Big Brother fans we have some surprising news regarding our beloved host Julie Chen munves unfortunately she will be absent from the highly anticipated week 88 live eviction episode due to testing positive for covid-19 taking her place this week will be Jerry oconnell co-host of the talk who will step in to guide us through the eviction process as another house guest packs their bags and leaves the Big Brother house despite this setback the excitement continues as Big Brother 26 airs Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. EDT and Sundays at 9:00 p.m. EDT on CBS we wish Julia a swift recovery and can't wait to have her back in the hosting chair stay tuned as the drama unfolds this week