Frankie Grande wants Kamu Kirk to be removed from the Big Brother house after he made comments about not wanting to do drag.
“Um. What the f*** is this horses***?! Get these homophobic bigots out of the f***ing house IMMEDIATELY. Both of them,” Frankie, 43, wrote via X alongside a clip from the live feeds of a conversation between Kamu, 32, and Rick Devens over the weekend. “Ew this conversation makes me sick to my stomach. I’m disgusted. This better be the biggest thing ever when I wake up tomorrow or I’m flipping a table… f***. Ew. Gross.”
In the clip, which has circulated on social media, Kamu and Devens, 42, were reacting to alliance member Drew Campbell who was wearing a set of unicorn-themed pajamas. Devens, who is the current Head of Household, asked Kamu if “those dudes dressed in women’s clothes.” Kamu confirmed they were which replied he revealed he was asked to participate as well.
“I’m not doing that bro,” Kamu told Devens who laughed and shared he wouldn’t consider participating until Jason De Puy won an HoH competition. (Jason is a professional drag queen who is known outside the house as Salina EsTitties.)
Kamu doubled down on his stance stating that as a professional MMA fighter he can’t see himself doing drag.
“I said, ‘Bro, miss me with the drag stuff.’ Miss me. I’m still an MMA guy, and I have an image to uphold,” he told Devens who replied, “That’s tough.”
Kamu’s remarks were not directed at Jason, 35. While Jason told his fellow houseguests that he is a professional drag queen, he omitted the fact that he previously competed on RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Frankie came to Jason’s defense online not only because they are members of the LGBTQIA+ community but because they are friends in real-life. While Frankie initially expressed outrage at both Kamu and Devens, he later walked back his criticism of the Survivor alum.
“Ok. I concede there is not enough info in the clip to understand [Devens’] motivations. Hopefully he was just taping [sic] into Kamu’s energy for game reasons,” he wrote in a subsequent tweet. “Regardless, men behaving in a repulsed or shocked way when a man dresses feminine or in women’s clothing is homophobic. Period.”
After Frankie’s tweets went viral, the social media guru took to X to explain he made a “mistake” with his initial criticism.
“After leaving the show and getting sober, I’ve been nothing but an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. So seeing things like that and seeing people in the house that are definitely homophobic is just hard for me,” he said in a clip shared via X. “It always is. And I should not engage on X.”
Us has reached out to CBS for comment.
Jason is currently facing eviction from the Big Brother household as Devens put him up alongside Melody Morris and Lyric Medeiros. After Devens won the Power of Veto, he took Lyric off the block and named her showmance Rome Seymour as the replacement nominee. Jason, Rome and Melody will face off in the BB Block Buster competition on Thursday, July 23, where one person will earn safety ahead of the house’s live vote.
Big Brother airs on CBS Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.
