{"id":2514852,"date":"2026-07-23T23:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2514852"},"modified":"2026-07-23T23:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:38:31","slug":"frankie-grande-calls-for-big-brother-28s-kamu-kirk-to-be-removed-over-anti-drag-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/frankie-grande-calls-for-big-brother-28s-kamu-kirk-to-be-removed-over-anti-drag-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Grande Calls for Big Brother 28\u2019s Kamu Kirk to Be Removed Over Anti-Drag Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Frankie Grande<\/strong> wants <strong>Kamu Kirk<\/strong> to be removed from the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/big-brother\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Big Brother<\/em><\/a> house after he made comments about not wanting to do drag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUm. What the f*** is this horses***?! Get these homophobic bigots out of the f***ing house IMMEDIATELY. Both of them,\u201d Frankie, 43, wrote <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrankieJGrande\/status\/2078360407660523913\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">via X<\/a> alongside a clip from the live feeds of a conversation between Kamu, 32, and Rick Devens over the weekend. \u201cEw this conversation makes me sick to my stomach. I\u2019m disgusted. This better be the biggest thing ever when I wake up tomorrow or I\u2019m flipping a table\u2026 f***. Ew. Gross.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the clip, which has circulated on social media, Kamu and Devens, 42, were reacting to alliance member <strong>Drew Campbell<\/strong> who was wearing a set of unicorn-themed pajamas. Devens, who is the current Head of Household, asked Kamu if \u201cthose dudes dressed in women\u2019s clothes.\u201d Kamu confirmed they were which replied he revealed he was asked to participate as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not doing that bro,\u201d Kamu told Devens who laughed and shared he wouldn\u2019t consider participating until <strong>Jason De Puy<\/strong> won an HoH competition. (Jason is a professional drag queen who is known outside the house as Salina EsTitties.)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/big-brother-28-cast-shows-some-skin-in-backyard-group-shots\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Big Brother 28\u2019 Cast Shows Some Skin Chilling by the Pool in Annual Backyard Group Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kamu doubled down on his stance stating that as a professional MMA fighter he can\u2019t see himself doing drag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018Bro, miss me with the drag stuff.\u2019 Miss me. I\u2019m still an MMA guy, and I have an image to uphold,\u201d he told Devens who replied, \u201cThat\u2019s tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamu\u2019s remarks were not directed at Jason, 35. While Jason told his fellow <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/big-brother-28-cast-revealed-meet-the-new-houseguests\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">houseguests<\/a> that he is a professional drag queen, he omitted the fact that he previously competed on <em>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Frankie came to Jason\u2019s 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 <em>Survivor<\/em> alum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOk. I concede there is not enough info in the clip to understand [Devens\u2019] motivations. Hopefully he was just taping [sic] into Kamu\u2019s energy for game reasons,\u201d he wrote in a subsequent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrankieJGrande\/status\/2078536672921165916\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">tweet<\/a>. \u201cRegardless, men behaving in a repulsed or shocked way when a man dresses feminine or in women\u2019s clothing is homophobic. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Frankie\u2019s tweets <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/big-brother-controversies-through-the-years\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">went viral<\/a>, the social media guru took to X to explain he made a \u201cmistake\u201d with his initial criticism.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/big-brothers-zach-rance-got-death-threats-over-frankie-grande-friendship\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Big Brother\u2019 Alum Zach Rance Says He Received Death Threats for His Frankie Grande Friendship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter leaving the show and getting sober, I\u2019ve 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,\u201d he said in a clip shared <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OfficialBBDucky\/status\/2078065346309730444\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">via X<\/a>. \u201cIt always is. And I should not engage on X.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Us<\/em> has reached out to CBS for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Jason is currently facing eviction from the<em> Big Brother<\/em> household as Devens put him up alongside <strong>Melody Morris<\/strong> and <strong>Lyric Medeiros<\/strong>. After Devens won the Power of Veto, he took Lyric off the block and named her showmance <strong>Rome Seymour<\/strong> 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\u2019s live vote.<\/p>\n<p><em>Big Brother<\/em> airs on CBS Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.<\/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.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frankie Grande wants Kamu Kirk to be removed from the Big Brother house after he made comments about not wanting to do drag. \u201cUm. What the f*** is this horses***?! Get these homophobic bigots out of the f***ing house IMMEDIATELY. Both of them,\u201d Frankie, 43, wrote via X alongside a clip from the live feeds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2199148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2514852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Melissa-Gilbert-Celebrates-Dick-Van-Dykes-100th-Birthday-With-Throwback.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514854,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514852\/revisions\/2514854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}