List of Big Brother 2008 Housemates (UK) - Housemates - Rex

Rex

Rex Clayton Newmark (born 6 January 1984) is a chef from Hampstead, London. Rex is the son of Vanessa (née Barnes) & Robert Kenneth Newmark, and has an Older brother, Brett, and younger brother, Dexter. Rex comes from a rich family of restaurateurs and is a head chef at a family restaurant. He says that as a head chef he loves shouting at people, stating: "My job is to be a professional bully - people always tell me to stop being aggressive." He claims that his proudest moment was winning a culinary challenge in college. He still lives at home, where his meals are cooked by the family housekeeper. His 22 year old girlfriend Nicole Cammack entered the house on Day 58. He received the most nominations this series being voted a total of 29 times by his fellow housemates. This at the time was the highest number of nominations until Marcus in Big Brother 10 gained 46 nominations. He also was dating other fellow housemate Nicole. Rex finished the series in fourth place with 22.5% of the public vote, and left the house on Day 93.

Rex appeared in Big Brother 2009 (UK) as part of the tenth anniversary celebrations, he competed against contestant Marcus Akin in a task set in Rex's edition of the show. On September 4, 2010, Rex took part Ultimate Big Brother in the "Enjoy the Silence Task", where he had to taunt UBB contestants whilst they completed mini challenges.

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