Black ‘Big Brother’ Players From U.S. and Canada Unite for Celebratory Weekend in Phoenix: ‘It Was Time to Connect’

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A long time coming! Black players from both Big Brother and Big Brother Canada united for a weekend of bonding and celebration – tagged #BlkBBWeekend – in Phoenix, Arizona.The attendee list included season 6’s Beau Beasley, season 9’s Parker Somerville, season 13’s Lawon Exum, season 14’s Jodi Rollins, season 21 and 22’s David Alexander, and season 23’s Tiffany Mitchell, Kyland Young, Azah Awasum and Hannah Chaddha.Big Brother Canada’s Andrew Miller, (season 6), Angie Tackie (season 8) and Breydon White (season 9) also flew in for the big event.The special weekend meet-up comes after the U.S.

version of the series finally crowned its first Black winner in Xavier Prather. (Tamar Braxton previously won season 2 of Celebrity Big Brother in 2019 and Tychon Carter-Newman came in first for Big Brother Canada 9 in early 2021.) Xavier joined a strong Black alliance – named “The Cookout” – that formed early in the season, dominated the summer and made history with fellow members Tiffany, Azah, Hannah, Kyland and Derek Frazier.“This was a special weekend because we were able to personally thank the previous Black BB alumni players for opening up, not only their arms to welcome us in the the community, but opening the door for The Cookout to make Big Brother history,” Tiffany exclusively told Us Weekly. “It is their years of struggling to be accepted and represented that fueled our desire to ensure a Black winner for season 23.”The idea of meeting up had been on season 18 player Zakiyah Everette’s mind “for a while,” she explained to Us. “I know my fellow African American brothers and sisters on the show have too,” she said. “After seasons and seasons of Big Brother and after the amazing win (finally) of a first ever African