Matt Klotz previously explained that he felt his Big Brother 25 houseguests used his disability to their advantage.
The Big Picture Big Brother, like most reality TV shows, is ableist in format. That shouldn't be controversial to say since the cast is usually full of able-body people, and that only changes if someone is injured. CBS made a pledge to increase diversity on its reality shows and Season 25 is the first time we see a deaf houseguest navigate the game with Deaflympics swimmer Matt Klotz. He was born deaf, so he uses a hearing aid and reads lips.
He said Jag later talked about the incident with him. "I was like, the fact I made it 48 days being in a house full of whispers, like that's really hard as a deaf person, even in regular hearing," the swimmer said. "And for me, it's just like, it's not the same level of offensiveness. But whispering around a deaf person is really offensive in the real world." Matt admitted he was getting offended by it.
'Big Brother' Houseguests Need to Balance Game and Accessibility It's probably unrealistic to totally avoid whispering in the house. But houseguests should aim for balance and really choose when they need to whisper in this situation instead of using it as a default. They also should be more mindful of not talking over each other in group settings. The house was most guilty of this at the beginning of the season.
Matt previously accused Jared Fields of taking advantage of his disability. This is because Jared lied to him about Jag outing the plan to evict Izzy Gleicher. Jared was caught in his lie and switched to accusing Matt of misunderstanding him. Cory Wurtenberger defended Matt and said he didn't misunderstand anything. Matt was lucky Cory witnessed the whole situation because Jared could've easily convinced other houseguests into not believing Matt.
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