Overview
- Bigg, known as Giant on the BBC competition show, told fans on Friday that he will not return for season 4 and said the choice was not his.
- In a statement to the Press Association, he said he was told he would not continue after he planned to go public about his partner, who makes content on OnlyFans, an adult subscription platform.
- He later said discussions with the BBC raised child safeguarding, while the show issued only a brief thank‑you and declined to detail the decision.
- The exit follows earlier scrutiny of resurfaced 2024 videos about past steroid use, which he says ended in 2022, as the production cites drug testing that found no performance‑enhancing use.
- Fans and fellow Gladiators voiced support on social media, and Bigg says he is focusing on his next chapter as questions grow about how broadcasters weigh performers’ private lives against brand and safeguarding policies.