Big Brother’s Jeremy McGuire Denies Being Racist, Sexist or Homophobic

July 22, 2013 by Hollywoodite

Another week, another former Big Brother contestant who has to answer for what went on in the house.

First, BB15′s David Girton gave his exit interview and claimed to have been largely ignorant of the racism, sexism, homophobia, and anti-semitism that has since escalated to bullying and intimidation. And now co-star Jeremy McGuire is basically saying the same, that it’s not what it looked like and it mostly didn’t involve him. Moreover, he says, the LIVE feeds—where the racism was exposed in real time—was somehow edited and “taken out of context” to make everyone look bad.

Here’s a portion of his interview with Julie Chen upon leaving the Big Brother house.

So like you said a couple minutes ago, the house was a real pressure cooker this season, and it’s been an incredibly controversial season. How much were you told after you left the house about some of the things people have been saying about the racism and the homophobia and the anti-Semitism and the sexism that’s gone on among the contestants?

Yeah, I was warned a little bit about some of the things. They told me that it’s been a pretty hectic time outside the house, but I haven’t gotten in to too many specifics, so I couldn’t really tell you too much. But I know who I am, and I know that no matter what anybody says, it’s not going to change my feelings about myself. So bring it on is all I have to say.

I haven’t been watching the feeds. I’ve just been watching the show, but there have been a lot of people that have been watching the feeds, and they’ve been reporting things that several the contestants — among you — have said and there have been some homophobic and racist and sexist things that you’ve said. Do you have anything to say about that?

Yeah, I’m not racist, sexist, or homophobic, so I mean, I guess everything can be taken out of context. Everybody in there was friendly with everybody and we weren’t scared to say it in front of each other, so I’m sure it was just twisted and turned in a way to entertain. But I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

Well, I don’t know how much some of these words can be twisted or misinterpreted. I think it’s difficult to misconstrue hate speech, but what was it like watching some of the things that Aaryn did, like flip over a bed or call Candice “Shaniqua” or things like that?

I mean, it was crazy, don’t get me wrong. It was an emotional roller-coaster, and I just had to sit back and watch for most of it. But being there was kind of surreal regardless of what was going on. Everything kind of seemed unreal to me, so it really hasn’t hit me yet to be honest with you. – via Entertainment Weekly.