{"id":22895,"date":"2026-07-31T07:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22895"},"modified":"2026-07-31T07:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:53:39","slug":"big-brother-28-star-kamu-kirk-under-fire-for-george-floyd-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22895","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Big Brother 28&#8217; star Kamu Kirk under fire for George Floyd video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2F136039394.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBig Brother\u201d star Kamu Kirk is catching heat for a resurfaced video of him making a joke about <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/05\/28\/everything-we-know-about-the-death-of-george-floyd\/\">George Floyd\u2019s death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Season 28 contestant filmed his reaction to a person getting arrested near his residence and posted it <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OfficialBBDucky\/status\/2082924254215974997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on his Instagram Stories<\/a> back in December, with it still visible in his profile highlights at the time of writing. The person \u2014 whose face isn\u2019t visible \u2014 could be heard screaming, \u201cI can\u2019t breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirk, 32, laughs and mocks the person, saying, \u201cI can\u2019t breathe, I can\u2019t breathe, I can\u2019t breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBro thinks he\u2019s George Floyd,\u201d he continues.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cBig Brother\u201d Season 28 star Kamu Kirk is getting blasted for a resurfaced video of him mocking a person getting arrested and joking about George Floyd\u2019s death. <span class=\"credit\">thejawaiian\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In his Instagram Stories from December (still visible in his profile highlights), Kirk filmed a person getting detained by police. The person could be heard screaming, \u201cI can\u2019t breathe.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">thejawaiian\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kirk filmed as police dealt with the person, who could be heard screaming in distress, \u201cI\u2019m dying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are crazy, man. I\u2019m going back inside,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am gonna take that spot though,\u201d he adds with a smile, seemingly referring to a parking spot the person who was being arrested formerly occupied.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd was\u00a0killed in May 2020\u00a0when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nine and a half minutes while Floyd repeatedly said he couldn\u2019t breathe. He was 46 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig Brother\u201d fans blasted Kirk on social media for the video. One X post <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vetoidoled\/status\/2082961716061540651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about the MMA fighter<\/a> reads, \u201cRacist as hell but also just a disgusting lack of empathy for another human being in distress. Kamu Kirk is garbage.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kirk mocked the man, telling the camera, \u201cBro thinks he\u2019s George Floyd.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">thejawaiian\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Floyd was\u00a0killed in May 2020\u00a0when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nine and a half minutes while Floyd repeatedly said he couldn\u2019t breathe. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Page Six Daily\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamieskarma\/status\/2082966617026093079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post reads<\/a>, \u201cthe way it\u2019s not even just kamu mocking George Floyd. he\u2019s witnessing police brutality IN PERSON, LAUGHING at the victim, AND mocking George Floyd. then he films it, posts it on social media, and puts it in his HIGHLIGHTS. he is proud of that moment and wants to showcase it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some fans criticized CBS for casting Kirk on \u201cBig Brother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect nothing less from him. He\u2019s a piece of [crap emoji]. Did @CBSBigBrother not vet his social media? This is unacceptable,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/suchagreatguy\/status\/2082960527987449980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one critic wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six reached out to CBS for comment, but didn\u2019t receive an immediate response back.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have now been digging up <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/oliviaoney\/status\/2082953062235177260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirk\u2019s controversial social media behavior<\/a>, in which he appeared to \u201clike\u201d a post identifying as a Christian Nationalist as well as posts criticizing the Muslim religion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fans also dug up Kirk\u2019s questionable social media behavior, in which he appears to \u201clike\u201d offensive posts about the Muslim religion and a post identifying as a Christian Nationalist. <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fans criticized CBS for casting Kirk on \u201cBig Brother.\u201d Page Six reached out to CBS for comment but didn\u2019t receive an immediate response back. <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But this isn\u2019t the first time Kirk has come under fire. He\u2019s been accused of being homophobic, and on Wednesday\u2019s episode of the reality series, he called contestant Jason De Puy \u2014 a drag queen who competed on Season 15 of\u00a0\u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u201d\u00a0 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dykejae\/status\/2082640948891099637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a \u201czesty bestie.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some viewers took issue with the term \u201czesty,\u201d which is a term that mocks men who are perceived as flamboyant or effeminate.<\/p>\n<p>One fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/queenshibtc69\/status\/2082665518067310924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>, \u201cthe blatant homophobia im sickkk he\u2019s not even trying to hide it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The reality star has also been accused of being homophobic this season due to his treatment of fellow Season 28 contestant  Jason De Puy, a drag queen who competed on Season 15 of\u00a0\u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kirk is an MMA fighter. He\u2019s seen here in a UFC match in July 2023. <span class=\"credit\">Zuffa LLC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, he again caused controversy when he made comments during the live feeds about De Puy<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/big-brother-anti-drag-comments-salina-estitties-rupauls-drag-race-12024251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018Bro, miss me with the drag stuff,\u201d he said in a conversation with \u201cSurvivor\u201d alum Rick Devens. \u201cMiss me. I\u2019m still an MMA guy, and I have an image to uphold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig Brother\u201d alum Frankie Grande, who\u2019s openly gay and has criticized Kirk this season for his treatment of Du Poy, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrankieJGrande\/status\/2082934688700575770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called for Kirk to be evicted<\/a> from the game Thursday on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys. Enough. How is this monster still in the house,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrankieJGrande\/status\/2082934346575393078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grande wrote<\/a>, while posting the video of Kirk making the joke about Floyd. \u201cWhat the f\u2014k?!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBig Brother\u201d star Kamu Kirk is catching heat for a resurfaced video of him making a joke about George Floyd\u2019s death. 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