‘Big Brother’ Season 26 houseguests Kimo Apaka and Joseph Rodriguez’s flirty exchange fuels romance buzz
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'Big Brother' Season 26 star Kimo Apaka and Joseph Rodriguez have recently sparked a showmance after a flirty exchange. In a recent episode, Kimo and Joseph got cozy at the dinner table.
The houseguests had breakfast together and spent most of the morning chatting. Additionally, Joseph called Kimo 'baby' more than twice during their conversation. Although this flirty exchange was captured on the Live feed, it did not make it to the final cut of the episode.
The CBS show houseguests are yet to confess their feelings for each other, but Joseph has previously complimented Kimo, saying he looked 'cute'. Although Kimo and Joseph haven't made their relationship official, their budding romance has received a green light from viewers.
'Big Brother' Season 26 star Kimo Apaka opens up about his journey
During the previous episode, 'Big Brother' Season 26 star Kimo Apaka opened up about revealing his sexuality to his family. He shared that his father is a minister and that he grew up in a church. "I provided lots of life stability in ways but yeah just growing older, I was just very me growing up," Kimo said.
Kimo admitted, "Luckily my family is incredibly loving and the idea of family across our culture is incredibly important." He further claimed that he never felt unsafe or unloved while growing up in the church adding, "That doesn't neglect the fact that I didn't feel understood." He further revealed, "I actually never got to come out to my dad, he passed before I could come out to him."
Who is 'Big Brother' Season 26 star Joseph Rodriguez?
'Big Brother' Season 26 houseguest Joseph Rodriguez, a video store clerk from Tampa, Florida, has always been a TV buff with dreams of starring in a reality show. His dream came true with his gig on the CBS show. He shared his excitement on social media and noted, "Anyone who really knows me knows that this has been a big dream of mine for a long time."
Joseph added, "This whole experience has already been so magical and surreal and I am forever grateful to the universe for gifting me this opportunity." However, Joseph has been playing the game very strategically. He recently allied with HOH Chelsie Baham, Cam Sullivan-Brown, Cedric Hodges, Quinn Martin, and Brooklyn Rivera, naming it 'The Collectives'.
Catch stirring drama in new episodes of 'Big Brother' Season 26 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 PM ET and on Sundays at 9 pm ET on CBS. The new episodes will also be available to stream on Paramount+.
