Big Brother is facing calls to remove Paul from the house (Picture: Shutterstock for Big Brother)

Big Brother fans have called for bosses to evict Paul Blackburn from the house for allegedly making a transphobic joke.

The 23-year-old security officer has been accused of an offensive slur about former housemate Hallie Clarke, 18, during a Halloween challenge on the ITV reality show.

As seen in the 24 hour live stream over the weekend, the house has been decorated for the spooky season with skeletons in the living areas and garden.

One of them has been given breasts made with oranges, while it appears the skeleton also has an appendage added to seemingly look like a penis.

On X (formerly Twitter), several viewers have claimed Paul was heard calling the skeleton Hallie, which comes after the trans teen told the house she was planning to have Feminising Genital Surgery.

One fan wrote: ‘Well that was an interesting live stream. Paul showcasing how transphobic he really is with the skeleton in the garden. I’m so mad about that, still hoping that I heard that wrong but if that is true then big brother should intervene.’

An apparent joke involving a skeleton has sparked backlash (Picture: ITV)

Paul has been accused of making a transphobic joke(Picture: ITV)

Someone else asked them to clarify the story, and the original fan account alleged: ‘They named this skeleton Hallie and then did this to it. There’s something in between it’s legs. It doesn’t look good…

‘Paul told Olivia that when Yinrun sees it she won’t like it. And they had a joke about it basically. I’m going to try and find the stream later and watch again.’

A different viewer claimed: ‘On last nights Live Feed, Paul put something between a skeletons legs and said “that one’s called Hallie”. He then told Olivia that when Yinrun sees it “she’s not gonna like it.”’

The alleged comments have sparked controversy from fans demanding Paul be removed from the house.

Hallie was evicted from the Big Brother house last week (Picture: James Shaw/Shutterstock)

One fan wrote: ‘This should lead to immediate removal. No excuses @itv do you condone transphobia or not?’

Another asked if people ‘can write to Ofcom’ over the incident, with a third person adding: ‘Surely people have been removed for less than this before?’

Someone else argued that bosses ‘HAVE to do something’, with a different viewer saying: ‘I liked Paul, as a housemate, but if this is true its disgusting and even more so when its done at the expense of an 18 y/o.’

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Youth worker Hallie, 18, became the third evictee on Friday when she received the most public votes against Trish and Dylan, having bravely came out as a trans woman on the second day of the social experiment.

She was met with praise and support from her fellow housemates, and proceeded to speak openly about her experiences, having planned to buy a ‘designer vagina’ with the £100,000 prize money if she won.

Hallie also got candid about her mum going into debt to pay for her hormone treatment, as well as her struggles with not feeling ‘beautiful’ at times.

Metro.co.uk has contacted ITV for comment.

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