A FORMER reality TV star has likened the latest series of Big Brother to the Hunger Games and says his association with the programme is now over.

Brian Belo, 27, from Basildon, dramatically left the latest series of Big Brother last week after a fellow contestant likened him to both a “rapist” and a “murderer”.

Brian, who famously won Big Brother in 2007, went into the latest series, now broadcast on Channel 5, with former contestants, but ended up being verbally attacked by the show’s series eight winner, Helen Wood.

The row led to more than 1,000 complaints being sent to Ofcom.

Brian said: “From the moment we arrived in the house, we just didn’t click.

“I was always wary of her and the things she was saying about the other housemates, I felt I couldn’t be myself around her.

“Helen said what she said, and that just goes beyond television.”

“I felt I couldn’t remain a part of the show and I feel Channel 5 should have done more.”

He feels the show has become more aggresive in pitting contestants against each other and likened it to the recent movie series, the Hunger Games.

Brian added: “It was morally wrong and this is the end of my association with Big Brother. The show has became more like Hunger Games than Big Brother.”

Brian has set up his own production company, Yoghurt Productions, as he bids the move away from being on camera.

He is also working on a screenplay for a new TV idea called Team Panache, but is reluctant to spill the beans as to its content after been embroiled in a legal battle with the makers of The Only Way is Essex.

Brian had developed Totally Essex with Sassy Films and Massive TV, and claimed the makers of Towie had adapted and reproduced part of his original format.

The case was eventually settled out of court in October 2013.

He said: “After three years, I am glad it’s all over and done with, and it was part of the reason I was emotional in the house, three years has taken its toll.

“I live in Essex, I grew up in Essex and when Towie first started, I had an involvement. People didn’t believe me, and that was frustrating. I want to prove I can come up with good ideas, and hopefully people can believe me.”

Ofcom is considering whether to investigate the complaints and Channel 5 says it is continuing to monitor the behaviour of contestants in the house.