Big Brother star Lily says she’s returning to her day job at the Chinese restaurant despite show success

BIG Brother star Lily Benson has revealed she's returning to her day job.

The 20-year-old starred in ITV's most recent Big Brother series, being evicted on Day 34.

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Lily, from Warrington, works in a Chinese takeaway - and is heading back there following her show success.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun, she said: "Yeah I am going to continue working there.

"I've been talking about my return with my boss."

During the series, Lily opened up about how much she enjoys working at the takeaway.

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She told some of her fellow housemates: "I work in a Chinese takeaway.

"I love it, I’ve worked there since I was 14.

"So, I can get like vegetarian spring rolls, crispy wonton, barbeque honey ribs, salt and pepper chicken, salt and pepper chips, crispy shredded chilli beef, kung pao sauce separate.

“Noodles with bean sprouts, boiled rice, portion of chips on the side and prawn crackers and prawn toast.

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“You can come to my Chinese, and I’ll order it.”

While appearing on Big Brother, Lily sparked romance rumours with Khaled and Tom.

Addressing this, she told The Sun: "It's been so good coming off the show and the right person definitely won. It's been surreal.

"When it comes to the backlash and the fake romance rumours, it is a panto and we're all just human at the end of the day.

Lily previously revealed she signed up for the show to "annoy" her ex-boyfriend.

She told ITV: "I originally applied because it was my ex’s favourite TV show because we broke up.

Big Brother 2024 cast

A brand new batch of Big Brother housemates are living it up in the famous compound.

Meet the cast of the 2024 series:

• Rosie, 29, dental assistant from Cornwall.
• Emma, 53, aesthetics business owner from Altrincham.
• Segun, 25, charity videographer from Watford.
• Nathan, 24, pork salesman from Dumfries.
• Daze, 24, climate activist from London.
• Khaled, 23, sales manager from Manchester.
• Martha, 26, NHS administrator from Scarborough.
• Lily, 20, Chinese takeaway server from Warrington.
• Ali, 30, Forensic psychologist from London.
• Thomas, 20 amputee footballer from Carlisle.
• Ryan, 28, marketing and events from Stockport.
• Hannah, 24, HR consultant from West London.
• Izaaz, 29, sales consultant from London.
• Sarah, 27, spa account manager from Shrewsbury.
• Marcello, 34, youth mentor from East London.
• Dean, 35, barber from East London

"I thought ‘I’m going to go on his favourite TV show’."

She went on: "I’d never heard of it.

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"When I dated him, he was obsessed with it and I was like ‘what is it?’ because he was older.

"When we broke up, I saw the advert and I thought I’m going to apply for his favourite TV show and get on it - I didn’t think I would."

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