Reality TV
Ulrika, Verne clash over food budget
Published Thursday, Jan 15 2009, 02:25 GMT | By Matt Risley

Coolio, Tommy, Ulrika and Verne were sitting in the living room discussing the best way to go about organising next week's grocery list following the news of their reduced shopping budget.
Ulrika noted that everyone would have to make sacrifices on their personal food demands and suggested talking to La Toya about what she would be happy eating.
"I'll have a word with La Toya. I think she might have to have tuna, or some fillets of salmon instead of smoked salmon, because it might be a little bit cheaper. She might be happy to come to a compromise," she said.
Verne immediately leapt to La Toya's defence, saying: "It's her diet, you can't ask a vegetarian to eat meat."
Ulrika clarified that she wasn't looking to force La Toya to eat meat, simply consider a cheaper alternative. However, Verne remained adamant, prompting her to get up and head into the bedroom.
Speaking to Tina, Michelle, Mutya and Ben, Ulrika admitted that she was "losing her rag" and relayed her confrontation with Verne.
"Verne was so quick to stand up for La Toya and make the point that she is a vegetarian, has a strict diet and needs her salmon," she said.
"But, well, vegetarians aren't supposed to eat fish in the first place, and La Toya even ate turkey mince yesterday."
Ulrika finished the conversation by reiterating that she doesn't want La Toya to starve or eat meat, just compromise like the rest of the group.
The failed task also caused Tina to offend Ben. As the group talked their way through each individual challenge, Tina turned to Ben and said: "No disrespect, but your task was shit easy."
With tensions rising, Ben disagreed: "I resent that."
Tina then apologised and she said that she meant that it was more possible to complete than Verne and Michelle's, which caused them physical pain.
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