Denise Welch has become Channel 5's Celebrity Big Brother 2012 champion.
The Loose Women star burst into tears upon hearing the result, and hugged runner-up Frankie Cocozza.
After being reminded by Marcus Bentley to leave the house, an emotional Welch was faced with a chorus of cheers as she met Brian Dowling.
"Honest to God, I don't think I've ever been as lost for words," she told Dowling. "I didn't know what to do - I didn't know whether to celebrate or get my tits out.
"I can't even talk, oh my God. Because I was the last one in, I thought it was a joke and I'd been forgotten about and I wasn't going in."
After struggling for breath, Welch added: "I'm not going to be modest - it feels bloody brilliant!"
Excusing her behaviour in the infamous Pantsgate incident, Welch said: "Because I bottled everything up, a few sherries later it came out but there were a few things hurting me."
Of her turbulent relationship with Michael Madsen, she went on: "Till the day I die, I will not understand that man. Some of the best laughs I had in that house was with Michael when we were talking."
With the camera cutting to Madsen's deadpan expression in the audience, Welch added: "It's made me learn that not everyone's going to like it. I'm a pathetic people pleaser. If we'd not been together in a house, we would've met and maybe had a laugh."
Former X Factor star Cocozza received a positive reaction as he left the house, and was in good spirits in his interview with Dowling.
Earlier on in the evening, Gareth Thomas finished in third place, Michael Madsen came fourth, and the Shannon twins were the first evictees of the night.
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