Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Danniella Westbrook’s Twitter Retweets Controversial Cocaine Joke

It’s a widely-known fact that when the stars take part in Celebrity Big Brother they enlist their nearest and dearest to take charge of their social media accounts during their time in the house.

However, Danniella Westbrook might end up wishing that she’d chosen slightly more responsible people to look after her Twitter profile, with the account sparking controversy by retweeting a joke about Danniella’s cocaine addiction.

Erm, probably not the best thing to do, eh?

The star’s followers were shocked when they saw that her profile had shared the message: “Everyone vote @westbrookdanni she’s going to buy a substantial amount of cocaine if she wins and throw a big party everyone welcome [sic]”, with it being deleted shortly afterwards.

Her spokesperson later said that it was retweeted by mistake, saying: “The tweet was a mistake and it was taken down minutes later.”

But fans have been left fuming as they bombarded the account with messages demanding to know why they’d share such a damaging tweet.

42-year-old Danniella became notorious for her cocaine addiction at the height of her EastEnders’ career, with the actress being fired from the show before her septum rotted away.

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She has spoken openly about her £500-a-day addiction in the past, and in 2001 she was given just two weeks to live before entering rehab in the states.