NOT HAPPY
Gogglebox viewers still ‘confused’ as the families aren’t socially distancing yet
GOGGLEBOX viewers were still not happy to see stars of the show sat together during tonight's episode, when they don't actually live with each other.
Despite several stars of the show clarifying their living situations via social media this week, fans were still disappointed that they weren't following government guidelines regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
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Viewers took to Twitter to vent, with one person tweeting: "So #Gogglebox are ignoring social distancing. The Siddiquis brothers don't live together and their at their dads house. Pete & Sophie, he's in here house. Jenny & Lee in the caravan don't live together either."
A second person added: "I love this show but unless the Siddiqui brothers and the mum and daughter from manchester live together then they shouldn’t be filming together? (sic)," while a third viewer asked: "Are Lee and Jenny isolating together #GoggleboxFriday #gogglebox."
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A fourth fan of the show pointed out: "Im confused how that before #gogglebox started the guy said ‘the goggle boxers are doing the government guidelines’.
"How are they when the Siddiquis are together, they dont live in the same household. If we were aloud to do that then im sure we would all be seeing our families (sic)."
The tweets come after Ofcom confirmed that had received complaints about the show in the last few weeks since Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a lockdown in the UK.
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The TV watchdog had received 20 complaints since last Tuesday [31 March] - just days after viewers flocked to Twitter to share their outrage.
In the episode that aired on March 27, all of the stars were present as usual apart from Siddiqui patriarch Sid, who is in his 70s.
Many were confused as they questioned whether sisters Izzi and Ellie, best pals Jenny and Lee, brothers Tremaine, Twaine and Tristan Plummer, and siblings Sophie and Pete lived together.
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A Gogglebox spokesperson told us at the time: "The majority of Friday’s episode was filmed before the Prime Minister’s address last Monday.
"Since the updated Public Health England advice, any filming was subject to stricter filming protocols which are now fully in place. The health and safety of our cast and crew is paramount."
By the following week, changes had been made - Izzi was replaced onscreen by Ellie's boyfriend Nat, and the Plummer trio were not seen.
Although it was not addressed in the programme, other stars took to social media to clarify that they weren't flouting the government rules.
Writing on Twitter, Lee revealed that he had moved into Jenny's caravan full time for lockdown.
Pete also told one critic that he and Sophie live in the same house, and Sid was once again absent from his sons - although it is unclear whether Bassit and Umar are living together in lockdown.
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Izzi and Ellie appear to be the only regular Gogglebox stars to be badly affected by isolation as filming takes place at Ellie's house and busy mother-of-two Izzi has had to skip filming.
A show spokesperson said, “Most of the families live together but where they don’t, they are complying with PHE social distancing guidelines. Gogglebox will only film with families where it’s safe to do so. The health and safety of our cast and crew is paramount.”
Coronavirus was officially deemed a global pandemic last month, and in a bid to combat the growing health crisis, it has been ruled that Brits are only allowed out of their homes to go to work, exercise once a day, and infrequent food shops.
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