'Big Brother' Addresses Luke Valentine's Racial Slur Controversy & Evicts 1st Houseguest

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when the show was forced to address the removal of contestant Luke Valentine after he was caught on camera casually using a racial slur in the house.As Thursday's show began, fans got to see what has been playing out over the past few days leading up to the live eviction show — including when Luke was caught dropping the n-word while in the middle of a conversation with Jared Fields, who is Black, Cory Wurtenberger and Hisam Goueli.

The hot mic picked up Luke blurting out, «I'm in the f**king cheese room, n***a,» while talking with Cory, who is white.Luke, a 30-year-old illustrator from Coral Springs, Florida, tried to laugh it off before pausing and attempting to correct his language by saying the word «dude,» instead.

He then continued, «Anyways, we were in the f**king cheese room.» Amid some laughter, Luke apologized twice to Jared, who was laying in bed in the room.

After Cory and Hisam left the room, Luke turned to Jared and said, «He got more mad about that than you. A little slip of the tongue.»Big Brother air the footage that includes more context! #bb25pic.twitter.com/FnqxDS00i4In a confessional interview, Jared said, «My nonreaction the moment, being the only Black male in this house, I didn't know what to say.