‘Big Brother’ Contestant Paloma Aguilar Exits Season 24 Due to Personal Matter

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Emily Longeretta “Big Brother” Season 24 contestant Paloma Aguilar exited the show during Thursday night’s live episode.“An unexpected turn of events has now changed everything,” host Julie Chen Moonves said at the top of the show.

During the episode, Aguilar revealed that she wasn’t sleeping at all and was struggling with her anxiety. Eventually, she entered the diary room and Head of Household Daniel Durston called everyone to the living room to read a note from production.“Due to a personal matter, Paloma will no longer be continuing in the ‘Big Brother’ game,” he read to the other houseguests. “She wanted to pass along that she loves you all and wishes you all the best.”Chen then told the house that originally, the nominees, Taylor Hale and Terrence Higgins, would have been competing against the three “Backstage Pass” holders, and the loser would be sent home.

However, since Aguilar was one of the “Backstage Pass” holders — and only one houseguest was set to go home for week one — Chen announced no one would be going home.

Since the new season began on CBS on July 6, the cast has been shown on the live feeds turning against contestant Hale and using microaggressions in conversations about her.In one discussion, Durston admitted to Aguilar that he was worried about how it would look to have “two Black people on the block at the end of my week.” Aguilar responded, “We need to put that aside, and America needs to put that aside … It can be explained afterwards.