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"Survivor contestant Brandon Hantz has spoken out following the ejection of his uncle Willie Hantz from Big Brother.  It was revealed in yesterday&amp;#039;s (July 21) episode of the CBS contest that Willie had been removed for repeatedly headbutting fellow contestant Joe Arvin and verbally abusing Janelle Pierzina after she made him a have-not.   In a webcam video uploaded to YouTube, Brandon - who competed in Survivor: South Pacific and is the nephew of one of the show&amp;#039;s most notorious villains Russell Hantz - addressed his relative&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;unfortunate&amp;quot; exit.  &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s family. He&amp;#039;s my family. He&amp;#039;s my blood,&amp;quot; Brandon said. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s my uncle and I&amp;#039;m gonna go to bat for him. &amp;quot;These are real people that have real feelings that you can test and that will lash back if necessary.&amp;quot;      Although Brandon admitted that Willie has &amp;quot;a problem&amp;quot; with losing and &amp;quot;temper issues&amp;quot;, he blasted suggestions that the 34-year-old is homophobic. &amp;quot;My little cousin Seth is a homosexual and [Willie] loves my cousin Seth very much,&amp;quot; he argued. &amp;quot;For people to call my Uncle Willie a homophobic person is completely inaccurate.  &amp;quot;I make fun of people all the time. I don&amp;#039;t care if you&amp;#039;re black, you&amp;#039;re white, you&amp;#039;re hispanic, you&amp;#039;re gay or you&amp;#039;re homosexual. Whenever I joke around I don&amp;#039;t discriminate.&amp;quot;  Willie had been coached by returning Big Brother player Britney Haynes and orchestrated the eviction of Kara Monaco as last week&amp;#039;s HOH before being expelled. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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