Why Big Brother's Kemi Is "Disgusted" Following Her Eviction from the House

Photo credit: Sonja Flemming
Photo credit: Sonja Flemming

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When Kemi, David, and Ovi were relegated to Camp Comeback and then ultimately evicted from the Big Brother house after a lawn game took them down, there was an outcry from Twitter fans that they'd been treated unfairly. It wasn't exactly a good look for CBS when three people of color went home in one night, earning the B.B. house the designation of "Camp Segregation" and #CampMinority on Twitter. But, that aside, the players have also been accused of bullying fan favorite Nicole.

Big Brother producer Allison Grodner (sort of) addressed these concerns in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

"The house dynamics in this social experiment are unpredictable and different every year as people align and realign. The bigger the group, the bigger the chance for some sort of 'mob mentality,'" she said. "It seems to be that 'mob mentality' that occurred this past week against Nicole. As a large group, they whipped each other up into a frenzy and it became a major story both in and out of the house."

While Twitter criticized her remarks for being soft-spoken, or even evasive, Kemi has come out to give her own two cents.

"I am extremely disappointed and disgusted by the behavior I am being made aware of that occurred thus far in the Big Brother house," she wrote on Twitter. "The degrading and threatening comments made by some houseguests and laughed at by others are outrageous and hard to see," she said, likely referring to things Jack Matthews was overheard saying on the live feeds.

"I am saddened to be associated with such a negative display of human character and am horrified that this is now a part of my life story."

And then, in heroic fashion, she asked her fans to not create more hate on her behalf.

"It's unfortunate how the season has transpired thus far and while I appreciate the support, I do ask that the negative comments that have been made in my defense stop. I do not want to perpetuate the same negatively that I received in the house."

So, in the name of Kemi, we won't shame the bullies with toxic words, but we will continue to root for those who've refrained from saying despicable (to put it mildly) things about their fellow houseguests.


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