Fans ofTucker Des LauriersandRubina Bernabewere alarmed when they saw them hanging out with a producer allegedly tied to a live feed leak. There was a rumor duringBig Brother 26that there was a video of Tucker and Rubina being passed around in private messages on Twitter from the live feeds. ProducerJustyce Kaelinwas accused of being behind the leak due to her Twitter interactions with fans that were shared.
Joseph RodriguezandQuinn Martinpublicly spoke out against Kaelin on Twitter. They claimed she wasn’t that involved withtheCBScastand season and defended the show’s crew. The couple addressed the situation with their fans, who alerted them.
Tucker and Rubina Thank ‘Big Brother 26’ Fans for Warning Them
“Honestly, I feel the same way,” she said. “Did we not spend, I don’t know, an extended period of time being in the same–in a mind f–k of a place?! And here we are outside I really thought, ‘We’re good!’ And yeah, it still feels like I’m inthe Big Brother house.” Tucker agreed and talked about the invasive conversations about his body. The couple hung out with this person on their last day together in New York. They didn’t know if the producer planned to be in the city at the same time as them.
I’m Trying To Look at It as a Blessing in Disguise
“And there’s past relationships they’ve been where the people say that she or they are abusive and manipulative and stalkery or whatever,” Tucker said in regard to Kaelin. “Yeah, I didn’t know about any of this stuff. I invited her over for brunch, and we all went to brunch together, and we came back to the house and played some games.” He said that’s when all the fans warned them about the producer.
“I always attempt to keep the glass half full mentality,” he continued. “So I’m trying to look at it as a blessing in disguise, because if that didn’t happen, then maybe none of this stuff would have gotten surfaced as it should, but that still doesn’t make it easier.” Rubina agreed and also wanted to look at the glass half full. “Maybe we’ll protect future players,” she said.“If we have to be the catalyst then at least let something good come from it.”
CBS hasn’t responded to Collider’s request for comment on our previous story on this matter.
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