Film director Ken Russell has said that he feared he would get a stroke as a result of the tension in the 'Celebrity Big Brother' house.
The 79-year-old told The Sun that he couldn't spend any longer in the house, describing Jade Goody and her family as "slum dwellers".
Russell said: "I grew up in the slums of Southampton and we had a word for people like that - guttersnipes."
"There should be a Devil's Island where we can send these people, they're all going to Hell anyway," he said.
"I've met people from all walks of life but no-one so vulgar. It's almost as though they've been programmed to be vulgar, horrible and objectionable.
"They speak in a language which is deliberately limited. They didn't even seem to know how to use a knife and fork."
The film director said that he chose to leave the house at the weekend because he had previously suffered a stroke and was worried about his health.
"I thought 'If this going to go on for 25 days I can't take it'. I was worried I'd have another stroke," he said.
