Big Brother fans confused as housemate goes ‘missing’ with producers accused of ‘editing him out’

BIG Brother fans have been left scratching their heads after one housemate appeared to go 'missing' from the show.

Viewers of the ITV reality series were so surprised when he suddenly popped up on screen in the latest episode that they asked: "Who is he?"

BB bosses have even been accused of deliberately editing out footballer amputee Thomas Atkinson from episodes.

In the latest instalment of Big Brother, which aired on Tuesday night, Thomas barely appeared on screen.

The 20-year-old, who is from Carlisle in Cumbria, finally popped up in the background of the latest task.

He was spotted in close-up twice a few minutes later as the housemates were told the results of the challenge - before disappearing again.

Sharing their confusion on X, formerly known as Twitter, one fan wrote: "Wait who’s Thomas. I swear this is the first time I’ve seen him since the first episode."

Another added: "Lowkey forgot Thomas even existed until he was on screen then."

A third penned: "Almost fell off my chair then when Thomas got five seconds of air time, thought he had gone missing."

And a fourth chimed in: "Literally forgot Thomas was in there until I saw that tiny close up of him."

Someone else even asked: "Is Thomas still in the house? I’ve heard nothing from him in days."

Thomas was born without a left hand and was told he would never walk after having his left leg amputated when he was just two.

Despite this prognosis, so far the goalkeeper has earned 26 caps with the The England Amputee men's team.

Bizarrely, despite slipping under the radar while in the Big Brother house, Thomas claims he is far from quiet.

Ahead of his entrance on the show, he said: "I describe myself as a very energetic, always lively person — I hate silence!"

He added: "One of my bad traits is that I speak a lot. I do a lot of talking without thinking."

Thomas also insisted: "People are going to see me as that giddy young person."

Going unnoticed does have its perks, however.

Thomas has escaped nomination from his fellow housemates so will not be evicted during this Friday's live show.

Instead, either Daze, Ali, Lily and Martha will go.

NHS administrator Martha was put up for eviction in a 'killer nomination' by current Head Of House Khaled, while the other three received the most nominations from the group.