Perhaps it wasn't an interview. I'd say it was a Jenterview. Yeah, that's perfect! AOL's TV Tattler recently interviewed the last houseguest evicted from the Big Brother 8 house -- Jen Johnson.You can say what you want about Jen. You can like her or hate her. But everyone has to admit she's surely a character. She boasts of being a bikini model and the nanny for Vanna White's children. She's Jen to the Jenth Degree!
I want to delve a bit into the interview at hand and give my two cents on it. Want to join me? After the jump ...
As Jen is the second member of the jury, although she vehemently didn't want to be on said jury, they couldn't mention America's Player in the interview. So don't expect any internet rumors about her supposed knowledge of Eric's evil doings on behalf of America in this interview.
I'm not surprised that right in the very first question, Jen said the dunking task for the HOH was kind of like still being in the house, but she wasn't. From what I saw on the feeds, all she wanted was to be in the house -- and on television. In the sequester house, she will have little camera time.She said that she wanted to destroy the cigarettes of anyone who smoked in the house before she even went in. How to win friends and influence people, eh? I thought she had destroyed a pack or two before, earlier in the season. At least she confirmed that. I'm not going crazy. Well, at least not in that aspect.
She also said the cigarette burn inflicted in the brouhaha was just a "fake burn." Huh? You're burned or you're not burned. I know the night it happened she told Jameka it didn't burn her, she just got a black streak from the ash. I don't know. Maybe she did get burned and Amber had a vision she didn't, so it became a fake burn.
The tea-dumping incident? She said she feels sorry for Dick because he was acting like a 2-year old on national television. Oh, my. I guess that's one way to look at it. But it's very interesting that many of the things feeds-watchers and show-viewers were up in arms about really didn't faze Jen at all.
Yet, she was truly upset about her Memory Wall photo. She said she cried more about that than anything else in her entire time in the house. Well, it's a good thing she has her priorities straight, right?
She claims she's reconciled with being sent to the sequester house, but I think she might be just putting on a good front. The houseguests earn a $750 a week stipend for the time spent in sequester or in the house. Since she has a rather cushy position, that probably doesn't mean all that much to her and she'd probably rather be going about her Jentastic lifestyle. She admits to knowing Mike "Boogie" Malin's boss, but denied a ChillTown connection. She said she didn't get any advice from Mike and wouldn't have used it if she did. "I'm not that kind of person!"
In the "no kidding" category of questions, she said she loved the unitard. Now, if I don't see another unitard, red or otherwise, for the rest of my life, I'm okay with that. Had I received a red unitard to wear for a week, I'd cry more than Jen did over the Memory Wall picture. But, then again, Jen prides herself on being upbeat. I don't. And you can't make me wear a red unitard.
Check out the whole interview for more!















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-27-2007 @ 8:46PM
Navstar said...
Jen and Janelle mud wrestling... aaaaand GO!
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8-27-2007 @ 9:58PM
Sharon said...
I think Jen was all about the exposure and what better than parading around in a red unitard or what's left of it?? I also think she has a unique personality and marches to the beat of a different drummer than most,and I'm okay with that.
Also,on Dr. Phil today,they had a couple on,the husband was an abuser and a bully(shades of dick). AND Dr.P said that people who stand around and witness the abuse and say nothing are as guilty as the abuser themselves. I rest my case!!! I still think CBS was negligent in not stopping the over the top abuse of Jen by dick. And I have lost all respect for all of the others who watched and did nothing,especially the Christian girls. Not even a prayer was offered in Jen's defense. I dislike abusers of any kind. IMHO
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8-27-2007 @ 10:27PM
Silk said...
Perhaps Jen wasn't FAZED by the iced tea because she's a nanny, and works with small children every day. (Plus, it was sure to be on the air.)
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8-27-2007 @ 10:58PM
Mike said...
Dr. Phil??? LOL
What abuse? Where she got in his face? She should have walked away instead of trying to grab him.
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8-27-2007 @ 11:30PM
Sharon said...
No,the verbal abuse he threw at her every chance he got within speaking distance of her. If you don't recognize that words hurt as bad as actions,then you're part of the problem. The majority of his abuse was unprovoked by her or he would seek her out and start in. It's a sad fact that he's so many's hero.
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8-28-2007 @ 2:38AM
Mike said...
He's no hero...I will say he looks like a good father pushing his daughter to win and willing to take a dive.
Some of that is game play trying to be hated...trying to rattle people...and somewhere he and jen got on the wrong foot. But it is a game and yelling miss it or getting thrown at by a pitcher is part of one game...name calling and making the weak cry or get upset is part of this game....if she couldn't handle it she could always quit or name call back.
I give her credit for smiling and not caring....and in the smoke blowing scene...i told my wife if he blows nasty 2nd hand smoke on her she should blow good your you chewwed up apple she was eating at time on him...or blow good for you water at him and put out the fire.
But it's not domestic abuse.
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8-28-2007 @ 4:36PM
Sanra said...
I had never read a blog before and started reading yours last Big Brother. You have a talent using humor and facts. To me this Big Brother has been very strange and lots of bad language and personal attacks. To me there is no good pick for a winner. But then I continue to watch and read. :)
I enjoy your Blog....
From a 66 year old grandmother....
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8-28-2007 @ 5:36PM
wanda28 said...
I think Jen is a wonderfully unique person, She came in the house to play the game and got the cold shoulder from the other HG. She was more competitive than the others , but she did not deserve the treatment that she got from them, especially Dick. I wonder can she take him to court for the abuse without BB interfering in the matter,
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