As we previously reported, the members of The Cookout put out strong statements against the hate that season 24 contestant Taylor Hale has received in the house.

The Cookout was historic, and Mitchell says it is hard to see the actions of this season come after season 23.

‘I think we all expected that that no one else would go in and play the game like we did, because they didn’t have to,” she told us. “Someone already did that, and we have our first Black winner. So people are should be able to just go in and play their game now. But it is kind of disheartening to see people actively not working together. Like not as far as an alliance goes, but just in an effort to make it a point to show others like ‘no, we’re definitely not working together in that capacity of a Cookout. 2.0,’ as if it is a negative thing, because if it is a bad thing. Anybody should be trying to hide their alliance period.”

She continued, “When you have to live with people, for me, it’s important for me to live in an environment that is comfortable..[so] in order for us to live together, it would be nice that we could at least make it comfortable and livable. I don’t like to see the other people of color or the Black people in the house [do that]. They don’t have to be best friends. They don’t have to have a cookout. 2.0. But, you know, just embracing the fact that they’re all there and encouraging each other to play the best game, at least so that they can feel comfortable and have a good experience. Our whole thing and BB23 with everybody, not just a cookout, but we all wanted to make sure that we were having a good experience. We wanted everybody to have a good time. It was a party for us every single day. So I think they’re missing that.”

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