Big Brother's downsizing
Tuesday 07 October 2008
After failing to attract any 'big' stars for the latest series of Celebrity Big Brother, TV bosses have signed up infamous sex scandal dwarf Verne Troyer.
The Austin Powers actor, who is only 2ft 8in tall, will certainly add interest to the programme: in the past Troyer's hit the headlines with a spell in rehab and a leaked sex tape.
Verne, who was a friend of late actor Heath Ledger, hopes he won't be discriminated against because of his size. "A lot of people just look at somebody of my stature as being an elf or a leprechaun. I can do many things."
Coming from the man who famously referred to himself as a 'tripod', we're not sure we want to see just what he's able to...