BIG Brother fans have learned that an incoming Season 26 cast member has ties to a past villain, and they're not thrilled. Viewers have slammed members of CBS ' production team over the casting decision. After introducing the 16 houseguests entering the Big Brother house on Monday, fans have learned that newcomer Brooklyn Rivera has ties to Aaryn Gries.
Ahead of the new season premiere on Wednesday, viewers took to Reddit to discuss the relationship. One Big Brother fan posted a group photo of several women, writing, "Brooklyn is friends with Aaryn." Aaryn, who hails from Texas, appeared on the reality show back in 2013.
She was evicted from the show, but not before causing a major stir with several derogatory remarks about Black, Asian-American, and gay houseguests, as reported by the LA Times . On Reddit , viewers suggested that casting production was "lazy" to bring her into the show, knowing her ties to the past houseguest. After a second fan pointed out that she has ties to another Big Brother castmember from the past, one fan wrote, "Is the casting production this lazy to overlook something like this or do they just not care?" "Whoever does casting knows what they are doing by continually going to the same toxic pools for recruits.
Someone thinks these sort of people and viewpoints are deserving of primetime," a second commenter pointed out. "A few years ago they would care apparently, but with the recent changes in the casting department that has changed," a third Big .
