They used to be the couple of soap TV.

Roxanne Pallett's ex-boyfriend Richard Fleeshman has had his say on her punching controversy in the Celebrity Big Brother house. The former soap star left the CBB house over the weekend after accusing Corrie actor Ryan Thomas of punching her repeatedly in the ribs, however, yesterday admitted that she “got it wrong”. Richard and Roxanne dated from 2001 to 2007 and they were a very popular pair during those six years. However, now Richard has had his say on social media. Taking to Twitter he wrote: "Here's the thing... you can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."

Here’s the thing... You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time

— Richard Fleeshman (@RFleeshman) August 31, 2018

In the days before and after he tweeted, he also liked numerous Emmerdale stars' tweets, which supported Ryan. Richard also liked a tweet from Pretty Little Thing co-founder Umar Kamani, who is one of Ryan's best friends and biggest supporters. Umar wrote: "Don't know what's going on!!! But can we send a branded PLT helicopter to get Roxanne out?" He also commented:

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— Richard Fleeshman (@RFleeshman) September 1, 2018

Emma Willis revealed that the show received over 10,000 questions for Roxanne during the episode last night, the highest on record. You can check out more here.