‘Celebrity Big Brother’ Season 3 Houseguests Shanna Moakler, Lamar Odom and More Break Down Their Strategies to Win

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'Celebrity Big Brother' Season 3 Houseguests Shanna Moakler, Lamar Odom and More Break Down Their Strategies to Win

In it to win it? The cast of Celebrity Big Brother season 3 are sharing their thoughts and strategies as they head into several weeks of competition in hopes of winning $250,000. [ami-related id="1448649" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/big-brother-celebrity-big-brother-winners-through-the-years/" title="‘Big Brother’ and ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ Winners Through the Years" target="_blank" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/big-brother-winners-promo.jpg?quality=86&strip=all" imgid="1448620" format="gallery" flag="" channel="9"] Us Weekly caught up with the 11 houseguests – former NBA player Lamar Odom, 'NSync singer Chris Kirkpatrick, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey, former Saturday Night Live comedian Chris Kattan, Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu, singer and dancer Todrick Hall, former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp, model and reality star Shanna Moakler, Diff'rent Strokes star Todd Bridges, former UFC champ Miesha Tate and Queer Eye star Carson Kressley – exclusively before they moved into the Big Brother house in Los Angeles. [jwplayer In1aaLME-zhNYySv2] Each star shared their plans for alliances, competitions and making it to the end, in addition to admitting their potential pitfalls in the game. They will be competing over the course of several weeks in an accelerated version of the long-running summer series hosted by Julie Chen-Moonves. The house is outfitted with over 90 HD cameras and over 100 microphones, recording the celebs’ every move 24 hours a day. They have no contact with the outside world. Fans can watch the celebrities live out their time in the competition via the live feeds, which are available on Paramount+. [ami-related id="1827635" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/big-brother-villains-through-the-years-where-are-they-now/" title="'Big Brother' Villains Through the Years: Where Are They Now?" target="_blank" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Big-Brother-Villians-Where-Are-They-Now.jpg?quality=86&strip=all" imgid="1827616" format="gallery" flag="" channel="9"] Following the premiere, the show will air “multiple nights each week” throughout February, with the finale airing on Wednesday, February 23. This iteration of the popular reality competition took a three-year hiatus, first premiering in February 2018 with actress Marissa Jaret Winokur beating out TV personality Ross Mathews. For the second season, which aired in 2019, singer and reality star Tamar Braxton won in a landslide vote over NFL player Ricky Williams, becoming the first Black winner of Big Brother in the U.S. So who will take the title this time around? Celebrity Big Brother premieres on CBS Wednesday, February 2, at 8/7c. Watch our interviews with the Celebrity Big Brother cast above or scroll down to read their answers...

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'Celebrity Big Brother' Season 3 Houseguests Shanna Moakler, Lamar Odom and More Break Down Their Strategies to Win

In it to win it? The cast of Celebrity Big Brother season 3 are sharing their thoughts and strategies as they head into several weeks of competition in hopes of winning $250,000. [ami-related id="1448649" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/big-brother-celebrity-big-brother-winners-through-the-years/" title="‘Big Brother’ and ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ Winners Through the Years" target="_blank" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/big-brother-winners-promo.jpg?quality=86&strip=all" imgid="1448620" format="gallery" flag="" channel="9"] Us Weekly caught up with the 11 houseguests – former NBA player Lamar Odom, 'NSync singer Chris Kirkpatrick, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey, former Saturday Night Live comedian Chris Kattan, Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu, singer and dancer Todrick Hall, former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp, model and reality star Shanna Moakler, Diff'rent Strokes star Todd Bridges, former UFC champ Miesha Tate and Queer Eye star Carson Kressley – exclusively before they moved into the Big Brother house in Los Angeles. [jwplayer In1aaLME-zhNYySv2] Each star shared their plans for alliances, competitions and making it to the end, in addition to admitting their potential pitfalls in the game. They will be competing over the course of several weeks in an accelerated version of the long-running summer series hosted by Julie Chen-Moonves. The house is outfitted with over 90 HD cameras and over 100 microphones, recording the celebs’ every move 24 hours a day. They have no contact with the outside world. Fans can watch the celebrities live out their time in the competition via the live feeds, which are available on Paramount+. [ami-related id="1827635" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/big-brother-villains-through-the-years-where-are-they-now/" title="'Big Brother' Villains Through the Years: Where Are They Now?" target="_blank" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Big-Brother-Villians-Where-Are-They-Now.jpg?quality=86&strip=all" imgid="1827616" format="gallery" flag="" channel="9"] Following the premiere, the show will air “multiple nights each week” throughout February, with the finale airing on Wednesday, February 23. This iteration of the popular reality competition took a three-year hiatus, first premiering in February 2018 with actress Marissa Jaret Winokur beating out TV personality Ross Mathews. For the second season, which aired in 2019, singer and reality star Tamar Braxton won in a landslide vote over NFL player Ricky Williams, becoming the first Black winner of Big Brother in the U.S. So who will take the title this time around? Celebrity Big Brother premieres on CBS Wednesday, February 2, at 8/7c. Watch our interviews with the Celebrity Big Brother cast above or scroll down to read their answers...

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Carson Kressley

Us: Have you watched Big Brother before, and if so, who are some of your favorite past players?

Carson Kressley: I wanted to get prepared before I did Celebrity Big Brother. So, of course I watched old seasons of Celebrity Big Brother, and I'm really impressed with my RuPaul's Drag Race co-judge Ross Mathews because he was very good at playing this game. So I'm gonna do what he did. 

Us: Would you ever throw a competition? Why or why not? 

CK: Oh, sometimes in Big Brother you can throw a competition [and] you kinda, like, fake it. And then it sets up like, “Oh, maybe you're not that good at this.” Then the next time, when it's your turn to shine, you can really surprise everybody. So yeah, I'd probably do that. 

Us: What are the main qualities that you will look for in an ally? 

CK: So alliances on Big Brother get very tricky because, you know, you just never know if they're legit. But, alliance partners … I’ve worked with so many people in Hollywood. I'm thinking I'm going to know some of these people when I get in there. And I'm just gonna look for alliances with people I already know because I know how they roll. 

Us: Which part of the game will be the hardest for you and why – the social connections, the strategy or the physical competitions?

CK: You know what's gonna be the hardest is the physical competition because my arms are the size of, like, bird’s legs, and this one doesn't even really work anymore. So, all the physical strength things, I'm just gonna be like, “No, thank you.”

Us: If you could take your closest ally to the final two, knowing that you might lose, or take someone you could definitely beat, who would you choose and why? 

CK: So, there's two ways to play it. If you're lucky enough to get to the end of the competition, you could bring along your BFF in the house, and it'd be really fun and nice and sweet. And then, either one of you – like either you or your new best friend – is gonna win all the money and win the competition and get all the glory. Or you could bring someone who you know you can just absolutely slay, and then you know you're gonna win. That's gonna be hard, but I'll pick the person I can slay.

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Chris Kattan

Us: Have you watched Big Brother before, and if so, who are some of your favorite past players?

Chris Kattan: I did not watch a lot of Big Brother before being cast on the show. I really enjoyed Tom Green when he was on. 

Us: Would you ever throw a competition? Why or why not? 

CK: I probably wouldn't really ever throw a petition because … unless someone asked me to and they thought that was the best thing to do at the moment.

Us: What are the main qualities that you will look for in an ally?

CK: I’ll probably look for kindness and generosity. I think I look for kindness and connection.

Us: Which part of the game will be the hardest for you and why – the social connections, the strategy or the physical competitions?

CK: I think the hardest thing for me on Celebrity Big Brother will be the physical competitions. 

Us: If you could take your closest ally to the final two, knowing that you might lose, or take someone you could definitely beat, who would you choose and why? 

CK: I don’t know the answer to that question. I'll probably try to take the closest ally to the last two. Because you get along with allies.

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Chris Kirkpatrick

Us: Have you watched Big Brother before, and if so, who are some of your favorite past players?

Chris Kirkpatrick: I’ve watched a ton of Big Brother in the past. I think everybody's favorite was Derrick [Levassuer]. There's a lot of Derricks that have played that I like actually. Derek [Xiao]. I loved Xavier [Prather] on this last season. I actually liked Jack [Jackson Michie] a couple seasons ago, mostly ‘cause he was from Nashville, but there's a lot of players that I find really cool things in their game that I like. Ian [Terry]. I loved Ian. I loved the nerdiness of Ian and how I see a lot of me, in that when he got into the house, he was freaking [out] about every little detail in the house and that’s probably what I would do.

Us: Would you ever throw a competition? Why or why not? 

CK: I don't know if I'd throw a competition or not. It depends on the circumstances. I think for the most part you want to go out and win, and I'm very competitive. I don't wanna throw anything, but if the circumstances needed me to throw it, and I had to throw it, then I would probably throw it. But for the most part, I wanna go out there and win. 

Us: What are the main qualities that you will look for in an ally? 

CK: I think the main quality that everybody looks for in an alliance partner is loyalty. You have to go into it with someone you trust, someone you know that isn't just out to satisfy you for the week and tell you what you want to hear. You want somebody that wants to win with you and take you as far as you want to take them. And that's the most important thing, loyalty.

Us: Which part of the game will be the hardest for you and why – the social connections, the strategy or the physical competitions?

CK: I think the hardest part of the game is gonna be strategy because you really have to think so many moves ahead, and there's so much luck involved with each challenge, and each time you win or lose, you have to kind of reshuffle everything and rethink it. So, that's gonna be the hardest. Social game should be pretty easy. The challenges are gonna be tough but fun, so we'll see. 

Us: If you could take your closest ally to the final two, knowing that you might lose, or take someone you could definitely beat, who would you choose and why? 

CK: I've seen this happen on the show before and I've contemplated whether I would bring my closest ally if I knew I would lose, or bring someone else if I knew I could beat him. I would have to say, I would probably play the loyalty card and let it fall where it falls, and bring the person that could beat me if I was loyal to them. 

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Cynthia Bailey

Us: Have you watched Big Brother before, and if so, who are some of your favorite past players?

Cynthia Bailey: I watched season 2 of [Celebrity] Big Brother because my girlfriend Kandi Burruss-Tucker was on the show. And I also know Tamar [Braxton]. I was basically rooting for both of them. And I was really happy that one of them won. I thought they both played an incredible game. 

Us: Would you ever throw a competition? Why or why not?

CB: I can't say I wouldn't do anything once I get into the Celebrity Big Brother house. I don't plan on really throwing a competition, to be honest, because I don't think I'm going to have to. I genuinely don't think I'm gonna be that great at a lot of the competitions anyway. So any of the competitions that I actually can win, I plan on winning. 

Us: What are the main qualities that you will look for in an ally? 

CB: The qualities that I will look for in an alliance partner is someone that I can trust, someone that has some integrity and someone who is a team player and who wants to win, but is happy if her close friend wins. It's kinda like if I win, you win. If I can't win, I want you to win.

Us: Which part of the game will be the hardest for you and why – the social connections, the strategy or the physical competitions?

CB: Physical competition will definitely be the most difficult part of being in the house for me. My knees are not what they used to be, and I'm definitely a woman of a certain age, and will probably be one of the older people in the house. 

Us: If you could take your closest ally to the final two, knowing that you might lose, or take someone you could definitely beat, who would you choose and why? 

CB: For the final two, I would probably take my closest ally with me because if I didn't win, I would really be happy that they won.

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Lamar Odom

Us: Have you watched Big Brother before, and if so, who are some of your favorite past players?

Lamar Odom: No, I haven't. I'm sad to say I haven't watched a lot of Big Brother. As a matter of fact, as soon as we get off this interview, I'm gonna make it my business to watch some of it right now. But, I haven't watched a lot of it. I think I get the concept and know what it’s about. 

Us: Would you ever throw a competition? Why or why not? 

LO: Would I ever throw a competition? No. Since I've been 8 or 9 years old, I've been always playing a sport. I never see myself losing on purpose. It’s against everything, who I am. 

Us: What are the main qualities that you will look for in an ally? 

LO: Trust, truth and honesty.

Us: Which part of the game will be the hardest for you and why – the social connections, the strategy or the physical competitions?

LO: Even though I'm out of shape a little bit right now, I think the physical competition's not gonna overwhelm me. I think the hardest part of the game for me would be to be disloyal to someone, purposely. 

Us: If you could take your closest ally to the final two, knowing that you might lose, or take someone you could definitely beat, who would you choose and why? 

LO: I'm taking the person I could definitely beat. Because even though we might have been allies, [my goal is] for me is to win. So, I wouldn't wanna chance that, if I could find a way not to chance that, then you know, f—k our friendship.

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Miesha Tate

Us: Have you watched Big Brother before, and if so, who are some of your favorite past players?

Miesha Tate: I watched zero Big Brother before casting. My expectations going into the show are to be ready to adapt. I know that it's the show slogan to “expect the unexpected.” And I think that is for a reason. 

Us: Would you ever throw a competition? Why or why not? 

MT: For the bigger picture, I might throw a competition. I realize that you need to be a team player until it's time to play individually. So, if that means I get to accomplish the ultimate goal, which is to win Big Brother, sometimes I might have to sacrifice one.

Us: What are the main qualities that you will look for in an ally? 

MT: In an alliance partner, I think it's gonna be really important for me to be with somebody who has the opposite strengths of me, somebody who is that social butterfly, somebody like Ross Mathews, who can float between alliances [and] stay 90 percent honest, get everybody in the direction that he needs them to be. I don't think I'm gonna do a good job in that. So, I think I will need a teammate who is.

Us: Which part of the game will be the hardest for you and why – the social connections, the strategy or the physical competitions?

MT: I think the hardest part of this competition is going to be the social strategy when it comes to building alliances and having to be sneaky, and be dishonest with people at times, even just not telling them the whole truth. I'm a very forward person. I usually speak exactly what's on my mind. I'm not sure how or what alliance I'm gonna fit into. And I usually don't like to play those kinds of games anyways, but here we are, Celebrity Big Brother. That's what it's about. 

Us: If you could take your closest ally to the final two, knowing that you might lose, or take someone you could definitely beat, who would you choose and why?  

MT: Don't quote me on this. But, I think I would rather take my closest ally knowing I might lose. I always like a really big challenge. And at the end of the day, Celebrity Big Brother is meant to be enjoyed. It's meant to be a game. But if I’m put in that position, I've never been there before, so I truthfully can't say exactly what I would do. 

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Mirai Nagasu

Us: Have you watched Big Brother before, and if so, who are some of your favorite past players?

Mirai Nagasu: If I'm being completely honest, I wasn't a dedicated viewer of Big Brother, but I definitely had it on the TV while I go do chores. There's something to be said about having a TV show that has been as popular as this one. So, I definitely know about it and have seen it, but I don't have as much knowledge as I should. I think I definitely really went ahead and studied Celebrity Big Brother since that's the house I’m going into. I have to say my favorite Celebrity Big Brother alumni is Metta World Peace because he kind of didn't seem like he really understood the game, but that was so endearing. And I really enjoyed his sense of humor. I think his lack of knowledge was almost his strategy going into the game. So, I loved watching that. 

Us: Would you ever throw a competition? Why or why not? 

MN: I think that I would absolutely throw a competition if it was best for my alliance and best for my own game. However, it'll definitely be difficult for me since I'm programmed, basically, to be competitive. So I'll have to really focus in on throwing the competition if that's the case. I hope I will have to throw some of the competitions because that means I have friends. 

Us: What are the main qualities that you will look for in an ally?  

MN: The main qualities I'll look for in an alliance partner is … I like to go off people's vibes. So, if people have good vibes, then that attracts me to them. I think that I know that it's a game, but whether I'm in the house or not, loyalty will be so important to me because when you're in the house with no technology, you have to trust each person's word. Loyalty is gonna come through for me.

Us: Which part of the game will be the hardest for you and why – the social connections, the strategy or the physical competitions?

MN: Well, I think the social game will be the hardest for me because as I'm used to being alone. I'm used to skating and competing by myself. So, the fact that I'll have to communicate what I'm going through, communicate my game strategy to my alliances, I think that'll be so difficult for me. But at the same time, I was asked earlier whether I would pick strategy master or social butterfly, and I picked social butterfly because I think that's more important because with strategy … I don't know. I feel like I might get luckier if I'm the social butterfly. 

Us: If you could take your closest ally to the final two, knowing that you might lose, or take someone you could definitely beat, who would you choose and why? 

MN: What a difficult question to ask. I think that I'm not sure how I would react. I think that since I'm not in the house yet, I would say I would pick my friend, but at the same time, money does call my name. So, I guess, I wouldn't know what I'd say.

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Shanna Moakler

Us: Have you watched Big Brother before, and if so, who are some of your favorite past players? 

Shanna Moakler: I have watched every season of Big Brother. Again, I am a super fan. Some of my favorite players are Paul [Abrahamian]. I love Derrick [Levasseur] because he is from Rhode Island and that's where I'm from too. 

Us: Would you ever throw a competition? Why or why not? 

SM: I would throw a competition if I felt that I was becoming too big of a threat and I was gonna put a target on my back. But, we'll have to see if that happens. 

Us: What are the main qualities that you will look for in an ally?  

SM: The qualities I'm looking for in an alliance partner is someone who is willing to come to me when they hear other information in the house – and just being honest and open and just having that energy where I know I can trust them. I'm really hoping to have one player in there that I know I can trust. 

Us: Which part of the game will be the hardest for you and why – the social connections, the strategy or the physical competitions? 

SM: I think the hardest part of the game for me is going to be the physical competitions. However, I'm really great at puzzles and mind games. So, that's where I'm gonna be strong, but it's the physical ones I'm worried about. 

Us: If you could take your closest ally to the final two, knowing that you might lose, or take someone you could definitely beat, who would you choose and why? 

SM: Sadly, I would not take my alliance member. This is a game and I'm going in to win. I've seen Survivor. I’ve seen people lose a million dollars to a lot of people. So, sadly, I would have to take someone that I felt that I could beat.

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Teddi Mellencamp

Us: Have you watched Big Brother before, and if so, who are some of your favorite past players?

Teddi Mellencamp: I watched a little bit of Big Brother before being cast, but now I have watched almost every episode. I think probably my favorite player are the ones that are the most open in in the diary room. I loved … I gotta think of who my favorite person is. There are so many good ones! Here's the problem. It shifts. At the beginning I have someone who is my favorite, and then it switches. I don't necessarily have a favorite because when I'm watching Celebrity Big Brother, somebody will start as my favorite and then they will like start to unravel. Like, Tom Green was originally my favorite because he's hilarious. But then as he was starting to get paranoid, I was like, “Uh oh.” So, you know, I'm just gonna have to see.

Us: Would you ever throw a competition? Why or why not? 

TM: So, I have been told by, like, fanatics of Big Brother not to win the first competition, as if that's just like gonna be effortless for me to win. However, I just don't think I could do that. I think I have to play every single game with my full heart.

Us: What are the main qualities that you will look for in an ally? 

TM: I feel like when you meet a true friend slash alliance, it feels effortless. You know right away that that is your person. I am hoping there is at least just one person in that house that I feel that exact way about, and feels the same way about me. I'll just get that natural feeling of just if that is somebody I could imagine spending my time with. I'm not a great person with just small talk and faking it. So, I absolutely feel like when I talk to my person, I'll know. 

Us: Which part of the game will be the hardest for you and why – the social connections, the strategy or the physical competitions?

TM: If any competitions having to do with math, code red. Let's just say I struggle helping my son do his first-grade math.

Us: If you could take your closest ally to the final two, knowing that you might lose, or take someone you could definitely beat, who would you choose and why? 

TM: If I could take either my biggest ally or my biggest competition to the final two, I would pick my biggest ally because if we supported each other through the whole thing, most likely that person is part of the reason I'm still there. 

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Todd Bridges

Us: Have you watched Big Brother before, and if so, who are some of your favorite past players?

Todd Bridges: The season that I watched, my favorite past player was Tamar Braxton. She played it just right. 

Us: Would you ever throw a competition? Why or why not? 

TB: I would never throw a competition. That's not me. I mean, I'll lose. I'm a good loser and I'm a gracious winner, but I ain't gonna throw anything.

Us: What are the main qualities that you will look for in an ally?

TB: Somebody who's honest who wants to play the game and wants to strategize together fairly, and not, you know, fake the alliance and then crush you. 

Us: Which part of the game will be the hardest for you and why – the social connections, the strategy or the physical competitions?

TB: I guess the connections. ‘Cause generally, I don't like people. People are mean. 

Us: If you could take your closest ally to the final two, knowing that you might lose, or take someone you could definitely beat, who would you choose and why? 

TB: I’d probably take somebody I can beat. I don't think I would take my closest ally who … I don't think I'd wanna see him get crushed. So, I would probably take somebody that you can beat, easy. 

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Todrick Hall

Us: Have you watched Big Brother before, and if so, who are some of your favorite past players?

Todrick Hall: I have watched a lot of Big Brother before going into the Big Brother house. I wasn't a fan for a long time, but in the past few years I have watched almost every single season. I love Jordan [Lloyd]. I think Rachel Reilly is TV gold, even though I think she's crazy and I'd be nervous to meet her. I kind of like Danielle [Donato-Briones] and Evel Dick [Donato]. I think that they are just one of the most dynamic duals, but I would say my all-time favorite players are Frankie Grande and Tommy Brocco because they're my friends. Tiffany [Mitchell] and [Hannah] Chaddha, who are close friends of mine who were staying at my house who were part of The Cookout. DX [Derek Xiao]. And my all-time favorite player is probably Derrick [Levasseur] from season 16. 

Us: Would you ever throw a competition? Why or why not? 

TH: I would definitely throw a competition because I don't have a lot of stamina. I am not a person that would stay hanging upside down for an hour and a half if I didn't feel like I needed to. I'm not that person. So, I think I could definitely throw a competition, unless I felt like it was do or die and was gonna be the difference between me staying in the game or leaving. Then I would definitely not throw it. 

Us: What are the main qualities that you will look for in an ally? 

TH: The main qualities I would look for in an alliance partner is somebody who proves themselves to be loyal. I think a lot of ways people prove themselves to be loyal is not when they're with you. It's the things that they do when you're not looking. It's the things that they say behind other people's backs that let you know where their loyalty really lies. I think loyalty is one of the most beautiful things in the world. It's one of the hardest things to spot and to identify because you just have to trust. It's literally like faith and believing in a religion. And so, I think that loyalty is the thing that I'll be looking for the most in an alliance partner. And if I feel when I look into someone's eyes and they look back into mind that it's someone I can trust, and if I believe the words that are coming out of their mouth, I think that’s somebody I’ll stick with until the end of the game, if at all possible.

Us: Which part of the game will be the hardest for you and why – the social connections, the strategy or the physical competitions?

TH: I think strategy might be the most difficult thing for me. I don't know. Sometimes I trust people I shouldn't trust way too much. And sometimes I don't trust people who have not given me a reason not to trust them. So, I think the social interactions with people is gonna be the part that's the most difficult. I also just have not had great experiences with straight men in my life. So, like, when there are straight guys around, I tend to like clam up and am usually not able to find a common ground for us to talk about, which makes life difficult for me sometimes because I want to be able to talk to them, but I think I have like so much trauma from growing up in Texas around straight guys that it's very difficult for me. And I think that could end up being something that will lead to my demise in the game if I don't find a way to push forward and find something in common with the straight guys there. Luckily, there will probably be people who are in the industry in some way, shape or form. So, I'm hoping that there are not people there who are extremely homophobic or, I don't know, super, super conservative because I don't think that our moral and ethic compasses will align in which case who knows what our dynamic will be. 

Us: If you could take your closest ally to the final two, knowing that you might lose, or take someone you could definitely beat, who would you choose and why? 

TH: I think it is a very difficult thing to decide if I would take my closest ally to the final two or to take somebody you know you can beat. I think in a regular season of Big Brother, there's 90 days of getting to know each other, or 70, 80, 90 days. I think in three weeks, there's no way you can form as strong of a bond as people do on a regular season of Big Brother. So, I don't know that it would be as difficult for me on a celebrity season to cut somebody who is my closest ally, because how close can you be in three weeks? Whereas, I think it would be difficult for me to do if I formed a bond with somebody over three months. So, I think that I would be able to cut them off. But, it just depends. I don't know because if I really, really liked someone, maybe the money wouldn't be worth it, you know?