‘Big Brother’ Addresses Luke Valentine’s Abrupt Exit Following His Use Of The N-Word

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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of Thursday night’s Big Brother episode. Big Brother addressed the removal of houseguest Luke Valentine after his use of the N-word during the live feeds Tuesday night. “It has been an emotional 24 hours in the Big Brother house as the houseguests learned that one of their own broke the Big Brother code of conduct and was removed from the game,” Julie Chen Moonves announced in Thursday night’s episode.

The show then aired the conversation Valentine had Tuesday night with castmates Jared Fields, Cory Wurtenberger and Hisam Goueli when Valentine casually dropped the N-word (“We were in the cheese room, [N-word]!)” After the incident occurred, Valentine was called into the Diary Room, and was not seen again.

Current Head of Household Reilly later in Thursday’s episode read a message to her housemates stating, “Due to violating the Big Brother code of conduct by using a racial slur, Luke has been removed from the house and will no longer be participating in the Big Brother game.

The game goes on, and the live vote and eviction will continue as scheduled.” In a statement Wednesday, hours after Valentine was ousted CBS issued a statement: “Luke violated the Big Brother code of conduct and there is zero tolerance in the house for using a racial slur, CBS said in a statement. “He has been removed from the house.