Emily Longeretta When Xavier Prather entered the “Big Brother” house in 2021, he wasn’t in a great place. As he shared on the show, his brother had died shortly before he began filming.
Still, he used it to fuel his “Big Brother” ambitions — and went on to become the first Black winner on the CBS reality show.When “The Challenge: USA” called, Prather wasn’t sure he should return to reality TV.
While he didn’t like that five other houseguests from his season were also on the show — “It felt like a setup,” he says — that he was able to put aside.“I almost didn’t go on because I was dealing with some very personal things, but ultimately I got support from my family,” he shared on a recent episode of Spotify’s “Reality Rundown” podcast. “No one on ‘The Challenge’ compound, with the exception of one person, actually knew.
About two weeks, before we were flying out for filming one, of my cousins was murdered. And then within a week from that, my grandmother’s body just shut down and she passed away.” He knew that eventually, he wanted to compete on “The Challenge,” but wasn’t sure the time was right.
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