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 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 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 reality show has issued a statement apologising to viewers "who have been offended", saying the item of clothing has "been removed from the house".

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ITV Big Brother has upset viewers after editing a housemate Ali's t-shirt for wearing a watermelon T-shirt linked to Palestine.