'Big Brother' Contestant Paloma Aguilar Quits Season 24 Due to Personal Matter

"Big Brother" Season 24 contestant Paloma Aguilar left the show during Thursday night's live episode.

"An unexpected turn of events has now changed everything," host Julie Chen Moonves said at the top of the show. During the episode, Aguilar revealed that she wasn't sleeping at all and was struggling with her anxiety. Eventually she walked into the diary room and head of the family Daniel Durston called everyone into the living room to read a note from the production.

"Due to a personal issue, Paloma will no longer continue in the 'Big Brother' game," he read to other guests. "She wanted to pass on to you that she loves you all and wishes you the best."

Chen then told the house that originally the nominees, Taylor Hale and Terrence Higgins, would have competed against the three "Backstage Pass" holders, and the loser would be sent home. However, since Aguilar was one of the "Backstage Pass" holders - and only one guest was due to go home for the first week - Chen announced that no one would be going home.

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Since the new season debuted on CBS on July 6, the cast has been shown on live streams turning on contestant Hale and using microaggressions in conversations about her.

During a chat, Durston admitted to Aguilar that he was worried about what it would be like to have "two black guys in the neighborhood at the end of my week." Aguilar replied, “We have to put that aside, and America has to put that aside… It can be explained later. We have to play this game."

In turn, there was an uproar on social media, as fans and former contestants urged change.

"Taylor's treatment in #BB24 is a great example of why The Cookout was formed," season 23 winner Xavier Prather began, referring to his all-black alliance. "Members of the black community (especially black women) and other people of color don't stand a chance in Big Brother House due to the perpetuation of microaggressions and unconscious biases that plague our society."< /p>

He later apologized for his own "flaws" during the show, adding that he "can't help but feel partly responsible for some of the improper behavior I see from current guests who consider one of their "favorites".'”

At the time, Variety confirmed that guests had been briefed on microaggressions and that the entire cast had undergone sensitivity training before filming began.

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