Netflix‘s new live dating series has gotten off to a rocky start.
The streamer recently announced it would begin airing the viral YouTube dating experiment Pop the Balloon LIVE. In the series, singles line up to learn more about eligible romantic prospects. But if they’re not feeling the spark, they can pop the balloon at any point and possibly have the person eliminated.
Pop the Balloon, which is hosted by Insecure star and stand-up comedian Yvonne Orji, premiered just Thursday (April 10). But a major incident occurred during the live premiere when contestant Johnny Bananas, who many may remember from several seasons of The Challenge, made a racist joke about a Black woman on the show.
In a clip shared to X that has now been viewed 2.1 million times, Orji asks Bananas if any of the women on stage was his “type.”
“Let’s start with the toes,” Bananas
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