Celebrity Big Brother fans are convinced they’ve rumbled the “real reason” behind Fern Britton and Nikita Kuzmin’s “feud”.

On Tuesday’s episode, the duo got caught up in a row after the housemates’ game on the sofas ended in awkward scenes. Former This Morning host Fern had poured Nikita a drink, asking the Strictly Come Dancing professional: “You and I get on alright when we’re playing games. Can I tell you? How old are you now?”

To which Nikita answered “26” with Fern replying: “When you’re 66, you’ll have exactly the same brain which is why you have to understand that I’ve still got a 26 year old brain.” Baffled, Nikita then asked Fern: “I’m a bit confused about this?”

Fern then explained to the professional dancer: “You shouldn’t be confused. You never change your brain. Everything is hilarious – all bum jokes, all c**k jokes. Everything is still as it is when you’re 66.” Not understanding where the conversation was going, a perplexed Nikita then asked Fern: “Are we having a beef? What’s happening?”

Celebrity Big Brother fans are convinced they’ve rumbled the “real reason” behind Fern Britton and Nikita Kuzmin’s “feud” ( 

‌”I’m just saying never look at an old person and think they’re old,” Fern insisted to her fellow housemate. “We’re still in our heads 26.” Still confused, Nikita asked: “Referring to?” to which Fern told him: “When you said to me the other day, you were very sweet. ‘I like your stripy top, stripes are in fashion Fern.’ Bless you, you were passing me a compliment but also saying ‘actually they’re in fashion’ as if it was a surprise to me. It wasn’t a surprise.”

Taking to Twitter, now X, viewers speculated that Fern caused the disagreement with Nikita after her discovery on Sunday’s episode. Earlier this week, Fern seemed devastated to learn that Nikita had in fact nominated her three times and fans think this could be the real reason behind the row.

One person said: “Fern’s just angry with Nikita because it was revealed that he has nominated her every week!”, a different account put: “Part of me thinks that Fern is only targeting Nikita because he’s voted for her 3 times in the nominations and she’s p****d off about it” while another added: “Why doesn’t Fern just say she’s hurt that he’s nominated her so much and have done.”