Big Brother frontrunner voted out in first eviction after using slur on live TV

BIG Brother star Isaiah ‘Zae’ Frederich was voted out of the house tonight in the shocking’s first eviction of season 27. 

The early exit came just after the salesperson, who’s a self-described “meathead,” was caught saying an offensive slur on the CBS live feeds for Big Brother. 

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The 23-year-old, who currently resides in Paducah, KY, was put up on the chopping block this week by ally Vince Panaro. 

The plan was for Zae, who is one of the strongest physical threats in the house, to win the Power of Veto over Ashley Hollis – the one the guys were targeting to send home. 

However, their plan came to a crashing halt after Ashley won the Power of Veto during the challenge and therefor, took herself off the chopping block. 

She was replaced Kelley Jorgensen, who was also part of the boys’ alliance, and volunteered to be a “pawn” if Vince needed to put someone else up. 

Facing elimination tonight was Zae, Kelley, and third nominee, Amy Bingham. 

Thursday’s episode marked the first “BB Blockbuster” competition of the season. 

The challenge involved the contestants scrambling a variety of messages to find certain objects. 

Despite appearing to have the physical upper hand, Zae was not able to rise to the occasion and was beat out by Kelley. 

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Scoring the advantage for her victory, Kelley removed herself from the chopping block – leaving the votes up to Zae and Amy. 

Ultimately, the group decided to send Zae packing in a vote of five to nine as the first evictee of season 27. 

Most of the group burst into tears when it was time to say ‘goodbye’ to Zae and bidded him a final farewell with an emotional group hug. 

Although they just voted him out, they chanted his name as he exited the Big Brother to join host Julie Chen-Moonves on the live CBS stage.

Zae appeared to hold back tears as he sat down to talk about his brief experience with the longtime show host. 

“Obviously this wasn’t my goal. I came into the house to compete and win. But that’s not how the cookie crumbles sometimes,” he said with a forced smile. 

Julie then informed Zae that his closest ally in the house, Rylie Jeffries, was one of the people that voted to evict him. 

“That does surprise me, wow. He told me he wanted to be final two with me. So that’s a surprise but everyone is playing their game and doing what’s best for them. 

“I don’t judge the guy. I love him, I hope to see him outside of the house. 

“He’s playing the game just like I am,” Zae told Julie in the post-elimination interview. 

‘I SHOULDN’T HAVE SAID THAT’

Zae’s elimination comes two days after a controversy when he was caught using an offensive slur on the CBS live feeds.

During a game of late-night chess with contestant Keanu Soto on Monday’s live feeds, Zae made the controversial comment after making an incorrect game move.

“Oh s**t! I’m a f**king r****d,” Zae said about himself, before realizing what just came out of his mouth and immediately tried to correct it: “Damn, I shouldn’t have said that word.” 

“No, you shouldn’t,” Keanu responded with an uncomfortable smile.

“It’s one of the ones I was working on not saying,” Zae confessed.

Keanu then uncomfortably laughs and assures Zae: “I think you’re good. You’re lucky it’s late. They probably don’t even have the live feed on.” 

However, the cameras were very much on, and fans caught wind of Zae’s comment, with one saying: “People casually dropping the R word as a slur is legit infuriating.”

“As someone who’s been called the r-word all his life, it’s not a word to drop. at all. I don’t understand how he doesn’t know how that word is communicated to a certain community,” another wrote.

Big Brother airs on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8 pm ET on CBS with 24/7 live feeds available online and on Paramount+.

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