A growing number of Big Brother viewers expressed their disgust on Friday with contestant Jeff Weldon who allegedly masturbated under the sheet and wiped off the semen on female housemate Julia Nolan. The scene was seen at the live broadcast on Thursday night of the reality show notorious for bringing out the worst in house guests.
The gross scene led to viewers seeking the eviction of Weldon who was an Amazing Race contestant. @jocelynratzer shared an ongoing online petition in Twitter, enjoining followers of the reality show to sign the petition.
More than just sign the petition, @roldan_beverly wants Big Brother to expel Weldon from the house, eliminating the need to evict him via housemate and viewer votes. @baeprii tweeted "Jeff is a disgrace to big brother," quotes Hollywood Life.
According to the site's online poll, so far, 64 percent of its readers want Weldon evicted, while 36 percent want him to stay.
The Daily Beast described the scene as "one of the grossest moments in the history of the already pretty-gross show" which started with the two chatting in bed when Weldon started to masturbate. But it didn't end with the release of his sperm because he reached out afterward and touched Nolan on the shoulder.
He then told her, "You have a little stain right here." She asked what was the stain, Weldon replied and laughed, "It's darker grey, it actually feels kind of sticky ... I know what that could be." TMZ, however, points out that a new camera angle has emerged that showed there was a stain on Nolan's shoulder before Weldon touched her. But TMZ raises the possibility that Big Brother production staff released the image to clear Weldon's name because of the controversy the scene generated.
Daily Beast notes that in its 17 seasons in the U.S. which started in 2000, Big Brother contestants, cut off from the world while cooped inside one house with cameras 24/7, "often go a bit crazy." It added that it is not just Big Brother, but other reality shows as well attract not the best people. And being a social experiment, as how producers of Big Brother defend their set-up, it brings out the worst in housemates who - to begin with - already were "racists, criminals and misogynists" when they entered the house, often with the aim of winning the top prize of $500,000 or translating their fame into a Hollywood career.