Reality TV veteran Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio is under fire after a post from his social media account sparked controversy. The post, which included six banana emojis followed by a gorilla emoji, was seen as a response to a comment from “Big Brother” winner Taylor Hale,

Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, best known for competing on two dozen seasons of MTV’s “The Challenge,” is under fire for a message posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Feb. 4. It all began days earlier, as he shared multiple messages about the competition between “Challenge” cast members and members of “Big Brother,

Johnny Bananas denied sending a Gorilla emoji tweet to former Big Brother winner Taylor Hale, which caused severe backlash on social media. Last week, several X messages went on The Challenge winner’s X account,

The Real World and Challenge veteran’s social media account replied to a snarky post by the first Black woman to win Big Brother with a sequence of six banana emojis and a gorilla emoji, sparking a heated exchange.