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Ex-Wolves player Jamie O'Hara revealed among Celebrity Big Brother contestants

Former Wolves player Jamie O'Hara has become the first active professional footballer to enter the Celebrity Big Brother House and pledged to be a 'team player' on the show.

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The 30-year-old former Molineux midfielder called himself a 'joker' and said: "I'm mostly looking forward to the experience and the chance to show people who I am."

O'Hara, who left Wolves by mutual consent in 2014 after an uninspiring three years at Molineux, is featuring in the 19th series of the reality TV show.

He's currently without a club after agreeing to terminate his contract with Gillingham by mutual consent back in September after failing to recover from an ongoing foot injury.

O'Hara's personal life has never been far from the headlines, thanks to his 2012 marriage and subsequent divorce two years later to glamour model Danielle Lloyd.

Lloyd, who he has two children with, appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2007.

Housemates for O'Hara in the reality show include Paul Gascoigne's former step-daughter Bianca, former Strictly Come Dancing professional James Jordan and Loose Women's Coleen Nolan.

The latest series of the hit Channel 5 show has been dubbed All Stars and New Stars, as former Big Brother contestants are joined by other celebrities making their debut on the reality television programme.

Ex-Spurs and Fulham player O'Hara was one of the final New Stars to enter the house.

O'Hara initially joined Wolves on loan from Spurs in January 2011, before signing permanently for a fee reported to be between £3.5 million and £5 million.

The midfielder scored just two goals while at Molineux and the club was relegated twice before O'Hara was ostracised from the first team when Kenny Jackett took over in 2013.

And after featuring only in Wolves' Under-21 side O'Hara's contract was terminated by mutual consent in the summer of 2014.

He has since had spells at Blackpool, Fulham and Gillingham.

Jamie O'Hara was one of the least successful players to play under Kenny Jackett

Reality TV couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt were the first celebrities to enter the CBB house in 2017.

The former Hills stars, dubbed "Speidi" by their fans were followed by former Strictly Come Dancing professional James Jordan and US model Jasmine Waltz, who both took part in the show in 2014.

The All Stars celebrities were then invited to become producers of the show and "edit" someone out of the programme over the first few days.

They were taken to a separate room to watch their fellow housemates arrive and decide who was worth editing out.

The first New Stars celebrity to enter the house was American singer and songwriter Ray J Norwood, who is best known in the UK for starring in a leaked sex tape with Kim Kardashian.

He was joined by stepdaughter of former England international footballer Paul Gascoigne, Bianca Gascoigne, who has previously won Love Island and said she was on the show to win, adding she would "grab Big Brother by the balls".

American model and TV personality Austin Armacost joined the All Stars celebrities in the producers' room alongside singer-turned-TV presenter Coleen Nolan.

Meanwhile, Scot James Cosmo, 69, joined Gascoigne and Norwood in the main house.

The 69-year-old has starred in films including Braveheart and Trainspotting and won a new fanbase playing Jeor Mormont in Game Of Thrones.

US singer Stacy Francis - known for appearing on the American version of The X Factor in 2011 - was the next to join the new star housemates alongside club DJ Brandon Block.

Another former housemate to join the celebrity producers was glamour model Nicola McLean, 35, who has also previously braved I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!

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