Gail Porter, who’s among the favourites to win Celebrity Big Brother, has alopecia.

But new housemate Janice Dickinson seems to think her hair loss has a different cause – she compared the TV presenter to her mother, who had cancer, and called her “brave”.

Nevertheless, Janice announced that Gail and Sherrie Hewson were her friends in the house – so much so that they’d agreed to unpack her cases for her, on account of her arthritis.

She said: “Because of my arthritis Sherrie and Gail have been gracious and kind enough to help me… I asked them to because I do trust them. I trust those ladies. These women are my friends already.”

That is a very good point.