't take a joke, or whether he acted honourably given that Amstell's banter was aimed not at the singer himself, but at his wife and her social background. Either way, it's got to make that edition of NMTB must see television.