Cory Wurtenberger. CBS
Some Massive Brother followers assume that there was one thing off about Cory Wurtenberger’s vote throughout the Thursday, September 7, dwell eviction episode.
“I vote to evict Crimson [Utley],” Cory, 21, seemingly stated throughout the episode. Nonetheless, some followers identified that the audio didn’t appear to match up with Cory’s lip actions.
“I knew it wasn’t a rattling lag, his lips stated Jag [Bains] however voiceover stated Crimson 💀,” one viewer wrote by way of Twitter alongside a clip of Cory’s vote. Jag, 25, was on the nomination block subsequent to Crimson, 38.
A good quantity of viewers started to take a position that the truth present’s producers edited the audio to alter Cory’s vote.
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“Woah woahh Cory clearly stated he wished to evict Jag however they dubbed it over with him saying Crimson ummm what’s taking place,” one Twitter person claimed. Us Weekly has reached out to CBS for remark.
Different followers, nonetheless, thought the conspiracy theories have been a stretch.
“Y’all please say ‘Jag’ and ‘Crimson’ within the mirror 20 instances. It’s the identical mouth form. It’s actually that easy. The dwell present didn’t do some tips with solely Cory’s vote. Idk how that is smart to any of you,” one viewer wrote by way of Twitter.
Cory’s brother, Zach Wurtenberger, who competed on season 42 of Survivor in 2022, supplied a proof for why Cory appeared to mouth “Jag.” Throughout a Friday, September 8, episode of the truth TV recap podcast “Rob Has a Podcast,” host Rob Cesternino stated that Zach, 23, left a remark within the present’s chat room claiming that Cory grew up with a speech obstacle and is due to this fact “dangerous at saying ‘Rs.’”
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Even when Cory did imply to vote for Jag, it wouldn’t have modified the result of Thursday’s episode. Crimson was evicted by a vote of 10-2 with solely his allies Cameron Harding and Bowie Jane voting to ship Jag packing.
This isn’t the primary time this season that Massive Brother followers have expressed frustration with producers. After Luke Valentine was expelled from the sport final month for utilizing the N-word, some dwell feed viewers questioned why Jared Fields, who used the R-word to explain fellow houseguest America Lopez on September 1, wasn’t given the identical punishment.
“The r phrase IS A SLUR. #BigBrother must take away Jared like they eliminated Luke!!!” one Twitter person wrote.
One other chimed in: “I get why Luke was kicked out. Why hasn’t Jared been kicked out for utilizing a slur additionally? #BigBrother Yeah, I’m simply as mad.”
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Luke, 30 — who stated by way of his Instagram Reside final month that producers made the “unsuitable resolution” by expelling him — seemingly shaded Jared and producers on Monday, September 4. After a fan commented on one among Luke’s Instagram posts asking his opinion on Jared nonetheless being in the home, Luke replied in a since-deleted remark, “Enforcement of the code of conduct appears moderately selective, doesn’t it?”
Though Jared’s use of the offensive comment has not been addressed on the present, he expressed remorse for his feedback throughout a dialog captured on the dwell feeds.
“I don’t assume she’s the R-word. I slipped up,” he instructed Cory, who’s in a showmance with America, 27. “Clearly, I used to be offended about it [and] I’m prepared to confess that.”
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