“Big Brother” contestant Luke Valentine has been booted from the truth show after using the N-word in a recent live feed.
Valentine, 30, said the slur in a streaming video — available on the Paramount+ site — for the CBS series.
“Luke violated the BIG BROTHER code of conduct and there’s zero tolerance in the home for using a racial slur,” the network and series producers said in an announcement to The Post. “He has been faraway from the home. His departure might be addressed in Thursday night’s show.”
The incident was captured in a TikTok clip and featured the Florida resident in conversation with housemates Jared Fields, Cory Wurtenberger and Hisam Goueli.
“We’re within the G’s room, n—-r!” he said before apparently realizing what he uttered and covering his hand along with his mouth.
Valentine — who’s white — quickly apologized, uttering, “I’m sorry.”
Fields, an African-American man, responded by claiming the phrase could make white people more uneasy than others of a distinct race.
“I don’t give a f–k,” Fields said. “Yeah, right, I should’ve made you’re feeling uncomfortable real quick, like, ‘Whoa, bro, what you only say?’”
“I should’ve been lying face down on the ground with you standing over me or something,” Valentine replied. “Well, I’m in trouble now. I’ve been in worse trouble.”
Fans quickly reacted, taking to social media to specific their vexation and call for his ouster.
“Big brother don’t play with me i would like luke outta there NOW,” someone demanded on X, the platform formally often called Twitter.
One other person wrote: “Luke should’ve been immediately called into the diary room and held there until they removed him from the sport. There needs to be no doubt of whether Big Brother tolerates hate speech or not but they proceed to fail where motion needs to be taken #BB25.”
“Luke slipped up! That’s apart of his every day vocabulary and vernacular!! Big Brother must remove someone that’s so casually using slurs. He said my bad because he slipped and he comprehend it’s improper but he chooses to make use of it depending on who he around,” one viewer said.
“Being an enormous brother fan is definitely embarrassing there’s at the very least one racist controversy every 12 months and the producers won’t ever care enough to do anything about it,” one other weighed in.
This shouldn’t be the primary time that the truth show has featured a player who used a racist slur.
“Big Brother: All-Stars” contestant Memphis Garrett was accused of calling fellow TV personality David Alexander the N-word back in 2020.
Following the episode’s airing, CBS reps told The Post that they don’t tolerate hate speech.
“The producers have listened to the scene using enhanced audio,” they said. “After close examination, it has been determined a racial epithet was not said or uttered. Hate speech is not going to be tolerated, and those that violate the policy might be faraway from the ‘Big Brother’ house.”
