If Large Brother had a “Seasons Since Final Expulsion” counter, it might have gone from 11 to zero final week as Luke Valentine grew to become the primary houseguest in additional than a decade to be ejected from the present.
Valentine misplaced his spot within the twenty fifth season of the CBS actuality present after utilizing a racial slur inside the home. Earlier than that scandal, Large Brother hadn’t despatched a contestant house for unhealthy conduct since 2012. Right here’s a rundown of these disciplinary actions.
Justin Sebik (Season 2)
In what’s arguably Large Brother’s scariest second but, Sebik held a knife to the throat of fellow Season 2 houseguest Krista Stegall and requested her, “Would you get mad if I killed you?” The bartender from Bayonne, New Jersey, claimed he was joking, per The New York Occasions, however he was however tossed from the present.
The Occasions later reported {that a} Justin Sebik — who had the identical Social Safety quantity because the contestant on the present — had been arrested in Bayonne 5 instances, twice for minor robberies and 3 times for easy assault. CBS, nevertheless, stated its investigators had discovered no data of arrests for assault.
Stegall later sued CBS for permitting Sebik on the present, given his arrest document, in keeping with The Guardian. (The results of that swimsuit appears to not have been made public.)
Scott Weintraub (Season 4)
Weintraub made it simply eight days within the Large Brother home earlier than getting expelled. The Chicago waiter threw a tantrum and threw furnishings round after coming face-to-face together with his ex Amanda Craig as a part of the present’s X-Issue twist, in keeping with Leisure Tonight.
He additionally blamed his conduct on his case of genital warts, the New York Put up reported.
“I don’t need anybody to suppose that Scott is a nasty man, as a result of he isn’t,” govt producer Arnold Shapiro stated on the time, per the Put up. “He simply didn’t reply properly to the Large Brother expertise and displayed unacceptable conduct.”
Chima Simone (Season 11)
Simone, a contract journalist from West Hollywood, California, was expelled from Season 11 due to “a number of rule violations,” in keeping with govt producer Allison Grodner. These violations included refusing to put on her microphone and tossing a microphone right into a sizzling tub when one of many different houseguests retrieved it for her.
Throughout her time in the home, Simone grew pissed off that her nominations have been overthrown by the “coup d’etat” twist that additionally nominated her ally, Jessie Godderz, for eviction.
“If somebody is throwing their microphone in a sizzling tub, they’re breaking down,” Lou Manza, professor of psychology at Lebanon Valley School, informed CBS Information on the time. “You’re eliminated out of your social help, so there’s no approach of coping. What else may occur later? Issues may get a lot uglier a lot faster in case you don’t reply.”
Willie Hantz (Season 14)
Hantz, a tankerman from Dayton, Texas, bought the boot from Large Brother’s 14th season after an altercation with fellow houseguest Joe Arvin. Hantz reportedly headbutted Arvin and verbally abused Janelle Pierzina, one other Season 14 houseguest, in keeping with Digital Spy.
Grodner introduced Hantz’s ouster over the home’s PA system. “As you all know, violence shouldn’t be tolerated within the Large Brother home, so Willie has been faraway from the sport,” the EP informed the opposite houseguests.
Days later, Hantz was arrested for drunk driving in Lafayette Metropolis, Louisiana, as E! Information reported on the time.
Luke Valentine (Season 25)
Valentine, an illustrator from Coral Springs, Florida, was given his strolling papers in Season 25 after viewers noticed the houseguest — a white man — drop the N-word on Large Brother’s dwell feeds.
In a press release, CBS stated: “Luke violated the Large Brother code of conduct, and there may be zero tolerance in the home for utilizing a racial slur. He has been faraway from the home. His departure will probably be addressed in Thursday night time’s present.”
Fellow houseguest Jared Fields, a Black man who was current when Valentine stated the slur, later mentioned the scenario with Season 25’s remaining contestants. “I don’t affiliate ignorance with malice. Whether or not Luke meant it in that approach or not, it was guidelines and laws, and we have been informed them clearly earlier than strolling into this home,” he stated. “I utterly perceive the choice, and I additionally perceive there’s penalties to each motion you make.”
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