Okay so maybe that title is a bit too much. Hey I have a flair for the dramatic! Last night I chatted @ JokersUpdates. It's billed as my last chat ever about BB3 and All-Stars. Yeah, it's probably like Barbra Streisand never touring again but whatever! Anyway here is my addendum to the chat. Get me with the big fancy words. At least part of that college edumacaten didn't got to waste!
Chats move too fast. And you can't really type out detailed explanations to your answers. Therefore I am expanding on a few of the major themes from my chat @ JU.
To further explain the cheating in the first veto comp: We were expressly told (during the reading of the rules off camera) not to hint or give anyone a veto. The players were also told not to speak to each other. Jase handed Janelle a sofa cushion which contained a veto. Janelle was like "What?" And Jase said, "There's a veto in here." Allison and Danielle both went to the producers about it. Allison was very vocal about her anger. I know several of the HGs talked about it but I'm sure we went to flames or other cameras.
From what I hear from the house guests these were the same rules that were given for the Voodoo Veto comp. The rules that are read on camera often differ from the ones that are given to the house guests by the producers off camera before a competition starts. I think this is what James was so upset about. And he has a right to be upset! He got evicted! He went out under unfair circumstances! The exact way I left. If Erika's HoH hadn't been reversed I wouldn't have gone home. CT only went after me week 6 to save themselves. Erika would never have put me up.
About House Calls: I certainly hope my candor doesn't cost me House Calls. It's a show that was created with me in mind as the host. For 2 seasons I not only hosted it but helped to produce it. All of the things that I've said about BB are things other HGs have also said and are in fact true.
It is a strange fact of life that people can be punished for truth. For honesty. I hope this isn't one of those cases. I think that I was edited poorly because I was so vocal about certain things that occurred. The victim of "Bad Parent" as it were; "Stop crying or I shall give you something to cry about."
But as Maya Angelou wrote:
Still I Rise
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own backyard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
About Will/Janelle/whomever: I stated on my blog months ago I thought Will and Erin would be engaged soon. I said that to piss off the Willnellians. Or whatever they call themselves. What I hope is that Will and Janelle find happiness in their lives. No matter who with. They are great people and obviously inspire others. The bigger point is it's their business. The show ended. Let it go. Stop pushing your ghetto fairy tale fantasy. And stop being so easily manipulated. I'm just saying...
Here's my take on the Flirtmance: Janelle made decisions that were better for Will than for her alliance. Now let's breakdown who was in her alliance. Me (secretly), Howie, James and Kaysar. Janelle knew I wanted CT gone. They wanted me gone. I knew they were over-extended and had no intention of honoring any deal with anyone other than each other. A lot has been made of my dinner with Mike and Will before BB. As the producers told us before the show, if you have a pre-existing deal with someone establish it on the show. Was there ever a conversation between me and CT about getting to the end? No. That dinner flew out the window the moment we walked through the doors. By week 3 Mike told anyone who would listen he was gonna put Janelle and I up. And to be honest I went to dinner with them but never believed in a million years Mike was gonna make it onto All-Stars.
The point is this; everyone had deals going in. Did I ever say to CT once the show started "you and I to the end?" Or even let's work together? No. Because I was smart enough to know that was wasted breath. And Will and Mike were smart enough to know I wasn't buying what they were selling.
If Janelle had honored her promise to Me, Howie, James and Kaysar week four and put up CT it would have taken the heat off The 4 and maybe brought them another week. Her refusal to put up Will, to turn on Erika and then her helping Mike win the veto and then nominate Diane, mobilized the "Floaters." And really turned the house against her and The 4.
One more thing. I talked trash about Janelle because I didn't want people to think we were working together. She did the same to me. It's called strategy. If the entire house is saying they are getting rid of someone then you for damn sure better say it too. Or you make yourself a target. I would never have nominated Janelle for eviction. I told her that. I said it in the diary room but lo and behold that never made the cut because I'm the "bad friend" in a game where you have no friends. I also, mistakenly, told Danielle I wouldn't put Janelle up. It was my undoing. Well part of it anyway...
On week 4 throwing the HoH; Yeah I threw it. My strategy was to go under the wire as long as I possibly could. I wanted to be the Drew of All-Stars. Be cool with everyone. Go back and forth between alliances causing a bit of friction and just stay the hell out of the line of fire! I knew the answer to the question. But I also felt confident that Janelle would keep the promise she made to me and The 4 to put up CT. She promised us that! It's why I eliminated Kaysar and not her. And I loved Diane. I felt responsible for her leaving. If I hadn't ducked that HoH because I didn't want to be the one to put up and send out a member of CT, Diane would have been safe. Yes, in retrospect I shouldn't have cared who went as long as it wasn't me but I love Diane. I'm human. I took that hard. I was pissed @ Janelle. That doesn't mean I don't love Janelle. I get to be angry with her decision.
And let's not forget she realized her error and how it impacted Howie and I. She apologized to us when she evicted Will. If she'd gotten rid of one member of CT week 4 or even week 6, I would have been there longer and so would Howie. The 2 peeps who wouldn't have put her up.
I voted for Erika to win All-Stars because she answered the final question best. She helped Janelle see the light and get rid of Will. Will came to sequester and said "Janelle spanked his ass but Erika was behind it." He admitted it was Erika who did it. Mike's answer to my last question was "My most strategic move was not using the special power." Excuse me? What? If it weren't for Danielle telling you the answer you wouldn't have had it! And then how is it strategy to not use it when you don't have to? Sorry, bad answer. I also thought Mike only got as far as he did because of Will. Was the jury rewarding Mike's game play or Will's? My vote wasn't personal. I do not dislike Mike. My vote was based on the best answer to my final question. If Mike had said, "riding Will's coattails," or "being Will's friend" I would have given him my vote because that was good strategy.
One thing I learned after season 6 and All-Stars is this; give the house guests a break. They are human. Treat them with the same respect you want. And deserve. I think that lesson will make me a better House Calls host. Hate the game not the player. Actually don't hate either as they are both entertaining! Especially don't hate the player since you don't know the player and they never did anything to you. All the ill will you point @ the house guests says less about them and so much about you. And the same can be said about too much "adoration."
This was my last chat about BB3 and All-Stars. I risked it all. I told my truth as I saw it. Doing this chat was my way of expunging lingering disappointment @ the way All-Stars played out. It's also a way to give the finger to my detractors. I'm not bitter. BB AS was difficult but it was awesome too. Hell I can't believe I lasted as long as I did (either season)! Will and I thought we'd be out week one and two!
Big Brother has been an amazing vehicle for me. I've gotten much from it and lost some too... But it doesn't define me. 12 weeks, no wait 22 weeks out of my life do not define who I am. That story has yet to be told.
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