Mini-Me on Celeb Big Brother
| 11:29 UK time, Monday, 15 December 2008
Short actor Verne Troyer, Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies, is rumoured to be a housemate in the upcoming new series of Celebrity Big Brother.
Once the Christmas festivities are over, and you're looking for something to fill your disabled world with, you can tune in to Channel 4 from January 2nd and, perhaps, if Santa grants you all your wishes, we may have yet another disabled contestant for you to gaup at or empathise with, in the genre-busting reality TV show.
Previous disabled housemates have included: Darnel Swallow (the fella with albinism from the 2008 series)Mikey Hughes (the Scottish Bblind fella also from 2008) and Pete Bennett (self styled 'Tourettey celebrity' from 2006).
Other possible disableds that might have gone through the house are: Eugene Sully (BB 2006, whom Asperger'ers claim as one of their own) and the jury has always been out on whether Jade and her mum have some claim to learning difficulty - but if you think I'm going to get into that minefield, even in the mode of celebrating disability, you're joking me! Many would suggest that perhaps we shouldn't be including Troyer as disabled either though it's fair to say he lives in a rather disabling world being the unconventional height of 2 feet 8 inches tall.
But you know what the web's like. Rumours abound. It's entirely possible we won't see Mini-Me on Big Brother after all. But we should note that he has form in this area. Many celebs make a living moving from one reality show to another, so the fact that Troyer previously appeared in the 2005 series of on the Warner Brothers TV network in the US, perhaps adds some weight to the rumours.
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Comment number 1.
At 16th Dec 2008, Katie Fraser aka AbleGirl wrote:Hmm... Wonder if they will put Verne Troyer in the Big Brother house?
I keep wondering about all those steps up to it and the accessibility of the house if he does go in, but I am sure that he will adapt well to it.
I did notice that they were welcoming to him on Celebrity Juice the other day and that was very funny, and they were laughing with him not at him, and he and Leigh Francis made a great double act in one of the team rounds on the show. Check out youtube Damon to judge it for yourself what happened!
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Comment number 2.
At 18th Dec 2008, dennisjunior1 wrote:Congrats to Verne Troyer.
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At 19th Dec 2008, cwilliams1976 wrote:Just wanted to state that Eugene and I have been in contact because so many people have concerns over whether he has Aspergers' Syndrome or not, apparently although he has never been diagnosed with it, he admits that he has the symptoms. I have met him in person back in the summer and he reminds me so much of me.
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At 29th Dec 2009, hackerjack wrote:There's a big difference here. The other three were put in as freak show contestants precisely because of their handicap. Verne is just anothr part-time celebrity just like the rest of them. Why not treat him as such instead of thinking we would tune in just because there is somone with a disability. Not that it has disadvantaged him too much in life, in fact he has been able to turn it into a positive (which is testement to his fantastic attitude).
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At 14th Jan 2009, Lindaaw wrote:Verne Troyer is a very nice bloke by the sounds of it on Big Brother, but he did say he was going to act that way in order to manipulate his housemates and win!! I like him. His disability means nothing to me, he's a man, that's it. I think La Toya (hope I spelled it right) is more disabled. She looks vague all the time and like she has been dropped there without knowing what she is there for. I feel sorry for her really. She seems nice but they will eat her alive, I hope they don't.
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