It’s only been a matter of hours since CBS announced the cast of Celebrity Big Brother and fans already have a lot of opinions. 
 
 As previously reported, the celebrities entering the house include Omarosa Manigault, Brandi Glanville, Metta World Peace (whose real name is Ron Artest), Marisa Jaret Winokur, Keisha Knight Pulliam, Chuck Liddell, Shannon Elizabeth, Ross Matthews, Mark McGrath, Adriana Gutierrez and James Maslow. The cast was revealed in a commercial ahead of the 2018 Grammys on Sunday, January 28. 
 
 Fans, including Andy Cohen and Lance Bass, were quick to react to the casting news via Twitter. 
 
 “Because what else could Omorosa (sic) possibly do to follow up her important work in the White House but appear on Celebrity Big Brother?�? the Watch What Happens Live host tweeted on Sunday. When a user replied to Cohen’s tweet asking what he thinks about former the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star joining the show, he wrote, “Brandi is going to eat her for lunch.�? 
 
 Bass, who is a known Big Brother fan, tweeted, “My gut top 3 to win are: Ross Mathews, Shannon Elizabeth, and Marisa ‘Janet’ Winokur.#CelebrityBigBrother.�? 
 
 “Celebrity Big Brother is literally the last place you go before being the headliner at ribbon cuttings for new Waffle House’s. What a fall from grace for Omarosa #CelebrityBigBrother,�? a fan wrote. 
 
 Users had mixed feelings about the cast, especially Manigault, who left the White House in December 2017 after serving as one of Donald Trump’s political aides: 
 
 One fan wrote, “Brandi and Omarosa are our only source of drama they need to last all of 2 weeks#CBBUS.�? 
 
 Brandi and Omarosa are our only source of drama they need to last all of 2 weeks 😂😂 #CBBUS pic.twitter.com/wRDmlIwOTI — jimmy (@jimmy_G236) January 29, 2018 
 
 “If @OMAROSA is on here you may lose a lot of viewers… I KNOW I won’t be watching and we watch every season! Judging by Twitter, I’m not the only one. #BBCeleb #whatashame#waslookingforwardtoit,�? another user tweeted. 
 
 “I had the stank eye going reading this list until I got to Omarosa. Cause I want to see some drama, and Omarosa gonna bring the dayum drama. #CBBUS,�? another user wrote. 
 
 Scroll through to see other reactions to the Celebrity Big Brother cast announcement: 
 
 Me thinking for a second that celebrity Big Brother was gonna be goodpic.twitter.com/OebHU3PbAp — H Ramos (@Hect) January 29, 2018 
 
 A woman who was a COUNSELOR to the PRESIDENT is going back to reality TV for Celebrity Big Brother. Our country is such a disaster right now. — Emilia (@PoliticalEmilia) January 29, 2018 
 
 They could at least put @spencerpratt on Celebrity big brother. — Katie☮ (@Kaitlynprintz) January 29, 2018 
 
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 Did I just read this correctly?!?! IS OMAROSA GOING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE…..TO CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER?!?!?! — 🇰🇲Comorienne🇰🇲 (@_ShamGod) January 29, 2018 
 
 OMG Omarosa and Brandi Glanville are gonna be on #CelebrityBigBrother and they're gonna burn the MF house down and I cannot wait for the drama. — Breanna Waterhouse (@BreannaPaige) January 29, 2018 
 
 Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics and more delivered straight to your inbox! ||||| A day after Omarosa Manigault Newman appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and said she was “haunted by the President’s tweets,” the White House is divulging the details on how she left her post as a former aide. 
 
 White House Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah said Thursday they were not taking her comments about the president “very seriously” and revealed she’d been fired. 
 
 “Omarosa was fired three times on the ‘Apprentice’ and this was the fourth time we let her go,” Shah said during a press briefing. “She had limited contact with the president while here. She has no contact now.” 
 
 Manigault Newman, 44, appeared on The Apprentice with Trump before becoming his director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison. One of the president’s most prominent black supporters, she announced her resignation in December. 
 
 During Wednesday night’s premiere, fellow houseguest Ross Matthews made it clear there was no love lost between the two. In a sneak peek for Thursday’s episode, the two seemed to bond in the backyard of the house as Matthews questions her about her time in the Trump administration. 
 
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 “As a voter, a citizen, I never got it, why you went to the White House with him,” Matthews, a comedian, said. 
 
 Omarosa Manigault Newman tears up during Celebrity Big Brother while talking about her time in the Trump administration 
 
 “I felt like it was a call to duty, I felt like I was serving my country by serving him,” Manigault Newman responded. “It was always about the country. Like, I was haunted by tweets every single day. What is he gonna tweet next?” 
 
 “Does anybody say to him, ‘What are you doing?'” Matthews asked.” 
 
 “I mean, I tried to be that person, and then all of the people around him attacked me,” she said, breaking down into tears and claiming she got iced out by the administration. 
 
 “Should we be worried?” Matthews asks, begging her to tell him everything will “be okay” because it’s what we want to hear. 
 
 She nods: “No, it’s not gonna be okay.” 
 
 Celebrity Big Brother airs Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, and the three-night premiere event continues with a two-hour live eviction show Friday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
– From the White House to the Big Brother house: Omarosa Manigault, who rose to fame on The Apprentice before a year in President Trump's White House, will return to her reality TV roots with a stint on Celebrity Big Brother, the first celebrity edition of the long-running CBS show. The new season, running from Feb. 7-25, will see 11 celebrities locked in a house as they battle for $250,000. Though Manigault is "the biggest name in the new cast," per the Hollywood Reporter, she'll be joined by other familiar names including Sugar Ray lead singer Mark McGrath, American Pie actress Shannon Elizabeth, and former UFC fighter Chuck Liddell. Rounding out the cast is Brandi Glanville of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, former Cosby Show actress Keshia Knight Pulliam, former NBA star Metta World Peace, Marissa Winokur of Broadway musical Hairspray, former Nickelodeon star James Maslow, TV personality Ross Matthews, and former Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez. Still, it's Manigault who's created the most buzz, with fans hoping she'll dish about her time in the White House while monitored 24/7 by cameras and microphones. Big Brother fan Andy Cohen, however, predicts Manigault won't be around for long. "Brandi is going to eat her for lunch," he says in a tweet, per Us Weekly.