Model Austin Armacost recently went back into the “Celebrity Big Brother” house and immediately faced homophobia, with fellow housemate Stacy Francis calling him “the gay boy” during a discussion about sleeping arrangements.
Now dancer James Jordan has gone after Armacost with a comment seeming to target his sexual orientation, in an argument that began after Armacost and Nicola McLean poured water on Jordan’s bed. Armacost further escalated the situation by taking his index finger and poking at Jordan’s butt, as well as giving him a kick.
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Jordan then told Armacost that he didn’t want to have to hurt him.
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“You’re not going to hurt anybody,” Armacost answered back.
“If you start playing with the rough boys you’re gonna get hurt. You’re used to playing with little soft boys, don’t play with real boys,” Jordan said.
“Yeah because the dancer’s the rough boy,” Armacost said, laughing.
“Two days, mate, you’ll walk, quitter!” Jordan taunted.
“You f**king bell-end, d**k-head, d**k-cheese, f**king c**t, gutter-rat, twat,” Armacost spat back.
“Oh, let’s all feel sorry for Austin cause he’s going through a much harder time than the rest of us,” Jordan responded.
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“You miss your boyfriend, f**cking boo-hoo, you’ll probably have another boyfriend next year.”
You can watch video of the argument here.
A number of people on Twitter are reacting by calling Jordan’s reaction to Armacost’s pranks homophobic.
James J needs to have a word with himself. Most disgusting, arrogant, misogynistic, homophobic piece of shit #cbb
— ? (@sarahruss91) January 12, 2017
is it just me or is james j slyly homophobic???? #cbb
— lozenger (@law_roberts) January 10, 2017
James J being homophobic with his "soft boys" comment #CBB
— Roger Lee ?? (@rogerlee29) January 10, 2017
james j's comment to austin about "soft boys" was homophobic asf #cbb
— daniel (@ughwhtevr) January 11, 2017
Soooo, we not going to make an uproar of James J's indirect homophobic comment? GET JAMES J OUT! GET JAMES J OUT! GET JAMES J OUT!! #CBB
— Zeba-Iram Hocane (@LFCZEBA) January 11, 2017
Others are coming to Jordan’s defense.
People take homophobia to the extreme, I did not take James J comment to heart as I feel like he would've said the same words to any1. #cbb
— RIP Jon McAlpine? (@BallSophie16) January 11, 2017
Are people being serious……. Calling James J homophobic because he stood up to Austin who started on him ?? #CBB
— Dyl?n (@HausofDylan95) January 11, 2017
Go on james j !!! Not homophobic at all get all your heads out your arses and stop looking to stir shit!! #cbb austinsapussycat!!
— scott boswell (@9Boswell) January 11, 2017
Armacost said he is “ready to go home,” claiming to miss his boyfriend too much after being away from him for six days.
He recently said he is “like a nun in bed,” and that he is a “very asexual” person.
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What do you think, was Jordan being homophobic in his remarks to Armacost?
ChrisK
Wait I’m confused. He says he wants to go home to his BF yet the other article has him as “asexual”. Wouldn’t they just be friends then?
Granny Spoth
@ChrisK
Even full-on asexuals are not necessarily aromantic. They love romances, cuddles and stuff. Just not sex.
And you can be aromantic without being asexual.
Kangol
The homophobic crap is wrong. Asexual micropen!s Austin may be a jack@ss, but he shouldn’t be subjected to homophobic vitriol. No one should.
DDstar1me
Austin has mental health issues. He really needs to seek help.
broadshoulder
Is this the Huddersfield farmer he dated for eight years (Mr Lee)…..and then dumped because he was bored? Or another one?
Herman75
Austin gave him such a kick!
Ditamo
Austin’s semi-angelic looks gets me every time, until I hear him speak… When I saw the title and read the first paragraph I felt some empathy for him. But then, when I saw the video, I remembered how much of a jerk he is and lost all of that empathy…..he’s always trying to push things to places it doesn’t need to go. However I don’t condone the “soft boys” comment. They are both jerks.
Ditamo
@ChrisK: Asexual people still love and want a romantic relationship with another person. They just don’t want to have sexual relationships with them, although they will have sex to satisfy a partner.