BB8 'Big Brother 8' Houseguest Was Smoked Out:
BB8 'Big Brother 8' Houseguest Was Smoked Out:
Aug. 27 -- Some contestants go out of the
'Big Brother 8'
house with a whimper and a few tears and a lot of hugs, and others go out with a
bang like Jen Johnson did last Thursday night. She told the voting houseguests
she was glad to be leaving and she got few hugs on her way to the door. She
stirred up a heap of trouble earlier in the week by breaking her food
restriction rules, trashing Evel Dick's cigarettes and instigating a physical
fight with the smoker that left her burned -- literally.
AOL TV's Angel Cohn
caught up with the unpredictable Jen before she headed off for jury duty.
Because of sequester restrictions we were unable to discuss America's Player or
any conversation Jen was not involved in, but still the saucy nanny still had
plenty to sound off on, including Evel Dick, eating slop and what prompted her
Jensa Member T-shirts.
After you were evicted you got to dunk the losing players in the HOH
competition. Was that kind of a nice revenge?
That was fun. I'm glad 'Big Brother' decided that on my week, randomly, that I
got to be the one to splash everyone in the water. It was cool to still be a
part of the game, even though I wasn't.
And you got to see who won HOH.
Yeah, that was cool. Thank god it wasn't Dick.
What prompted you to destroy his cigarettes?
I had wanted to destroy cigarettes before even moving into the house of anyone
who happened to smoke. I had destroyed a couple of packs of cigarettes
previously but he had them all hidden. When I found his secret hiding spot, I
decided that was the time.
You packed up all your clothing in advance. Did you know he'd retaliate?
Last time it was backwards he threw all my clothes everywhere and I smashed his
cigarettes. I thought it was probably going to happen again.
Did your hand really get injured?
Nah. It is just like a fake burn, it is fine.
That was a nasty fight the two of you had.
I don't like that. I feel like for the rest of the time I was more me and more
happy and then I had to end on such a [bad] note. My last episode is all
negative and not me and it just sucks.
You kept saying at the beginning that this was just a game and it wasn't
personal. At some point did you let it get personal?
It is a game, but it is personal, how you treat people is how you treat people,
it is not different.
It is hard to get a read on you, you'll seem really upset and then two
minutes later you'll seem fine and happy.
I'm not really sure how I'm portrayed, but on the show, and in real life, I'm
definitely upbeat and nothing brings me down for anything.
Not even getting iced tea dumped on your head by Dick?
Yeah. I felt bad for him because he had to be shown acting like a two year old
on national television.
Were you really upset about your picture on the memory wall?
Yup! It was really bad. The most I cried on the show out of 55 days was [after]
seeing that horrible, horrible picture. If you go online, you can find better
pictures of me.
Do you think getting that upset over such a small thing got you off on the
wrong foot with the other houseguests?
My houseguests got upset with me about a lot of things. As many people have
stated, I grow on you. Once you know me, I'm easier to understand.
Were the T-shirts for fun or strategy?
For fun! My best friend calls me a Jenius. I was like, "That would be funny. I
should make a shirt that says Jenius." I headed to the [craft store] and bought
iron-on letters. I got a ton of them, like 50 packs! Then I was really bored in
sequester the week before the show started airing. I just made a ton of shirts
and things.
You've been pretty vocal about not wanting to go to sequester, but isn't that
better than being in the house with these crazy people?
Yes. I definitely decided that on my last day. If you noticed my exit speech, it
was, "I was happy to come here and I'm happy to leave." I am more excited about
it now because it is really cool to hear and talk to real people who aren't out
to trick you. It is good to see that it's not what it is really like out in the
real world. I was beginning to think, "Am I going to have some trust issues when
I get out of here?" It will be good to have a transition between living in the
house and living in the real world.
You seem like you would have been excited if one of your enemies came down as
part of the twist.
I would have loved it! I knew I didn't have any, maybe now I do. [Laughs] Next
year it will be the same twist and it will be Evel and I. I'll be like, "NO!
Evict me, Evict me!"
How bad is slop?
I'm pretty much OK with it. I ate it a lot. I actually gained weight on slop. I
just ate it all the time because I was bored. The whole episode about how I ate
and everything wasn't about the slop, it was just that I was mad.
Did you regret that you ate food and ended up with the penalty vote?
I don't really care about the penalty vote. I think that had I not eaten the
slop, I would have definitely stayed in the house. But a lot of people in the
house thought that my eating ruined the integrity of the game and they were very
upset by it and at that point there was really no winning them over.
Was there something that you did on the show that you are proud of?
Everything! I think what I'm most proud of is how I took everything and embraced
everything and took everything happily. Like the bunny suit, for instance, Kail
and Daniele were miserable and moping around. I'm just like, "Yay, this is fun."
I tried to make everything a positive situation.
Right, most people would be unhappy in a unitard for a week.
I was thrilled! Why not? At first I was just wearing it and then it was really
hot. So I made it into a halter dress and a tube dress. Then I was getting all
white and I wanted to be in the hot tub, so I was like, "I'm going to see if I
can create swimwear and I did."
Who do you think is playing the game hardest?
I think Dick and Daniele are just running the house and it kills me. I've told
everyone that and no one believes me. It is like last year letting Mike and Will
run through the house basically. You know they are the biggest threats, yet you
keep them around because they are the biggest threats. It makes no sense and it
is very annoying and no one believes me.
Speaking of Mike "Boogie" Malin from season two and all-stars, what's the
deal? Are you two friends?
I'm friends with Lonnie [Moore] who is Boogie's business partner. We had
happened to hang out in the Bahamas the month before, but I didn't even know I
was on the show. I didn't get any advice or anything like that. Even if I had
talked to him about it, the things that he would have given me as tips are
things that I wouldn't have done any way because I'm just not that kind of
person.
You weren't going to propose to anyone on national TV or have a showmance?
[Laughs] Probably not! I guess maybe Jessica took that tip.