'Big Brother' Contestant in #MeToo Controversy
by EG
Big Brother contestant JC Mounduix can't seem to get through a week without saying or doing something offensive on the show's online feed. This time he's being accused of stepping into the #MeToo movement inappropriately. Read on for details.
Via Us Weekly.
Putting him in his place. Big Brother stars Angie “Rockstar” Lantry and Haleigh Broucher called out housemate JC Mounduix for his misuse of the sexual harassment awareness term, #MeToo.
In a clip from the online live feed of the reality show which surfaced on Saturday, August 11, Mounduix, 28, comes under fire for nonchalantly using the reference during a conversation.
“It’s not funny JC, you can’t joke about that,” one of his castmates can be heard telling the Miami native. “I’ve been saying it for 50 days,” he answers while covering his face with his hands.
“And I tell you every single time,” the ladies respond. “The #MeToo movement is about women and sexual harassment,” they continue, before Mounduix interrupts asking, “women or men?”
By this time, Brett Robinson chimes in. “The idea was awareness to sexual harassment,” he explains, with one of the women adding, “About how much it actually occurs. “So when you [say] hashtag me too it’s like because you too have been sexually harassed.”
Mounduix wasn’t done yet. “That’s why when people touch me, I’m like ‘hashtag me too,’” he argues, to which one of his costars quips, “No, because you’re not being serious.”
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