{"id":258957,"date":"2026-08-21T18:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/big-brother-28s-kamu-kirk-shares-hed-like-to-be-friends-with-jason-de-puy-after-anti-drag-remarks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:40:35","slug":"big-brother-28s-kamu-kirk-shares-hed-like-to-be-friends-with-jason-de-puy-after-anti-drag-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/big-brother-28s-kamu-kirk-shares-hed-like-to-be-friends-with-jason-de-puy-after-anti-drag-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother 28\u2019s Kamu Kirk Shares He\u2019d Like to Be Friends With Jason De Puy After Anti-Drag Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/big-brother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Big Brother 28<\/em><\/a> star <strong>Kamu Kirk<\/strong> wants to repair his friendship with <strong>Jason De Puy<\/strong> following their turbulent relationship in the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first week and a half of the season, maybe even two weeks, Jason and I had a really good relationship,\u201d the MMA fighter, 32, exclusively told <em>Us<\/em> on Friday, August 21, following his eviction from the <em>Big Brother<\/em> house. \u201cWe had a couple great, deep conversations where we, you know, we opened up to each other about things, and we were good friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamu added that he was close to forming an alliance with Jason, 35, during the early stages in the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, at one point in time, I actually thought about starting an alliance with Jason called The Night Shift with all of the people that stayed up real late,\u201d he recalled. \u201cAnd there was a group of us every night that would stay up after everybody else would go to sleep, and Jason and I were part of that group, so we had a really good relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ariana-grandes-brother-slams-kamus-big-brother-28-request\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ariana-grandes-brother-slams-kamus-big-brother-28-request\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Frankie Grande Shuts Down Big Brother&#8217;s Kamu&#8217;s Request for Ariana Grande<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tFrankie Grande did not mince words after hearing his sister, Ariana Grande, mentioned on the latest episode of Big Brother. \u201cFrankie Grande, tell your sister to hit me up!\u201d Kamu Kirk said while casting his vote for eviction on the Thursday, August 6, live show. Frankie, 43, competed on Big Brother season 16 in 2014 [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kamu claimed that he ultimately scrapped the idea after believing Jason was coming after him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, he started to throw my name out, which obviously led to distrust,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then our games just didn\u2019t align.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While he didn\u2019t see Jason as an ally, Kamu told <em>Us<\/em> that he really liked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/big-brother-28s-jason-could-tell-drag-made-kamu-uncomfortable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the drag queen<\/a> \u201con a human level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping that he and I can be friends after the show,\u201d he said. \u201cWell, now I guess I won\u2019t see him again until finale night. So I\u2019m hoping that when I see him, he and I can shake hands, he and I can hug, and we can be friends. Because for me, it was never personal. Everything was always game-related.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Kamu\u2019s Head of Household reign, which ultimately sent Jason home, the athlete publicly called out the <em>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em> alum for playing both sides of the house during the infamous Tea Party incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause his game blew up during [<strong>Rick<\/strong>] <strong>Devens<\/strong>\u2018 nomination, right, and then he threw my name out, and that was kind of what started, like, the rift between us in the beginning. But then he apologized, we shook hands, everything was cool as water under the bridge,\u201d Kamu said. \u201cThen, when I was HoH, several people came up to me saying, \u201cHey, man, Jason\u2019s saying this about you. He\u2019s saying that about you.\u2019 But then he would tell a different group of people something completely different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamu continued, \u201cSo with the Tea Party thing, it was more like, all right, let\u2019s get everything out in the open. He\u2019s saying different things to everybody. I want everybody to collectively hear what he has to say, and then they can make the judgment call as to whether or not what he\u2019s saying lines up with what he told them privately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While many fans thought that the Tea Party argument went a little too far to personally target Jason, Kamu reiterated \u201cit was all game-related.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew that he\u2019s a great competitor, and if he were to stay that week, I knew that there was a good shot he would come after me, and I didn\u2019t want him to have an army of people behind him also coming after me,\u201d he said. \u201cSo if I could make sure that people did not trust him, if he were to stay in the house, then that would have been better for my game moving forward. But again, it was all game-related. It was never personal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamu also made headlines while in the<em> Big Brother<\/em> house for making what appeared to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/frankie-grande-calls-for-big-brother-to-remove-kamu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-drag remarks<\/a>. During a conversation with Devens \u2014 who was the mastermind behind Kamu\u2019s eviction \u2014 Kamu reacted to seeing <strong>Drew Campbell<\/strong> wearing a set of unicorn pajamas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/big-brother-alumni-react-to-kamus-george-floyd-video\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=200&amp;h=113&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=300&amp;h=169&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=600&amp;h=338&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=800&amp;h=450&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=900&amp;h=506&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=1000&amp;h=563&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=675&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=1800&amp;h=1012&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BR_2811_SG_0013b.jpg?w=1920&amp;h=1080&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"\u2018Big Brother\u2019 Alumni React to Houseguest Kamu Kirk\u2019s Controversial Video About George Floyd\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/big-brother-alumni-react-to-kamus-george-floyd-video\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">\u2018Big Brother\u2019 Alumni React to Kamu&#8217;s Controversial George Floyd Video<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSeveral Big Brother alumni have slammed current houseguest Kamu Kirk for a controversial video he made referencing the late George Floyd. In a recently resurfaced Instagram video from December 2025, Kamu, 32, filmed a person who appeared to be getting arrested. While the unidentified person was shouting, the MMA fighter made a joke about Floyd, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\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 Kamu said on the live feeds in July.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>While fans believed that Kamu\u2019s comments were a diss toward Jason, the conversation was not directed at him. Following his eviction from the house, Kamu addressed the remarks and reiterated his love for Jason in multiple exit interviews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJason and all those guys, they can dress however they wanna dress. And that\u2019s cool with me. But I also wanna be able to dress the way that I wanna be able to dress and feel comfortable dressing without people putting pressure on me to dress a certain way either,\u201d Kamu told <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/big-brother-kamu-kirk-addresses-anti-drag-comments-interview-12064981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a>. \u201cSo I love Jason on a personal level, man. And he can do whatever he wants to do. And I just ask for that same respect, that\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Big Brother<\/em> airs on CBS Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/big-brother-28s-kamu-on-jason-friendship-after-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Brother 28 star Kamu Kirk wants to repair his friendship with Jason De Puy following their turbulent relationship in the game. \u201cFor the first week and a half of the season, maybe even two weeks, Jason and I had a really good relationship,\u201d the MMA fighter, 32, exclusively told Us on Friday, August 21, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-258957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}