The drama appears, just like the balloons of the new Netflix dating program, ‘pop the Balloon Live!’ The first made everyone talk, but not for the reasons you think. ‘The OG challenge’ Johnny Bananas Heat catch after a wild comment he made on a woman’s feet during the April 10 episode. Internet does not let him slide after believing that his remark was for a black woman.
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Johnny Bananas takes warmth for an alleged racist remark
In a live episode of “Pop the Balloon”, which was broadcast on Thursday, April 10, Bananas tried its luck to land an appointment with one of the eight single women. Yvonne Orji was the host of the show. However, things went wrong when all decided to burst their balloons, showing their lack of interest in him.
After rejection, Orji pressed Johnny Bananas on which women in programming would be his type. He replied by assessing the toes of all the ladies on stage. As he went down the list, compliming one of the women on his feet, he then went to another woman, saying, “You seem to sleep from a tree upside down.” While Johnny Bananas was commenting, the camera zoomed out on a black competitor. She went to herself, asking her several times if he wanted it. “”Me? Oh, you don’t want this smoke with me, darling, “ She retaliated while the audience was breaking in the background.
“You need good toes to build a house”, “ Bananas continued, apparently ignoring the black woman who wanted clarification on whom he spoke. “”You need strong hands and good toes, ” He added.
Bananas denies by dissuading the black competitor
In the midst of the reaction, Bananas decided to speak at the viral moment in a tweet Shared at X on Friday April 11. In his article, he accompanied his tweet with a screenshot from the episode, in which he apparently indicates the woman next to the black competitor. The woman in question, who is white, carries a green outfit, who, according to him, encouraged her to comment on the tree.
“Hey the morons, I actually spoke of the white girl whose toes hung on her shoes which are literally dressed like a fucking tree,” he wrote. “It is wild how fast some people can twist for a moment in a false story. There is a real racism there, arm the false outrage for the clicks that bathe them.”
Hey the morons, I actually spoke of the white girl whose toes hung on her shoes which are literally dressed like a fucking tree! It is wild how fast some people can twist a moment in a false story. There is a real racism there, armament false outrage for … https://t.co/jryr1oicox pic.twitter.com/cmjgdks8a
– Johnny Bananas (@johnnybananas) April 11, 2025
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Social media share mixed opinions
As mentioned, X users criticized Johnny Bananas for his comment in indignant publications. @Amdeeeeeeee tweeted, “10 minutes and Johnny Bananas has already called a black woman a monkey”, ” With a meme FAPELM.
You won’t see me next week for #Potheball #Popheballlive It was garbage. Yvonne, you did well, but where are people BL @ CK? And Johnny Bananas calling a woman BL @ CK A monkey should not go unnoticed … pic.twitter.com/daj1ddys69
– Jtweetstv (@ jtweetstv1) April 11, 2025
Johnny Bananas tried and managed to escape responsibility for being a horrible human. MTV protects its assembly to prevent things as it happens. Everyone in my thread said that his shit was old, what about now? Can we finally put an end to this man? # Thechallenge41 https://t.co/dikria4lop https://t.co/hulc90phur
– Shebogies ๐ (@shbokies) April 11, 2025
THE Roommates were just as vocal as they rang in the comments section.
“I did not feel it … I went to listen directly to the episode of Wednesday on Youtube”, “ @_Theloveshegives commented.
In addition, another commentator shared his reflections on the show, which started on YouTube and is now on Netflix. “Idk why would a woman go in this program, it’s like a ritual of public humiliation”, “ @Quotesforleos said.
However, others have stored on the banana side, convinced that he really spoke to the woman standing next to the black candidate.
The user @ pinkerbell404 wrote, “You all, looking at this clip, you can say that he was talking about the white girl BC, he said” she had very pretty toes “the first white girl then he goes” you have pretty toes “to the black girl, then he made this comment to the third white girl dressed like a tree!”
Johnny Bananas’ previous racial controversy
However, this is not the first time that Johnny on the hot seat. On February 3, bananas triggered the controversy by sending Emojis of Gorilla and banana from his account to the winner of “Big Brother” Taylor Hale On X. At the time, he answered his tweet about him.
Hale, who entered the story as the first black woman to tear the crown “Big Brother” in 2022, had tweeted: “This yellow fruit man pinned a tweet to his profile at 8 am saying that he was looking for a commitment, and at 3 p.m., did you all give him exactly what he asked? I do not want to hear a single word if it appears in a way on each show of the conversation. “” Bananas’ account then responded with six banana emojis and a gorilla.
So WTF is it then pic.twitter.com/vbjyrv3ggt
– The floats take a lifestyle !! ๐ (@theebbalstar) April 11, 2025
In the midst of the reaction, he said Variety It was a marketing team for their $ Bananas crypto play. In addition, the reality star added that he was shocked by the incident and quickly contacted Hale to solve the problem. He said he was even planning to continue the agency, to intervene social, because the chaos they caused his brand and his reputation.
โI would never want in a million years to think that I was able to be so cruel and offensive. I wondered: “Do I say nothing or do I come down?” I think that if there is a person in the world who thinks that this tweet could potentially represent who I am, it is a person too much. ยปยป
Meanwhile, Hale said that she did not think that the bananas meant that it was racist. However, she also has secondary eyes how long she took her to speak publicly. Sis had to face a flood of unpleasant messages from his fans for two days when he determined his next move.
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