The Big Brother Masturbation Controversy: How the CBS Reality Series Brings ... - Daily Beast

Last night, viewers of the livestream of CBS’s Big Brother seemed to catch what has to be one of the grossest moments in the history of the already-pretty-gross show. As houseguests Jeff Weldon and Julia Nolan were chatting lazily in bed, Weldon suddenly seemed to start masturbating under the covers beside her. “I know what that could be. ”. This is not the first controversy Big Brother has faced in its 17 seasons on air in the United States (the show started in the Netherlands in 1999 and has aired in the US since 2000). Houseguests often get a bit stir... Every move the contestants make is monitored 24-7 by cameras that feed directly to a livestream (the first week is free on CBS’s website , if you’re so inclined). Houseguests vote to eliminate one person off the show each week and the last person standing wins $500,000. . Like most reality shows, Big Brother doesn’t exactly attract the crème of humanity, and the social experiment is notorious for bringing... Just this past year, the child star Jeremy Jackson—of Baywatch fame—was kicked off Celebrity Big Brother in the UK for drunkenly groping his housemate, the model Chloe Goodman. Source: www.thedailybeast.com