Big Brother's Ryan Ruckledge made a surprise appearance in yesterday's episode - much to the delight of his love interest Hughie Maughan.

The evicted housemate briefly showed up to deliver witness testimony as part of Big Brother's courtroom task, but he had one extra surprise for Hughie.

Ryan had some ink done since his exit, getting a tattoo of Hughie's name. And he couldn't wait to show it off to his boyfriend and on social media.

Hughie seemed to love the tattoo and the pair embraced in last night's instalment.

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But Ryan didn't seem too pleased with how it was edited, complaining that he didn't get more screen time (despite the fact that he's no longer a housemate on the show).

Big Brother airs on Channel 5.