ITV and Banijay have apologized after Big Brother UK featured a housemate wearing a pro-Palestine T-shirt depicting the map of Israel as a watermelon. Tuesday’s episode of the reality show was removed from streaming service ITVX and later restored with contestant Ali Bromley’s garment cut out of certain shots.

ITV has edited out a pro-Palestinian symbol from an episode of Big Brother, which could be seen on the T-shirt of a Big Brother housemate. On Tuesday night's episode, contestant Ali Bromley was seen wearing a black T-shirt displaying a watermelon in the garden of the Big Brother house.

The Big Brother episode was removed from ITVX on Tuesday night and re-uploaded to the streaming service on Wednesday with Bromley’s T-shirt edited to be plain black.

ITV has released a statement in response to an incident that saw a T-shirt worn by Big Brother housemate Ali Bromley edited out of the show. In an episode originally broadcast earlier this week, Ali had worn a T-shirt depicting a map of Israel and Palestine as a watermelon – a symbol that is commonly used as a show of support for Palestine.

ITV's Big Brother has sparked uproar among many viewers after the reality TV show was caught editing out a housemate's T-shirt. Housemate Ali was seen wearing a watermelon design that was in the shape of a map of Israel, which is understood to be linked to ...

ITV’s Big Brother has sparked debate online after an episode was edited to remove a housemate’s pro-Palestine T-shirt. Lesbian forensic psychologist Ali was spotted wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a watermelon in the shape of Israel,