Bayleigh Dayton has offered her reaction to hearing that Christmas Abbott was afraid to "get shot" by her on the Big Brother 22: All-Stars live feeds. Model, social media influencer, and TV personality Bayleigh Dayton has become very successful over the years. As a model, Bayleigh became the first-ever Black woman to win Miss Missouri USA. Recently, she was chosen to be an ambassador for Savage X, which is Rihanna's lingerie brand. As a social media influencer, Bayleigh reaches 186,000 followers on her Instagram profile and 13,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel. As a TV personality, she first competed on Big Brother 20, where she met her now-husband Chris 'Swaggy C' Williams. In 2020, Bayleigh competed on both The Challenge: Total Madness and on Big Brother: All-Stars.
Through her friendship with Da'Vonne on BB22, Bayleigh set an important example of Black women who support each other... challenging the archaic reality TV trope that women must be rivals. With that said, certain Big Brother contestants have had a much harder time doing that. As the first female Head of Household of the season, Christmas Abbott chose not to nominate Tyler Crispen for eviction, even after he asked her to. She instead targeted Bayleigh, who was her ally. During a meeting with the Committee alliance, Christmas said the following about nominating Bayleigh: "How do you think I feel? I'm gonna get shot. Somebody's gonna put a fork in my face today. I'm just saying... I'm scared."
As the latest evictee from Big Brother: All-Stars, Bayleigh is now able to react to those things that were said behind her back. In an interview with ET Canada (seen below), she was asked about that particular remark from Christmas about potentially getting attacked. This is what Bayleigh has to say to Christmas: "I've grown up in an amazing home, two-parent household, in the best neighborhoods. Private school education. And those negative connotations that she tries to project onto all Black people do not apply to me in my life, or to Da'vonne in her life, and she's absolutely wrong."
Da'vonne and Bayleigh are now also being credited by Big Brother 22 fans for delivering two of the best nomination block speeches of all time. In her speech, Da'Vonne called for justice for Breonna Taylor, uttered her support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and brought up the importance of remembering Black trans people whenever talking about this cause. In turn, Bayleigh reinforced the idea that her friendship with Da'Vonne on BB22 is setting a new example for Black women competing on a reality show. She also declared that her Black Girl Magic bond with Da'Vonne will still exist long after this show ends.
Inside the Big Brother: All-Stars house, the game must go on. Nonetheless, it is very important and relevant for the fans to listen to Bayleigh reacting to some of the harsh and unwarranted things that were said about her during the season.
Big Brother 22: All-Stars airs Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays at 8pm EST on CBS.
Sources: ET Canada