BITCH BRO

0 Comments | Sunday Mirror, May 14, 2006 | by LARA GOULD, TV Reporter

CAMP Big Brother 7 contestant Shahbaz Choudhary was last night tipped as the housemate from hell.

Friends of the cross-dressing Scot have warned other contestants they face a 13-week nightmare if Shahbaz, 38, goes the distance.

They say the flamboyant Glaswegian, who has been shunned by his Indian family, craves constant attention and will have his fellow housemates begging to leave the house.

His wild behaviour, which includes playing music and singing loudly throughout the night, has led to bust-ups with neighbours in Glasgow's posh West End.

Police were forced to intervene when one neighbour, BBC producer Cathy Long, claimed Shahbaz's anti-social behaviour made her life hell.

Shahbaz, who is well known on Glasgow's gay scene, has also been involved in arguments at a gym where he goes to meet men. A friend said: "He is every housemate's worst nightmare. When he tacks on to people, he's sticks to them like a glue and won't leave them alone.

"Shahbaz seems unable to see how his behaviour affects other people.

"He may be nearly 40, but he is as self-obsessed as a teenager and desperate for fame. He goes out in fancy dress in a bid to get discovered, or at least get some attention.

"But it's this outlandish, attention-seeking behaviour that has led to clashes with neighbours as well as strangers.

"He just seems to rub people up the wrong way and that ends up in bust-ups.

"And Shahbaz's over-the-top personality attracts attention from less savoury characters who have taken exception to him.

"He's been beaten up a few times as well as being the cause of a few fights."

Motormouth Shahbaz, already being compared to X Factor contestant Chico Slimani, has been cross-dressing for more than 20 years. Big Brother will be his latest stab at fame.

He has already released a failed pop record and allowed a TV crew to film him undergoing an intimate sexual exam for BBC Three documentary Sex, Warts and All.

But despite his outrageous personality, Shahbaz, who once described himself as "androgynous", doesn't drink, smoke or take drugs.

lara.gould@sundaymirror.co.uk