CRAIG PHILLIPS REACTS TO ICONIC 'NASTY NICK' CONFRONTATION | 22 YEARS LATER

[@gemma1874]

Well done Craig for handling the situation very very well ☺️

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Hahaha cheers!

[@sueherbert4744]

Absolutely loved Big Brother back in the day. you were amazing, and absolutely deserved to win. Level headed and a true gentleman. If only BB had stayed with the same format... and I hope the new BB reflects on those years gone by and realises the early ones were the best, with normal people off the street instead of the wannabe famous people... :-) x

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Thank you very much Sue, yes we agree!

[@diywithemma]

NO WAY is this 22 years ago. That's blown me away.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Yip 22 - 1/2

[@robbflynn4325]

Hi Craig. You were a worthy winner. You haven’t changed a bit, lol. I’m now living in the US but have good memories of watching BB. And well done for donating your winnings to help your young friend. May she RIP.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Thanks Robb, much appreciated

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Thank you mate! @@THEWATCHER0101

[@toshlanark]

22 years ago how time flies seems like only yesterday ! I am very disappointed in yourself was a classic line 😆

[@MrandMrsDIY]

I know its like yesterday

[@shanekelley7682]

You should present it Craig!

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Ha ha, I'd love to

[@jamessharpe1717]

Yeah, agreed. You would be the best host for this show, Craig.

[@craigstephen3906]

Jesus I remember clearly loving this series and what you did with the winning money was beautiful great guy and love the channel Craig

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Many thanks Craig for your kind words

[@ianbennett66]

@@MrandMrsDIY Yes I'll Remember Nasty Nick Cheating In The House Series 1 Day 35

[@safetyman460458]

Great TV moment!!! and the moment you won it without doubt!!

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Cheers

[@truthhurts3305]

Crazy how time flies as you get older. I remember this like it was yesterday and this was 22 years ago?! 😩

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Its in fact now 23 years this summer!

[@truthhurts3305]

@@MrandMrsDIY Oh yess!! Congrats on the win btw. My whole family was cheering for you especially when you announced that you were sharing your winnings with your friend. It was the Best big brother ending ever 🙌🏿

[@markmattinson4044]

Remember this so well . Classic Tv right there ...one of the best Big brother series. I did vote for Craig to win....and he did....well deserved to.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Many thanks Mark, all the best mate

[@charlies5217]

I still have my Big Brother fruit machine in my games room, i see craigs' face most days as his mugshot is on the top. Was a great series 👍

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Hahaha brilliant, thank you very much!

[@jigsey.]

Bloody hell 22 years ago 😂😂😂😂 holy crap

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Time flys

[@traceymartindale1102]

Was great when you pulled him on it as we were all sat at home thinking omg how sneaky is he.... you were the rock in the and deserved the win x

[@MrandMrsDIY]

R thats nice to know thanks

[@MrSifter]

In the annals of UK reality tv show moments this one really was momentous, when you watched it live for the first time. As a viewer watching week after week and knowing things that the other housemates didn’t, it really was a dramatic moment when Nick was finally called out.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Thanks mate, yeah it was mad!

[@jamesbooker6103]

best part of that video was when you did Caroline's laugh lol

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Ha ha

[@vivatkinson-ty1wi]

Brilliant post Nasty Nick first Big Brother villain 😂

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Hahahaha yes!

[@synchronicity-thelanguageo3991]

Plant...that makes sense with the Pen.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

!!!!

[@marcuslavaggi-bowen6539]

I remember that there was a task to write a song about the housemates as part of the weekly shopping budget, which had to be completed and performed in like 24 hours. While Tom was on his own in the bedroom with a chalkboard writing down lyrical ideas, Nick walked in and wrote a name or two on his chalkboard. With that Tom simply said “I know what you mean Nick” and wiped it off.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Wow!

[@felipefellop9878]

I remember when this happened how outraged everybody was at the time. I guess it showed the integrity of people back in the day. I also remember wondering at the time was Nick a plant for Channel 4 to spice things up if needed. Like how did he even get a pencil into the house and how would you even think a pencil would be useful going into a house full of cameras. Craig is a guy of pure class. As someone with a brother that has downs syndrome it really touched me the story of this prize money. Anyways great video thanks for posting!

[@MrandMrsDIY]

I know! Pure villainy because he snuck a pencil in! Thanks mate, very kind!

[@lifesthehardestgame6863]

Craig and wife yous are an inspiration

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Many thanks my friend

[@lifesthehardestgame6863]

@@MrandMrsDIY kindest regards Fellow scouser from the heart of Toxteth lol Mr Phillips you haven't aged a day lol your just copying my silver streaky hairdo haha 😆 Mrs Phillips you look beautiful and little Miss Princess Phillips is absolutely gorgeous ❤

[@MrandMrsDIY]

@@lifesthehardestgame6863 R bless you my friend thank you

[@keithatkins4033]

The expression Never hit a man when he's down just reminds me of the Jimmy Tarbuck saying Kick him it's easier!

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Hahahaha!

[@ka5269]

Nick might have paid a price momentarily, but he eventually did well out of being nasty!

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Yes he did! Lives in Australia now!

[@marcuslavaggi-bowen6539]

I remember during week one when all the housemates were called to The Diary Room to be briefed on the voting manipulation rules, only for Nick to sit there raising his eyebrows looking all shifty, only for Big Brother to say “Do you have anything to ask Nick?”, only to say “No” and leave. I thought nothing of it at the time, but when the highlights were repeated later that year, I then thought “He planned it from the start!”.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Yep!

[@Daniel-mz9dn]

weird to think when this was aired I wasn't alive! (born 2001) anyway, ive seen most episodes of the original series (available on youtube) and always wondered if you still talk to them all? must be so weird looking back

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Hahaha wow! Not for a while no, but I have seen and made up with Nick since then, even stayed at his house in Australia!

[@janenewman4397]

🤣 only saw the end where you won , got to say you were Very calm about it other big brothers have been a lot more heated and in some series quit volient 🥰

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Well thanks I tried my best under the circumstances

[@Dillydoll]

22 years on ?? God I feel old now 🤣.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

I know! Madness isn't it!

[@jakehope6811]

Maybe smuggled the pen in mate in his prison pocket serious contraband there mind Craig 🖋️🤣🤣

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Yikes 🤣

[@davekennedy6315]

It was so great to see how well you did after Big Brother Craig but even Nick did kinda well after (obviously not in your league but still) He now had a UK reputation as a pantomime bad guy and i remembering him in shows playing up his Nasty Nick persona. In regards to him having the pencil then i wonder if he had an incareration in his past? He was certainly experienced in the usefulness of a Prison Wallet!

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Thanks mate, yes he's doing well over in Sydney, Australia now! Hahahaha!

[@mrlister2000]

Rumours were rife that Nick was set up by the production team, to spice things up in the house. Whether he was or he wasn't, it certainly made for great viewing!

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Haha who knows, yes I heard it did make great viewing at the time!

[@mrlister2000]

@@MrandMrsDIY do you keep Intouch with the original housemates? Is there a regular housemates reunion? Did any others become as successful after the show?

[@shevvo1773]

So he hid the pencil up arse aye?

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Maybe

[@Merlina7]

Actually I have another question, I know you subsequently took part in Channel Five’s Back to Reality in which you were reunited with Nick. I watched that show and thought it was brilliant how reality took over and the producers , it seemed, were struggling to keep control! Nick escaped and locked himself in an office on the set, and I remember the rebellion against the producers. It probably wasn't much fun to be behind the scenes on that show but it made great viewing! I'd be interested to hear your recollections of that, and specifically I'd like to know whether it was as strict as Big Brother, or whether you were allowed internet access and communication with the outside world?

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Yes it was crazy! No, we weren't allowed to the best of my recollection

[@Merlina7]

@@MrandMrsDIY thanks for the insight. 🙂

[@MrandMrsDIY]

@@Merlina7 No probs!

[@Merlina7]

Remember this well.... I think this was a more innocent time when Big Brother was a new and unknown TV show and at least in part a social experiment, and you and the other housemates went in there not knowing how big it was going to become, or that it would turn you into celebrities. Nick was in a way more in tune with what the show was really about, i.e. that it was a game show,and his behaviour pales into insignificance compared to how subsequent housemates behaved. At the same time I totally understand (from my own experience of group dynamics) the sense of betrayal that the rest of you felt in a situation where you all felt exposed and vulnerable. A couple of questions: do you think the show itself became too nasty? I was reading just yesterday from a former housemate on one of the more recent versions, about how the producers deliberately induced distrust and paranoia, and how the experience has affected her mental health since. Nick also gave a talk in 2005 to psychologists and students at Glasgow University, about how he was, as you have mentioned, adversely affected and the dangers of taking part in these shows. I'm interested to hear your take on this issue? What advice would you give to somebody thinking of entering? What made me switch at the time to feeling sympathy rather than hatred for Nick, was when he showed his vulnerability and also owned up to having made a mistake, and attempted to apologize, but at the time none of rest of you appeared to be able to forgive him, based on what was shown, and were still so angry with him even after he had apologized. Maybe to do with how you felt you'd been made fools of for being so trusting in the first place? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts looking back...

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Yes definitely! I think because it was the first of its kind, nobody knew the long term impacts of fame or anything particularly from a reality tv point of view. But after almost 25 years of a variety of reality tv formats they should hopefully have a good handle on what to tell people applying about long term psychological effects the shows may have

[@chancepryor]

Are you still friends with any of your fellow housemates? Anyone you never saw again? 😮

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Yes just Nasty Nick, Did you watch the video

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

Omg... I was only 26 lol

[@MrandMrsDIY]

How time flies!

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

@@MrandMrsDIY we were all younger ;)

[@MrandMrsDIY]

@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator Wish we started younger

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

@@MrandMrsDIY at what though?.. We've all done ok... and would you want to be 25 again in this day and age! LoL

[@MrandMrsDIY]

@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator I'd certainly like to be 25 again but at this stage of my life! wisdom ect

[@wattolass]

Bet he hid the writing implement in his socks haha

[@wattolass]

Ot shoes.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Haha possibly!

[@andrewwilliams8187]

Classic tele Craig

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Haha thank you!

[@lindastanley229]

He was plotting a very dirty plan.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Hahahaha he was!

[@lindastanley229]

​@@MrandMrsDIYit never fails to make me laugh and brighten my day.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

@@lindastanley229 me ether!

[@staceyclement6590]

Was so over the top He was treated like he was a murderer or something

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Yes TV has certainly changed since 22 years ago!

[@mrdando]

Thinks I remember although not yr year was 9/11 over in USA, was the house told or not, and think of other events over the years

[@MrandMrsDIY]

No it was a couple of years after our show

[@mrdando]

@@MrandMrsDIY what I meant was what did you find out what happened that you missed out stick in the house

[@thomascoyne157]

Very nice volg of time’s gone bye 😢 when will you be doing the bathroom fit out 👍👍👍👍

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Thats on the list

[@thomascoyne157]

@@MrandMrsDIY brill

[@EveryonesAWinner]

I remember Tom the night before telling you that Nick had said you were the traitor. Some reason that's stuck with me for 24 years because of Tom's accent you asked again or maybe you were surprised. I've only ever seen that clip once so memory might not be great! Peace and love to you Craig and the fam.

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Hahaha brilliant thanks mate! Great memories!

[@mrdando]

Have you seen nasty nick since,

[@MrandMrsDIY]

Yes in Australia 5 years ago!