The host explains why the celebrity version of the game was made for Frenchie.
But it turns out that was the mere appetizer.
“This game was made for Frenchie,” replied Moonves.
Brandon ‘Frenchie’ French on ‘Big Brother’.CBS
You mean Frenchie, as in the player who flamed out in epic fashion last summer in theBig Brotherhouse?
It was perhaps the biggest self-sabotage job in the history of the show.
To paraphrase a current celebrity contestant… whatchutalkinbout, Julie?
Julie Chen Moonves on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’.Sonja Flemming/CBS
Allow her to explain.
Because JCM may actually have an interesting point here to consider.
“He went in already with a plan,” says Moonves of Frenchie’s warp-speed approach.
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“He was playing hard, and fast, and too much.
Cry, cry, cry.
Fight, fight, fight.
Get it out, compete, make a deal.
Let me turn my back on you.'
Every Monday and Friday nights are our eviction night.”
It’s not going to not last too long.
And you better start thinking about what’s ahead.
So it’s like a pressure cooker.
JULIE CHEN MOONVES:Of course there are going to be fights.
It’s one bathroom and it’s 11 celebrities who are used to being numero uno.
Are you going to betray someone that you became besties with 45 minutes into moving into the house?"
Chenbot doesn’t like being wrong.
So what’syourbold prediction for season 3 ofCelebrity Big Brother?
My bold prediction is that Shanna Moakler andLamar Odomare going to fall in love.
And it’s going to be calledMeet the Odoms.
You have spin-off ideas dancing in your head already.
I’m producing it in my head.
With whom would you form an alliance in this cast if you were playing, Julie?
Okay, my heart would form an alliance with Todd Bridges because I loveDiff’rent Strokes.
He has two NBA rings, I have two NBA rings.
But I don’t think he knows the game that well, so that’d probably be a mistake.
And I love Chris Kattan, another mistake.
That’s my heart speaking because I’m of a certain age.
I have to realize he’s not Mango.
He’s not even the guy fromA Night at Roxbury.
You’ll have to show me your NBA title rings at some point, Julie.
And he was like, “No, I actually went to college with my dad.”
I was like, “Oh, I like this.
I like where this story’s going.
There’s a story there.
I like you, Chris Kattan.”
But I’m rooting for him because it’s been a while since the height of his fame.
And I’m still a fan.
I mean, in my mind, Mango was two weeks ago.
She’s a little bit wirey.
Who’s going to be the fan favorite this season?
Who’s going to be the player that people are going to be pulling for?
But I also think a lot of people who already love Cynthia Bailey.
I didn’t watchReal Housewives of Atlanta,but I understand she’s a fan favorite from that group.
I think she’s going to continue with that.
That’s got to be a different game just right there, right?
And we’re still going to have endurance challenges, so that is something to watch.
It doesn’t, Lamar Odom especially being like, what is he, six-foot-ten?
I don’t know.
I don’t even know.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
