Huddersfield has its very own Celebrity Big Brother contestant — but WHO is Austin Armacost?
If the name didn't ring a single bell for you last night, don't worry — we've done some digging to find out more about the American celebrity.
Name Austin Armacost
Age 27
Hometown Austin was raised in Indiana, lived in New York and now calls Huddersfield home.
Why is he famous? Austin is famous for modelling, his time on American reality TV show The A List: New York and for dating fashion designer Mark Jacobs.
Where might I have seen him?
Austin first found fame as a model, and saw his profile rise during his relationship with fashion designer Mark Jacobs.
Then in 2012, he was selected for a US reality TV show billed as the 'gay version of Real Housewives'.
You probably didn't catch The A List: New York when it was on from 2010-2012, as it was aired on American cable channel LOGO — but click below to watch the season two trailer:
Austin was never far from controversy on the show — and continues to campaign for LGBT rights both in the UK and US and also took part in an anti-fur PETA fashion shoot.
He's also a fan of Katie Hopkins...
Before entering the Big Brother house, Austin was still modelling and his 2016 calendar was launched yesterday.
Why does he live in Huddersfield?
Because it's where his husband, Jake Lees, is from. Austin met Jake, a former hospitality management student from the University of Huddersfield when he was on a work placement in Indianapolis.
Austin moved to Huddersfield in August 2009, and he and his husband now split their time between Yorkshire and the States.
But he loves the UK — in particular, its scotch eggs and free healthcare! He also described Yorkshire folk as 'some of the best people I have met in the world'. Of course.
Is he on social media?
You can follow him on Twitter at @austinarmacost, and he also has a Facebook fan page. He also posts pictures to Instagram.
He posts a lot of modelling pictures and selfies, as well as updates from his day to day life.
Recent Twitter revelations include "I love SAUSAGES" and this cute picture of Jake's parents arriving in Indianapolis for a visit:
Why did he sign up for CBB?
He's a fan of the show.
He told the Mirror: "I've been living in England for five years so I've been watching.
"It just seems like a fascinating experiment to put all these personalities together. There is 100,000 square feet of personality in 1,000 square feet of house and that is going to be interesting and proper ballsy at the same time.
"They say do something every day that scares you and this way I can do something 24 days in a row that scares me. I want to test the limits of my emotional sanity and see how far I can go."
Good luck, Austin!
What can we expect from him?
Outspoken opinions and controversy it seems — Austin has already had a pop at 2014 contestant Perez Hilton, saying he's gone on the show to "redeem gay American men".
He said Chloe Goodman, one of last year's contestants, told him it was 'unimaginable hell' living with Perez Hilton and said he wanted to "redeem the tarnished brush that Perez has painted us all with".
We're also predicting posing. Lots of posing.
Will adopting Huddersfield as his home give Austin an advantage in this USA vs UK edition of Celebrity Big Brother? Only time will tell.
