Big Brother houseguest Frankie Grande revealed a secret to his fellow houseguests and received very mixed reactions during Friday night's TVGN live feeds.
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Frankie, a 31-year-old YouTube personality with a huge fan following, admitted to Zach Rance, Derrick Levasseur, Cody Calafiore, Caleb Reynolds, and Donny Thompson that pop singing phenomenon Ariana Grande is his half-sister. He later also shared that same news with Christine Brecht, Nicole Franzel and Victoria Rafaeli in the living room, Us Weekly reported.
"So, I've been lying to all of you the entire game. I'm not who I said I was," Frankie reportedly told the group. "My sister is Ariana Grande."
After realizing the house had turned against him for trying to make some big moves of betrayal -- such as backdooring Zach, his best friend and "Detonators" ally -- Frankie thought the revelation would help convince the others to trust him again or at least give him some kind of advantage.
Some of the houseguests were annoyed Frankie had kept a secret from them, according to Us, yet Cody and Derrick assumed it might give him a leg up in the competition. Victoria is reportedly a huge fan of Ariana's, while other contestants selfishly hoped Frankie would introduce them to big stars or music producers.
Frankie, a former Broadway dancer, also announced he's a YouTube personality with nearly 10 million views, People reported.
Although Sunday night's Big Brother episode made it seem like Frankie planned to disclose his secret on a whim, the houseguest had discussed a similar strategy before the game even began.
"I don't want people knowing that I have a social media following and that Ariana Grande is my sister because I feel like both of those things will put an unnecessary target on my back," Frankie told People at the time.
"They will assume that if there is an America's vote or America's player that I will win it because I have a viral following. So if I am recognized as soon as I get into the house, I have to win and I have to do damage control."
However, Frankie said it would be appropriate and beneficial to reveal to the jurors he's Ariana's brother when they're determining who should be crowned Big Brother's sixteenth-season winner.
"I think the jury needs to know," he told the magazine. "I don't think it is something that will win me points with the jury if I blindside them with it at voting night, so I would probably want to slip it in before the jury starts getting evicted."
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