By Andy Sloan

 

She may have been the second ousted from the Big Brother house, but Da'Vonne Rogers made a lasting impression with her no-hold-back attitude and discovery of the Twin Twist! Mama Day talks eviction night, her biggest mistakes and how she really feels about some of her former housemates. It's an interview you don't want to miss!

 

I'm just going to flat out say this interview might be a little biased because I'm a fan of how you played the game and you were definitely one of my favorites.

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Thank you baby!

 

No problem! One of the reasons I liked you so much is that you're a Big Brother fan. This game isn't new to you! So lets take it back to Day 1. What's going through your mind, what's the original game plan after you first enter the house?

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When I walk in, I'm like okay! I need to find 2 people and then we gotta lock it in. But before that I have to observe these 2 people to see where their head is, who's playing the game, who's not and just take those people with me. I just need 2 people and we can make it to the end because I know in every season somebody has their main apple-scrapple, their ride or die, and their little flunky that they cut off in the final 3. That's what I need! That was the plan going in, but that's not the plan that stayed.

 

Ya lets talk about that because you had Audrey and Shelli at the beginning! However, that did not last long at all.

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No because immediately I knew that Shelli could not be trusted and then a couple of days later Audrey couldn't be trusted. I was like, "Oh GOD, I failed! I failed already!"

 

You may have failed in that regard, but you mentioned it before and we've seen it for ourselves, you are a very observant person. In Big Brother that can work in your favor, but that may also put a target on your back. Overall, was being over-observant an asset to your game, or is it a factor on why you're talking to me?

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I think it was helpful to my game that I was able to see the people for who was playing and who wasn't. However, my downfall was when I voiced it! My mouth is the reason I'm sitting here talking to you.

 

That's understandable at some points though because tensions were definitely high in the house. What is the main instance where your mouth sealed your fate?

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It's definitely a tie between the fallout with Clay and the moment I called Audrey out in front of everybody in the have-not room.

 

I'm interested to hear your genuine thoughts on the Clay/Shelli showmance!

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I don't think Clay is into her for real. I really think it's strategic! I think she's into him but together they are taking over the house.

 

And you may have called Audrey out, but she voted to keep you! I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but Vanessa didn't feel safe voting for you to stay because she thought Audrey wanted to blame the votes on Vanessa. Besides your mouth, do you blame Audrey for any of this?

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Absolutely! If she had never planted the seed to Vanessa that I said she was the head of the all girl alliance, Vanessa would've never had that moment with me and Audrey in the dentist room and I never would've brought all those people there. It would've never happened and Audrey was definitely the cause of that!

 

Lets switch to your righthand man Jason! You were a unit in the house, but why was this relationship so strong?

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Jason was a piece of home! Jason was a breath of fresh air in the house. Because we're from similar backgrounds and walked similar walks of life, it was just like "I get you, you get me. Lets tag team and run this thing!"

 

I'm very good and very observant, so I can read these people out and he knows this game better than he knows his own life. So we could tag team and go all the way to the end. I just think that if I would've never had that moment, he and I could've took this thing over!

 

Last night we saw you win the Power of the Last Laugh. Originally I thought you might choose Clay not to vote, so why Jeff, Jackie and Becky?

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I didn't want to pick Clay or Audrey because I didn't want the people to know I had the power if I stayed. I wanted to remain anonymous about it! So I chose people where it wouldn't look like I put them out there, but at the same time would cancel out votes for Meg.

 

I put Jeff up there because Jeff had been campaigning all week for me. So I was like, "okay, you got to go." And then Becky and Jackie are close to Shelli so I knew they were gunning for me as well. So let me snatch you three out real quick and then I'll just leave it open. But not putting up Clay was definitely to make people think that I did not have it.

 

Going into when Julie read the votes, did you still believe you had a shot?

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I thought once they saw that those three couldn't vote, that the people who I had been talking to ALL WEEK would know that, "hey they cant vote. Meg doesn't have any votes, so it really depends on us! We determine who stays in this house!" It was Liz, Vanessa and Austin! That's all I needed. Y'all are together all the time. Y'all sleep in the same room, do stuff together, and y'all couldn't just throw Da'vonne a bone! Nothing!

 

Lets say you get to come back for a Takeover! What would you do to the house and why?

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I don't care what it is! I just want to do something that's gonna cause Clay to go home. I need Clay outta that house. If I could've packed him in my suitcase, he would've been right with me. He needs to go home. Even if it's something where i get to come in and pick the have-nots, I'd put them all on slop and make them weak. I don't care. Just something where I can gut punch Clay... I'm a little bitter right now.

 

Well I guess I don't need to ask who you want to see out next! But lets say besides Clay and Shelli, who do you want to see out next?

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Audrey! I'd love to see her on the block and I'd love to see her go home. But behind her or even before her, I'd like to see these people put up Becky! Becky might win this thing! She's a fighter, she's miss perfectionist, she has to be perfect about everything, she has to one up everyone. Send her home. Send her home! But people are afraid of her.

 

From inside the house, do you think she's playing the best game right now?

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Um, no! John is playing the best game because John is just sliding by. Nobody's targeting Jon, nobody's looking at Jon, nobody's anything. John is just chilling!

 

But the player in me, and this is going to surprise you, but Audrey is playing one of the best games in this house. WHO IN THE WORLD is able to lie to your face, lie about you, lie in your circle and then 2 minutes later be "oh I love you and we're gonna be the best of buds." But then you guys become best of buds so much that you don't put her on the block. That's some good gameplay! It's like people just forgot what she did! They just forgot like it didn't matter!

 

"Oh ya, Da'Vonne came into the room and she exploded on Audrey."

"Well why did she do it?"

"Oh I don't know, I forgot."

What!

 

That could be partly why I'm talking to you and not Audrey.

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Exactly. That's what I said to Julie last night with the whole transgender thing.

 

From your "inside the house" perspective, do you think anyone will nominate Audrey sooner rather than later?

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Jason will do it. Jason wants her head on a platter.

 

What about Liz? You were the first one to discover the Twin Twist but since you left Jason has been very focused on getting to the bottom of all the speculation. Taking it back to the beginning, when did you first really start to notice?

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I noticed Liz was a little bit different about a week and a half after being in the house. The girl who entered the house with us wasn't the same girl walking around the house. One of the girls has a bigger butt! That's why I call her "Thickems!" She has a big butt... like a nice size butt! I'm a little jealous of it! The other one is real slim and slender. So I'm like no, uh-uh! There's no way your butt went from this big at 9am and now that it's 1pm you lookin like that. There's no way! At that point I knew! I knew!

 

That's impressive because no one was onto it!

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Well if you really look at the twins, they don't even look alike to me!

 

Last question Da'Vonne! If you could go back to Day 1 and give yourself 1 piece of advice, what would it be?

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SHUT YO MOUTH! Say nothing to nobody! Take advantage of the diary room and just shut up!

 

Well you didn't shut up and I that's what I love about you! At the very latest we'll see you back on finale night and I'm looking forward to everything you'll have to say then!

Were you happy to see Da'Vonne evicted? Who do you want out of the house next? Let us know!

 

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