BB28 Tuesday Live Feed Update July 14, 2026

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[00:02:15] Taran Armstrong talk big brother looking at the stuff from yesterday. All the drama, all the strategy,

[00:02:36] and silliness from FEO to HOH. Single season, you know he is the reason. You know what's happening. Rob said that he could do it. Tomorrow he will do it again.

[00:02:58] Hello everyone and good morning. Welcome to our live feed update for July 14th. I'm your host, Taran Armstrong, and I'm here to update you on everything that happened yesterday on the Big Brother 28 live feeds. It was day seven in the house and uh, uh, we had a replacement nominee. We had some, some ratting of information, uh, and we had some

[00:03:26] coordinated outfits. So with me to talk about it all is Maggie. How you doing, Maggie? Hi Taren. Oh, I'm so great. We are back baby. What, what a time we're having. I got my wish. We have cracked old people in the Big Brother house. I love it so much. Um, I can't wait to get into everything with you. This is, this is going to be a great, great update.

[00:03:52] Hmm. Yes. Yes. Uh, I, I don't think I'll wear the sunglasses the entire time though, because yeah, we're both, we both decided ahead of time. We were like, let's just put on the sunglasses for the effect and then like, we can take it off when we talk. Yeah. I don't have to read my notes on a screen with sunglasses. Dark. Um, all right. So, uh, here we are of course in the Big Brother 28 house.

[00:04:17] D as the H O H Mallory Taylor, Yash as the nominees and Mallory of course, won the veto. Now there's a lot of interesting stuff to do here. Um, including the fact that primarily as we talked about yesterday, drew was in a long conversation with Jason and melody the night before where, uh, Jason was dumping all kinds of information on drew about how he is basically very

[00:04:47] anti that including a lot of specific information that drew is going to be able to, uh, use potentially against Jason. If he were to tell. And as I sort of talked about yesterday, uh, as the update was happening, he was already starting to tell D about it all. So that's a big plot line through the day. Of course, we also have the replacement nominee to be chosen once Mallory uses the veto on herself.

[00:05:12] That's been pretty heavily, uh, angled toward Ashley. There was maybe some questions like, Oh, will this information potentially change anything? Uh, and then just really some more sort of like Alliance building and relationship building stuff happening as people start to settle in for the week. Lots of schmoopy talk from a one lyric Rome. You know, I, I, I will say,

[00:05:39] you know, I always love early in the season when I am on an update because I watch all day rather than, you know, going in and out. And I feel like I've listened to you for the past couple of days, talk about these people. And now I've actually watched the way that they interact with my own eyes. So it does color some of what is going on. You know, obviously you can get from your amazing

[00:06:05] reporting. You can get all of the information, but like to really understand the social dynamics and the way that the people move and why perhaps people are gravitating towards one person versus another. I think like, I recommend everybody even just take an hour, sit down and watch the feeds, really watch them talk. Um, because you can kind of understand, like, I was like, Oh, I get why people maybe are feeling this way about Haley, because I find myself moving away from

[00:06:32] every time she's on the camera, you know? Um, and not to be unkind or anything, it's just sort of like who you find to be more dynamic. What's really exciting to you, et cetera. Yes. A hundred percent, especially in the early portion of the season, there's so much information that it's, it's, I think, especially hard to convey the more like social dynamics of it all.

[00:06:57] Like I can talk about Haley annoying them, but I can't spend, you know, 15 minutes, uh, doing Haley to explain it to you because that would be an inefficient use of my time. Unlike toward the end of last season when I could really get into, you know what I mean? Like, uh, it's, it's an interesting, uh, thing and you really do like when you watch it, you really see. And I think Drew is going to be a good example of this, uh, today when it comes to whether or not his information is believed based on the

[00:07:25] way that he's conveying it. And I'll, I'll, I'll do my best because that is pretty relevant, but, uh, but there is, yeah, there's so much, uh, there, uh, which is why, why we love Blackfeeds. Uh, so let's talk through what's going on here. So, um, we do pretty quickly get some conversations. Um, there is Rome is going to talk with Dee a little bit in the morning about trying to get Haley

[00:07:51] nominated. There's a little bit of Kamu talking to Dee about like, could Lala be nominated? Um, Kamu backs off very quickly. Rome also is like not going to push too hard. Um, ultimately there's not like a lot of meat here. Uh, but there is a more interesting conversation when Jason of all people talks to Dee prior to Drew letting her know about this stuff going on there. Um, he talks to her,

[00:08:19] you know, about like potentially working together about, uh, like, Hey, you and me and, you know, Drew's kind of in and out of this conversation. Like, uh, we should be keeping an eye out for each other as Latinos. Um, like I, I, I like this group and the thing is Jason's not lying about this. He is anti vet, but he's relatively pro D and he obviously likes drew a lot. So this is a genuine

[00:08:46] conversation from Jason. Uh, but it's about to be kind of like undercut immediately by the fact that Drew's going to rat him out about what happened the night before. And, uh, I think that what I've seen from Jason and drew, like, first off, I want to say, I think Drew's playing really well. I think if I was in the house, actually the person I would want to work with the most would be true just based off of watching him play yesterday. Um, we'll get to

[00:09:15] the conversation that he has with Dee like alone in the HOH room later. Um, but I think that this is like a perfect example of Jason. And of course we don't know what happened in the first four days when we didn't have beads, but I think Jason over estimating his relationship with Drew, um, that's not really built on any sort of like game talk that they've had and just them liking each other.

[00:09:44] So he feels like he can trust him with, you know, these like sensitive game information things, you know, saying like he was not being truthful with Angela and that he's really going after Devin's. And I think that it truly is just like an overestimation of the bond that they have, um, and a miscalculation there. Yes. Uh, a hundred percent. I mean, I think that Jason has, I think to this

[00:10:12] point found a lot of success in building these individual relationships that he has, um, and in tricking the people that he's been tricking. He's successfully been tricking Angela into thinking they're close, successfully been tricking Devin's into thinking he likes him. And so, uh, he as he's starting to like expand his, uh, sphere of influence, he's finally kind of running into some

[00:10:35] traps and, and Drew is certainly one of them. Um, so, uh, Drew does tell Jason or does tell D about, uh, parts of his conversation with Jason, uh, the night before. Um, it is kind of like a brief conversation with D which is going to a little bit come back to bite him, uh, because he lays out

[00:10:58] more, uh, detail with Devin's and Angela. And, uh, just to set this up immediately, like in D's mind, there's a little bit of inconsistency between what was told to her and what was told to them. There's not really any inconsistency. The thing is that Drew only told D about what he thought was the most relevant, which is that Devin's would be backdoored by Jason. Like immediately he's like,

[00:11:26] this is the information that you need to know, like as quickly as I can tell you. And then I'm going to get out of here versus the story he tells Devin's and Angela later is, you know, the full entirety of what the conversation was and it's much more personal than what he shared with D which was strictly game. Like he's coming after Devin's kind of thing. Yes, exactly. Uh, but, uh, but D gets

[00:11:50] some of that information also funny enough, uh, Jason comes and talks to Drew to be like, Hey, don't worry. When we were all in the room, D didn't feel comfortable talking game with you, but I'll make sure that you're good with the, uh, Drew. I got you, which again, like the funny thing is that Jason, I think believes that's true. Uh, but it comes off as a

[00:12:17] bit manipulative when Drew's like, I, I probably talk way more game with you than you do. Um, so interesting stuff there. Um, melody and lyric are going to be talking throughout the, throughout the day. There's, um, at least like three major conversations between them. I'm going to cue it up now and then kind of like dump it all later. Uh, but, um, you know, the, the melody lyric and

[00:12:44] Mallory trio was a thing except melody wants Mallory out. Uh, and, uh, there has been a bit of a distancing between all of them because they've been trying to ditch this trio label. Um, but melody and lyric are going to come together, uh, and sort of reconnect and talk more and more and more about

[00:13:09] building an Alliance. Matt melody really wants to build her Alliance. Um, and, uh, and now that she's had this conversation with Jason, um, the, the Jason drew melody connection was named like the court jesters. Um, she's talking to, uh, lyric about like, Hey, maybe, you know, I like Jason. I like drew.

[00:13:36] Could we maybe make something happen there? Uh, this is the early portion of that conversation, but, uh, just queuing it up here because they're going to later talk even more about, uh, building something and actually start to build something. Yes, exactly. Um, and wouldn't it be smart if you would bring Mallory into something like that? Since she's proven that she can win some competitions and she doesn't really have anybody else in the house right now. Nah, she can't keep it together.

[00:14:03] She cried when she was nominated. Let's see how you react to being nominated melody. And then we'll revisit this. We'll revisit this conversation. I don't know. Also, I think like for whatever reason, and I could be totally wrong in this, you messing up melody and Mallory's names also makes more sense now that I listened to them on the feeds because they sound exactly the same to me. Like it was sometimes I would think Mallory was talking and then I would look and it would be melody. And I was

[00:14:31] like, Oh, okay. Like they, they have kind of the same timbre of their voice. Am I crazy or no? I feel like that's a thing. Um, it's not something I've particularly noticed, but I'll be on the lookout for it now. Yeah. Let me know. Cause I, there was a couple of times where I thought it was Mallory talking and then I would look and I was like, Oh, actually that was, that was melody talking about, you know, philanthropy from sororities and things. I, in my own brain, I'm like, am I really this bad at these two names or is it just that I'm

[00:15:00] probably saying their names in succession way more than most people? And I am honestly not sure. Uh, I don't know either Taryn, uh, maybe next time I'll have a stronger opinion for you. Yeah. Um, so, uh, Drew is going to talk finally with, uh, with Devin's and Angela to, um, to really, or go ahead. Sorry. Is this before, after the conversation with D and Jason in the have not room?

[00:15:30] Um, uh, they do have a longer conversation. Yeah. That's, so this is after. So if you want to talk about that, well, I just wanted to say they like come up with an Alliance name, their cafe con leche, cause they're, um, like coffee and you know, the leche and they have like a whole little thing that they do. Um, and Jason in this conversation, I feel again, like these missteps that he makes because he's telling D like, I have this person, like they'll listen to me.

[00:15:55] Like I have them. And I think it's him trying to make himself seem valuable, um, to like her as an Alliance member, but I would any future big brother players, I would really warn you against saying like, I have control over somebody else because that type of language getting back to anybody in the house, even if it's true, they don't like it. Yes. Um, and, uh, a worthwhile addition as well,

[00:16:24] because, uh, this connection I think is, uh, an additional reason why D ends up being a little bit skeptical of true's information is that, um, not only has she been cued by Angela, that Angela is like, I'm not sure I trust true. And that happened the night before. But in addition to that, she has a very good relationship with Jason. And if it turns out Jason is fervently anti

[00:16:50] Devins and Angela, then that's annoying for her. Like that's not good information for her to take in. It's she's incentivized to want it to not be true. Um, although, you know, the incentive only goes so far because if it really weren't true, that means Drew was really playing and she's in a much worse position if Drew's lying to them to that capacity. Um, so Drew does go and talk with, uh,

[00:17:17] first Devins, um, and explains his conversation with Jason the night before. And this is what we talked about on the round table last night that not only did, did Jason like reveal his true motivations, because that's one thing. And given the amount of skepticism toward Drew and this information, um, he, he might, Jason might've gotten away with it if he had only talked about how, Hey, Devins and Angela are dangerous. We might need to do something about that. Uh,

[00:17:43] maybe we should be targeting them. But in addition to just saying how he felt in that sense, he was also dropping these heavy details about his whole plan to woo Devins over. I thought this was like going to be like some side plot. Uh, and now it's like really concrete information for Devins to have to, uh, to, to be able to sort of see that Jason orchestrated this plot to create slop cupcake cookie

[00:18:13] cakes, uh, rice, crispy traits. Uh, and, uh, right, right. Of course, rice, crispy, which is, uh, and, uh, for like the, for his daughter's birthday and like, uh, and then he's going to like win him over. And, um, and it worked the night before when Rome, you know, slipped up and told him ahead of time, he was like emotional over it. Uh, and so, uh, for Drew to be able to come in

[00:18:39] and know, Hey, this was a plan. He told me about it because like Rome was like, Oh, I shouldn't have said anything. Um, which means that Jason obviously had told Rome means that Jason had also told Drew, like Drew probably wouldn't know about this otherwise. Um, and then in addition to that, when Angela joins an even more specific piece of information that drew is able to drop on Angela. And unfortunately, while it's specific, it's also like really hurtful and that's going to like,

[00:19:09] it would be much better if this information was maybe more game specific because, you know, uh, having such emotional information is, uh, is, is more difficult to hide, especially if you're Angela, but he's able to tell Angela, Hey, Jason told me about your conversation where he cried to you and you really bonded. And then you like hugged. And then after you left the room, he looked at the cameras and gave a face and it was like this.

[00:19:43] That is exactly, that is exactly how she reacted. Um, and, uh, and I, I have to imagine that, that it was the conversation we've seen in the episodes, um, or at least one that was very similar to it, uh, where Angela really like opened up to, uh, to Jason and they, they really had like a bonding moment. Um, and it reminds me actually of like Rachel and Keanu, uh, when Rachel would

[00:20:11] have these like conversations with, they did have like a good conversation once early on. And then afterward, every time they had a conversation, Keanu would be like, um, but, but this is almost even worse because it was like during the emotional conversation that Jason did that. And this is Angela we're talking about. Uh, so it's like, this is like heavy stuff to drop on her and she's pissed.

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[00:23:56] And for Jason, like this is again, just like one of those classic big brother rookie mistakes where you want to be the mustache twirling villain. It's like, you're like the villain who is telling the hero, like you have them right where you want them and you tell them your whole master plan. And then somehow they escape and like win the day because they know exactly what you're going to do. Like all you had to do was do all of this and not say anything to anyone else. Like all

[00:24:25] you had to do was say something in the DR rather than say something to the other house guests. But it's that thing in big brother where the ego can sometimes get in the way. And I have a lot of empathy for Jason here, like coming in as a reality TV vet, like you guys were talking about last night on the stock watch clearly being like, Oh, okay. I guess I'm not categorized with them. I guess I probably didn't make as much money as they did. Um, also, you know, Jason has shared

[00:24:53] with everybody. Like he realized very quickly, he was the oldest guy here. This was before Devon's came in, but he was the oldest guy here. He was the only gay one. He felt like he was the biggest guy here, like the least athletic. And I think that it's been really hard for him and these first, this first week. So I think that there's a lot of compensating that he's been doing, trying to like tell people, no, I am playing a good game. Look at all of the stuff that I've been doing. Like I have these people in my back pocket. You should want to work with me,

[00:25:21] but these are the mistakes that get you in this position where suddenly your game is all out on the table and everybody knows what you're doing, you know? Yeah. Yeah. And so, you know, it's just, it's a lot to be able to drop on them. And it was a lot for Drew to drop on them. And I said this last night, Drew's bedside manner is not great. Like he's, and I understand why

[00:25:49] he's trying to be as efficient as possible. They're doing this in the hot tub room and people are kind of coming in and out. And so he's kind of being a little quiet as he does it. He's trying to be like, how, let me make sure I remember all of the information so that I can make sure to tell all of it to you. And while he's like trying to remember all of the bits of information, Devin's and Angela are busy, like having an emotional reaction that he's not really reacting

[00:26:16] to. Um, and then soon after he's able to get all of the information out, he's like, okay, now I should probably leave. So this doesn't look suspicious. Um, and it's just like, unfortunately I like these little things can matter. Uh, and we're going to be talking about like this skepticism of drew. I don't think this is going to be a huge deal in the short

[00:26:40] term necessarily. Uh, and that means that he's got plenty of time in the longterm for this to not be a big deal either. But it is, like I said, I think, uh, last night and yesterday, um, like it is like the biggest crack in this power structure that exists. And, uh, the, the, they need to be careful about making sure they don't make it bigger, uh, because this is an

[00:27:07] incredibly powerful structure and he's a really important piece of it. Like he really is. And you know, he, he is not without other options. He has plenty of other options. People are telling him things. People are coming to him. And I do think like, this is his age a little bit or his excitement about playing the brother and being like, I'm in a secret Alliance. I'm going to go and dump all of it on everybody. And then I'm going to leave. And you see Barrett come in afterwards

[00:27:35] and like have that gentle touch and like really try to calm things down with Angela and Devens. But Devens is able to recognize how valuable drew is. Like he keeps saying over and over again, like, it's amazing that he's telling you this stuff. Like, thank you so much. We're in such a good spot. If they feel comfortable saying this kind of thing to you. A hundred percent. Yeah. Uh, so after,

[00:27:59] uh, drew leaves, um, also useful actually to mention that, uh, Lala also came up in this conversation, um, because Lala is in with Jason and feels similarly about Angela and Devens. Um, and, uh, and, but somehow this like ended up kind of spinning around to Haley because, um, I actually don't remember the exact turn of the conversation that got it to Haley.

[00:28:25] This was earlier though, in the day, like Angela was in the kitchen talking about how she felt like Haley was trying to pit her and Lala against each other for good TV. Right. And so I think what happens is, uh, because drew mentions Lala as part of what Jason's talking about, uh, Angela immediately connects this to Haley and what she was already thinking about with

[00:28:52] Haley about like trying to pit her against her. And then I believe drew also then was like, Oh yeah, I think I heard Haley say something about that too. Um, and, and so now in Angela's mind, uh, you know, turns out Lala doesn't like me. And I thought I really liked Lala. Uh, Haley's trying to pit me against Lala and now Jason's completely playing me and playing me for a fool. And,

[00:29:20] you know, remember to this point, Angela has been like, is this what it's like? This is so good. I have friends, I have allies, I have people I can trust. Uh, it's good that I'm in, and like Devin's like, yes, it's good. We're getting this information. Uh, we clearly have like ears everywhere. Um, but this one's going to be tough for Angela to get over because it's,

[00:29:42] I think giving her flashbacks to a time when she spent 70 days with everyone not liking her, uh, and not including her. And the idea that she's been so thoroughly fooled by two people that she really liked, uh, is, is really going to be again, difficult for her to sort of manage over

[00:30:03] the day. She, she's starting. She's starting. So after Drew leaves, she's like that motherfucker, not about Drew, about Jason. Um, and, uh, she's very, very annoyed. Uh, Barrett quickly joins them.

[00:30:25] Um, she is so perfect. Oh, she is perfect. I love, I love Angela. And I've always said like on her season, I would hate playing with Angela because she is so unpredictable and so emotional and she's so perfect. Yes. Barrett quickly joins them and, uh, and they tell him what Drew just told them. And he's like, Oh wow. Oh, wait a minute. You know, now that you're saying this,

[00:30:53] it's reminding me of a couple of days ago, I was in a conversation with Jason and I didn't think much of it at the time. Cause I thought it was maybe just a jokey thing. But now in this context, he was like, you guys think Angela's a Karen? She's like, what? She, again, she's like, wow.

[00:31:18] Plant no seeds. Plant no seeds. People really need to watch the video version of this podcast to see, uh, Maggie's facial impressions of Angela cause they're pretty spot on. Um, so, uh, so that's adding fuel to the fire. Uh, Barrett, uh, of course I think is a, is able to be a bit more

[00:31:41] sort of emotionally supportive of, uh, the learning of this information. Um, so, uh, so that's all going well. And then, you know, the rest of the day, uh, prior to the veto ceremony, uh, plays out pretty quietly, um, as we await what seems to be the inevitable, which is Ashley becoming the replacement nominee. Yes. And, um, there's just a lot of like, at one point you get a cam talk from

[00:32:11] D in the morning being like, I've taken no time for myself. I have to go out there and continue to be fake. I just want a moment, but I can't do that. And all right, I'm going to go out there and be fake now, everyone. All right. Are you happy? And she like goes out like she already, we're not even a week in. And I can see like, she clearly did not talk to Sari long and hard enough about

[00:32:36] this situation because she is really, I think, starting to feel the fatigue of not being able to walk down the Island a little bit and take a breather for herself. Hmm. Yeah. Uh, so bees go down for the veto ceremony. They come back up. And in fact, Ashley has been nominated as the replacement nominee. Uh, funny that there was a time we thought this was going to be melody and that, uh, melody was basically a goner instead. Ashley takes the hit and melody spends the day

[00:33:05] building an Alliance. Um, but, uh, Ashley now on the block, she has up to this point, basically been the, uh, very quickly became one of the more de facto evictees here, uh, against Yash. It's probably Yash, but against Taylor, it's probably Ashley, although probably does a lot of work there and there's still plenty of conversations. I'm actually not going to go too deep. I think into

[00:33:30] the Ashley versus Taylor of it all primarily because it's still evolving pretty rapidly. Uh, but you know, I'll give you the, the general updates as we go. Um, with Ashley on the block, uh, feeds came back and, um, we saw a conversation with Rome and Lyric, uh, the, the showmance as

[00:33:54] Lyric has officially now made the next step of, uh, telling the truth about her actual profession. She has told Rome that she is a lawyer. Yeah. Thank God you, thank God you watched this one, Taryn. So you're not actually a singer? No, no, no, I'm a singer. I'm a singer. Oh,

[00:34:17] I was going to be really upset if you couldn't sing. Turns out you're a smart cookie, huh? And later, like I I've seen conversation about this online and people were saying like, when was the last time we just opened the feeds and people were like fully just showmancing

[00:34:43] like this. And I would say it's giving Jess and Cody a little bit. It's giving a little Brenchel where people in the house, when Brenchel first got together, we're like, it's been three days. How is this possible? Um, and I feel similarly watching Lyric and Rome being like, how is this possible? And the funniest part of all of this, like my big contribution to what my opinion of their relationship is, is that melody and Lyric at one point later in the day,

[00:35:11] we're talking about it. And Lyric goes, Melody, I have to tell you, like, I have to tell you a secret. And Melody's like, what? She's like, I think I'm, I think I'm really starting to fall for him. And it's like, I hope so. Catching feelings. Yeah. I certainly hope so. Um, they, they both are. And Rome basically like straight up says like, uh, like I'm not gonna lie. I kind of,

[00:35:41] I kind of care more about you than the game. Uh, and I believe him fully. Um, they're, they both are playing, but like, I just, I want to try to continue to make this clear despite the corniness of Rome in general, uh, that I, that I will continue to make fun of. Um, I think that like they are, they are really like locked in like they, they're like, I really like you. Like, um,

[00:36:09] like they are, you know, in, in love Island terms, they're no longer just closed off. They are basically boyfriend, girlfriend. Uh, they've already taken that step, uh, pretty much. Um, like this is, this is, this is very solid. Yes. And I have noticed that he has been getting along pretty well with the betas and the submissives. Um, a lot of them like him in the house. So I do think that he was, he's living up to what his strategy was going to be. You know, I would love,

[00:36:38] I would love to hear who he thinks are the betas and the submissives. Um, I think that I'm just saying like pretty much everybody enjoys him other than like, I don't even know. All the alphas don't like him. The betas and the submissives like the, like Rome. He's, he was not lying. Uh, I kind of like

[00:37:00] him too. I'm sorry guys. I don't know. As a beta submissive. How dare you, Taryn? How dare you? Listen, that's the litmus test. Do you like Rome? If yes, you are a beta and submissive. Did I change my name to Maggie beta submissive? Oh my God. Um, I, I kind of think like, look,

[00:37:25] I like the fact that he's like seems to be just himself. Like he's not like him being like, I care about you more than the game. Like at least you're saying it, you know, like at least you're, I don't know. I would rather that than somebody be doing all of that and then still trying to dictate what's going on in the game and be kind of like a jerk about it. I feel like Rome is happy

[00:37:54] to be there. Happy with his girl being pretty much nice to everybody. Like, I don't know. I he's growing on me. I kind of like him. Uh, so, um, so Drew is going to have a conversation with Mallory. Uh, and this is of course, uh, pretty interesting because Drew's kind of starting to be more

[00:38:17] integrated with melody and her crew. Uh, and despite Drew's prodding to maybe include Mallory in some things, melody doesn't really want to, but he does talk with Mallory. Uh, and, um, and, you know, just asks her what she's thinking. She says she wants to keep Ashley. Um, so, you know, Ashley does have some support. Uh, like I said, you know, there's, there is some talk to be had about Ashley versus

[00:38:45] Taylor. I think we'll really start to lock in, uh, more sort of like talk and analysis on that vote in particular in the coming days, just because people keep changing their minds without even saying they're changing. Like, like people will literally be like, I want this person to stay at one hour of the day. And then later they'll be like, I've always wanted this other person to stay.

[00:39:09] And it's like, what are you, wait, what? Uh, so don't take any of it too seriously yet. Other than the fact that the cross sovers are still the seemingly sticking to Yash first, Ashley second, Taylor safe. Uh, but even that's not like a complete consensus. So, uh, so stay, stay tuned for that one.

[00:39:33] Yeah. Um, yeah. And Yash is on the campaign trail during the day talking to everybody, not sure that he's getting really anywhere, but, um, at least he's trying and the consistency of being out there and talking to people in a situ like in a week one situation like this, where a lot of the house still is sort of fluid. Like, obviously we have our locked in group, but they're like more a secret. And then we have the red corner, which is less a secret,

[00:40:01] but with sort of the amorphousness of the rest of everybody, I think that there is room. If you're like out there playing hard and campaigning for people to turn, change their minds. Yes. A hundred percent. And like the, the, I think the biggest thing is that like, because all three of the people on the block are pretty connectionless, uh, except for maybe like

[00:40:28] Taylor with Lala, uh, like Ashley doesn't really have anyone. Yash doesn't really have anyone. Um, and so for many of them, it's, it really is just like, what do, what do we want for dinner tomorrow? Like, you know, I could do pizza, but I've never had a burger before. So I don't know. I might want to try that. Like, it's really, it really doesn't matter for most of the people in the house. And, uh,

[00:40:55] and so they're, they're all just kind of keeping their options open for the most part, I think. Totally. I do think if I was in there and I was trying to be smart, I would pick someone that it matters to me that they stay. And I would work my ass off with them to make it known to them that I am working really hard for them to stay because they're all connectionless. So I can be their connection.

[00:41:22] And I think that like, even the fact that nobody's really done that, like Melody clearly wants to keep all of her options open. And that includes like ditching her allies. Um, her even being like, well, I want Ashley to stay. I, she's not even working as hard as she maybe should be. And I think that like this, if nobody does this, it's a huge missed opportunity within the house and the power structure

[00:41:52] here. And what I will say too, is that like, uh, even when we were rating the nominees last night, uh, it was, it was tough because they, none of them are doing anything like super wrong. In fact, Yash even stepped up yesterday and was doing some decent campaigning. Uh, Ashley has done some decent campaigning. Taylor's been doing some great campaigning. Uh, and that's also part of why things

[00:42:17] are so up in the air because you know, it, like you'll have one great conversation with Yash and be like, I actually really like Yash and I don't think he has anybody. Uh, maybe I could keep Yash around. And on top of that, any one of the three could win the blockbuster, meaning there's no one person that's guaranteed to like be going, uh, which means you're incentivized to have these great conversations with each nominee and to have a good relationship with each of these nominees.

[00:42:46] Uh, and so yeah, a bunch of them are like, take, take, take your pick. I have a good relationship with all of them. I've had a great conversation with all of them. I think that like the thing to do, I agree with you, Taryn, but I think as it gets closer, keeping all of your options open, like you should just plant a flag and go for it. Like I'm a huge advocate of this always in big brother, plant your flag and decide who you would like to stay so that

[00:43:16] you can maybe try to get some votes around you. Also, it's a great way to like show you have influence and power in the house and like show people are willing to listen to you that if people are going around and be like, I don't know, I kind of want Yash to go. If there's a conversation that you're not in and they're like, Oh, well, you know, Maggie was talking about like this reason, this reason, this reason that he should stay. Like, I don't know. I feel like it's the tides are kind of moving away. Like I, I, I don't know. I feel like it's, if nobody is doing that

[00:43:46] come eviction night, it is a missed opportunity. I agree. Uh, so drew continues this conversation with Mallory. She talks about how she might nominate D with people like Kamu and Haley. Um, and you know, she doesn't want to like to have a war with D, but you know, she does feel like it, you know, it's valuable to potentially put up a person and put her up and all that that she's talked about.

[00:44:09] Uh, drew does the not super subtle when you know what he's doing thing of like, yeah, you know, I do feel like, uh, the vets, they are big targets though. They're, they're, they could be pretty valuable to us, uh, to be using as shields. Um, because people will come after them instead of us, uh, which I, you know, just, I guess, quick tip. Uh, nobody says that unless they're working with

[00:44:35] the vets. Uh, no, nobody says that or thinks that unless they're working with vets. It's a not, it's not terrible argument. It's just only not a terrible argument if you're the one working with the vet. Yeah, I, it's not a terrible argument to keep a big target in the house, but to keep a big target who's a vet, who's done this before, who's done some type of games, somebody like D who's literally one survivor and is considered to be the most dominant winner of the new era.

[00:45:02] Like she is not Angela, you know, like it is very, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like, think about like the person who said this the most last season was Morgan, who was the most interested and the person who was working often with Rachel early on in the season. Um, so, uh, they also, they talk generally about like working together. Uh, they talk about the hot tub crew,

[00:45:26] um, which is like a lot of these people like herself, melody, uh, not mountain melody lyric, uh, like Barrett, like that kind of grouping of people, uh, that, you know, they feel like are the outcasts to some degree. There's the cool kids, which is like the red corner. There's the vets. And then there's, uh, even like, you know, Rome and, and, and stuff is kind of like, he's got his own

[00:45:55] thing, but they're more the outcasts. The red corner, you know, the cool kids. It's just so funny. It's so funny. Um, then Drew goes in and talks to D, uh, right afterward. And this did not go unnoticed as well by Mallory that he went and talked to D right after their conversation where she was talking about putting D on the block. And he was saying that maybe she shouldn't be targeting D,

[00:46:20] uh, not the best timing in the world there. Um, and this conversation, I did mention it, uh, last night. It was awkward. Uh, I would say it started fine. Um, it started with like the, uh, like, Oh, thank God it's us again. And I've been talking about that. Like every time somebody in the cross overs Alliance gets together, uh, they're like, Oh wow. Thank God. This is so much

[00:46:48] nicer than having to talk to other people. Um, but the, I think the thing is this time that they actually had a lot of time alone. Um, and, and then it was like, wait, theoretically, this is a relief, but I actually don't know how to talk to you. And it was really, it was awkward. And I kind of was after like later in the day when, you know, Angela's having this distrust with drew,

[00:47:17] I was like, no, cause the real, the, uh, the information was truthful, but I do understand how we came to this conclusion because he was being weird. He was being sketchy. Like they were talking about, I can't even remember who they were talking about. And he was like, what do you think about them? Haley. Oh, Haley. She's like, so what do you think about Haley? And D was like, well, I don't like her. Andrew was like, yeah, yeah. She was like, well, so she says, I don't, I don't like

[00:47:46] her. And he goes, Oh really? Why? And, and like you do that if you, if you're surprised and disagree, right? Like, Oh, I can't, I don't know why you would dislike Haley. Tell me why you dislike Haley. And then she, she is kind of taken aback by that because everyone else that she's talked about with Haley has instantly been like, Oh, me too. Oh my God. Isn't she so annoying? And then like both bond

[00:48:13] over all the annoying things Haley does. But drew is kind of like, Oh, why? Uh, forcing her to kind of be like, well, I, I mean like unsure venturing into this, like, well now I'm going to tell it like, she's just kind of annoying. And, uh, like why, why do you, you, you, you like Haley? And he's like, no, no. I also think she's super annoying. But also says the exact same language that D uses, like doesn't add anything of his own to the

[00:48:42] conversation. And then she was like, well, why didn't you just say that? And he was like, well, I didn't want to say, I didn't want to say that first. And she literally has to be like, no, we're in an alliance. This is a safe space. Like what? This summer serve up the cookout classics, Oscar Mayer hot dogs and Heinz mustard. Grill up a dog,

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[00:51:52] it now makes it feel even more intentional that he like put her on the back foot by going, Oh really? Why? Uh, which is like, it's just, Ooh, uh, and, and, and it's, this is not the only time this happened. So she's like, Hey, you can tell me anything. And he's, he's like, Oh sure. I'll give you something. I think Lala's annoying. Um, and, uh, and she's like, okay, great. Uh, but then as the

[00:52:19] conversation continues, it happens again when he's like, what are you thinking in terms of like the vote? Uh, and she's like, well, I was kind of feeling like, uh, like Ashley should go. And he's like, Oh really? Why? And she's like, Oh, you want, you want Taylor to go? And he's like, no, I want Taylor to stay. She's like, you do. So then why are you asking me why? Like what's happened? And it's

[00:52:46] just, it's, it's just not, they're not flowing here. I think what's happening genuinely is D probably makes you nervous. Drew's a big fan. He really likes her. He wants to impress her and he's just like nervous. I think that that's what was going on. Um, and he spent more time with Devin's and

[00:53:08] they like kind of have this thing, you know? Um, but I think that like D is powerful. She's beautiful. She's like really smart. He really wants to make a good impression and work with her. And he's, he just is like a little awkward around her. And he is, I want to say like, I liked so much of what Drew was doing yesterday. Genuinely. Again, I said, I would want to work with

[00:53:34] Drew in the house. Like I, I think that he's a great person. Like he's doing great. It's just in this conversation. I was like, yeah, no kidding later. Like if I was D in this conversation, I also would have been like, what the heck was that? That was bizarre, you know? Um, yeah. Yeah. And I think, uh, maybe to be a little bit fair to Drew, I do think that D had some walls up

[00:53:59] based on her conversation with Angela the night before. And again, probably a little bit of like, uh, like incentivized skepticism for not wanting his Jason information to be super true. But either way, uh, it was a, it was a weird conversation for sure. Um, so, uh, so that happens, uh, after that conversation, Yash comes in and talks to D about, um, by the way, Drew keeps asking D who she wants

[00:54:29] evicted and her response. Cause like she, she contributed to some of this awkwardness for sure. She's constantly just like, well, I don't have a vote. He's like, yeah, well, you know, we're allies and like your opinion matters. She's like, well, but I don't have a vote. Um, and it was like really weird. So then Yash comes in and he's, he's like, uh, like, Hey, I just want to make sure like I've got your support. Uh, and she said, well, it doesn't matter. So he's like, well, if it's a tie,

[00:54:57] you, you vote, you break the tie. And she's like, Oh, he's like, so like, I would love it if, if like, if you could break the tie to, to, to keep me if in the event that happens. Um, and she does agree to do this, uh, but then pretty much immediately runs to Taylor and says, uh, Oh, hi, by the way, uh, I now realize that there's a tie. There's a potential for a tie. And, and I had to lie to Yash and tell him that I would keep him, but I would really keep you.

[00:55:26] Correct move. I'm D great work. That's it. Taylor is the person that she is, you know, wanting to work with over Yash, which it definitely seems still like that is where her head is at. Yeah. Uh, then, uh, Angela, while playing pool with Devins, lets him know that she is a little skeptical of Drew's information that she talked to D and D got a different story from Drew.

[00:55:52] So they can't really trust it. Uh, Devins though, uh, is basically like, Oh wow. Really? I mean, it's a lot of really specific information for it to all have been made up. Uh, but let's talk to D. Yeah. Devins at least like, yeah, I, I think that I'm really interested to watch this dynamic

[00:56:19] play out with Devins and Angela. Um, because I, I'm outing myself here. I did not watch Devins first season. I did not watch edge of extinction, but I did watch 50 and Devins worked with all of the like analytical type players. Although I would argue Emily Flippen is pretty emotional, but you know,

[00:56:38] um, but I think that he has worked more heavily. At least I've seen him. I don't know who he worked with in edge of extinction. You can please fill it, fill in my gaps, but I'm really interested to watch him work with somebody like Angela, because I think that it's going to make him flex muscles that are in

[00:57:02] a, in a different, a different, uh, muscle group than he usually does when he plays these types of games. Hmm. Yeah. Uh, and I think doing well in this conversation to like not immediately dismiss it while trying to like steer Angela back to the right path. Um, but it was a very brief interaction. Uh, at the end of the day, like Angela is still moving different with Jason and Lala.

[00:57:32] Because I think she does believe it's true. Uh, it's just that she doesn't want to believe it's true. And she already didn't trust, uh, Drew. And if D is also backing her up that there might be some inconsistencies, then, uh, then maybe there might be some inconsistencies. But at the end of the day, like the truth of it, like the, the, the spirit of it has to be true to some degree. And I think

[00:57:57] she recognizes that, um, she also was asking Devin's like his opinion on if she should talk to Lala or like a dress that she feels like people are putting, pinning them against each other. And Devin's is like, well, I think maybe don't do that. Uh, but I do think like talk to her in general. And if it comes up, you can bring it up. But I think like putting in more FaceTime with her is the move right now, rather than going to her and being like, Hey Lala, I think they're pitting us against each other.

[00:58:27] And I think that there's a conspiracy against us, you know? Yes. Um, and Jason realized that Angela was acting differently, uh, through the day. Didn't seem to make the connection with like, Oh, I told Drew and now Angela's acting different. But, uh, but we'll see because he remembered it. Therefore, if it ever comes out that Angela knows he might remember back to, Oh, well, I first noticed you're acting different that day. And I had told you the night

[00:58:57] before. Not everyone has that kind of specific, uh, like date memory, uh, connection, but you know, the fact that there was a marker place down here is, is worth noting. I'm also a little less concerned about it because he has been running his mouth about this to like a lot of people like, that's the problem. When you tell the same story over and over and over again, if it gets back to the person that you're talking about, like you don't know where it came from,

[00:59:26] you know? Yeah. Um, all right. So, uh, I want to kind of dive into, uh, combine a couple of lyric and melody conversations just to sort of like, keep it all together. They talk more about building, uh, this alliance that they're interested in building, uh, lyric. Uh, so it's obvious it's going to be the two of them. Um, and they want to try to build out like, who else do we want to include in this alliance? We want to build. And lyric mentions that she really likes Barrett,

[00:59:55] uh, and she's catching feelings for Rome and melody feels really good about drew. So, uh, so drew and Rome make a lot of sense. Every time lyric brings up Barrett, melody keeps going like, yeah, but we want to make sure we have a core, you know, like we want to make sure we have a core and then people on the outside of the core that would be like, uh, like if we're up against

[01:00:21] Barrett on the block, like Barrett goes home. Um, and then like, then they start talking about Jason. They both really like Jason and then lyric brings up Barrett again. And then melody again says, yeah, but we do want a core. So clearly melody does not want Barrett in the core of the alliance. Um, which is very funny because again, like drew is using melody as his parachute and melody is now talking about building a core with drew in it where there are parachutes outside of it that include

[01:00:50] Barrett. Who's also using Mallory as a parachute after melody abandoned her for no reason. I also think like, okay, we're just going through these like rookie mistakes that people are making. Melody knows big brother. Clearly she knows strategy. I wouldn't be surprised if she's listened to you,

[01:01:14] Taryn, um, because she's talking openly about this onion strategy. The issue is that that's something that just naturally happens because of relationships. Like Derek was never talking to Cody and beast mode cowboy and being like, we are the core of the onion. Like who else do we want to like that?

[01:01:39] Explaining it in that way makes it so sterile and people feel so much less like involved, you know? And I also think that that like really like means that you can't be flexible in a lot of ways. Um, I, I just think naturally you're going to make a core. If you have a big alliance,

[01:02:03] like start talk, like you can still have your core be drew and lyric. Like you just got to put in the elbow grease to make that happen. You don't need to be explaining to everybody in the Alliance, how the Alliance structure works. Yeah. Well, uh, they, they do talk about this core. Melody, uh, says that she is a little bit worried, uh, about Taylor because basically what happened the day

[01:02:30] before is that Taylor had told them Yash was the one spreading the thing about them being a trio. Uh, and Melody started to think about it. She actually had a conversation with Drew and Devin's about it. Uh, I think Devin's, it might've been Barrett, um, where she was like, yeah, I was told this, but I'm actually realizing like that could have been a lie. Like she's on the

[01:02:52] block against Yash. Uh, so she might have just been lying about that. Um, and so they're becoming a little bit concerned that, that Taylor was maybe just lying about that because they have a decent relationship with Yash. They have a good conversation with Yash throughout the day. And by the end of the night, they're starting to feel better about Yash in general. In fact, better about Yash than Taylor herself. Uh, and they're starting to feel like maybe we can include Yash in this group if he ends up

[01:03:21] staying, uh, and, and maybe they are part of keeping him stay. So Yash making some good progress there. Um, ultimately the core kind of forms around the idea of lyric and Rome, melody and Drew, which is a good actual core would be better if Drew was not, uh, slippery snake rat. Um, but,

[01:03:45] uh, but you know, uh, good solid core, um, with the addition of people like Jason and Barrett, uh, and maybe Yash and others as like people outside of the core, uh, the two of them, lyric and melody are the hottie harmonies. Cause lyric and melody. Cause it's music. Yeah. Um, we're,

[01:04:12] as this like update is going on, I feel like I've been talked a little bit more. Like I feel like I came into this update being like, Oh, Angela and D like, I need you to believe Drew. And I'm now in a place where I'm like, totally. They should believe Drew, but also like their weariness of him. Like he, he has some rat floater upside here. Uh, if there starts to be warring factions,

[01:04:41] you know, what is he has many, many options. Yes. So far from what we've seen, he is fully like a a hundred percent loyal and has been doing everything possible to keep process crossovers, uh, in a good place. And they should be making him feel confident that they are home for him.

[01:05:09] Yeah. You know, and that's, and that's the thing, right? The fact that he has options is not a reason to be paranoid about him because the more paranoid you are, because the person has options, the more you will end up pushing them toward those options. Uh, the more options they have, the more you want to be open arms, uh, with them because you don't want them running off to those options. Okay. Yeah. No, I don't know. I'm, I'm having fun with Drew. I think that he's really interesting

[01:05:37] and I'm, I'm excited that to watch him play some more. Yes. Worth noting as well that Lyric in particular, uh, I believe mentions that, uh, she believes that the red corner doesn't know the name that, that Chuck, uh, Kamu and Haley are working with the vets, Angela D and Devin's. And she is

[01:06:00] 100% spot on. I mean, at this point, the red corner has recruited Angela. Uh, they just haven't told Angela that there's already an existing alliance that already includes D and Devin's, but those six are in the, in the eyes of the red corner, that is a six person essentially group. Um, so, uh, it's a pretty spot on assessment. And, uh, and the main thing is that there are people like Drew

[01:06:26] keeping the vets from being nominated one, two, three, and instead focusing them more on the cool kids, meaning the red corner, uh, trio. Totally. Listen, they're the cool kids. No, I know. It's just, it's just, it's just funny. It's, it's every season is just funny. Um, so that happens throughout the day, but, uh, another thing that's going to happen, Rome, Jason and Lala mama's angels. Uh,

[01:06:55] they spend a lot of time up in the gym. Um, and, uh, and they're, they're a very funny, funny group. Uh, like as they're up there, like, um, every time they hear a noise, Rome will just start acting like he's, uh, teaching them how to work out. And they are for the, for the record, they are like working out hard and like cheering each other on. They are like, they literally they're like Jason

[01:07:23] is like pumping iron and they're like, one more. Like they're really, they're very encouraging. Um, I don't know. I was very much like, I was like, Oh God, I would be so intimidated to work out with them. Uh, but everybody knows that they're up there together. And Jason is like, uh, up there like, Oh, Hey Rome, by the way, I was talking to, I don't remember who he was talking to. I was talking, it might've been like comma or something. And I was telling him like, uh, like,

[01:07:51] Oh yeah, I'm going to get Rome to work me out until the apprentice turns on the master and takes him out. But I was obviously just saying that to them. So like when they come to you and try to convince you that I'm against you know that I told you already and like play it up and be like, Oh, Oh yeah. Well then we'll see if that happens so that they think we're against each other. Um, and, uh, and, and all this stuff and like downloading information and talking strategy.

[01:08:15] Uh, but, but here's the thing. It did not go unnoticed that the three of them spent a lot of time up in the gym. The problem is, uh, that, uh, there were more people added to that, uh, that, that weren't quite there the whole time, uh, or really at all. But Angela, who is now

[01:08:35] newly skeptical of Jason and Lala, uh, go, that's the group. I've got them. Uh, because I didn't get invited to work out. I didn't get invited. She notices that they're all up there, but, but believes also that like, essentially that like the trio of girls went up there too,

[01:09:00] that like Mallory and melody and lyric were up there. And there was this whole big meeting that happened, uh, for hours and hours. And she is not going to be subtle about starting to share this theory with people. She says, well, I just, I watched them all get summoned. You know, it's really interesting a day like today in the house when you watch everybody go, you know, go get summoned. They think I'm an idiot. You know, I, I watched it happen earlier. Didn't you see it? Didn't you see it happen earlier? I watched it happen earlier.

[01:09:30] People are saying Angela's at the table watching them right now as we speak. Uh, in her sunglasses. I see a photo of her in her sunglasses. Oh my God. She's perfect. Taryn. She's so perfect. She's, and you can see too, that she's starting to lose a little bit of patience. So like, um, there's this thing happening, of course, as I mentioned, that the red corner is recruiting

[01:09:56] Angela, but they're not telling her about D and Devin's and Angela's talked to D about this. Like, oh, they're trying to recruit me, but they're not telling me about you guys. Uh, but now that she's like, she's getting all of this, she's starting to lose some patience with it. She talks to Haley and she's like, Haley, just, just tell me straight. Like, who else are you guys working with? Um, and Haley's like, oh, uh, I mean, well, I feel like we have a good relationship with D maybe.

[01:10:26] Okay. Who else? I mean, I don't know. Like, uh, I come on who else what's going on? Uh, it's like, well, I mean, what we feel, you know, we think we feel good with, with Jason. Um, and you know, maybe, maybe Devin's or maybe not, I don't know. Maybe Devin's, uh, and, uh, and like Haley really

[01:10:49] not wanting to give up the goods here. And, uh, and, and Angela is just like really trying to get like, she, she wants to be, she wants somebody, I think outside of her Alliance to be truthful with her and not be like playing her or hiding anything from her because she thought that she had that with people like Jason and Lala. And now she clearly doesn't, she's being recruited into this other Alliance and they're also still not being upfront with her. Uh, and so, um, I think that's continuing

[01:11:18] to frustrate her. Angela's like core wound, I think in the big brother house and you know, the, the, for her to figure out the, the way it goes into the rest of her life is between her and, you know, whatever, but like, she does not like feeling tricked. I think she's terrified of being tricked, which is why we got low budget movie, you know, like she wants to have the last word.

[01:11:47] She wants to be in control. She wants to be the one who is knows what's going on. She wants to be the one who gets the last laugh. And I think that she found out Jason was laughing about her behind her back. Lala, I guess, doesn't like her. Now all of these people are leaving her out. Hey, like,

[01:12:09] this is just really, really like she, like I said earlier, she's starting. Yeah. Uh, and she starts to hint to Haley about her conspiracy, about there being a big Alliance. Um, and, uh, and she also starts talking about wanting to be somebody who potentially takes Taylor out of the game over Ashley, and then has a conversation with Yash about working with him, uh, and how she really feels good

[01:12:37] about him and tells her, it's hard to tell him about her Alliance theory about the gym and everything. And so, uh, Angela in particular is really starting to veer off course in terms of not only sort of like the game plan, but, but also the, the vote for the week, um, that, you know, she sort of has her own ideas of where she might want to go, which is not a huge deal because nobody has super strong feelings

[01:13:02] about it. But, uh, Devin's, I think in particular is starting to worry about Angela. And we'll, we'll, we'll see that a little bit in his conversation with D later. As he should like, I, I, I have said seven times on this podcast, Angela is perfect. Um, working with Angela in the big brother house would be my nightmare. She is so much to manage.

[01:13:29] She is so much to manage and you never know which way her gun is going to point, you know, like she seemingly out of nowhere, people, you know, get hit with the Angela. Um, so I would be very wary of working with her as well. Um, but she's like, she's perfect. I love watching her. She's one of my favorite big brother players, maybe of all time at this point. Well, the thing I'll say about Angela this time around is that like, obviously last time,

[01:13:59] the big thing was that like, she, she basically imagined that, uh, people were, were playing her this time. She has like full confirmation. Uh, again, I think I, I really need to emphasize how much I think she's hurt by the Jason information in particular. Uh, and so like, you know, she has like real actual confirmation of some of, uh, what she would self-describe as paranoia, um,

[01:14:25] to, to incite what already exists as, as she says, paranoia. Um, and so she is, I think for, for the most part, like doing a pretty good job of containing it considering what her in, uh, inclinations seem to be. Uh, and so it's just going to be like, can she, uh, hold this in?

[01:14:50] Will her allies be able to keep her, uh, from like, you know, as she, as you said, like she talks to Devin's about like, should I go confront them? Devin's like, no. Um, so, uh, we'll see because she has been playing well. And I do think that if she's able to contain this, she can continue to do so. Uh, just take the information and, and use it. So say she wins HOH on Thursday night.

[01:15:17] Is she probably for her game? Is she immediately going to in the backyard, start yelling, screw you, Jason. I knew you were talking about me. Pack your bags. Like, are we going to get that from Angela? It's the, it's, this is the, if you ever hear the three claps of death, do you know

[01:15:43] that Angela has signaled the end of her game? Um, all right. So, uh, Drew has a quick conversation with Devin's. That was interesting. Um, this is of course, post Angela telling Devin's she doesn't, uh, she thinks that there might be some inconsistencies with the information. I don't think Devin's really believes that at all. Uh, but he, uh, he talks with Drew and talks about how

[01:16:12] like, he feels really good with Drew and he, and he really likes Barrett. And Drew says, honestly, that's how I see it too. Like when it comes down to it, like final five, I see it as a three V two, meaning Drew Devin's and Barrett versus D and Angela. Uh, of course that's way down the line and I would never do anything prior to that. That's just sort of like sort of signaling that

[01:16:37] that's sort of how I see it. Uh, and Devin says me too, me too. Um, but again, Devin's is kind of like, but very far down the line. Um, so worth pointing out here that this conversation happens. I don't fully believe of course that, uh, that Devin's is telling Drew the truth, uh, in terms of

[01:17:01] like who he's most loyal to right now. Certainly. I think Devin's is obviously most in with D he has the most like, uh, open conversations with D, but it would not surprise me at all. If Devin's enjoyed the idea of being at the center of this five and having options and maybe even like when it comes down to it, do I want to go to the end with D or do I want to go to the end with

[01:17:27] like a kid like Drew? Um, you know, he said, Drew Devin said in his DR, like, let's face it. D is better at these games than I am. Like he knows that she is an amazing ally to have, especially in the beginning because she is so good, but that taking her to the end is a huge gamble about if you'll be able to beat her. Like that's the thing about all of these social strategy games is you want an ally

[01:17:56] that you can rely on and you can trust who's good at it for as long as you can have them until you can't beat them anymore. You know? Um, so I, I do think that this is way down the line. Like I think D and Devin's will be locked in maybe even until final seven, final six, like I would see. Um, but I think Drew saying this to Devin's and Devin's agreeing, like

[01:18:22] melody take note about like the way to establish any type of core, um, you know, maybe wait until you're a week into working together and say like, I love you. And I, this is what I want, you know, like maybe that's the way to go. Uh, Drew also talks to Rome, uh, through the nights and as they start to solidify this for this,

[01:18:52] this core for with, uh, lyric and melody, uh, Drew and Rome have already had a good relationship. Um, Drew had already talked to Rome about like, maybe we need to let Yash go. Um, and Rome really does care about his relationship with Drew. This is something that has been developing. And, uh, and so they are starting to confirm and come together about this idea of locking in with lyric

[01:19:19] and melody. We'll see what happens with that. Of course, Rome also likes Lala a lot. And he also mentions liking Devin's a lot, which, uh, obviously like works for Drew because Drew also likes Devin's and has said so. Um, but I think it's also because of that chess conversation that they had a few nights before. And so there's a world where Devin's kinds of gets invited into this kind of group as well in some capacity. And so now it's really starting to shape up in terms of a real solid,

[01:19:49] like side of the house where you've got red corner over there. You've got this Rome drew lyric melody core over here that includes Devin's and Barrett on the side. Uh, and through it all still, you have Angela kind of not being included in so many of these things. Um, which is part of why she's feeling the way she is and part of why it might continue to make her feel the way she is,

[01:20:17] especially if she finds out about this grouping that's developing that she's not a part of, and that D is not a part of as well. Uh, D also being a little bit skeptical of Drew. So we'll see where this goes. It's actually, I think a very good thing in general for, uh, crossovers. Um, but it does require that, you know, they keep Drew on side and not push him away by not believing this information. Yes. That's why I'm saying like, he's valuable and he has rat floater upside and he

[01:20:45] knows a lot about you. So if you make him unhappy or get him targeted, he can spill so much about you. So maybe keep him happy for now. You have to be delicate with it. And Angela is not somebody who's known for being delicate. Yes. So, uh, finally we get to Devin's and D having a chat. Uh, D kind of opens with her distrust of Drew. She does not believe, uh, fully the information

[01:21:12] about Jason. She feels like there were some inconsistencies in the way that it was told, but Devin says, I disagree. I think that it would be pretty ridiculous to make up what he, I think Devin's was a little surprised that D actually was believing this. Um, and I think he feels like it's Angela's fault for introducing this concept to D, which some degree it is. She brought it up the night before. Uh, so he basically says, I disagree. I think the information

[01:21:40] is good. And I think Angela is starting to get a little paranoid. Um, I think that like Angela is really starting to, um, be a little too concerned about the Lala situation. She keeps talking about the Lala situation. And, uh, and I think also trying to imply to D like if this skepticism of Drew came from Angela, I don't think you should take it at face value. Uh, and so, uh, they kind

[01:22:06] of quickly move on, although they do come back around to this idea that, uh, D is a little concerned with Drew later. Where did she land on that with Devin's? Where, where do I think she landed? Mm-hmm. It seemed as though, uh, that I think, uh, that the ultimate conclusion was where they should come to, which is like, if we're worried about Drew at all, then let's try to make him

[01:22:31] extra feel good, uh, about where he stands, uh, and stuff like that. Um, will, will D actually do that? Uh, will Angela actually do that is maybe another question. Devin certainly will. Um, but, uh, but I don't know necessarily like from what I'm seeing one of these potential weaknesses in this game as we move forward, as we're trying to find any, um, is that she

[01:23:00] does seem to have to put in a lot of work to keep face with people she doesn't like. Uh, it's like a struggle for her. It's a, it's very expensive in terms of energy output. And, uh, and that's a problem because she doesn't like most of the red corner, any of the red corner Alliance, which is a huge power base for her. And if she doesn't like get to liking

[01:23:25] Drew, like that could also be an expensive output for her that if she slips at all could be a big problem. So, uh, so I'm curious to see how she manages these relationships with people that she does not care for moving forward, especially when she's not HOH. I imagine if I had a crystal ball and I know D, um, D will get the Alliance she wants.

[01:23:52] So I think, you know, Drew and Devin's being like, it's us, you know, like we're the power base. Um, maybe that's like the energy that maybe D is picking up on a little bit from Drew and D will make sure that she's in a good spot. Like D is not going to sit on her hands and let herself be in a Rocky spot and an Alliance. So I think, you know, maybe

[01:24:18] not now, maybe not in these next couple of weeks, but I think by the time we're hitting the jury phase or like, we're right about to hit the jury phase, D will have the Alliance that she wants. That's my, I think so too. I think she's like, I would not surprise me if red corner dies as early as next week, if none of them win HOH and very few of them are planning to win. Um, so, uh, I thought they were the competitors, Tara. And I thought

[01:24:45] they were the cool kids. Yeah, I guess it's worth pointing out here. Uh, and I don't mention this every time it happens because so many people say this all the time, but there are a ton of people in this house saying they do not plan to win the week to HOH like a ton of them. Rome Kamu at one point, Chuck, like a bunch of these people who feel like they're in a pretty good

[01:25:07] spot, do not plan to win. And pretty much all of them need to. Yeah. Um, all right. So, uh, they continue D and Devin's continue to talk. They both like Barrett a lot. Uh, and they, they, they, you know, he's like good with both of them. Yash is still their target as of right now, pretty much followed by Ashley, although they've flirted with the idea of shifting

[01:25:32] that to Taylor. Uh, again, this is kind of still a little bit up in the air. Um, finally detox to the cameras and, uh, it's a fun conversation. I recommend checking it out. Basically though, uh, game wise, she tells us Devin's is still her number one. Uh, Angela is her number two for now. And then Barrett would be her number three, not surprising information by

[01:25:57] any means. Uh, although people did like really enjoy what she said about Barrett, like being her nerd, uh, given their flirtation. People ship. They do. They do. Uh, all right, Maggie, anything else you wanted to bring up from yesterday? You know, I think we really covered it all. Um, we didn't even really talk about our outfits though. And why everybody, everybody put on

[01:26:26] some jorts and it's a black tank and, and danced around the backyard, classic big brother stuff, you know? Yeah. It was, I think the thing that made it funny was the, like the method with which it was revealed where like, at first it was just drew and Barrett who were like in a tank, in a black tank and jorts. And I was like, what are they, what are they doing? Like they,

[01:26:53] I like, okay, funny bit, but like the two of you should not be showing that you're a duo like this, but then like Kamu comes out wearing the jorts in the tank. And then like, uh, Jason comes out and then everyone starts putting it on and it becomes this big thing and it's very fun. Um, so, uh, good stuff. And, and the, the question is being asked. Uh, no, I am not wearing jorts. I,

[01:27:20] I, I actually do not own any jorts. Also like you guys, it's how we're an hour and 18 minutes into a podcast. Do you think I'm going to sit here in jorts? This is a soft pants activity. Come on. Come on guys. Yeah. Um, so, uh, so yes, so that's, um, it's good stuff. Funny stuff. They also did a big birthday celebration for, uh, for Devin's, uh, uh, daughter and there's a

[01:27:46] cute video of them watching it at home. Yeah. I was about to say his wife posted a sweet video of her reacting to it and she was very excited. It was really, really sweet. Yes. All right. Well, that is what we have for you then today. Of course, I'll be back tomorrow morning, 11 a.m. Eastern to update you on everything that happens today on the big brother 28 live feeds, including anything further happens with Angela. What else goes on with this vote? Uh, because we're

[01:28:13] really, um, you know, I really think we're going to keep circling around for a little while, but we will see. Uh, I am doing a, a mailbag podcast with Rob for the patrons of Rob as a podcast today. So, uh, if you're a patron of Rob as a podcast, send in your questions, um, check out the round table we did last night. We, uh, we rated all of the players. We did a bunch of other stuff. It's a lot of fun.

[01:28:36] Um, and check out my Patreon where I finished watching love Island, uh, in, in its disgusting fashion that it, that it did like literally like actually like vomit inducing challenge. Um, but, uh, but in general, I'm, I got through the whole season, the whole season. Um, so check that out on my Patreon as well as all the other shows I'm watching there and all the streams I'm doing for big brother this season, uh, over there on my Patreon. Uh, Maggie, what do you got going on?

[01:29:05] So actually Thursday night, the first eviction of the season is my birthday. And to celebrate, if you live in New York city, I will be at the have not room, which is the live eviction watch party that last year ended up on TMZ. Um, the guy who hosted it's really sweet and my favorite drag queen shut up. We'll be performing, um, perhaps doing a little big brother cosplay. I'm not sure.

[01:29:31] Um, so please come, if you're in New York, come celebrate with me, bring some cash to tip the, uh, shut up and the drag queen. Um, yeah, come, come hang out. Uh, you can find all of the information that there are tickets that need to be purchased. Um, you can go to that at have not room NYC, I believe is the Instagram handle, or if you follow me on Instagram at ML Morgan underscore,

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