Mallory Aurichio spent days planning a delicate little tea party, the kind of low stakes filler that normally gets forgotten by Sunday. Instead the Big Brother 28 tea party turned into the moment Kamu Kirk read out every deal Jason De Puy had made in both directions, out loud, in front of the entire house, while holding a teacup. Jason lost the room in about four minutes. Then he found a tea kettle, and by sunrise he had converted a total loss into the most entertaining twelve hours of the season.
Kamu Wrote the Ambush Down Before Anyone Poured
The detail that reframes the whole episode is that none of it was spontaneous. Kamu rehearsed the speech line by line with Dee Valladares on the live feeds days earlier. The structure was deliberate. Open warm, congratulate Lyric on the veto win, give Jason credit for apologizing after the previous week’s blowup, then turn the whole thing with two words and start listing deals. Dee directed the pause and told him to hold five seconds so the house could look at each other, and Kamu planned to sip his tea while they did it. He compared airing out his own alliance to Eminem dissing himself at the end of 8 Mile, which is an unusually accurate read of what he was about to attempt.
Lyric Won the Veto and the Backdoor Snapped Back Into Place
Kamu had nominated Mallory, Lyric and LaTrice Verrett, with Jason as the real target sitting safely off the block. The veto was the dizzy spinning game, where players spin until they cannot walk straight and then roll balls into scoring slots, run as a head to head bracket. Mallory beat LaTrice. Kamu beat Jason and sent the actual target out empty handed. Lyric beat Haley Thogmartin, Mallory knocked out Kamu, and Lyric took the final round to win the Power of Veto. She used it on herself, exactly the outcome Kamu needed, and he named Jason as the replacement.
Jason Called the Backdoor Before Anyone Told Him
Give him this much. Jason walked up to LaTrice and Taylor Brown early in the week and told them the house was running a Rome situation on him, referring to the backdoor that took out Jack Seymour. He was not guessing well. He was simply right, and Kamu had already described that exact plan to Lyric. Anyone following the feeds earlier in the week watched the plan lock into place while Jason was still assembling it from body language. He also told Angela Murray the spinning left him rough because he deals with vertigo.
The House Meeting Cost Kamu More Than It Cost Jason
Kamu delivered the speech and it landed. He laid out the deals Jason had made with everyone playing in the veto, including promising the veto to multiple people after telling Kamu he would use it however Kamu wanted. He then revealed Jason’s attempt to turn the Icons against Haley, Chuk Anyanwu and himself. What he did not account for is that a public accounting of your own alliance’s deal making also tells the room your alliance exists, how large it is, and who sits in it. Dee noticed immediately. Jason, who had nothing left to protect, simply agreed out loud that two groups were running the house and said he would happily join either one.
Then Jason Found a Tea Kettle
In the middle of the night Jason picked up a tea kettle and a wooden spoon and started banging on it, which is about as old school Big Brother as it gets. He took the kettle to bed. He brought it back out in the morning. Every time he caught anyone talking strategy, he started pounding. Kamu insists the psychological warfare is not getting to him. He does not sound convincing. Whatever else it is, it is smart. It costs Jason nothing, it cannot be ignored, and it forces the majority to look like a group that needs silence in order to function.
Jason Asked Devens About the Diamond in Front of Everyone
Rick Devens is still quietly holding the Diamond Power of Veto, which lets him pull a nominee off the block and personally choose the replacement. He spent the week muddying his own trail, keeping the secret from Angela while Dee knows, and Angela has convinced herself he is staying quiet to protect her. Drew Campbell warned Kamu that backdooring someone who might hold a power is risky, and Kamu said he would rather flush it out than play scared. During the tea party, Jason asked Devens point blank, in front of the house, whether he had the secret power. Devens denied it. The question is now permanently in the air, which is worth more than an answer.
Mallory Is the Backup Plan and Nobody Has Told Her
Kamu assured Mallory that the goal is Jason, and that part is true. What he left out is that she is the fallback. If Jason comes off the block, Kamu wants Mallory gone instead. She spent the back half of the week counting votes with Melody Morris, Drew and Barrett Pfeiffer and never reached a number she trusted. She is also on have not duty this week alongside Yash Patel and Dee, so she is doing all of this hungry and short on sleep.
Thursday Is Entirely a Blockbuster Problem
This season all three nominees compete in the BB Blockbuster on eviction night, and the winner comes straight off the block while the other two face the vote. If Mallory wins, Jason and LaTrice go to the vote and Jason is finished, because he has won competitions and announced his targets out loud. If Jason wins it, the house has to choose between Mallory and LaTrice, and that is where the first genuine split of the season lives. Taylor is the vote to watch there, caught between loyalty to LaTrice and a game that is better with Mallory in it. Kamu breaks a tie.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won the Power of Veto this week on Big Brother 28?
Lyric Medeiros won it in the dizzy spinning competition, beating Mallory in the final head to head round. She used the veto on herself at the ceremony.
Who are the nominees going into Thursday’s eviction?
Jason, Mallory and LaTrice. Kamu named Jason as the replacement nominee after Lyric saved herself with the veto.
What is the BB Blockbuster?
It is this season’s eviction night twist. All three nominees compete, the winner is removed from the block, and the remaining two face the house vote.
Who has the Diamond Power of Veto?
Rick Devens. It allows him to remove one nominee from the block and choose the replacement himself, rather than leaving that choice to the Head of Household.
Why is Jason banging a tea kettle?
After Kamu used Mallory’s tea party to expose his deals, Jason picked up a kettle and a wooden spoon and began interrupting every game conversation he could find with it.
When does Big Brother 28 air?
Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on CBS. The season premiered on July 9, 2026 and is scheduled to run through October 1.
