Celebrity Big Brother's Angellica Bell in tears after receiving emotional letter from young fan

's was moved to tears while reflecting on 25 years as a TV presenter with her housemates. Angellica, who rose to fame while presenting CBBC was seen getting emotional as she reflected on the challenges she's faced throughout her two decades on screen. The star was seen overwhelmed with emotion when fellow housemate told her she was his inspiration growing up.

"I'm really proud of it, but it is quite emotional," she while holding back the tears. "What I love about children is that they're so open, they're not tarnished by sinisterism, the or by life."

The star then went on to tell a story about a letter she found from a young girl who wrote to her. "She sent a picture of herself and her brother, and she said that she wants to get into acting - and by watching me she's going to go for her dreams.

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"Obviously her name's on it, so I looked her up, and she's gone on to be a teacher, and she went to drama school," Angellica explained with tears in her eyes. "I feel like they're my babies."

Fans took to X, formerly known as Twitter to praise the star, as one wrote: "Angellica seems like a really sweet and genuine person. I like her a lot," as a second agreed: "Angellica Bell you are the nations sweetheart…. MBE when??? How can she not have one already??? ."

"Happy 25 years of being a TV presenter, Angellica Bell!" exclaimed a third. "Here's to another 25! K ". A fourth fan said: "I love Angellica Bell. I do wish she would stop being cut out the edit but her moment tonight was brilliant."

The star is married to fellow TV presenter, . In a wholesome video shared online, Michael, 49, spoke out about his wife's entrance into the Celebrity house.

"I just hope she goes in there and shows you what I see every day and have seen every day since we met like 25 years ago, and what I see every day since we've been married. You know, just that kind, funny, straight talking person," he said.

"I hope you get to see that because I think in all the other stuff she's done on TV, that hasn’t always come through because of the type of show she's working on. But I'd love it. This is her chance to be herself and I think that'll work really well for her."

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