Overview
- Gladiators confirmed last week that Giant, real name Jamie Bigg, will not return for season four and thanked him for three series.
- Bigg said on Wednesday on Good Morning Britain that producers gave him an ultimatum after he planned to go public with girlfriend Taylor Ryan, who makes content on OnlyFans, an adult subscription site.
- He said his season four contract was not renewed and claimed later talks cited child safeguarding, a rationale the BBC has not outlined in public.
- Bigg used Instagram to dispute any suggestion he chose to walk away and said he wanted to correct the message fans saw on the show's official page.
- His ex-wife posted that the swift move to a new public relationship was painful, showing how the off-screen fallout is affecting his family life.