{"id":2496610,"date":"2026-07-10T15:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2496610"},"modified":"2026-07-10T15:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:47:10","slug":"big-brother-season-28-reject-levi-banks-breaks-silence-on-being-replaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/big-brother-season-28-reject-levi-banks-breaks-silence-on-being-replaced\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Big Brother\u2019 Season 28 Reject Levi Banks Breaks Silence on Being Replaced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<div class=\"css-1jx1kps etlajd2\">\n<div data-theme-key=\"collapsible-section\" data-fp-collapsible-section=\"true\" class=\"css-p1fz9n e1q3dcg6\">\n<h3 data-theme-key=\"collapsible-header\" data-fp-collapsible-section-header=\"true\" class=\"css-1167i7y e1q3dcg5\">\n<div class=\"css-4ved3l etlajd0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/sparkle-regular.2aa06fe.svg\" alt=\"Sparkle Regular\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Key Points<\/div>\n<div data-theme-key=\"collapsible-icon-wrapper\" data-collapsible-open=\"true\" class=\"css-lhm19 e1q3dcg0\"><span data-testid=\"iconRight\" data-theme-key=\"collapsible-icon-right\" class=\"css-1ep4808 e1q3dcg1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/caret-right-regular.a6ec664.svg\" alt=\"Caret Right\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/h3>\n<div aria-hidden=\"false\" data-theme-key=\"collapsible-section-text\" data-fp-collapsible-section-body=\"true\" class=\"css-1bo2quf e1q3dcg3\">\n<div class=\"css-ex91la etlajd1\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Original Houseguest Levi Banks was replaced by Yash Patel just days before BB28\u2019s premiere after allegedly breaching his contract and violating the show&#8217;s strict NDA.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type: disc\">Levi claimed he voluntarily withdrew from the competition, stating it wasn&#8217;t the right fit for him personally, though production sources disputed his account of the departure.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type: disc\">CBS made the last-minute casting swap due to concerns over leaked information about Levi and loss of trust, promoting Yash as the first alternate to join the season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"body-dropcap css-1qli9nx emevuu60\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a71798820\/big-brother-season-28-news-updates-spoilers\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a71798820\/big-brother-season-28-news-updates-spoilers\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Big Brother season 28\" data-node-id=\"1.0\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\">Big Brother season 28<\/a> is finally here, and there\u2019s already some behind-the-scenes drama to sink our teeth into even though we\u2019re only one episode in. Ahead of the season premiere on Thursday, July 9, fans noticed that pics from Houseguest <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a71895411\/why-levi-was-kicked-off-big-brother-season-28\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a71895411\/why-levi-was-kicked-off-big-brother-season-28\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Yash Patel\" data-node-id=\"1.2\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\">Yash Patel<\/a>\u2019s \u201cpromotional rollout looked different from the rest of the cast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Well, that\u2019s because Yash allegedly wasn\u2019t CBS\u2019s first choice to join BB28. According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tv\/16656071\/big-brother-cast-levi-banks-removed-yash-alternate-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tv\/16656071\/big-brother-cast-levi-banks-removed-yash-alternate-2026\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Sun\" data-node-id=\"2.1\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\">The Sun<\/a>, Levi Banks was originally set to join the rest of the Houseguests for this year\u2019s game, but he was dropped and replaced by Yash in the eleventh hour due to an alleged breach of contract.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Now Levi is breaking his silence on the whole situation. In an Instagram video he shared with BB fans before the season premiere, he cleared up what really happened.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">\u201cI just wanted to give you all a quick update and to let you know I am doing great,\u201d he said, in part. \u201cI was all set and ready to move into the Big Brother house this season, and as we got closer and closer and closer to the move-in day I just kind of realized that this is not the right fit for me, personally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">He claimed it was \u201cprobably the hardest decision of my entire life,\u201d further explaining that he\u2019s back home in North Carolina and still \u201con good terms with CBS, Big Brother, and everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Levi\u2019s message comes after an insider close to BB28\u2019s production told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tv\/16661558\/big-brother-levi-banks-removed-premiere-2026-cast\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tv\/16661558\/big-brother-levi-banks-removed-premiere-2026-cast\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Sun\" data-node-id=\"9.1\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\">The Sun<\/a> that he was reportedly booted and replaced with Yash \u201cjust days before the show\u2019s premiere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">\u201cThere was a breach of contract and a loss of trust. Houseguests are under strict orders to zip it. They can\u2019t say anything to anyone, even family members,\u201d the source claims. \u201cCBS takes the NDA very seriously. Information leaked. Too much got out about him before the cast was announced and it\u2019s not exactly clear what happened. But out of an abundance of precaution, CBS pulled Levi and went with their first alternate, which was Yash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Well\u2026Julie Chen Moonves teased that this season is meant to bring in a bunch of shake-ups, so maybe we might see Levi pop into the house at some point this season. Either way, it\u2019s already off to a great start!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cosmopolitan.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Original Houseguest Levi Banks was replaced by Yash Patel just days before BB28\u2019s premiere after allegedly breaching his contract and violating the show&#8217;s strict NDA. Levi claimed he voluntarily withdrew from the competition, stating it wasn&#8217;t the right fit for him personally, though production sources disputed his account of the departure. 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