Big Brother host Julie Chen Moonves will be missing from the week 8 live eviction episode for the first time ever after testing positive for COVID-19. Big Brother 26 has reached its jury phase, so the houseguest who’s evicted will be the first member of the jury. As of the September 11 episode, Head of Household (HOH) Chelsie Baham had nominated Angela Murray and Kimo Apaka for eviction. However, Makensy Manbeck won the Power of Veto, and she and Chelsie were considering using it to save Angela to nominate either Quinn Martin or Leah Peters for eviction.
In an X post, Julie shared the news that she won’t be appearing in the September 12 eviction episode. The Talk co-host Jerry O’Connell will fill in for her as another Big Brother 26 houseguest is evicted. Julie wrote, “Friday morning I woke up with a sore throat and went to see my good friend who is an ENT. That night he called to say I have Covid. Thankfully this is only the second time for me and it’s been very mild! No fever and just a sore throat.”
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— Julie Chen Moonves (@JCMoonves) September 12, 2024
Julie went on to say that, unfortunately, she was still testing positive as of Thursday morning. She said, “despite feeling good, strong and my cough being gone, I must sit tonight’s Big Brother live eviction show out.” Julie then thanked Jerry for filling in for her. She joked, “I hope Jerry fits in to my dress, has a ball and tells the houseguests I miss them but will be watching from home.” Julie concluded her post by saying, “See? Chenbot is human after all! Love one another and enjoy tonight’s show.”
While Jerry will most likely do a great job as host, the Big Brother 26 houseguests are used to seeing Julie every week. They look forward to chatting with her and checking in with her when they cast their votes. They’ll surely be sad that she’s under the weather. In addition, the evicted houseguest won’t have the chance to meet with Julie, which is a highlight of the Big Brother players’ experiences.
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