Paloma Aguilar, a contestant on Big Brother's 24th season, departs the show before the first eviction.

Paloma Aguilar, a 22-year-old interior designer from California, left the show "due to a personal situation," viewers and the houseguests heard on Thursday's episode. Recent video evidence revealed that Aguilar spent some of her nine days in the Big Brother house crying in the bathroom and battling anxiety in addition to dealing with acute insomnia. Eventually, Aguilera went into the room with the diaries and never came out. Producers sent a message to the housemates informing them of her departure, which current Head of Household Daniel Durston read to the other competitors.
Taylor Hale, a 27-year-old personal stylist from Michigan who was a fellow contender before Aguilar self-evicted, was the target of Aguilar's vociferous and persistent criticism, which immediately made her a contentious player. Online, viewers and previous Big Brother participants expressed their outrage about Aguilar and the other contestants' "microaggressions" and "bullying" of Hale.
The incident was not mentioned by the host Julie Chen Moonves during Thursday's live program. The presenter notified the contestants that the Backstage Twist was ended once the house guests learnt about Aguilar's departure. "The original plan for tonight called for a fight between one of the two nominees, picked by the house, and one of the Backstage Pass holders, rather than a vote and expulsion. The loser would have left right away, "Having told them. Aguilar's departure prevented anyone from being eliminated throughout the show.
