Big Brother housemates have been shocked by Brentford boy Marcus Akin’s latest antics after he donned a shiny skintight outfit for an electrifying task.

Yesterday, mullet-loving Marcus took on BB9’s Rex Newmark in a challenge which saw the macho men having to pass a metal loop along a twisted copper wire without touching it.

Every time the loop hit the wire the remaining hapless housemates got an electric shock.

The 35-year-old carpenter joked: “I'm just gonna shock you lot. I'm just gonna leave it on.”

And Wolverine lookalike Marcus continued his playful threats by taking on his task rival in a verbal tete-a-tete before they faced off in the challenge.

Rex quipped: “Hey, you finally get to wear your X-Man outfit.”

Smiling as he spoke, Marcus retorted: “I told all my friends that if I saw you, I'd punch you – are you ready to take it?”

The pair then proceeded to deliberately shock the anxious housemates as they looked on, causing tempers to rise and emotions to reach boiling point.

Irish beauty Noirin and gobby Brummy Lisa got so fed up they threw off the shock pads attached to them in protest.

Noirin, who Marcus has been chasing like a lovesick puppy, sobbed in the diary room: “Do you have my thing on a higher setting than anyone else's?”

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