David Gest dead: Tiffany Pollard’s management pull ‘David is dead' T-shirts after entertainer’s passing

Pollard mistakenly thought Gest had died while in the Celebrity Big Brother house with him

David Gest dies at 62 (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Reality TV star Tiffany Pollard’s management team have pulled t-shirts with ‘David is dead’ written across them after the death of David Gest, her fellow Celebrity Big Brother housemate.

Pollard began crying and shouting during her stint in the house after mistakenly believing Gest, who was found dead in a London hotel room on Tuesday, had died instead of the music legend David Bowie.

Bowie's ex-wife Angie was in the house at the time and confided in Pollard after being told by Big Brother producers that Bowie had died.

Talking to Pollard in the kitchen, Angie said: “Tiff, you've got to do me a favour. You can't say a word. David's dead.”

Pollard assumed Bowie was referring to Gest and ran outside to tell the other housemates.

Her management agency Unleashed PR confirmed the t-shirts had been removed in light of Gest’s passing in messages on Twitter, where they said Pollard was not yet aware of his death.

Gest's death was confirmed in a statement from his friend and former bodyguard, Imad Handi. It is being treated as unexplained by police.