Roxanne Pallett has "massively" apologised to actor Ryan Thomas after she claimed that he punched her in the Celebrity Big Brother House.
In her first interview since she exited the reality series on Saturday, the actress said she regrets saying Thomas deliberately hit her.
Coronation Street star Thomas was left in tears after Pallett claimed he hurt her by punching her. Many viewers defended Thomas' actions, saying he was merely play-fighting.
Speaking to Channel 5's Jeremy Vine on Monday, Pallett said: "At the time it hurt. But when I looked back on that footage as soon as I left the house - the first thing I did was view that clip - and I got it wrong, I really got it wrong.
"After it happened I just felt like, I don't know how to explain... my mind ran away with me. I'm a sensitive person, my friends and family can vow to that, everything in that house was so heightened, a look, a comment, an action.
"Your insecurities are heightened, your sensitivities, the only thing I can explain is it was, in the moment, it felt worse than it was. I can't prove a feeling. I can't show you a feeling. It was the word 'deliberately' that I regret."
"In the moment it felt worse that it was… I can't prove a feeling."
— Channel 5 (@channel5_tv) September 3, 2018
Roxanne Pallett tries to explain her reaction to Ryan Thomas's play fighting in the #CBB House.@JeremyVineOn5 | @TheJeremyVine | #JeremyVine | #JeremyVineOn5 | @bbuk pic.twitter.com/p1bouvGfKC
When asked what she would say to Thomas, the former Emmerdale actress replied: "I massively apologise to not just Ryan but to his family and friends and his fans and every single person who watched that and completely and justifiably saw an over-reaction to what wasn't a malicious act.
"In that moment, because I am sensitive and I was emotional, I mistook what was playful.
"He did apologise, and he did say his ring caught me. It was the word 'deliberate' that I regret because I doubted his intention and there was no malicious intention behind that and that is what I apologise for because I shouldn't have questioned his motivation."
"I massively apologise to not just Ryan but to his family, his friends, his fans, every single person that watched that..."
— Channel 5 (@channel5_tv) September 3, 2018
Roxanne Pallett has said sorry for accusing Ryan Thomas of punching her repeatedly on #CBB.@JeremyVineOn5 | #JeremyVineOn5 pic.twitter.com/cKZsFFpJMQ
When Vine said if there had not been cameras there to show what happened, the accusation could have ended his career, Pallett respnded: "He couldn't disprove his intention and I couldn't disprove or prove a feeling.
"But since I've been out of the house the first thing I did was look at the clip and speak to my family and reflect in a normal environment, because it wasn't a normal environment.
"My judgment was clouded, my sensitivity was heightened, I wasn't thinking straight and that is something I'm going to have to go away and work on to become a better person."
When discussing false allegations in the wake of the #MeToo movement, the actress said: "Male or female, there will always be a handful of people who get unfairly discredited when the situation in not intentional.
"I'm heartbroken that I have contributed to distress in Ryan and I hope that people can forgive me, and that Ryan can forgive me in time."
