# ‘Big Brother’ alum Aaryn Gries blames dead dad for past racism controversy: ‘Biggest regret in my life’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/big-brother-alum-aaryn-gries-blames-dead-dad-for-past-racism-controversy-biggest-regret-in-my-life/
- Published: 2026-11-06T20:32:43+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T21:37:39+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://pagesix.com/2026/11/06/entertainment/big-brother-alum-aaryn-gries-blames-dead-dad-for-past-racism-controversy/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Aaryn Williams calls her 2013 remarks her biggest regret.
- She says her late father’s views shaped her upbringing.
- She says the public backlash helped her break a family cycle.

## Summary

Aaryn Williams, formerly known as Aaryn Gries, has reflected on the racist and homophobic remarks she made on “Big Brother” in 2013, calling them the biggest regret of her life. In a preview for Bravo’s upcoming “Small Town Trouble: Texas”, she said she grew up around racism and blamed her late father’s racist views for shaping her own.

Williams said she wanted to make her father proud and recalled that he refused to share her prom photos because her date was Black. She said being confronted over her behaviour helped her recognise how deeply ingrained her views were and break a family cycle. The controversy led to her modelling agency dropping her, boos from the live audience after her eviction and a tense interview with host Julie Chen Moonves; the new series premieres on 18 November.

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