BB28 Thursday Live Feed Update August 6, 2026

[00:00:10] and Taran Armstrong, Talk Big Brother, looking at the stuff from yesterday. All the drama, all the strategy and silliness from Fido to HOH. You know he is the reason, you know what's happened. Rob said that he could do it, tomorrow he will do it again.

[00:00:43] Hello everyone and good morning. Welcome to our live feed update for August 6. I'm your host, Taren Armstrong, and I'm here to update you on everything that happened yesterday. The Big Brother 28 live feeds. It was day 30 in the house. And some more vote, more vote talk, some, some sad sort of pseudo goodbyes.

[00:01:11] And, and really, in my opinion, a vote that is still somewhat up in the air coming into today as the eviction looms. So with me to talk about it all is Jacob. How you doing Jacob? I'm feeling really good, Taren. I'm feeling really good. We did have a somber-esque yesterday, but it made me like some characters more.

[00:01:36] It made me give props to other characters that I never thought I would utter anything good about. And I'm excited to chat with you about the love story, about how Angela is kind of flipping in a good direction in regards to how I'm viewing her now.

[00:01:56] Um, and I'm trying to think anyone that was just a good overcast Taylor. I'm happy. I'm happy. I'm happy. I'm happy. I'm good. I'm excited. I'm chatty. So you about to get it all. All right. Well, uh, by the way, both Jacob and I, we were just talking about, we'll, we'll both be in Milwaukee, uh, just a few weeks from now. If you have not gotten your tickets already and you want to hang out, make sure you go ahead and do that.

[00:02:25] And also I've never been to, I've never been to Milwaukee before. So I'm excited to experience the culture of the Milwaukeeans and also meet some RHA listeners and just hang out and vibe and talk about our favorite show. So it'll be fun. Yes. Is that a concept? Milwaukeeans? Milwaukeeans? Is that like a thing? Why not? Yeah. All right. We're making it here.

[00:02:53] As you know, Haley is the HOH. Drew, Melody, and Lyric are on the block just the day before D had decided she wanted to flip the vote to keep Drew. Uh, she and Devin's and Angela did that, uh, with Haley trying to essentially make Haley feel like it was her idea.

[00:03:15] It worked very well. And so Drew is now staying against Melody. However, later in the day when Haley talked to Kamu, Kamu said that he did not want Drew to stay next to Lyric. He would want Lyric to stay over Drew, Drew to stay over Melody. And that's kind of where things loosely fell. But we didn't quite yet know exactly what D's thoughts on that plan would be.

[00:03:42] So that's kind of where we started the day. Um, now Barrett had been informed about the new Drew plan. Uh, and he talks with Angela about it. Um, Angela, who doesn't really talk with Barrett all that much. Uh, Angela, really the person who spends more time with Haley, which is a bit of a thing when it comes to how D and Devin see her.

[00:04:08] Uh, does talk to Barrett a little bit, mostly just Angela's line is very much like, I don't, I don't, they don't really listen to me. Like I'm left out of the decision making. I don't really have any influence. Um, and so, uh, she's kind of just like, cause, cause Barrett's been like, why is nobody else telling me the plan other than D and Devin's? Um, and so now Angela's getting her token, like conversation in with him.

[00:04:32] Uh, and, and basically just pretending to be left out of things, which is why she doesn't talk all that much. Barrett, why are the only people you're hearing stuff from is from D and Devin's? Because that's the only people you really talk to in that alliance is D and Devin's. I don't see you snuggling up to Kamu. I don't see you snuggling up to Haley or Chuck or even Angela.

[00:04:51] And so if the, if the giggly girls or the other girls that you talked to in D and Devin's and Drew, and the plan is for Drew, like stop being entitled to information in my mind that you don't even go out there and search. I get how it can be perceived, but like this, Oh, how come I don't understand why they're not telling me? You don't even like them. You don't even appreciate them. You don't even want to talk to them. So why are you in this posture? But for Angela, I did like this from her. You know, I also think we're getting a different Angela.

[00:05:21] She's able to play a nastier game in the way of being sly in the way of being sneaky in the way of being smooth that I'm really clocking and appreciating. Um, but I like this kind of, um, approach to Angela. I'm being left out too. Like, I don't really know. Can you tell me something? He ain't telling you nothing. So.

[00:05:37] Yeah. Oh, well, Angela also talks to drew, uh, drew very much playing up how loyal he is to the vets because he is, uh, and how he thinks, because really the point of this conversation is less to campaign for himself. Cause he already thinks he's good. Uh, more sort of campaign for melody says the melody is not coming for Angela. She's not coming for the vets.

[00:05:59] He recognizes he's biased, but, uh, he really thinks that she should stay. He does kind of go around with that campaign, uh, a bit throughout the day, but it's not really landing. Uh, so, you know, it's not, it's not really going to go anywhere. And then we get puppy dogs the rest of the day, puppy dog eyes the rest of the day.

[00:06:21] Yeah. Um, Barrett kind of goes slightly rogue and fully just tells Yash about the vote, uh, plan. Uh, he tells Yash that drew is now staying. According to what he's been hearing. Yash is surprised by this and concerned by this because Yash has fully since basically the beginning of the week dropped drew and started making plans without drew and is fully locked in with lyric as well.

[00:06:50] Uh, and really does not want lyric to go. So he's kind of like, Whoa, what do you mean drew staying? Who, who, who told you this? And Barrett says, I heard it from Devin's. Uh, and Yash is like, well, is he staying over lyric? Like what is, what is going on? Like Yash is concerned and Yash is going to spend great, basically the entire day trying to make sure that lyric has the votes to stay over drew.

[00:07:15] Ideally, even if he can manage it to flip the votes back onto drew over melody. Uh, he's not going to find a lot of success, uh, with the latter, but with the former, that was already kind of plan, but he's really like he's working. I appreciate it. To be honest. I like seeing a man go to work and Yash, you've had days of sleepy days where you didn't have to do nothing. So get up and work.

[00:07:37] Um, I also liked that he spent the entire day because after this decision to get drew out, Yash has completely diverted any kind of like friendliness or just any sort of drew connection out the window. And it's so hardcore on instilling confidence and knowledge and wisdom and love into lyric that that's his golden sheep that he wants to make it out with, which I'm kind of okay.

[00:08:03] Because for Yash game, I can kind of see how that works. You know, in a sense, lyric does see, I'd never know where lyric real loyalty lie, but I, she's so finicky and stuff. And she's so lover girl and googly eyes and soft-spoken and that I always think like I can just never pinpoint it, but I did like it from Yash though.

[00:08:23] You're saying that when you hear that your final two might be in danger, that you should work to try to keep them safe. That doesn't sound right. Not, especially not in this house, especially. Yeah.

[00:08:41] Uh, so drew also then talks to melody. He tells melody to talk to Angela. She does. She has a conversation with Angela. Um, there's a lot of talk about melody, not campaigning. There's a lot of talk even from herself about it. Uh, as she talks to the cams or really talks to, she does a thing where she's, uh, there's a phone.

[00:09:03] She talks to her mom, uh, on the phone. Um, but she recognizes that she could have been campaigning more, but, uh, you know, it's just, she's basically just been on the bottom since the game started. She has a funny conversation with Mallory where they're like, we don't like Derek, big brother, 16, Derek anymore. Cause he never had to be on the phone.

[00:09:24] Screw that guy. Um, but basically this is like kind of her one campaign conversation she has with Angela. Uh, she says, I'm not coming after you or essentially the vets. Uh, and she, and she's, I haven't made that promise to everyone. Unlike some people, uh, it was not a terrible conversation to have. And yes, she should have been having more of them, but, uh, it's again, it's, it's just not going to quite land here.

[00:09:52] Melody's head was out of the game last night. Um, and I mean, not just last night throughout the entire day. And it is hard to know that impending doom is coming and to still want to try to advocate for yourself because she has been on the bottom this entire game. Cause we've had the same group BHOA for four weeks now, which is crazy. D Devin's Kamu Haley. That's insane. I mean, that's, it's crazy to even, it's crazy to even witness.

[00:10:19] And so for Melody, all the energy was sucked from her yesterday. Um, but also big brother and maybe cause I'm closer into this season, they have a weird way. And a lot of reality shows do this, that they make the people likable as they're headed out the door. And I don't know if it's because we're seeing them at the lowest state that they can. So they have to just, you know, be themselves and they can't be anything contrived. But Melanie, as she's, you know, possibly making her way out the door tonight, um, has been so likable.

[00:10:48] And I've been rooting for her even in moments of mopeyness. Um, I mean, Drew is right there to console, console, console her and like wipe her tears and things like that as it falls. But I feel for you, Melanie. And I, I do hope you stay, but it ain't looking too good. My girl. I know. I, I personally think that Melody's better TV than Drew. At least she has been. Uh, she's also like,

[00:11:12] for as much as she's kind of like not campaigned all that much this week. Um, I do actually think she has more fire in her than Drew does. Uh, I, the, a flip is always fun, but I'm kind of, I'm kind of upset that it's at Melody's expense here. Uh,

[00:11:31] because I think losing Melody is a, is a huge loss. She's really good in the DR. And, um, you know, I just think, uh, it would, it would be unfortunate if we lost her tonight, but it is looking pretty likely. She's a fun character, Taryn. And you're right. I do think Drew only has, we've seen him in a low state of, I guess, I'm, I'm, I'm curious if I'm going home, but the only thing I can do is just ask and beg and just reaffirm, but not really much outside of that.

[00:11:58] Melody, when she talks and when she talks to her people, when she talks to Taylor, when she's talked to Yash and when she's talked to the girls, she has so much illogical sense behind her and not just emotional begging and pleading, which I really like. Um, uh, shout out to Melody, you know, shout out to the dogs at the crib. Melanie, I'm pulling for you in this battle bat. Fingers crossed my girl. Uh, so, uh, there is a conversation between Angela and Yash, of course, very interesting given that Angela is,

[00:12:28] not on the Yash, uh, train or the, she's not a Yash, a Yash can, um, uh, Yash can, I guess. Uh, it feels weird to mispronounce his name too, but either way, uh, she has a conversation with him basically like, Hey, you know, I have heard you've said my name. Uh, he says, absolutely not. He completely denies it. Um, that's not true at all. I don't think this worked on Angela, but it's worth pointing out that they did have this conversation.

[00:12:58] Um, Yash also talks to Chuck about the vote. Again, he's going to spend much of the day doing this. He wants to make sure that Lyric stays against anyone. He knows that Chuck is pro Lyric and he wants to check in with Chuck to make sure that Chuck is still on board with that and get more information about the vote flip. Chuck doesn't really agree with the vote flip in general. He kind of does want Drew gone, but he was like, whatever. Uh, but they both agreed that they will be voting for Lyric to stay over Drew, uh, as they're both kind of, um, I guess you,

[00:13:28] we could call it like Lyric's harem is like Yash, Chuck and Kamu. Yeah. Lyrics, um, lyrics, lyric in the boys, lyrics, guys, lyrics, lyrics, web, um, Her roster. Her roster. That's it. Her roster. This is her roster. One, uh, one person from her roster was like, yo, our girl is up. We got to save her. Yeah. Let's, let's try to save her. We both like, we both like the flourish. We both like the, we both have the cute moments.

[00:13:55] I mean, lyric has a nasty roster. Taryn Chuck, nasty body. Yash. Cute personality. Kamu. Other than the other stuff, just looking at them on paper, good looking guy. Rome. I mean, she got the rosters of the rosters. We really want to talk about it. And she got, she has the roster that people want to go to bat for. Like it's seldom that you see guys that just flirt with girls on this show, go to bat for them.

[00:14:23] And so the fact that lyric, yeah, her position is, I think more interested into them, you know, her staying for them, but also they're going to bat for it. So a little flirt, a little cute smile, a little hair flip, a little damsel in distress. Everyone wants to have that approach to save the damsel. And I think especially Chuck and Yash. Yeah. Yeah. So Kamu is going to have a conversation with Angela. There's a bunch of people that, uh, that kind of come into this conversation,

[00:14:50] but basically we know already Kamu's expectations are that Drew stays against melody, but that Drew leaves against lyric. And his logic is we need to break drew and melody up regardless of what the outcome of tonight is. Uh, and so he's continuing to express that and, and, and say that to the people he's, he's talking to, including Angela in this conversation, D does join the conversation later,

[00:15:17] but misses part of it. Uh, Kamu also then expects for next week to be Barrett and Mallory's turn, uh, that one of Barrett or Mallory should leave next week to break them up after they've broken one of true and melody up. Um, so, uh, worth noting though, that, you know, when Angela further fills D in on exactly what Kamu was saying, uh, D is annoyed. She's like, hold on, hold on.

[00:15:46] That's not what I incepted. I want Drew to stay in all scenarios. Uh, says D and she's very annoyed that Kamu seemingly was able to get into Haley's head and in D's mind, change Haley's mind. Now, he didn't really change Haley's mind as much as I think D didn't realize that they hadn't really

[00:16:15] like finished the job, uh, the night before because they had talked about voting melody out, which yes meant keeping drew, but they didn't get around to keeping drew over lyric. In fact, I think it was even mentioned that drew would still probably leave over lyric in that conversation. Uh, but D was like, well, no, I'm, I want drew to stay. I'm voting for drew to stay against anybody.

[00:16:43] This is interesting. She tells Angela that she wants to, that she wants to like make this happen. She talks to Devin's about it too. Like she wants to convince Haley, especially to go along with what she wants, which is keeping drew over lyric. Uh, she talks to the cameras as well about how she doesn't like how close Angela is to Haley. She says she doesn't like the Kamu changed her plan. He's got to go. Um, and she thinks that maybe she can get Haley to change her mind on lyric by telling her

[00:17:10] that Kamu has a crush on lyric. And then maybe that's why he wants to keep her. Maybe there's some flirting going on, like really play into that. She talks to Devin's about it. Um, and Devin's kind of puts, uh, some ice on this. He says like, maybe we should chill on it. Like it might not worth be pushed. It might not be worth pushing considering that it means this, this old scenario only happens if melody wins the blockbuster, which is so unlikely. Uh, like why even bother with all

[00:17:37] of this? But the, and so I'll tell you right now, this is the main bit of uncertainty when it comes to tonight. D still really wants this, which is drew staying over lyric. The rest of the day is going to be the house solidifying the true leaves over lyric. D never like comes back to this, uh, either because she has been cooled down by Devin's or because she's waiting

[00:18:01] or just didn't get around to it, uh, and might talk to some people about it today, uh, or might even make a last minute push. If she really wants this to happen. D who has, it's, you know, has sort of been able to express a lot of influence in the house. Uh, I don't think we'll want to take it lightly. Uh, if, uh, if things are going the way that she doesn't want. So, uh, so this is the main thing to watch out for. There's not a resolution for it in the day that I'm talking

[00:18:31] about, but today, the actual today on Thursday, there could be some stuff happening. I do think there are going to be some last minute changes because D wasn't passively saying, I want you to stay. She was saying, I don't give a F what they want upstairs. I'm doing this and this is what is going to happen. Um, which I didn't know that D was that, like, was that hungry for it? Like, I just thought again, if it went that way, it was good.

[00:19:00] But like, she's so in this mindset of Chuck, Kamu and who's the, Oh, and Haley at some point they need to go. And at some point I would like that to happen like next week. And I'm kind of like, I feel like they have too many things locked in the vault that they can unleash this early on. Especially if you want to keep drew the fact that you were in putting drew up. And if they think that those three are just getting the blame, it could just come back on you.

[00:19:27] So I I'm a little bit confused in the certain, in the, in the urgent sense of to get these people out. I, I, to me, it feels more like she's annoyed that Kamu in her mind, changed her plan. Uh, then, then the plan being important in the first place. And she wants to make sure that Kamu doesn't have more influence over people like Haley and she does, because if he does,

[00:19:55] it's a problem. Uh, and it's a problem that she wants dealt with. Uh, and would you look at that? Drew is a solution to that problem because drew is willing to take a shot at those people. Um, so again, I I'm very interested to see where this goes. I do think that lyric is actually pretty decent for these game. I think that drew leaving is actually not that bad for these game. I think

[00:20:21] it's not the best, but it's worse for Devin's than it is for D. Um, and so, you know, how much is she going to push? What is she going to do? That is really the main question of the day heading into today. Uh, so we'll wait and see on that one. In the meantime, things continue to play out, uh, yesterday. Um, drew talks to Barrett and expresses essentially what D wants him to be there

[00:20:50] for, which is that if he wins HOH next week, Haley's definitely going up as a pawn. Uh, but he's, he's, he's not going to go fully scorched earth unless the vets give him the go ahead, uh, because he needs a permission slip from the vets to do anything. Um, otherwise he would nominate Taylor and Lala as pawns, uh, Taylor, Lala and Haley, um, it would be like his nominations,

[00:21:18] um, which is interesting to hear, especially because we have some upcoming conversations that might actually change these plans. Uh, but this would be like, he's back. He's backed off. Essentially he's backed off of this idea that he's going to just fully scorched earth, all three red corner, uh, on the block. Now he's like, I'm only going to do that. If Devins and D tell me that's okay. Uh, otherwise Haley, Taylor, Lala, Taylor in particular is a

[00:21:42] nominee of his, because remember that interaction where Kamu ratted, uh, drew out to Taylor. And then she immediately confronted him because Kamu had told Taylor that drew had told Haley that she was crying after, uh, Haley won HOH. And that that was why Taylor went on the block. Taylor confronted drew about it. And, uh, and ever since their relationship has been on ice, uh, it is, it has not been great because Drew's been like, ah, she, you know, knew that I did that to her.

[00:22:12] And now I'm worried that that's like a bad relationship. So, uh, that's where they stand. Drew is like a puppy that got in trouble and now he don't want to play no more. Like he was so, he was so eager. The dog pissed on the floor. You stick the dog nose in and say, no, don't do that again. Dog run off. He'd never want to see you for an entire day. Like that drew had so much gusto to, yeah, we're doing this. What was, what was the alliance with the four

[00:22:40] people? FCP or, uh, Oh, FAP. Oh, FAP. It's so like he had all this energy, but like yesterday, his life, his, his tours got snuffed and it's kind of like, well, where, where can I run? And my energy for getting these people out aren't as aggressive as they used to. And I don't really know what to do. Um, but, and again, he had that conversation with, um, with Taylor, which I thought was very awkward. And in my mind, I would be kind of like, do like, okay, I guess she'll have

[00:23:09] to go up. I guess I, I, I like severed that relationship completely, but it was some conversations and some interactions today that I really got hopeful for and that I liked what Taylor was doing and I liked how drew was taking it. Um, and so I'm excited to kind of see if, if drew stays where that can go for sure, for sure. Uh, so, um, drew also has a very long

[00:23:35] conversation with Haley. It's a very long conversation. Uh, and most of it is personal. It's just him like actually trying to get to know Haley and bond with her, um, in a way that not a lot of people really care to because it's Haley. Um, and, uh, and it goes pretty well. Uh, and in part of the conversation, he also tries to imply to her, uh, the, the exact words I think

[00:24:03] were something along the lines of like, you know, if Lyric nominated Taylor and Lala, I'd be shocked. Um, you know, not saying Lyric is coming for you or that you don't have influence over Lyric, just that I he'd be shocked if Lyric actually went to nominate those people considering that's who, uh, you know, uh, the red corner kind of thinks she'll nominate because, because just, I don't, I don't make this clear, but like in the minds of Haley and Kamu and them, like Lyric

[00:24:33] would really stand up there and nominate like Taylor Lala and like Yash or like, uh, like some other random, like not any of them, like Barrett, like, uh, they really think Lyric would actually do that. Um, and, uh, and they also, by the way, really think that Drew would do all that. And unfortunately, he actually kind of would a little bit. Um, but, uh, but he kind of implies that. And so after this

[00:25:02] conversation, Haley goes and talks to Kamu, she says, I've been talking to Drew this whole time for hours. Uh, and it was a really good conversation, she says. Um, and she brings up this information about Lyric. She's like, yeah, he really seemed to be saying that like, he doesn't think Lyric would nominate Taylor and Lala. Uh, and Kamu doesn't believe this. He's like, of course, he's trying to get you to want, uh, Lyric out over Melody. But it's kind of clear to me that like,

[00:25:29] Haley had such a good conversation with Drew that she's actually kind of believing what he's saying. Not that it really matters, but, uh, but she's kind of like trying to explain to him like, no, I really actually think that he was having, like, it was a good conversation between us. Um, and Kamu's just like, yeah, whatever. Um, so, uh, an interesting interaction there again, it doesn't do anything today, but it could have some small amount of influence. Uh, or when I say

[00:25:56] today, of course, I mean yesterday, you could have some small amount of influence today. Uh, I've been doing this for 10 years. I still don't know, uh, how to manage uh, talking about a day and then talking about today as today and yesterday as today and all that. When I was writing notes, I was like struggling with that concept as well. And you do this every day. Um, but I, when Haley and Drew first got together in the room, it was a little bit awkward because for one, they really haven't had that many interactions. Um, especially since she put a robot,

[00:26:25] I feel like Drew really hasn't spent any time in the HOH room except looking for Devin's and then them all hiding. Um, and you could tell that Haley really at the beginning really wasn't focused on it. Like she was like, you know, cleaning up around her place while Drew was sitting on the floor, eating, eating cheeses. She was doing all these other things. But once the personal conversation got to be heavy, this is a person that really doesn't talk that personal because no one really asked probably except for Angela. Um, and maybe Kamu if I don't even know

[00:26:54] about that, um, in this house. And so she kind of felt like when she related to Kamu, she was like, yeah, he asked me about my stepdad. I got to talk about this and that's why she really loved it. And I do think it did some, some work for Drew. Um, but also Tan, this is a good concept to know when your gut in the big brother house is like Drew's gut. And the reason he's being so, um, mopey and sad and gloomy and weary and worried is because his gut is telling him something's

[00:27:21] not right. And something wasn't not right. Well, is that, is that a double negative? Something wasn't not something wasn't right. So something wasn't right. And so like his gut was like real. And so that's why he's asking and trying to get affirmation from these people because he's worried and something in his gut isn't aligned with what's going on. And so it's an interesting thing to play, like believing in your gut, but also trying not to be that reactionary to things that you feel to offset

[00:27:49] the other people, you know, in the Alliance. It's a, it's a, it's a hard concept. Yeah. And I think part of this too, is that, you know, Drew's been trying to have these conversations with Haley, but she's been completely icing him out. She's been like, uh, I've talked about it multiple times. He tries to go up there and he tries to talk to her and be like, Hey, I actually think this is a great idea. Um, and she just talks over him, but now that the plan has changed and she plans to actually keep him around, she's more open to the conversation.

[00:28:17] And so all of a sudden they have a, you know, two hour long conversation. Um, in the meantime, Yash continues to work. Yash talks to Taylor about the vote, how Drew is staying and how Yash does not like that Drew is staying. He kind of thinks that Taylor would be on board with that concept. Uh, but Taylor is actually kind of like, ah, it could actually work. Maybe we could use Drew as a shield. Um, he's, he's certainly like a big target out there. Yash

[00:28:42] disagrees. He thinks Drew is too ingrained with the other side. I'm not wrong. Um, but Yash also talks to Mallory and make sure that Mallory is a vote to keep Lyric in any scenario, or at least in the scenario where she's against Drew. Um, Mallory is much more pro melody, but of course Yash really wants her to be pro Lyric at the very least, just wants to make sure that Mallory will vote for Lyric to stay

[00:29:05] over Drew, which she will, if that's where the numbers are, but would I think be willing to vote for Drew to stay against Lyric. If she were told that the numbers were there to make that happen. Meaning if D and Devin's actually made a push, Mallory would probably be there for that vote, but you'd have to make sure to tell her. So, you know, it's, there's a lot going on there.

[00:29:31] Yash was doing his rounds and this conversation with Taylor, I was also surprised that she kind of backed away from the initial anytime being asked this week, who do you want to go? Also, I hate that Haley does that. I hate that Haley, someone new walks into the group and the first question that Haley asked in front of the entire group, and I know D pointed this out a couple of nights ago, but it just was so consistent yesterday. It was Taylor coming in the room. Okay. So who do you want? And it was Mallory at the end of the night coming. I think where her and

[00:29:57] Angela are. Okay. So what do you feel? Or we can talk about this. You know, I just, I hate that. Yeah, it is directing. It puts people on the spot. But if I'm Taylor or if I'm Mallory or Melody, Mallory at that time, I'm being like, okay, so once I go, Kamu, who are you putting up? Haley wants to know. We all going around, but like, it just stops at that one person and it just like, ah, I just feel so uncomfortable when I watch that.

[00:30:20] Yeah. HOHs, I think don't often ask those questions enough, but Haley asks them too much. Like in a one-on-one, ask somebody the question for sure. But if you're doing it every time you see somebody, they're just not going to want to be around you. They're not. That's so true. Like you're taking the fun, like being around you is not fun. Being around you is stressful. And in the big brother house where you have to be around these people,

[00:30:47] I think that's Haley's biggest thing. She doesn't, people don't feel a good sense of comfort or friendliness or love or joyfulness or jovialness when they're hanging out with her. They see strictly business because that's what she gives off most of the time. And so it is uncomfortable. Like I wouldn't want to be around my boss like outside of working hours, let alone even in working hours, I'm scaring away at every chance. So it is this weird thing that Haley get it together, but I don't want Haley to do well in this game anyway. So actually keep,

[00:31:17] keep doing what you're doing. Well, uh, Taylor has another idea for an alliance. Uh, this one is herself, Chuck, Yash and Haley. Um, and she's going to start flirting with this idea. Chuck is like not that interested, um, and kind of tries to like push it off to the side for now. Um, but just so you know,

[00:31:41] like Taylor continuing to just pitch alliances, uh, she still hasn't gotten caught doing this. Uh, I, I have to assume that that's probably coming, but for now, I think I really enjoy it. Uh, and, uh, and as you sort of hinted already, Jacob, there's going to be, uh, another one later that I think is, is even more valuable, but, uh, but either way, uh, interesting idea, put a pin in it for now.

[00:32:08] There's not much happening, uh, during the day about it, but maybe she'll try to bring it up again in the future. Um, Kamu talks to Devins about Drew versus Lyric. Uh, Devins is kind of trying to feel out how strongly Kamu feels about that, uh, that vote. Kamu pretty strongly says it has to be Drew or Melody that leaves and Devins is like, yeah, that makes sense. Uh, Devins sticking to his own

[00:32:34] thing, not pushing this, um, Drew and Melody spend much of the night consoling Drew mostly consoling Melody, but a little bit of the reverse as well. Uh, it sucks that one of them is probably going to leave by this time. Uh, it's been made pretty clear that one of them is likely to leave. Um, though that's not like completely locked in. Um, and so, uh, it's just, it's a lot of like,

[00:33:03] it's again, it's what I talked about last night or the night before, but like even more where it's like, Oh, we, we got so much more, like we thought we had so much more time, uh, to, to like slow burn

[00:33:22] this. And now one of us might be leaving. And so like, are we gonna like, it's like head on chest. It's like, you know, like eye contact to the lips, but yeah. Yeah. Taryn, I wanted Drew to kiss her so bad. I was like, kiss her, you dummy. Taryn, that moment that he woke up, got out of the bed and it's happened a couple of nights ago, got up out of the bed,

[00:33:50] went over to melody. And I was saying, Mal, I was saying Melanie earlier, Melanie, just because of my brain still on love Island, even months afterwards, Melanie. But the way that he like grabbed her, did the head scratches, I was like, Oh my God. And the way that he was wiping her tears and just like joking and consoling and looking at direct contact. I want this love story to be expedited. Like I, like, I hope he does a wrong or, or a melody does a wrong or like,

[00:34:19] I need something because they're too cute together. I don't know what it is. I used to not think they were cute because I was just, you know, when Drew was so young, when like the guy likes the girl and he like says jokes and just kind of jabs at her. And that's what he was doing. I was like, you're too grown to be doing that. But now like we're into the yearning for each other. And I like the yearning

[00:34:43] stopping themselves. I just want them to go for it. Yes. Well, uh, so they, they have some moments, um, and they're also like recording their goodbye messages throughout the day. And so Drew actually kind of breaks down on his own. Uh, and he cries to Devin's cause it's hit him that like

[00:35:05] melody is probably leaving. And the reality of that is tough. He's like, I'm such a rat. Like I've been lying. All I've been doing is lying this whole time. And, uh, and here's this girl who's like the girl version of me, uh, like, okay, Corbin. Um, and, uh, she, you know,

[00:35:30] she, it's been her dream to be here since she was eight years old and like, she's like probably going to leave. And I can't even like tell her all of what's been going on or why. And I'm trying to console her and, but I might leave too. And like, uh, it's just a lot for him to manage here, uh, as he cries to Devin's Taylor actually comes in briefly, uh, during this, uh, and then gets

[00:35:54] called out. Um, which is again, kind of relevant, uh, here, uh, in just a second, but, but Drew has this moment with, uh, with Devin's and, and it was, you know, sad. It was sad, but it was also kind of endearing. Like, I guess we love a sad story. We love the people that I don't necessarily love the people that I'm up, but Devin's got to, I think, be in a role that really suits him. Um, and I used to not at the beginning of this season, I was kind of like, and maybe that's,

[00:36:23] it's just because I'm not the biggest survivor buff, but I was kind of like these people calling these people icons. I'm not seeing no icons in the room, but the more that, and I'm not, you know, I'm still not putting on icon, but the more that I watch, I get really endeared to Devin's just approach to the game. His, like his advice that he gives other people, his connection that he gives other people. I get really endeared to him. So I get why so many people like him and why CBS brought him back, even though I feel like what I've heard, he's a little bit different than how he was on,

[00:36:50] but also we only saw a one hour show. So we didn't see the ins and outs of all the chaoticness. So maybe under some of the chaoticness, it was this like wholesome, um, advice given soft man that is like the dad around the camp. And so I really, I really like it. Hmm. So after this Taylor goes to drew once he's kind of done with Devin's, um, and kind of like, you know, they, they sort of shared a tender moment there. Uh, and she talks to drew about,

[00:37:19] you know, again, just kind of clear the air once and for all, like about like, Hey, just don't, just don't be talking about me like that again. You know, like, just don't, just don't do that again, because listen, I do think you could stay. And if you do, I really want to work on rebuilding our relationship. Uh, and I think that we could look out for one another. And I think that this could be really good for us. Um, and he really likes this idea. He's really open to this idea. Uh, he talks to Barrett about it soon afterward and says, I had a really good conversation with Taylor.

[00:37:50] And it does seem like he no longer is looking to potentially nominate her if he is HOH. And it's again, just like, I just, I love Taylor, uh, because it's just that, just, just that little bit of being proactive. There was one person in this house that was thinking about maybe nominating her as a pawn pre HOH. And she knew, realized she was staying, that he was going to stay in the house

[00:38:17] probably that she didn't have a good enough relationship with him because she did just call him out about the whole thing. And you know, like there's something that needs to be rebuilt. And she just, you know what she did? She went and talks to him on a human level, had a good conversation with him, said, let's rebuild this. They talked about how they were really close in week one, and then they kind of started to diverge and they'd really like to bring this back. Uh,

[00:38:42] and, uh, and just like that, maybe she will avoid the block in the event that somebody like true wins. Now the reality is, as he talks to Barrett that, uh, now that he feels good with Taylor, he's maybe thinking he might not want to win, which is classic true. Um, but still this is, I like this. I like this from Taylor. Uh, and I like how proactive she is. Taryn, I really liked this from Taylor. And when you said, I think this, like this is game winning

[00:39:10] things that you talk about when you're a jury and connections and decisions that you take to actively move yourself closer to that $750,000. And Drew wasn't the only person she had that friendliness and formal lovingness with. She had it with Haley when her and Haley were just like in the bed in each other's face, talking about the game and talking about different things that I really liked. I mean, we saw in the episodes before her and Haley had that thing, but the fact that you can be in this woman's room and be face to face and still have that connection and that like that

[00:39:40] liveliness through it and this empathy for Drew right now, because I feel like Taylor was the only person in this house. That's that their conversation and the way she was putting Drew on game of like, Hey, you've been doing a little bit of this people thinking this. I think she was the realest, like that was the realest conversation Drew has had about his actions and the way that he's been moving. And I really think that, um, really like made him have a foundation of like, all right. Like I appreciate this warmth. I appreciate this honesty. I think Taylor,

[00:40:10] obviously it paid, um, some dividends for her and their relationship. And I, this is game winning moves by Taylor. And this is so covert though. Like this is so like, I just think this is about a part of her personality. I don't really know if she's taking it into account of the game. Like, I think she's seen a person that's hurried and she also seen the person that is staying, which is the game aspect that she's trying to put in work. But I love this so much. I just gushed about her and it got so hyper, but I like it. I like it a lot.

[00:40:40] So, uh, in this conversation that Drew has with Barrett that I've been referring to, uh, Drew tells Barrett, he believes he's had this long conversation with Haley. He has been convinced that the red corner is loyal to them. That, uh, that, that Haley, Chuck and Kamu genuinely want the tool shed that this top eight to be the top eight. Um,

[00:41:05] Oh, Drew, but he, he says he thinks that's because they're set up really well that they'll just steam roll over them in competitions, which he thinks is probably true at this point. And he doesn't want that to be the final eight. He wants a shot to be taken at them. Ideally by somebody else though, you know, ideally Mallory wins. And it's like, Drew, you've come right back around to where you

[00:41:33] were last week. And what happened this week? What do you mean? Ideally somebody else does it for you. Somebody's got to do it. Somebody's got to do it. Cause Barrett's saying the same thing. Barrett's like, yeah, it'd be great if Mallory won. Like it would be great if Mallory won. You know, it would also be great if you won and you decide to actually take part in this game instead of just

[00:41:58] eating banana bananas and looking at people asking for it. He literally says, I think, I think we can actually like, I even just had a great conversation with Taylor. I really feel like we might be able to just skate by. You could still be evicted tonight, Drew. What do you mean? Skate by you're barely, you barely skated by this week by the skinnier skates to literally. I mean,

[00:42:28] again, he's the dog that got no with the, with the newspaper and now he's in the corner. No, come back out. I only did that. Cause you just did something bad. You ate my shoe. You know what I mean? Come here, come here, baby. Come here. The, the, the newspaper is going away, but like it's yeah, Drew, you don't need to calm down. You need to go active. You need to get aggressive and you need to go do your stuff. Melody would. Melody very much so would. That's why I would prefer her to stay. Drew's going to be in the corner. I have a, that's what I'm saying. I have a lot more faith

[00:42:57] that Melody will actually do something if she stays than Drew, uh, who also because Melody doesn't like those people. Like Melody doesn't like those people as well. So like, that's a real, and Drew, I think has some sort of friendliness and, um, connection with that side. Melanie is just straight up as we've seen not having it, not playing it cute, not paying it friendly, being real, being standup, which in the game sense, I don't even think she can recover in their eyes,

[00:43:24] to be honest. So I think go ahead and do what you do like, and just be boss for the while with it. Drew does get a little bit more of a wake up call when again, Mallory, not Barrett, but Mallory gives him a heads up. He's talking with Mallory about the votes. Uh, and she says, it feels like it's changed that you are now staying against Melody. Well, what about Lyric?

[00:43:51] It's actually, there's a, it's, it's kind of funny. Cause like at first she's saying, uh, that she's hearing that she, he doesn't have the votes. Uh, and he's like, what? And he starts to freak out and she's like, Oh no, I, sorry. I meant the opposite that you were staying. Uh, and he's like, Oh, you really had me scared against Lyric though. Oh yeah. You don't have the votes there. Uh, she says she's heard that Lyric is staying in all scenarios. And he's like, who said

[00:44:20] that? She's like, Yash, Angela was like 50, 50. Uh, Devin's told me he heard that. Um, and he kind of goes back to freaking out. Uh, like that's concerning to hear. Um, and so after this conversation, he goes to Kamu and you can tell he's a little worried like against Lyric, he might actually leave because that is the current state of things. And Mallory does know that for a fact.

[00:44:47] Uh, so he goes to Kamu. Hey, so, uh, if Melody wins blockbuster, am I going home? Kamu says, no, no, you swear. Yeah. You swear on the Bible. Uh, listen, I actually told myself I would not do that before. I would not, even if it were true, that is not something I'm willing to do.

[00:45:17] That's how you know somebody. He said, yes, yes. Um, actually pause. Now we get a little bit too serious and now I can't really tell you. That's what it was. That's what it really was. Uh, Drew goes, but for real? He goes, yeah. Uh, and Kamu was like, where are you hearing this from? And Drew says, uh, uh, Mallory just told me. So where, where's she getting it from? Cause I, I don't know. I didn't

[00:45:46] ask. Uh, and Kamu was like, well, she probably, she probably just got it from Lyric. Of course, people are telling Lyric she's going to stay. So Lyric probably just told Mallory. Um, of course, Drew knows it wasn't Lyric because Drew was hiding the real sources, which were Devon's Angela and Yash. Um, and so I don't know how actually comforted this, uh, he was by this conversation. If anything, he should be again, alarm bells ringing, uh, here, but, uh, but it was very

[00:46:14] late at night at this point. Most people were already asleep. Um, and Kamu actually goes and tries to talk to Yash briefly before Drew interrupts them. So, uh, I don't know if this means Drew is going to be doing some more stuff in the morning. We still don't know what's happening with D and the Lyric vote. Uh, Drew, I would assume would want to go talk to Devon's about this. I don't know how open Devon's will be with him. Uh, certainly won't tell him that he's not going to

[00:46:41] vote him for him to stay, uh, if Lyric, if he's up against Lyric, but you know, again, like there's a lot of stuff still to play here today with this Lyric Drew vote, which is again, why not that it matters, but I really want Melody to win the blockbuster because that is the most interesting scenario. Drew versus Lyric, where it's like all this stuff might come into play. And as a, as a

[00:47:05] nice little bonus, we get to keep Melody. No, that part. And I do miss the days that like your final two, your final two stand up for you and your final twos are honest with you and your final twos are like just transparent and advocating for you. And the fact that Barrett knows all of the truths to Drew's inquiries and worries. And the fact that he's giving him nothing other than sitting while they at the gym. Like it's just, it, it makes me upset. I'm like, Barrett, if you won't do

[00:47:32] this for Drew, who I assume was your number two, who will you do it for? Is it no one? Is it Mallory? Is it D like who it confuses me? Every question could be answered by his number two, being honest with him in a moment of transparency and keeping this under the cloak. Word to traitors. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Barrett did talk to Devin's about wanting to get the vote

[00:47:59] for Drew to stay over Lyric. Uh, but yeah, he just, he, he does not want it. And I guess, I guess to some small credit for Barrett, it actually worked out that he didn't tell Drew anything because Drew's obliviousness is part of what saved him. Um, but that was certainly not Barrett's intention. No, it wasn't. Dan, can you cue me in on a conversation that happened? But I

[00:48:24] have a question about it. Now it, it was a small conversation. It was between Devin's and it was D and Devin's told D, Hey, did you let Barrett know about my power? And D was like, no, of course not. But then D said something to Barrett. Like he, like Devin's think I told you something. I didn't understand. Did he tell Barrett or what was that?

[00:48:47] No. So, uh, so I've, I've mentioned that, uh, uh, Devin's has had some of these conversations with Barrett where it's like talking about the diamond power Vita. It'd be certainly, it'd be nice to know somebody that had that, uh, like kind of like these weird open conversations about it. So this apparently has caused Devin's to start to think that maybe D told Barrett about the diamond power Vita, they do have a close kind of off and on relationship,

[00:49:17] caught a little relationship going on. Um, and so, uh, apparently this is part of why I think Devin's was even bringing it up. Like, tell me about the super Vita, uh, because he wanted to know how much, I think how much detail Barrett knew about it. I don't think Devin's realizes that the diamond power Vita was like such a staple, like thing that Barrett would know a lot about. Um, so, uh, and then again, like the way Barrett talked to him, it made it kind of seem like Barrett

[00:49:44] knew. And so in that conversation, I sort of recontextualizes it, but Devin's is trying to like fish to see if Barrett actually knows he has it. And so he actually asked D if she told him, D if says, of course, no, um, D by the way, in her conversation with the cameras is like, uh, I don't like lying to Devin's. I think he knows when I'm lying. Um, so I think she's a little worried about, uh, not about the fact that she told Barrett about, uh, the diamond power Vita,

[00:50:13] but, but number one, the fact that she's lying about having a power herself. And number two, the fact that she was the first person to tell Barrett about the drew plan. And that's what she's asking Barrett about later. Uh, did you tell Devin's that I told you about drew, uh, uh, before, before anybody else? Um, because now she's worried that if Devin starts thinking that she tells Barrett things without telling him first that he might think that she's also told him about the

[00:50:39] diamond power Vita or something along those lines. Yeah. Okay. That's the other damn for me, but to be clear, she has not told him about the diamond power Vita. So, uh, so that's about anything else you want to bring up from yesterday, Jacob? Um, yes, I want to bring up and I want to give props to Angela because I've liked the way that she's maneuvered her relationships with her

[00:51:04] Alliance members. And I think she's done it to her like profit. She had a moment with Haley and Haley came at her. Like this was later at night. Haley came at her, um, came at her. I say things so country sometimes came at her, Mad Hanner, um, Haley said, who are the, who above me do you trust? Like Haley asked these such pointed questions and this is, uh, was in the confines of the HOH

[00:51:30] from just them. So I guess it was, it was good, but Angela really comes off as very, um, vulnerable, very, um, very like secure with the people that she wants to be secure with. She always tells people, Oh, I've been bigging you up. She told Devin, Oh, I've been bigging you up to drew. If you can big me up, do it. You can tell him like, Angela loves you to try to put that in his ear because, you know, they obviously know it was some tension there. And then the way that she was able to affirm

[00:51:59] Haley in the moment and able to really like bring Haley down to an emotional level. And, and like, I'm trying to look for the word, personalize it and make it very much more endearing, endearing in the way that she was even making cookies. I like we're getting a sweeter Angela. Maybe it's because she's around people that she's really able to play with instead of just one person. But I really liked the way that she's maneuvering her relationships in the game this season. And

[00:52:28] that it, it, it's, it's undercover, but I think it will pay off in the long run. Yeah. I mean, I think particularly with, uh, with Haley, Angela has found her win condition, which is like Haley becomes, and it's so funny because we were all, uh, maybe not all, but like there were many comparisons to McKenzie with Haley in the preseason. And I think in many ways, Angela has

[00:52:52] found her McKenzie, uh, that like, if she's able to lock in with Haley and Haley wins a bunch of competitions for her, especially in the end game, um, and just willing to bring Angela to the final two because they're really talking about final two kinds of stuff. Uh, that's, that's how Angela wins this game just straight up. That's how Angela wins this game. The end game is always Angela's biggest problem. Uh, even in a season like this, where she's in a good position. And so the fact that

[00:53:19] she's locked that in is really, really great for her problem is devins indeed do see it. Uh, and they're concerned about it. So she is spending a lot of time with, with, uh, with Haley in particular. Um, but, uh, but it is being noticed and it's maybe part of why Haley might get sniped out before she can be that for Angela, uh, as good as it is to have Haley there, getting her all the way to the

[00:53:45] end game without being evicted is going to be kind of a tricky prospect. Do you also think that because the conversation between devins and D about Angela's placement with Haley was a lot, she spends a lot of time at the HRH room. Um, they are, they can be able to influence her. Do you think Angela just really enjoys Haley a lot more than she does D and devins? And that's why she's given her much time and she will inevitably pick Haley above D and devins.

[00:54:13] That's a good question. I actually do still think that Angela is more with D and devins, maybe more with D than Haley. Um, maybe not as much devins, but I think she is still very locked into the vets. Um, but it would not surprise me if that changed at some point. Uh, I'm sure that there's still a bug in her ear about devins having this power, uh, and not telling her.

[00:54:39] Um, and so, you know, I don't think that she's like fully transitioned yet, but I think there's definitely a world someday down the line where she decides to go with Haley over the vets. If that's an option even available to her at all, because again, Haley might get picked off before then. Um, no worth noting as well, Haley, in this conversation with Angela and the one with Kamu

[00:55:02] does talk about D in particular. Uh, and, uh, I, I, we, we talked about how funny it was that D was just like playing in Haley's face about like, Oh, damn girls. You're you're so smart. Like that. You're a genius. That's such a good idea to keep true. Uh, she did kind of overdo it. And Haley didn't notice that something was weird about the way that D was acting in that conversation. Um,

[00:55:31] and so, uh, not in the sense that she thinks she's been incepted with an idea, but she does talk to Kamu about like how, you know, like we're the ones making all the decisions. Um, and, and she actually doesn't like that. She kind of recognizes that like, if they're making all the decisions, then they're the ones that are going to like take more of the heat for it. Uh, and so like she, she's kind of a

[00:55:56] little bit annoyed at players like D who are just so willing to, to go along with what she's like, just like, you know, uh, that she doesn't have any ideas of her own. Um, and isn't like, it doesn't have an opinion. Um, and Kamu's like, yeah, whatever. I mean, it's cause we're leaders, uh, you know? Um, but, uh, but it's, it, it, it's like it sparked some kind of like sus detector in Haley's mind, but she

[00:56:21] doesn't know exactly what it is. Uh, she's, so she doesn't know what D was up to that she's been manipulated, but she definitely caught something was off, uh, which I think is very funny. She talks to Angela about it a little bit as well. Um, notably Angela doesn't seem to, uh, like tip D off about what Haley is saying because it's not that bad. And, and it's a lot, most of what Haley is saying

[00:56:48] is like, I just prefer you over people like D. Um, but, uh, but it is, you know, again, it's worth noting. She, and she, when she brought up to Angela, I want to point out that she made it at first in regards to Chuck, how Chuck, like he, like, is he going to be like active? Like is I want to, I think it's the thing of when, when my Alliance members are put into a position, will they make the same decisions? I will. And for Haley, if they don't outright say it,

[00:57:16] or if they don't make it plain, it's like, I have inquiries and worries about you. But for a person like Chuck that Angela really affirmed because Haley was like, I don't know really what Chuck would do. I think he would just, you know, go along with us. But I think Haley wants to see the action and the execution from her other Alliance members. Angela was like, this isn't a bad thing for you. You can control Chuck's HOH if you have it. And I also, she made the same comparison with D and I was surprised by it because we see D in a

[00:57:44] different light. And it's just so funny. If you ever get cast to be on this show, know that you can have one perception of that person, but it's only your eyes to them. And like they are, you know, doing a complete kind of, you know, cartwheels around you, backflips, handsprints, tucks, things around you that you can be lost in it and just see your perception. But I liked every

[00:58:08] question that Angela answered. Haley asked her between Chuck and Kamala, who do you want to pick? Which I didn't even get why Haley was even asking these questions to her. But Angela, I feel like she has answered everything with such like life and such affirmation and such like passion and zeal. I don't know. This conversation really made me like Angela and the way that she communicates this season and the way that she talks about her Alliance members and the way that she speaks up for herself.

[00:58:36] And so I am, I don't know, I'm hopeful. I'm hopeful that like, you know, and we know if Angela's ever put in a position of power, she will do what she needs to do. She's not afraid. Well, actually, I don't know because I'm not, I'm going to back away from that because I think last time she played, it was easy to not be afraid because she didn't have many allies. This time will kind of be a little bit hard. So I don't want to throw that out there for her right now. All right. Anything else then, Jacob? Nah, I'm good.

[00:59:06] All right. That is what we have for you then today. I will of course be live tonight on my Patreon streaming tonight's episode of Big Brother 28, the eviction episode. We'll see what happens with this blockbuster. We'll see if there's any last minute scrambling for the vote. Again, the thing to look out for what is D up to today with the Drew versus lyric vote? What is Drew up to today with the Drew versus lyric vote after being tipped off last night? Those are things to watch

[00:59:33] out for both on today's feeds and in tonight's episode. I'm going to get a new HOH. It's going to be a whole new game, hopefully. So stay tuned for all of that. I will of course be back tomorrow at noon Eastern to update you on everything that happens today and tonight on the Big Brother 28 live feeds. Noon Eastern tomorrow. Shift in time as per usual for Friday because we will be talking

[00:59:58] to the evicted player in the morning as well. So stay tuned for all of that. Jacob, what are you up to? Darren, you know what it was so funny today? I had a song to come out today. I have a song out and it came out today. It typically comes out Friday, but yeah, it's out today. It's the first day that it's on. The people's ears is called Sunset Tower by my artist name, A-R-H-E-I-R. It's so good.

[01:00:23] It's so smooth. It's so fluid. It's so movable. I think I sing the best in it. My pen was working in it. The production of it is so good. Go listen to it and tell me if you like it. If you don't like it, keep it to yourself. If you do, send it to me because I want the love. Yeah, just making music in the studio, enjoying this Big Brother season. So hopefully I can be on here more with you to talk about the daily ins and outs of the Shinnok to the Booms. And yeah, follow me on social

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