Luke Valentine has been kicked out of the “Big Brother” Season 25 house for saying the N-word.
“Luke violated the ‘Big Brother’ code of conduct, and there is zero tolerance in the house for using a racial slur,” a spokesperson for CBS tells Pvnew.
“He has been removed from the house.”
The rep adds that Valentine’s “departure will be addressed in Thursday night’s” episode of the reality show.
During a conversation with fellow contestants Jared Fields, Cory Wurtenberger and Hisam Goueli — which was captured Tuesday night on the Paramount+ live feeds — a shirtless Valentine casually added the slur to the end of a sentence discussing someone’s room.
He smiled as he realized what he had just said, then covered his mouth, tried to correct the comment with the word “dude” and laughed.
“Anyways!” he blurted out as his housemates stood in frozen silence.
Many upset viewers, including “Big Brother” Season 15 winner Andy Herren, took to social media following the cringeworthy moment to demand Valentine be axed from the series.
“Production should remove Luke. Set an example. Show current and future players that language like that will not be tolerated #BB25,” he tweeted, adding in a since-deleted post, “Production loves hiding racism and homophobia and transphobia when straight white men are involved. Hoping they actually do the right thing and address Luke’s comment. The way it so casually came out of his mouth is really upsetting.”
Perhaps Herren removed the second part of his message after he got wind that Valentine had been terminated.
“This is great. It sets a precedent moving forward that has been a long time coming! #BB25,” he later shared alongside CBS’ statement.
