The Tea Kettle Boils Over

July 30, 2026

SPOILERThis recap reveals who was evicted this week. Keep reading only if you're caught up.

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Key Moments

Video Tape Tumble

Mallory pulls her eighth VHS tape a split second before Jason's seventh and wins the Block Buster, saving herself off the block.

12–0, Not One Vote

The house sends Jason home unanimously; the backdoor Kamu built all week lands without a hitch.

"Don't Touch Me"

Jason waves off Kamu's goodbye hug and walks out on his own terms, kettle in hand.

Top Three After All

Julie reveals Jason placed top three in the BB Time Capsule vote, gutting his belief that America hated him.

Salina Kept the Secret

Jason admits he could've flashed his Drag Race alter ego Salina EsTitties to build a bloc — and chose not to.

Eviction Night

Kamu's tea kettle finally screamed. After an hour-long "tea party" ambush on Sunday and a clean Monday backdoor, Week 3 came down to the three nominees — Jason, Mallory and LaTrice — fighting a Block Buster to yank themselves off the wall.

The comp was "Video Tape Tumble," a Time-Trip throwback: race to pull VHS tapes from a teetering video-store tower without toppling it. LaTrice's tower fell first at just two tapes. It came down to Jason and Mallory tape-for-tape until Mallory pulled her eighth to Jason's seventh and won herself off the block by a split second — leaving the season's real target exactly where Kamu wanted him.

With Mallory safe, the vote was a formality: Jason De Puy evicted 12–0, the third houseguest gone and not a single vote to keep him. Jason took it with his chin up — he told Julie he understood the house had every reason to cut him, and admitted he'd sat on a card he never played: he could have flashed his Drag Race past (he performs as Salina EsTitties) to build a reality-TV bloc, and chose not to. Julie's verdict: sharp read of the house, but "too loose-lipped."

The exit had teeth. When Kamu reached in for a hug, Jason snapped — "don't touch me" — and walked to the door on his own terms, telling the house to grab the kettle and "air them out" the way they'd aired him. Then the twist knife: Julie revealed Jason placed top three in the BB Time Capsule fan vote, quietly torching his week-long fear that America hated him. Kettle off. Salina out. Toolshed still standing.

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