“All the guys think you’re hot – they want their eye candy around”

Quick Big Brother Spoilers

Head of Household: Kamu
Nominees: ?
POV Players: ?
POV Winner: ?
Veto Ceremony: ?
Havenots: Dee, Yash, Mallory

Lyric, Mallory and LALA are going up Jason is the backdoor target. Mallory is secondary target.

Nomination morning, and Kamu spent it giving heads-ups one at a time before the ceremony. A short one with Haley in the storage room first: he’d heard there was something organized between her, Dee, Angela and Jason, and she shut it down flat. What Jason told her is that if he won he wouldn’t put up her, Dee, Angela or Devens — a protected list with no alliance attached. The group she does name is Taylor, Lala, Dee and Angela.

Then Lyric, and it did not go the way he’d told the Tool Shed it would. He’d said overnight she’d get “you’re a pawn, trust the plan” and nothing more, because she’s too close to Mallory. Inside fifteen minutes she’d guessed Jason and he confirmed it, and by the end he’d walked her through the whole backdoor. She didn’t take it. She spent half an hour naming replacements — Barrett, Drew, Taylor, Melody — and he shot down each one with a reason that person goes home and she doesn’t, including that the guys want their eye candy around. She told him her hands were sweating, told him not to go through with it, and closed by saying she wouldn’t be upset with him for doing what he has to do. Not agreement.

He also gave her two things he’s given nobody else: that Taylor was working votes for Jason against Melody before the eviction, and that his own name has been coming up for the block from people who’d surprise her. And he told her someone she’s close with hasn’t been honest with her, then wouldn’t say who. Her first guess was Melody.

9:23 am So glad they brought Angela back

9:34 am Haley and Kamu Storage room

Kamu: “With, like, you, Dee, Angela, Jason. No?”
Haley: “Mm-mm.”
Kamu: “Okay, I thought there was, like, talks.”
Haley: “No, Jason. No, no, no.”
Haley: “Jason said that if he won, he wouldn’t put me, Dee, Angela, or Devens up.”
Haley: “No alliance.”
Kamu: “Okay, okay. I thought I heard something about an alliance.”
Haley: “No.”

Kamu: “Do you know if there’s an alliance with Jason and Lala?”
Haley: “I’m sure that it’s Jason, Lala, Taylor.”
Kamu: “Okay, but they didn’t talk to you?”
Haley: “And they’re not going to, because Taylor — that’s Lala.”
Haley: “Taylor, Lala, Angela, and Dee are together.”
Kamu: “Who is it?”
Haley: “Taylor, Lala, Dee, and Angela.”
Kamu: “The four girls. Angela?”
Haley: “Yeah.”

*Where it stands
Haley shuts down the idea that Jason has anything organized, and gives Kamu the version she’s been given directly — that Jason’s protected list is her, Dee, Angela and Devens, with no alliance attached to it. The group she does name is Taylor, Lala, Dee and Angela, which is the same four Angela and Dee were floating as a feeler on Day 24. Kamu is hearing that from Haley the same night Dee and Angela are downstairs agreeing they need to steer his nominations toward people who’ll come back to them.

9:49 am Kamu and Lyric HOH

Lyric: “This is kinda cute. Okay, when the lights went off and it started spinning, it was good.”
Kamu: “Bitch, you got scary, bruh. We held hands for two seconds.”
Kamu: “Time totally got away from me. Do you know what time we got done talking?”
Lyric: “We were here early. We were here early, right?”
Kamu: “Yeah, because I think you’re one of the first people that I talked to. How are you feeling?”

Kamu: “I’m good, but we have to have a little bit of a tough conversation. But I need you to trust me.”
Kamu: “The original three that I was planning on putting, I kind of had a little bit of a change of plans on. And I kind of want to go a different direction. But in order for me to kind of see the plan through, I need to put somebody up as a pawn who I trust, who I need to not freak out. And I wanted to run that by you.”
Kamu: “I know that we had a conversation last night. I was like, hey, look, you’re good. You don’t need to worry about anything. I still feel that way. You are good.”
Kamu: “The person that I would need to put up would have to be somebody that I know is well-liked by the House and somebody who would absolutely not go home because they wouldn’t have any votes against them. It would also be somebody that I would be competing for in the veto, because I am gonna be playing in the veto this week.”
Kamu: “If you won the veto, you would use it to take yourself off. If I win the veto, I’m gonna use it to take you off. And if other people who may get called to play the competition won the veto, they would also use it to take you down.”
Kamu: “And the only reason why, Lyric, that I would even consider putting you up as a pawn is because I need somebody who would be completely safe that the house loves in order for me to take out a big threat in the game.”
Kamu: “This isn’t a hundred percent. It’s just something that I’m considering.”

Kamu: “I think you and I have a similar target based off of our conversation last night, and I don’t wanna say it — no, no, no, it’s not because I don’t trust you, it’s because if you’re questioned, I want you to be able to say, like, he didn’t tell me. That way you don’t have to lie.”

Lyric: “No, thank you. I appreciate you telling me that. Obviously, I never want to go up on the block. And I think if I was in your position, I wouldn’t do that to you. Because I would never put you in a position where you have to worry.”
Lyric: “Yeah, going up on the block sucks regardless. Everyone knows pawns go home.”
Kamu: “I really do think in this case, especially with the Blockbuster, that is not gonna happen with you.”
Kamu: “I understand that pawns do go home, but with the fact that I have to nominate three and then ultimately nominate a fourth, because the plan is to use that veto on you — I don’t have a ton of options with people that I trust in the game who I know the house loves.”
Kamu: “The one thing that I hear from everybody that I’ve talked to is everybody loves you. The girls love you. The guys love you. No one’s gunning after you, which is really the only reason why I would even consider using you as a pawn. Because if the target that I’m trying to get out is next to you, they go home.”
Kamu: “I hope that this conversation would build even more trust, because I am being totally open and honest with you.”

Lyric: “I feel like Barrett is someone you could throw up there that everyone loves that wouldn’t go home. And he hasn’t seen the block. I’ve seen the block, and it’s not fun sitting up there and having to fight for yourself. And you can never be certain in this house. If the person that you’re targeting wins that veto and pulls himself off, I’m in a pickle, you know?”
Kamu: “The person that I’m targeting, though, is not going to play in the veto.”
Lyric: “Oh, right, right.”
Lyric: “Right, but if an ally of that person plays and uses the veto on them, then I’m screwed.”
Kamu: “There would be a 2 in an 11 chance that they would get drawn. So the odds are like highly, highly in our favor that that person does not play in the veto.”
Lyric: “I’m just wondering if there’s anyone else you can use as a pawn, because I just don’t want to go up there again.”
Kamu: “I think if Barrett goes up on the block, I think a lot of people would look at Barrett and go, oh, now’s the chance to get Barrett out.”
Lyric: “No, I don’t think so.”
Kamu: “People are going to go, man, Barrett, he’s never been on the block, and now would be a good chance to take our shot at him — where you have been on the block, and nobody took a shot at you. That’s why for me, the proof is in the pudding. There’s already evidence that the house wants you here.”

Lyric: “Hopefully our mutual threat goes home. Are you talking about Jason?”
Kamu: “Yeah, but don’t say anything.”
Lyric: “Of course I won’t say anything.”
Kamu: “I can’t give him two chances to play.”
Lyric: “I know. Just don’t use me as a pawn, please.”
Kamu: “He’s too good of a competitor.”
Lyric: “I know, but don’t use me as a pawn, please. I literally can’t do that again. That was so stressful.”
Kamu: “I’m still considering my options. I’m still considering my options.”
Lyric: “What about, like — I don’t, what about like Drew or something? He’s loved in the house and everyone loves him.”
Kamu: “I think they’d vote Drew out in a heartbeat if things didn’t work out.”
Lyric: “They’d vote me out in a heartbeat if things didn’t work out.”
Kamu: “No, they would not.”
Kamu: “Maybe if Rome were still here, they would try to split the showmance. And even when Rome was here, you were never the target. Even when you were put up the first time, it was because Devens was trying to get to Rome. But it was never about you.”
Lyric: “No, Kamu, don’t do this to me, please. I’m begging you. I literally can’t go up on there again. Like, I trust you, but that sucked ass.”
Kamu: “I’m not laughing at you being up on the block. I’m laughing at how you said it.”
Lyric: “I just know that if I was in your position, I would never put you up on the block. Like, you would never see the block. I’d tell you, Kamu, you’re safe. You don’t have to worry about anything. And I plan to win an HOH sometime soon.”

Kamu: “Tell me one other person. Tell me.”
Kamu: “I think Barrett goes home.”
Lyric: “No, he’s not. He doesn’t win competitions.”
Kamu: “He’s well liked in the house.”
Lyric: “But I’m well-liked in the house, and I could go home.”
Kamu: “Yeah, but you’re really cool with the girls, and the girls wouldn’t turn on you, and all the guys think you’re hot, so they wouldn’t evict you.”
Lyric: “Kamu.”
Kamu: “They want their eye candy around.”
Lyric: “Oh my gosh, stop.”
Kamu: “And that’s the truth, though.”

Lyric: “Melody.”
Kamu: “Who?”
Lyric: “Melody. Yeah, don’t you think? I think it just proved it, right? The 12 to 1 vote.”
Kamu: “But that’s because she was sitting next to Rome.”
Lyric: “But if she was sitting next to Jason, she’d be fine, too.”
Kamu: “I also heard they were trying to rally up votes for Jason.”
Lyric: “Jason was trying to rally up votes.”
Kamu: “Other people, too, though. I heard, like, Taylor a lot. There were other people who were trying to rally votes. Don’t tell anybody, I’m giving you names.”
Kamu: “The night before the eviction, people were saying, oh, Jason has the votes to stay against Melody. So if Melody’s up, there’s a good chance she goes.”
Lyric: “No. I don’t think so. If she’s sitting next to Jason and whoever you put up.”

Kamu: “If I put up one of the icons, they go home. If I put up Melody — good chance Melody goes home. A much higher chance than you. If I put up one of the guys, literally like any of the guys — oh, physical threat. Oh, Drew, he’s well liked, he’s going home. Barrett — oh, everybody likes Barrett, he’s so laid back. If not now, then we may never be able to take him out because he’s so well-liked. If it’s Yash — ooh, Yash won the Blockbuster the first time. If he’s up there, we got to send Yash home.”
Kamu: “You were the biggest threat when Rome was in the house. Everybody knows that now that Rome’s not here, you’re not in a showmance. You’re not scheming. You’re not ruffling feathers and shaking things up and rocking any boats.”
Kamu: “I could literally put — I’m not kidding, Lyric, I could put you against anybody in the house, you’re staying.”
Lyric: “I don’t know why you feel so confidently about that.”
Kamu: “Because I talked to everybody in the house last night, every single person. And when I was asking them, like, if you were HOH, who would you consider putting up? Almost everybody was saying like Jason, Lala. Those were the two names that I was getting more than anybody else’s.”
Kamu: “But you know whose name never once came up?”
Lyric: “Kamu, don’t lie to me.”
Kamu: “I’m not lying. Now, you did come up, but only in the sense of Rome going home. It was never like, oh, she’s a target, we need to get her out.”
Kamu: “You know what everyone was saying last night? Anytime you’d come up — oh, Lyric, she’s such a sweet girl. There’s always nice things.”

Lyric: “Why can’t you use, like, Taylor or something?”
Kamu: “Because Taylor would go home.”
Lyric: “No, she wouldn’t.”
Kamu: “Who would vote to keep Taylor? You’d have, like, Lala. Lala may be going up. If you sit next to Lala, who goes home?”
Lyric: “No, I don’t want — I don’t want, oh my God.”
Kamu: “No, but real talk, who goes home?”
Lyric: “She goes home. Yeah.”
Lyric: “Why are you using me as a pawn?”
Kamu: “Because you’re the most, like, loved person in the house.”
Lyric: “No, I’m not.”
Kamu: “You kind of are. You are the safest person to put up. What would people say about you? Oh, she’s a schemer. Oh, she’s a comp beast. Oh, she’s mean. No. The guys aren’t going to vote you out. The girls aren’t going to vote you out.”
Lyric: “Yeah, I trust you, Kamu, but obviously it’s just not a good position to be in. I would like to not see the block, but I understand you have to do what you have to do. And I’m never gonna get upset at you for that.”
Lyric: “My hands are sweating. You’re making me so nervous.”
Kamu: “Don’t be nervous. I promise you, I’m gonna be gunning for the veto.”

Kamu: “We’re gonna fight for that veto together, if I go through with this.”
Lyric: “Don’t go through with it. You better, please.”
Kamu: “We’ll see. We’ll see what happens.”
Lyric: “That means no.”
Kamu: “We’ll see what happens.”
Lyric: “That means no.”
Kamu: “But if it is you, we will be fighting side by side for the veto. And we’re going to freaking kill it.”
Kamu: “Then guess what we do? Lyric — get over here, you’re safe. We’ll take you off that block. And then what do we do? Jason. Take a seat.”
Kamu: “This is a big move, and I need you to help me be a part of it.”
Lyric: “Yeah, of course I support you.”
Kamu: “Honestly, it’s a resume builder for you, too. This is something that you could say one day — hey, I was told I may be going up as a pawn. We locked in, we did what we had to do, and we got the job done. If we take out Jason this week, you can take credit for that.”
Kamu: “Last night you were like, I used to work with him, we were in the Love Triangle, and you’re like, I think he would throw me under the bus. If you think that he would throw you under the bus, help me take him out. But I need you to be brave, though. We have to do this.”
Lyric: “You really can’t use anyone else?”
Kamu: “I don’t think anybody else stays.”

Kamu: “You gotta remember, this is week three. We’re still early in the game. We need shields.”
Kamu: “Let’s say people look at me — I won a memory comp, okay? I didn’t win a physical comp. But they look at me like I’m a physical threat. If I take out other people who are physical threats, they’re gonna be like, who’s next?”
Kamu: “People were talking about that after Rome. Like, putting me up. And I heard about that last night, too.”
Lyric: “I haven’t heard that.”
Kamu: “You have not?”
Lyric: “Not a peep that you would ever see the block.”
Kamu: “That’s not what I heard, though. I’ve heard it from people that may surprise you, actually. And maybe we can talk about that later. But I already know that people have said my name multiple times.”
Kamu: “Before last night, I hadn’t even won a single comp, and they’re talking about me. If I take out other physical threats right now this early in the game on week three, I’m next in the pecking order. I’m next in line.”

Lyric: “I don’t know. I think if the house had an opportunity to get me out, they probably would.”
Kamu: “I’m telling you they would not. Lyric, you could sit next to anybody. Anybody that I’m considering putting up on the block right now, you’re staying. I guess all three. And the reason why I say three is because I’m including Jason in that mix. Obviously, Jason wouldn’t be up initially. But we try to get him out.”
Kamu: “There are people, though, Lyric — and we’ll talk later — that you’re working with or that you’re close with who I don’t know if they’ve been totally honest with you.”
Lyric: “Like Melody and stuff like that?”
Kamu: “We’ll talk more later because I don’t want to say too much too soon. Not because I don’t trust you, but I don’t want to tell you too much. And then if other people ask you, like, hey, what were you talking to Kamu about? I don’t want you to feel like you have to lie to them.”
Kamu: “Jason has either won or almost won like every comp that he’s been in. I can’t let him compete two times for safety. I can’t let him compete in the veto and the Blockbuster. And the safest bet would be to put you up there, because I trust you. I’d be working right next to you. And we could take you off the block and put him up.”
Kamu: “I’m sorry, but you’re not the target. I want to work with you on this. And if he does go home, that’s a huge feather in your cap. Because we will tag team this.”
Lyric: “I trust you. I appreciate you telling me this. I want to help you in any way with your HOH.”
Kamu: “Please try to keep this between us. I want to protect you. I don’t want them to think you knew — like, oh yeah, I’m going up because we’re going to try to backdoor somebody.”
Kamu: “So I’m not sure what I’m going to say. Maybe I’ll just say something like, hey, I’m sorry, but we had a conversation upstairs and you know why you’re up on the block. I might keep the speeches really short. Because I don’t want to put any unnecessary target on your back.”

Kamu: “Is that your stomach?”
Lyric: “Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on. Sorry.”
Kamu: “No, it’s okay. My stomach was going off, too.”
Kamu: “I trust you. I respect you. I want to work with you to get our mutual target out of the house. You are not my target. I promise you if I win that veto, you’re coming down.”
Kamu: “Please try to act normal.”
Lyric: “Yeah. I will. Thank you.”
Kamu: “And thank you for being understanding. Please try to stay as calm as possible. Everything is going to be good. Everything is going to work out, okay?”
Lyric: “Of course. Thanks, Kamu.”

*Where it stands

The version of this conversation Kamu described to Chuk, Barrett and Yash at 2:51 am was that Lyric would be told she’s a pawn and told to trust the plan, but not told the plan — she’s too close to Mallory. That isn’t what happened. Lyric guessed Jason inside the first fifteen minutes and Kamu confirmed it, then by the end walked her through the full backdoor: three up, he wins the veto, she comes down, Jason goes up with only the Blockbuster left.

She also didn’t take it. She spent half an hour arguing against her own nomination and naming replacements — Barrett, Drew, Taylor, Melody — and Kamu shot down each one with a reason why that person goes home and she doesn’t. “Everyone knows pawns go home” was her opening position and she never moved off it. What she agreed to at the end was that she wouldn’t get upset with him, not that she thinks he’s right.

Two things Kamu gave away that he hasn’t given anybody else. He told her Taylor was working votes for Jason against Melody before the eviction, prefaced with “don’t tell anybody, I’m giving you names.” And he told her his own name has been coming up for the block, “from people that may surprise you” — which he did not raise in any of the overnight strategy rooms.

He also planted a seed he wouldn’t water: that someone she’s close with hasn’t been honest with her. Lyric’s first guess was Melody. He said they’d talk after the ceremony.

10:44 am Kamu and LALA HOH

Kamu: “Okay, so we have to have a little bit of a difficult conversation, Miss Lala.”
Lala: “Yes, what is it?”
Kamu: “Please hear me out. Hear my reasonings. And then whatever you have to say afterwards, we’ll talk it out.”
Kamu: “I had conversations with everybody in the house yesterday. A couple things that I’d heard — one, I already knew about your alliance with Rome. And then I also heard, I don’t know all the details, but there was another alliance, and maybe you could clarify this with me. I think it was like you, Angela, Dee, Haley, something like that. Just with the women.”
Lala: “No, not with Haley.”
Kamu: “Not with Haley?”
Lala: “No. We were thinking about talking about bringing something together, but nothing’s been solidified. I’ll be straight with you. I’ll be totally straight with you.”
Kamu: “And that’s why I want to talk to you anyways, because I want to be straight with you as well. Because I respect that. When you and I spoke yesterday, you told me, hey, I want to talk with somebody who’s going to give it to me straight and be honest.”
Lala: “Without a doubt.”

Kamu: “The thing that I have to consider is that you were the last person in the whole house to talk game with me. And we didn’t talk game until yesterday, when I became HOH. So when I hear about these other alliances — Rome, with the women — for me I start to think, okay, Lala and I, we have a great personal relationship, but it doesn’t sound like we have much of a game relationship. And it sounds like you are having game conversations with people, and those people just don’t include me. And I don’t take it personally. I really don’t.”
Lala: “Can I just say — the only reason is because I was very sure that you all had a very tight alliance already with you and Devens and Angela and Dee. That night Drew was up here, and Haley. I thought all of y’all already had this tight thing, and I’m just like, okay, well I gotta get in where I fit in to do something, because I can’t be out here on an island by myself.”
Lala: “That’s why it really felt like it was already two separate things as far as alliances were concerned.”
Kamu: “Yes. And that’s fair. That night, I was dead asleep when that happened. I didn’t call that. I didn’t gather people. I got called up. Rome’s not here, but Lyric could attest to that. I was sleeping. And then I got woken up saying, hey, some people are meeting upstairs. I literally got shaken up.”
Lala: “See, I thought y’all were in a solid thing.”
Kamu: “I had the conversation with Rome as well, because when I walked downstairs, Rome was hanging out at the table. And Rome goes, hey, that’s not cool, you guys all met upstairs. I didn’t even look at Rome. I knew that tensions were high. I looked forward. I walked right past. He didn’t speak to me directly, he just made an open statement to the group coming downstairs.”
Kamu: “I went right back to the have-not bed. If you could even call it a bed. The platform. And I went to sleep.”
Kamu: “The next morning, Rome came over and he apologized. He goes, hey man, I’m sorry for how I handled it. I said, Rome, it’s cool, bro. I said the reason why I didn’t respond was because tensions were high, and I just didn’t think we were going to get anywhere.”

Lala: “It is what it is. My thing is too, I’m in a place right now where I’m just like, I do what I do. I make sure everybody’s cool. I want to make sure everybody feels good. And I’m not trying to gun for anything right now.”
Kamu: “It’s early.”
Lala: “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.”
Lala: “I had just been laying back in the cut. And even with Rome, it was like, okay, you got my back, I got your back. That was pretty much what it was. And that blowing up, I’m sitting here like, doo-doo-doo. Like, now what? I’m on an island by myself, because nothing’s been solidified on one side.”
Lala: “I love Taylor. That’s my boo-boo.”
Kamu: “She loves you.”
Lala: “I love Angela. That’s my girl.”
Kamu: “Angela loves you.”
Lala: “And I have very little trust in anybody else. I’m just being completely candid with you.”
Lala: “The bottom line is that I’m out here pretty much by myself because I get along with everybody. But I don’t have that nucleus where it’s like, okay, we got this nucleus and we’re cool.”

Kamu: “So for me, when I’m looking at people that I’m considering, I have to go with people that I’m like, okay, I understand where their head’s at game-wise. Who have I talked game with? Who has let me in game-wise? Because anybody who lets you in obviously has some sort of trust.”
Kamu: “And so I’m like, man, it sucks, because Lala and I, we just talked game for the first time yesterday.”
Lala: “But you know what’s funny to me? And I know this is a f***ing game, and I know that I’m supposed to be in a certain place. But I guess I’m not saying, oh, let me talk game to this person. Because I feel like, oh, we’re cool, I’m good.”
Kamu: “When I came into the house, I felt the same way. In fact, I didn’t talk game for probably like a day and a half. Because I’m like, oh, I get along with this guy, I get along with that person. But then I started to see — wait a second, there are a lot of people who get along who aren’t in line. When I started to pay attention and watch and see who’s hanging out with who.”
Kamu: “Rome and I, we didn’t hang out a lot. But we came together and we would always talk game with each other. Rome would tell me, hey man, this is what I’m hearing about you. And I would say, hey bro, this is what I’m hearing about you. But we didn’t really spend much time with each other in the house.”
Kamu: “Rome was friends with everybody. But he was only working with one side of the house. Obviously that blew up. And I started to pick that up, not just with Rome, but with everybody. I’m looking at who people are hanging out with, and then I’m also listening to the side conversations. And the side conversations about game did not always line up with who people were spending time with.”
Lala: “When we first came in, it was like, okay, Haley was supposed to be working one side of the house. I was supposed to be working the other side of the house.”
Kamu: “And you guys are going to come together and talk?”
Lala: “And we’re going to come together and talk. But it never worked out, because every time she said, okay, we have to talk — and then she’d be going somewhere else. I’m like, where are you at?”

Kamu: “I told Rome day three. We sat outside. I said, Rome, everybody’s bringing your name up. He came in hot. Huge personality. I told him, you got to bring that down. Life of the party type personality. He wins the Time Travel competition, he puts himself in a freaking showmance with Lyric — like everything you should not do.”
Kamu: “I said, Rome, you’re safe this week because you won the Time Travel comp. I said, what happens next week, man? I said, dude, you’re a huge personality. You’re charismatic. You’re likable. These are all reasons people are going to want to get rid of you.”
Kamu: “I said, even though they can’t get rid of you this week, you have to think about next week. You won the Time Travel comp, so people are looking at you not only as a big personality, but also a physical threat. And now you’re in a showmance with Lyric. I said, dude, I would keep that super low-key.”
Kamu: “I said, you have the rest of this week to start to lay low and fade into the shadows. That’s literally what I said. I said, bro, you gotta fade into the shadows. And he was like, dude, thank you so much for telling me.”
Kamu: “Did he do that? No. He ended up putting a huge target on his back. And now he’s gone.”

Kamu: “With you, I would suggest locking some stuff down. Even this all-girls thing that you were talking about, although I was not included in that — whatever — I would try to lock something. Give it a name. Make it official. You have to find a group of people to work with. And this is me speaking to you as a friend.”

Kamu: “There are two things, okay? One, first of all, I love you and I want you to know that I love you. And this is on a personal level. This is also on a game level. You’re like a mom in the house. Which is a good thing and a bad thing, and I’ll tell you why in a second.”
Kamu: “But one — I am considering putting you up game-wise. I want you to know it’s not personal, and by the way, you’re not my target. If you win HOH next week and you come after me, I understand. I get it.”
Lala: “I promise I wouldn’t.”
Kamu: “But I promise, Lala, you are not my target. I have to throw three people up. And if I say in front of the house, hey, we haven’t talked game — it’s a reasonable explanation. But you’re not my target, and I don’t want you to go home.”
Kamu: “Two, when I was having conversations with the house yesterday — and this is, I think, the most important thing. The two people that were talked about, and maybe even from some people you’re working somewhat closely with, I don’t want to throw them under the bus — the two names that kept coming up were Jason and Lala. As far as who people would be okay going up on the block.”
Lala: “Wow.”

Kamu: “You’re Mama Lala. It’s a gift and a curse. It’s a gift because everybody loves that you cook. Everybody loves that you clean. Everybody gets along with you really well. But there are times where the house does feel like you’re a bit abrasive.”
Lala: “Really?”
Kamu: “Like last night, we’re hanging out in the HOH room, the music is playing. And then you’re like, guys, you got to figure out what to do with your towels. All of you guys should have your own hand towel.”
Lala: “Because I just felt like it was a perfect—”
Kamu: “Listen, I know where your heart is. I know where your heart is. But some people are like, Lala, we’re adults. Hey, we love Mama Lala, but don’t nag us.”
Lala: “Oh, wow.”
Kamu: “Lala, that’s just the perception. You are loved, by the way.”
Lala: “That’s not where my heart is.”
Kamu: “I know where your heart is. And the only reason why I’m telling you this is just so that you’re aware of it.”
Lala: “I’m just going to let them live in their squalor.”
Kamu: “Let them. Like, you have to be okay with — hey, you keep your hand towel. You keep your bath towel. If they want to live in a mess, let them live in a mess. Don’t get on people about dishes. Don’t get on them about the towel. Let them figure that out.”
Lala: “I’m not going to say nothing else.”
Kamu: “And then the other thing too, I know this one sucks, is the sleep thing. I know it sucks that you’re trying to sleep and people are up and talking.”
Lala: “After that first day, I haven’t said another word. I’m not saying another word.”
Lala: “Shut up, I’m trying to sleep. I’ve already established it after that first day. And I apologize to everybody for coming in abrasive. I said, I’m not saying another word. And I haven’t said another word.”
Kamu: “Because I remember you were sitting out by the couch. And by the way, you could ask the people in that room. I told them, guys, she’s trying to sleep. She’s a little irritated because she’s trying to sleep. So I understood where you were coming from. And again, you can watch this back. I was defending you.”
Lala: “I believe you.”
Kamu: “It’s not even game related. But it’s those little things that make people go, gosh — dude, if she went home, then she wouldn’t get on me about staying up late. Or, if she went home, then I could leave my towels wherever I want. And that’s not even game.”
Kamu: “Could you imagine if you went home because you were complaining about towels and people got annoyed?”
Lala: “No. That would make no sense.”
Kamu: “When you cook, they love it. When you’re upbeat, you’re energetic, you’re fun, everybody loves it. And that side of Mama Lala, everybody loves. It’s the disciplinary Mama Lala — they don’t want to be treated like children.”
Lala: “I’m not saying another word. I’m going to let them do what they got to do.”
Kamu: “And if they live in funk, they live in funk. That’s their funk. You’re here to play Big Brother. You’re not here to clean up after anybody. And you’re not here to enforce anything. Do your thing. Lay low so you make it far.”
Lala: “That’s what I’m definitely going to do.”

Lala: “Now, let me ask you a question, Kamuela. Who are you working with?”
Kamu: “So for this particular vote, I’m going to be honest with you as far as who I’m targeting. One, and I hope this is between us—”
Lala: “On our Bibles.”
Kamu: “Okay, awesome. I hope that if anything — we haven’t talked game up until this point. Hopefully this is us. Let’s establish some trust.”
Lala: “Without a doubt.”
Kamu: “I’ll tell you who I’m considering putting up. So I’m considering putting up Lyric, unfortunately. Because I had to talk to her today. She’s been working so closely with Rome, I don’t really know where her head is at.”
Kamu: “And then there have been several people who have told me that Mallory has mentioned my name.”
Lala: “Really?”
Kamu: “Yeah. Several people.”
Lala: “Okay, because I know that she was after Devens. Here’s what I heard—”
Kamu: “She’s mentioned Chuk, Haley, and me. If she were to win HOH, throwing the three of us up on the block. She’s also mentioned the three icons, Angela, Dee, and Devens. She’s also mentioned putting up Barrett as well.”
Lala: “Wow.”
Kamu: “It’s a lot. It’s like half the house.”
Lala: “Wow. I didn’t hear all of that. I have been in conversations, but obviously I have not been in all conversations, because that’s a new one.”
Kamu: “And I’ve heard that from a couple people. A couple people.”
Lala: “Well, I’m not saying, I promise.”
Kamu: “You know what we just promised on, so you know that’s serious to me.”
Kamu: “So for me, I’m like, man, if somebody starts throwing my name out, I have to take the shot first, right? I’d be a fool not to. If she were to win, it could be the three icons, which — okay, if it’s the three icons, that’s not me. But the fact that she’s vocalized, I might put up Kamu, Chuk, and Haley — I can’t let that slide. It would be irresponsible for my life in this game to ignore that.”
Kamu: “And on a human level, I like Mallory. I so bad, because you know what? If I didn’t hear that, I’d have no reason to put her up. But because she said that, now I have to put her up. And I’m gonna have to have a difficult conversation with her, too.”
Lala: “Kamu, I ain’t saying nothing to nobody.”
Kamu: “I’m just saying, these are my considerations. Maybe something changes. I don’t know. But no matter what, genuinely Lala, you are not my target.”
Lala: “I believe you.”
Kamu: “I’m dead serious.”
Lala: “I believe you, I believe you.”

Kamu: “Well, you know what, I’m gonna be honest with you further too. I hope that somebody wins the veto, because there is a threat in the house who is very good at comps, who happened to save himself last night, whose head — I don’t know where that’s at. And maybe the option is to backdoor him and get him up on the block. And again, Lala, this is trust right here.”
Lala: “Kamu, when we spoke and when we just shook hands, you don’t ever have to say it again. It’s between me and you right here in this room.”
Kamu: “I’m just letting you know where my head is at. It’s me and you in this room.”
Kamu: “I don’t know how a vote goes between him and Mallory, but I think if that person is sitting next to you or Lyric, you guys stay 10 out of 10 times.”
Lala: “Then I trust you.”
Kamu: “After my conversations with everybody, he burned the women and he burned the guys. He’s kind of on an island on his own, and normally somebody like that I wouldn’t really consider putting up, but he’s a competition monster. And although he’s on an island, that’s actually kind of what makes him dangerous. Because if he wins HOH next week, I don’t know who he’d throw up. And because I don’t know, we have to take our shot.”
Kamu: “But if I put him up first — let’s say I were to put him up instead of Lyric — I’m now giving him two chances to take himself down. I can’t do that.”
Lala: “Yeah, you’re right. I understand.”
Kamu: “So I have to put these three up on the block. I’m competing in that. I’ll be next to you. We’ll be competing alongside each other. If one of us wins, you take yourself down. If I win, I take somebody down. And same with Lyric.”
Kamu: “And ideally, my goal would be to get either Mallory out, because she’s mentioned my name, or to get out Jason. But not you, not Lyric. You guys really are not my targets. I just have to fill two spots.”
Kamu: “These are reasonable reasons to put two people up who I know would be safe in a worst case scenario situation against Jason or Mallory.”
Lala: “I don’t know about Mallory.”
Kamu: “I know. I know, but trust me. If you’re sitting next to Mallory or Jason, they go home.”
Kamu: “If I’m being honest, I don’t see this playing out at all. I’m not sure where the vote would lie exactly between you and Lyric, but I don’t see you guys sitting next to each other when this is all said and done. I see one of you guys coming off the block. Because I need Jason and Mallory sitting next to each other.”
Lala: “I trust you.”

Kamu: “That’s why I said to you, Lala, if you were to win HOH next week, I would understand you putting me up. But I wouldn’t. And I’m saying that with our hands.”
Kamu: “I’m letting you know exactly where my mind is at, and you are not my target. Not only do I not want you to go, I don’t see a world where you do go, unless you’re sitting next to Lyric — and even that, I don’t know if you go, because you’re so well loved in the house.”
Kamu: “I think between you, me, Lyric — that’s three out of six. And depending on who the two people are that I draw for the veto comp, we may have five out of six. Because as long as Mallory doesn’t win, and as long as Jason doesn’t get pulled, the odds are highly in our favor.

LALA – Because Mallory’s a little beast.”
Kamu : “Is she though? She won one comp. And the comp that she won was from a childhood game that she grew up playing.”
LALA: “You’re right.
Kamu – I don’t know if she’s a comp beast. Everybody’s talking about her being a comp beast. I’m not convinced.”
Lala: “You’re right. So we’ll see. You are so correct.”
Lala: “Kamu, we’re gonna do some things together.”
Kamu: “Let’s rock. Like, let’s do it.”
Lala: “Let’s do it. Totally.”
Kamu: “Hey, I love you, Mama Lala.”
Lala: “You know I love you, baby.”
Kamu: “I wouldn’t have been surprised if you were angry with me. I didn’t know how you would take this conversation, but I appreciate you being receptive.”
Kamu: “Hey, let them live in their mess. That’s probably the biggest advice that I could give.”
Lala: “And that’s exactly — I’m taking it. I’m taking it. No worries. Look, I won’t be worried about it. Mama Lala, I appreciate you so much.”

*Where it stands

Kamu gave Lala more than he gave anyone else, including Lyric. She got the third nominee’s name, the fact that he’s considering a backdoor, that the backdoor target is the comp threat who saved himself Thursday, that he wants Jason and Mallory sitting next to each other on eviction night, and that he intends to pull one of her or Lyric off the block. He sealed it on a Bible promise and a handshake before he said any of it.

He also gave her the specific intel that Mallory has been naming him, Chuk, Haley, the three icons and Barrett, and told her the two names the house kept offering him were Jason and Lala. He wouldn’t say who told him, other than that some of them are people she’s working somewhat closely with.

She confirmed the all-women group as real but unfinished — talked about, never locked, and not including Haley. Kamu’s advice was to lock it and give it a name. Her account of why she never came to him is that she assumed he was already sewn into a tight group with Devens, Angela, Dee, Drew and Haley from the night everyone was called to the HOH room, and that she had to get in where she fit in rather than sit on an island.

The towel meeting got its own segment. Kamu delivered it as a gift-and-a-curse read on Mama Lala, told her people are saying that if she went home they could leave their towels wherever they want, and asked her to imagine going home over towels. She said she apologized after the first day and hasn’t said another word since.

11:27 am LALA and Angela

Lala tells Angela that Kamu has heard about an all-girls alliance — Lala, Angela and Dee — and that Haley is the one who told him.

Angela: “Oh my God. Oh my God. Is he going to put me up?”
Lala: “Nope.”
Angela: “Yes, he is.”
Lala: “No, I promise.”
Angela: “Oh, my God.”
Lala: “Angela, Angela, listen to me.”
Lala: “She is a fing snake. I swear to you, she is. I swear to you. Because she told him the whole fing thing.”
Lala: “And I told him, I said, there’s been nothing solidified. We talked about it, but we didn’t solidify anything. There’s been nothing solidified, there’s no name for it, there’s nothing. I said, we mentioned it like a possibility, but there was nothing solidified. And that’s how I left it, and that’s how it is.”
Lala: “But it doesn’t matter. He’s the head of household and it’s all perception. But my thing is, her ass went up there to tell straight on. So don’t trust a fing thing she says. Don’t. Because she’s a game player, and she’s out for the kill for herself. That’s why she runs, flip, flip, flip, flip, here and there. That’s why I can’t stand her ass.”
Lala: “Don’t be upset. I promise you with everything in my heart and soul, he loves you. You’re not on nothing. You’re not on his radar at all. I promise you, okay? Look at me. I promise you.”
Angela: “Okay.”
Lala: “You are good. Do not fing trust Haley.”
Angela: “Okay, I won’t say anything anymore.”
Lala: “Don’t say anything.”
Angela: “I won’t.”

Lala: “Because she went straight there and told him everything.”
Lala: “I just thought it would be good for you. And I thought it would too. Because if she had gone HOH — but you know what? This is perfect. This is perfect. It was perfect because it shows who she is. And it shows you who she is. So just be careful.”
Angela: “I will. I will.”
Lala: “You are right here. I swear to you.”
Angela: “I feel the same way about you.”
Lala: “I promise. As soon as I found that out, I was like, let me tell Angela immediately.”
Lala: “And from now on, I’m not telling anybody anything to do in this house. Y’all want to live in squalor, live in squalor by your f***ing selves. I’m good. My area will be clean.”

Angela: “I also heard Taylor told people, too, though.”
Lala: “What?”
Angela: “About us.”
Lala: “Really?”
Angela: “Mm-hmm.”
Lala: “Who?”
Angela: “Oh, God, give me a minute to think about it. Maybe Jason. I’m not really sure. I gotta think about it. Honestly, there’s a lot of shit went down yesterday.”
Lala: “Angela, look at me. You are my only trusted confidant. Do you understand what I’m saying to you? You are.”
Angela: “I don’t want people hearing you talk like that.”
Lala: “No, no, no. You are my only. I promise you, everything in my heart and my freaking soul. You understand what I’m saying to you? On my two heads, you are my only trusted confidant. The only one, okay? I don’t want you to go anywhere.”
Lala: “We’re here. Come with me. Okay?”

Angela: “I never met anybody like me.”
Lala: “Only one. And tell him, we got this. I’ll show these youngins how to do it.”
Lala: “We bad bitches.”
Lala: “Yep, straighten it up, straighten it up. Straighten it up.”

The recording carries on into breakfast — bacon done, omelets later, scrambled eggs for whoever wants them, with an offer to assist.

*Where it stands

Lala came out of the HOH room and went straight to Angela with it. What Kamu actually told her was that he’d heard about a women’s alliance including Lala, Angela, Dee and Haley, and that some of what he heard came from people she’s working somewhat closely with. He named nobody. Lala has landed on Haley and delivered it to Angela as fact, and Angela has added Taylor to the list on her own.

Worth putting next to the 9:34 am storage room talk. Haley did give Kamu a four-woman group, but the four she named were Taylor, Lala, Dee and Angela — she put Taylor in the slot Kamu later read back to Lala as Haley’s own. Whoever handed Kamu the version with Haley in it, it wasn’t Haley in that conversation.

The other thing that carried out of the HOH room intact is the towel argument. Forty minutes after Kamu advised her to let the house live in its mess, Lala is repeating it back nearly word for word — except now it’s aimed at the whole house, and it’s a grievance rather than advice.

After her talk with LALA

11:10 am HOH Kamu and Mallory

Kamu: “So, okay, let me start off by saying this. I think it is going to be a little bit of a difficult conversation. I just want to say that up front.”
Kamu: “I like you a lot, and if you talk to anybody in the house, anytime you’ve ever come up, I always speak highly of you. I’m always like, she’s so funny, she’s so bubbly. You’re a pleasure to be around. Every time you’re hanging out with us, it’s always fun. The conversation’s always great.”
Kamu: “Anytime I’ve considered, like, oh, if I were to win HOH, who would I put up? It’s not Mallory.”
Kamu: “I had conversations with everybody in the house yesterday. And it was brought to my attention that there have been times where you’ve mentioned my name.”
Mallory: “Really?”
Kamu: “Yeah.”
Mallory: “I legitimately haven’t, I swear. There are people, I know there’s like divisions of the house. I think you are one of the last people that I would do, because you’re so cool with everybody, and I mean that. I’ve never said I would put you up. I feel like that would be a dumb move.”
Kamu: “Really?”
Mallory: “Yeah, I’ve actually said I feel like that would be dumb.”
Kamu: “I’ve heard from multiple different people that—”
Mallory: “I’ve never even said that to anybody. I swear. I’m surprised right now. What I think I’ve said is, I wouldn’t put you up, and I mean that.”

Kamu: “So, okay, I’m going to tell you just what I heard. Just so that you’re aware. What I heard was — if Mallory were to win HOH, she has mentioned putting you, Chuk, and Haley up as the three.”
Mallory: “Not even close.”
Kamu: “Are you serious?”
Mallory: “I would put up — can this stay between us?”
Kamu: “Yes.”
Mallory: “Devens and Dee.”
Kamu: “And you told me that yesterday.”
Mallory: “Yes, that would be who I put up.”
Kamu: “And I think Jason, right? Devens, Dee, Jason.”
Mallory: “I’ve told people Jason was kind of like a newer thing since everything that has happened. And I haven’t been sure what I would do between Rome and Jason, who stayed. But I have been saying I would put up Devens and Dee. Like, the Survivor players are what scared me. And I think they’re going to get powers.”
Kamu: “And honestly, you told me that yesterday, which I appreciate, because you were very honest and you didn’t have to tell me that. So I trust you when you say that.”
Kamu: “It was difficult, because I was like, man, Mallory was not even on my radar.”
Mallory: “No, putting up you three has never even kind of come out of my mouth. I just wouldn’t. I want the Survivor players gone. I would not put up the three of you.”
Kamu: “And I did hear that people did say that too. Like, they didn’t just say, oh, she said you, Chuk, and Haley. What I was hearing from different people was, I’ve heard Mallory say you, Chuk, and Haley, but she’s also mentioned putting up the three icons.”
Kamu: “I heard that you mentioned Dee, Devens, and Angela. And then I also heard that you mentioned Barrett’s name.”
Mallory: “What? My God, no. I’m actually pretty tight with Barrett.”
Kamu: “That’s no joke, that’s what I heard.”
Mallory: “Okay, look, you don’t have to tell me who said this, but whoever said this is just lying. If they’re saying they heard it from me and not heard it from someone else, I’ve never said that.”
Kamu: “I’m not gonna say who told you.”
Mallory: “No, I completely get that.”
Kamu: “But I’ll tell you what they said. That night when everybody was called up here in the HOH room when Devens was HOH — which was last week before the noms, before everything blew up. I guess you had a conversation with Barrett the next day and asked him. Like, hey. He said to you, no. And then he felt bad about lying. And then he came clean like a day or so later.”

Mallory: “No, I wouldn’t put up Barrett, because Barrett’s someone that I think, even if I don’t completely trust him, I don’t think he would put me up.”
Kamu: “I’m pretty tight with Barrett. When I heard that last night, I was surprised. I was like, because I know you guys are tight.”
Mallory: “Yeah, that legitimately has never even left my mouth.”
Kamu: “I’ve talked to Barrett about you because I know that you guys are tight. And everything’s always been cool.”
Mallory: “I would not put him up. I hope that’s not getting back to him, because—”
Kamu: “It is.”
Mallory: “What?”
Kamu: “It is getting back to Barrett, yeah.”
Mallory: “I’m gonna have to talk to him. I definitely was saying I was hurt that he lied to me. He’s someone that I would see myself never lying to. And it made me nervous, the fact that he did lie. It made me nervous that maybe people were targeting me and he was part of that team. My mind was spinning.”
Mallory: “But in everything I’ve said, I said I wouldn’t put him up. And I wouldn’t put you up either. People who are saying they heard me say that, they’re lying to you. It’s like a game of telephone here.”

Kamu: “Have the conversation with him, because I know that it did come back around to him. Think about who you’re talking to. Who’s close with Barrett, someone who you’re speaking to who would go back and tell Barrett, or come back and tell me.”
Mallory: “I wonder if it was, like, Rome.”
Kamu: “But here’s the thing, I heard from different people. Me, Chuk, and Haley.”
Mallory: “That is not even close to true. I swear on everything, I haven’t even said that. Like maybe week one, first day, I said that or something, but I don’t even think so. I have been cool with you since the beginning.”
Kamu: “And that’s how I’ve always felt too. Even yesterday before the live show, you and I were talking and I’m like, hey, are we on the same page regarding votes? So when I heard, oh, she has mentioned you, Haley and Chuk if she were to win HOH — I was like, man, I thought that we were cool.”
Mallory: “No, three of you would be my nominations? I can’t even think. People that I’ve talked about who I want to nominate with, I have said I want to nominate the Survivor people.”
Kamu: “And I have heard that, by the way. So that I have also heard. They included Angela, too.”
Mallory: “I don’t think I have, but I could see how that could kind of—”
Kamu: “They just told me, if Mallory were to win HOH, she has talked about nominating either the three icons, or you, Haley, Chuk, or Barrett. Barrett in the mix, because she doesn’t trust Barrett.”
Mallory: “On my life, that is not true. I don’t know how much I trust Barrett because he lied to me, but I wouldn’t consider putting him up. And I never said you, Chuk and Haley. That’s just not what I would do.”
Kamu: “That’s never been said?”
Mallory: “I don’t think so. At least not since Devens has been HOH. You were never a consideration for me, and I mean that.”
Mallory: “I was hearing from Jason a while ago that Haley was saying she wanted to target me, Melody, and Lyric, so I could see me maybe saying I would put her up. But I don’t believe that’s even true anymore because of everything that has happened. And I’m cool with Haley, I’m cool with you. I wouldn’t put you guys up, and I mean it.”

Kamu: “It’s tough because, let’s say you’re completely telling me the truth. I believe everything that you’re saying. We’re playing Big Brother, turns out you’re lying. And then you win HOH next week and put me up on the block. I would feel like the biggest fool ever.”
Mallory: “I promise you I’m not lying. You are safe with me. If I’m HOH next week, I promise you I won’t put you up. You’re not even someone in the top people I’m considering.”
Kamu: “Which I appreciate. And honestly, before hearing all of this, it was the same with you. You were never even somebody that I was considering throwing up.”

Kamu: “Okay, so let’s build some trust. This is actually what my goal is for this week. I’m going to ask that you don’t say anything to anybody. I did have a conversation with Lyric this morning. You saw us talk. So she is aware of this plan. You could talk to her, but please don’t talk to anybody else.”
Kamu: “You’re not even my target. I did hear that you had mentioned me. I am considering putting you up. I feel like I have to. If I watch this back and I see you throwing my name out, and then you do throw me up, I feel like the biggest idiot. I’m not even saying that I’m going to. I have three people.”
Mallory: “I know you have to pick three people. You are in a tough position. If I am kept safe, I’ll vote whatever way you want. If I’m selected for veto, I’ll do whatever you want with it. I completely 100% promise you, you really were not someone I was considering. And no matter what happens, I promise you safety when I’m HOH coming up.”

Kamu: “My target is Jason. Jason has upset the women. Jason has upset the men. I don’t want to put him up first because I don’t want to give him two chances to take himself down. He’s shown that he’s a good competitor. He has either won or almost won like every competition that he’s been a part of.”
Kamu: “That was my conversation with Lyric this morning. Lyric, you are not my target at all. I need people on the block that I trust, who are gonna fight for the veto with me, that we can use the veto on and backdoor Jason. Honestly, I kind of feel bad for you because of this situation.”
Mallory: “Do you think this could be people trying to save themselves? When I’ve talked about who I want to nominate, it hasn’t been you. I completely 100% mean that.”
Kamu: “I feel like you’re being honest with me.”
Mallory: “I’m at a loss of words right now. I had a feeling there was a chance I’m being considered, just because there’s so limited options.”

Kamu: “My third nominee I’m considering is Lala. But you guys are not — everybody loves Lala. Everybody loves Lyric. Everybody loves you. Outside of, oh hey, I did hear Mallory mention your name, people are not trashing you. Nobody’s like, oh dude, I don’t like Mallory, she needs to go.”
Kamu: “The goal is Jason. He can’t play veto, because I don’t want him to win safety. I want to backdoor him, and any one of you sitting next to Jason stays. Worst case scenario, you’re up there, you don’t win veto, you’re sitting next to Jason. That is the best person that you could possibly be sitting next to come live eviction.”
Mallory: “I believe you.”
Kamu: “If you were to win HOH next week and come after me and put me up, I would understand it. But legitimately, you’re not my target. I just have to take into consideration what I’m hearing.”
Mallory: “I know. It’s not true. I promise. I’m not a good liar. I would not put you, Chuk and Haley up. I’ve been saying for a while that I want to target the Survivor people. That’s why I’m so mind blown that this is, that’s not even my words being twisted a little. And I’ve never said Barrett.”

Kamu: “I think both of us kind of have a mutual target. I talked to Lyric. Lyric’s like, I don’t trust Jason.”
Mallory: “I don’t trust him either.”
Kamu: “Lyric told me she was working with Jason and Rome at one point in time. I’m not sure if you knew that.”
Mallory: “I didn’t even know that.”
Kamu: “And again, hopefully this stays between us. The three of them had an alliance called the Love Triangle.”
Mallory: “Wow.”
Kamu: “You didn’t know this.”
Mallory: “Did not.”
Kamu: “Please keep this between us. Because if you tell Lyric, she’s not going to want to work with me anymore. And I’d like to work with you and Lyric. I like both of you.”
Mallory: “I won’t tell her, I promise.”
Kamu: “She goes, now I don’t trust Jason anymore. I think that Jason would definitely throw me under the bus. So you don’t trust Jason. Lyric doesn’t trust Jason. I didn’t talk to Lala too much about Jason, but when Jason came up, she didn’t advocate for him at all.”
Kamu: “Everybody that I’ve talked to in the house basically says that Jason can’t be trusted. The women are upset because they feel like they got played. The men are upset because they got played. I had a conversation with Jason last night and he goes, dude, I feel like I’m on an island by myself. He goes, I don’t have much to offer, but I would love to work with you if you want to keep me here. He has nothing.”
Kamu: “The way I see it — me, you, Lala, Lyric, potentially, that’s four people who want Jason out. And then we get to draw two more people. Now we’re looking at six people who want Jason out. If any of us wins veto, we use it, we throw Jason up. Any one of you sitting next to Jason, he goes home.”
Kamu: “I think Jason’s one of the biggest threats, because he’s on an island by himself, but he’s a good competitor, he’s somebody that could win power. And I have no idea who he would put up. That’s a dangerous player. Somebody like Jason, who’s a wild card, who’s not tied to anybody, who’s proven to be a comp beast — he’s somebody that I cannot give two chances of winning.”

Kamu: “There have been so many times as a fan of the show, I would watch somebody just get played out. Freaking Dan Gheesling in season 14, what he did to Frank. He was gunning after Frank the whole time. Frank became HOH, Dan had a heart to heart with him, and Frank bought everything he said, hook, line and sinker. And then Dan ended up throwing him up and taking him out afterwards. So I’m not even saying that you’re being disingenuous with me. I think that you are being sincere.”
Mallory: “This game is like that and people lie, but I’m someone, the game I wanna play is honest. I don’t wanna be someone that makes promises and breaks them. Lying is part of the game, but I’m not lying at all.”

Kamu: “The best thing that I could do is try to be honest with you and tell you who my target is, and give you information that I don’t have to give you, while also protecting myself. I’ve told you my entire plan for the week. I’m trying to backdoor Jason. I’m risking my plan getting out by telling you. You could walk out the door and try to blow up my game.”
Mallory: “I won’t.”
Mallory: “That just logically wouldn’t make sense for me to put you up. Everybody likes you. For me to go for you, I’d have no support and I would look like an idiot. That would be one of the worst moves I could do, besides putting up my own two closest friends.”
Kamu: “But for all the reasons that you just mentioned, those reasons could be enough to try to rally people to vote me out. Like, oh man, Kamu’s cool with people, he’s well-liked, we should get him out.”
Mallory: “I don’t even think I could rally people like that. That would just be a completely illogical shot to take.”
Mallory: “I’m a bad liar. I mean, everybody probably says that—”
Kamu: “You know who would say that? A good liar.”
Mallory: “I’m not a good liar. I’m just flabbergasted.”

Kamu: “If I were you, what I would do is try to find whoever the mole is. Who’s working both sides? It’s not — Jason didn’t tell me. Lala didn’t tell me. I would just have conversations with people and make sure that your spidey senses are on. If your intuition starts going off and you don’t trust, listen to that. Because obviously there’s somebody that you’re trusting. Or maybe somebody’s on the outskirts and they’re just making stuff up to target you.”
Mallory: “I have someone in mind that could have said it.”
Kamu: “You don’t even have to tell me. I would just pay attention to it. Because if you’re not throwing out me, Haley, Chuk, but somebody’s saying that you are — not just to me, but to other people who are then coming back and telling me — then it’s something you gotta make sure you find.”

Kamu: “Win the freaking veto, or I win the veto, and we backdoor Jason, and we send him packing this week. For me, that’s a successful HOH. Not just for me, but for you, and for Lyric. Honestly, for the whole house. It would be a unanimous vote.”
Mallory: “I know, but what if I’m sitting next to Lala? What if Jason wins the Blockbuster?”
Kamu: “Okay, so, between us — Lala’s rubbing a lot of people the wrong way.”
Mallory: “Really?”
Kamu: “Lala’s really abrasive.”

Talk turns to Angela’s pig.

Mallory: “Did you know Angela owned a pig?”
Kamu: “She said that last night, that the pig had a name. Fergie?”
Mallory: “What happened to Fergie, if I may ask?”

Mallory: “My friend got a pig first. I always wanted a pig, but she had a farm, so she got a pot-bellied pig first. Hers was all black and named Flower. And I was so jealous that I started looking for pigs myself. I found one in Lancaster. It was the cutest little pink piggy I ever saw, with a little bit of black on her belly, like she was wearing almost a belt.”
Kamu: “So a pig only cost $300?”
Mallory: “We brought her home. I immediately named her Fergie. We bought her clothes, but her clothes were dog clothes. She wasn’t full pot-belly pig, which I wish she had been, because then she’d have stayed a lot smaller. She got very, very large. And she learned how to do things that I wish she had not learned how to do.”
Kamu: “Like?”
Mallory: “She was potty trained completely. Like a dog. Very clean. She didn’t go out and roll in dirt. She’d go out and roll in the grass.”

Kamu: “Please try to stay calm. Don’t get overly paranoid. Have calm conversations with people and don’t freak out. Don’t let people see you rattled. Be unfazed. Okay, people are talking about you putting up Barrett — breathe. People have talked about you putting up me, Chuk, Haley. It’s not true, right? Gather the information, but don’t freak out.”
Kamu: “You gotta be the one that stays relaxed so that you can pick up weird things from others. If you’re the one who’s nervous, you’re not gonna be able to pick that up from other people.”
Mallory: “You’re doing it the best way that you can. It just sucks. It’s not true.”
Kamu: “I’m hoping that when this is all said and done, it ends up working out for all of us. We send Jason home, and then hopefully you and I can work together.”
Mallory: “Yeah, I’m open to doing that.”
Kamu: “It’s water under the bridge. But I wanted to have the conversation. Mal, I like you. I respect you. I did not want to try to blindside you.”

Mallory: “I feel like words that can be twisted — I thought you were gonna say you heard that I would put up the two Survivor players and you, which I haven’t said. But that would make more sense, because I’ve said things like, I’m not really sure who the third one would be. This sucks.”
Kamu: “But hey, try to stay calm. Haley just knocked on the door, so I can talk to her too. I can go to bat for you — I just had a conversation with Mal, she said she never talked about putting me, you, Chuk up. But if I were you, I’d still have the conversation with her.”
Kamu: “My goal is that we send Jason home this week and you and I are cool afterwards.”
Mallory: “I feel like you’re not being untrustworthy. You’re being very direct. And I appreciate that. I really, really, really don’t want to go up. I’m a Have-Not.”
Kamu: “I know. And by the way, I know I made you a Have-Not. It was nothing personal. I wish I would have thrown Yash up there and then I could have let Lyric put you up there.”
Mallory: “It’s people that haven’t been Have-Nots yet. I get it.”

Kamu: “My mind is not totally made up. I just had to be honest with you where I’m leaning.”
Mallory: “Whatever you do decide — I’m saved this week, I’ll vote any way you want. And if I’m HOH, I won’t put you up.”
Kamu: “The goal, I’ve been totally candid with you — the goal is to get you out. Like, that is the target.”

Mallory is HOH-safe this week, so that line lands wrong on its face — read in context, Kamu’s talking about Jason as the target and stumbles over his own phrasing. He corrects immediately.

Kamu: “My goal is not to get you out of the house. It’s to get Jason out of the house.”
Mallory: “Okay. All right.”
Kamu: “Try to stay calm and have really relaxed conversations. Don’t panic, because if you panic, you’re not going to get the same reaction you would if you stay calm and try to pick up on their body language.”
Kamu: “Thank you so much, Mel. I really appreciate you.”
Mallory: “Thank you for warning me and stuff.”

*Where it stands

This is the third nominee heads-up of the morning and the pattern is now unmistakable: Kamu gives everyone the whole plan. Mallory got what Lyric and Lala got — the full backdoor, Jason as the target, the veto math, and the fact that Lyric already knows. He also handed her something he didn’t have to: the Love Triangle, Lyric’s old three-way with Jason and Rome, with a request not to repeat it to Lyric because it would cost him her trust. He then told Mallory that Lala is abrasive and rubbing the house the wrong way — the same read he delivered to Lala’s face an hour earlier as friendly advice, now offered to a different houseguest as a reason Mallory would survive sitting next to her.

The substance Mallory pushed back on is the intel itself. She flatly denies ever naming Kamu, Chuk, Haley or Barrett, insists her only target has been the Survivor players — Devens and Dee — and traces the Barrett piece to a specific chain: she told Rome she was hurt Barrett lied to her, Rome went and talked to Barrett unprompted, and something got twisted in the relay. Kamu’s read is that she’s sincere, which he says out loud more than once, while telling her he can’t act on that because it’s Big Brother. He reached for Dan Gheesling and Frank to explain why.

Two things to watch. Mallory now knows the entire week’s plan and is being trusted to sit on it, the same bet Kamu has made with Lyric and Lala. And whoever fed Kamu the Mallory-named-you-three story, Mallory’s account and Kamu’s own “it all came from one person, then spread” theory both point at the intel being manufactured or badly distorted — which, if true, means someone in Kamu’s ear is steering his nominations with a lie.

Noon Haley and Kamu

Kamu: “I told Mallory, please try to stay calm. She asked me, I promise I’ve never mentioned you, Chuk, and Haley. And I actually believe her. But I told her, I hope you can see where I’m coming from — if the tables were turned and you heard that Kamu was saying he’d put you, Melody, and Lyric up, in the back of your mind you’d wonder if you could believe me.”
Haley: “Yeah, she cried to Angela this morning.”
Kamu: “She asked, do Haley and Chuk also think that I’m targeting them? I said yes, it did get back to them. Have conversations with them.”

Kamu: “I told her, look, I’m trying to gain trust with you while protecting my game. If you win HOH next week and put me up, I’d understand. And she was like, I wouldn’t do that. Lala said the same. Lyric was like, I wouldn’t put you up, not even as a pawn.”
Kamu: “I’m like, Lyric, you are literally the only person in the house who could go up next to anybody I’m targeting and be safe. We went down a list. Barrett — everybody loves Barrett, but he’s never been up, people take their shot. You? You’ve been on the block and nobody ever talked about voting you out. The only time was when you were in a showmance with Rome, and Rome’s gone.”

On Lala.
Kamu: “When I talked to her last night, she said she respects honesty. So I told her, I had conversations with everybody, and I know you’ve been in a couple alliances. Before I won HOH, you never once talked game with me.”
Haley: “She denied it?”
Kamu: “Ish. She’s like, I always thought we were cool. I said, I thought that day one, day two, but then I started to realize there were alliances being formed. Not everybody hanging out was working together.”
Kamu: “I told her, everybody loves Mama Lala when you’re cooking and cleaning. But the Mama Lala trying to micromanage — everybody needs their own hand towel, everybody go to bed — that’s rubbing people the wrong way. The two names I heard the most were you and Jason. And it’s not even game related. It’s roommate related.”
Haley: “You’re so good at this game.”

Haley on Jason: “Angela and I are in a good spot with you not putting him up right away. He said last night, I feel like I’m going to be a pawn. And he started sobbing. Angela and I spoke for you not to put him up. As his numbers dwindle, he’s gonna beat everybody.”
Haley: “It’s crazy that Drew masterminded that. He’s smarter than we give him credit for.”
Kamu: “Drew’s very smart. But all Drew said was, we should backdoor Jason instead of putting him up. I was the one who had the idea of putting up Lyric. I don’t want people to think Drew’s some freaking master.”

Haley: “Melody has a boyfriend, apparently, outside of this. Drew told me. He’s been reassuring me — if it’s ever you and Melody, I’d go with you.”
Kamu: “He knows you’re with us and he doesn’t want people to think he’s in a showmance. So he’s downplaying.”

Kamu: “I’m not giving a speech at the ceremony. Just — I’ve decided to nominate you, you, and you. I love and respect all you guys. This nomination ceremony is adjourned. Short and sweet.”
Haley: “I would love for Lala to go home. But I would love to be the one to take her home.”
Kamu: “Legitimately, Lala’s not my target.”

Kamu: “I want to go far with you. Real talk.”
Haley: “The problem with Chuk is he’s good at making people feel comforted, but nothing else seeps between the cracks. With you, you do that the best. Anything I tell the girls, I’ll tell you. But the girls are tight-knit — we’re not saying anything because we know we have the boys.”
Kamu: “If I ever hear you’re in any danger, I’m telling you.”
Kamu: “Can you tell Taylor to come up? I want to give her a heads up about Lala.”

*Where it stands

This is Kamu’s debrief with the one person he’s tightest with, and it doubles as confirmation the whole morning went to plan. He’s satisfied with Mallory and thrilled with Lala — both “couldn’t have gone better.” The tell is what he does with Drew: after telling Lala, Chuk, Barrett and Yash that the backdoor was Drew’s idea, he quietly claws back the Lyric-pawn half for himself here, not wanting Haley to walk away thinking Drew’s the brains. Haley, meanwhile, hands him the Melody-has-a-boyfriend intel and frames the Powerpuff women as a bloc that keeps its secrets precisely because it trusts the guys to hold. And the flirty running joke — “you think I’m cute,” “you’re pretty,” final-two talk over the memory of watching a housemate get eaten by a T-rex — sits on top of a very real final-two feeler between the two of them.

12:25 pm Littlies Start breaking down

Lyric: “Yash really hurt my feelings yesterday. He was like, you need to be careful, you’re running around with Chuk, and you got happy yesterday, that’s not a good look. And I’m like, what do you want me to do?”
Mallory: “I feel like Yash said something to Kamu, because he was thinking I’m gonna go up.”
Lyric: “What, Yash?”

Mallory: “I have to talk to Barrett too. I don’t want Barrett to think I would put him up.”
Lyric: “What the f*** are we supposed to do?”
Mallory: “Can we do anything?”
Lyric: “I don’t know.”
Lyric: “Did he say why he was considering you?”
Mallory: “Because he needs another person. I told him I don’t want to be involved.”

Lyric: “I feel like sleeping in Rome’s jacket. Oh my God, this sucks.”

Mallory: “I love you. Whatever happens, we’re always going to be friends. You’re always gonna be my best friend.”
Lyric: “Yeah, same. This sucks. I don’t know why we’re being targeted.”
Mallory: “I don’t literally know why.”

Lyric: “I just feel so fing defeated. And it’s not even true what he’s hearing. Who the f is dragging me through the mud? It makes me nervous that he hasn’t told me he’s heard that, because he might think it’s true. And it’s just not.”
Lyric: “I just don’t want my family to see me keep crying. I thought I was a really strong person. But this game is breaking me now.”

*Where it stands

The two closest friends in the house end up in the same spot the whole morning has been pushing people toward — convinced they’re being targeted over things that aren’t true, and unable to name who started it. Mallory’s landed on Yash as the one who put her name in Kamu’s ear. Lyric is stuck on the fact that Kamu never told her directly what he’s “heard” about her, which she reads as a sign he might believe it. Neither of them knows the actual shape of the week — that Kamu likes both of them, that neither is the target, and that the whole build is aimed at Jason. What they’re reacting to is the version of events Kamu deliberately seeded: enough worry to keep them off balance, not enough truth to let them relax.

12:33 pm Berrett and Mallory
Mallory: “When I was talking to him, he told me he heard I’ve been saying if I was HOH, I’d put up you. That is just not true. He heard I’d put up either Haley, Chuk, Kamu — which also isn’t what I’d do — or that I’d put up you. I swear on my life I never even said that.”
Barrett: “No, I trust you. The only thing I’ve ever heard that you maybe didn’t trust me was from Drew. And it was because I f***ing lied to your face. So I was like, well, duh.”
Mallory: “I have to talk to Haley and Chuk too, because they think I’d put them up. I feel like my name is just being dragged in the mud. I never said I’d put up Haley, Chuk and Kamu. This sucks.”

Mallory: “I think it’s going to be Lyric and Lala. And backdoor Jason.”
Barrett: “I was thinking Jason for sure would be on the block.”
Mallory: “I think he wants the backdoor.”
Barrett: “Well, that means you’re not the target, at least.”
Mallory: “Someone’s gonna win veto. If I don’t come down, and Jason wins the Blockbuster and I’m next to Lala — but I feel like I can’t stay if I’m next to Lyric either.”
Barrett: “I think we can get the votes for you, no matter who you’re against.”

Mallory: “If Haley and Chuk think I’m gonna put them up, someone’s trying to turn people against me. I’ve never said I’d put you up, literally ever. Maybe ‘Haley and Chuk’ left my mouth week one, but I want to target the Survivor people. That’s who I’d target. It’s not you.”
Barrett: “You ain’t the only one who’d say something like that.”
Mallory: “That’s already four people. If it gets back to them — Devens and Dee, and Haley and Chuk think I’ll put them up — that’s four people who think I’ll put them up.”

Mallory: “My two close friends were on the block this week, and now I’m going to be sitting on the block potentially next to Lyric. This has been the worst start to the game ever. And I’m a Have-Not.”
Barrett: “You’re having the worst Big Brother experience. I wish you could get the power.”
Mallory: “I feel like Devens is going to get it this week.”
Barrett: “Who knows what they’re thinking out there. They could be tired of his show last week.”

Mallory: “If it’s them bouncing shit or throwing and catching, I’m fucked. Kamu’s clearly a good competitor. We were so close to winning, and they won a comp that wasn’t even physical. What are we gonna do when it’s a physical comp? We haven’t had one yet.”
Mallory: “If you’re gonna hear a lie about me, can it at least be true? I thought he was gonna say he heard I’d put up Dee, Devens and him. And me. And Angela. That’s the twist — I’m putting up everyone. When he said, I heard you’d put up Barrett, I was like, what?”
Barrett: “Mallory is not going home this week. Get that in your mind right now.”

The veto-comp nerves turned into a bit.
Barrett: “Spelling.”
Mallory: “I’m not good at spelling either. If it’s the one where you find letters, what word should I do?”
Barrett: “Doritos. No, that’s not a real word.”
Mallory: “‘Because’ is a good word. B-E-C-A-U-S-E. It’s got a lot of common letters.”

Mallory: “I promise I was never going to put you on the block.”
Barrett: “I believe you, Mallory.”
Mallory: “Who the f*** is saying this shit? Who’s out to get me?”
Barrett: “It could just be an excuse to put you on the block anyway. For me, it doesn’t make much sense to include me in the argument.”
Barrett: “Lala was called, and then Drew was called, but he didn’t go in. They both met outside.”
Mallory: “I just want America’s power, and I hope it’s just a veto.”

*Where it stands

Mallory goes straight from the HOH room to the one person Kamu named her as targeting — Barrett — to clear the air, and Barrett doesn’t flinch: he trusts her, and pinpoints the source of any doubt as Drew, back when Barrett lied to her face about the HOH-room meeting. That’s the crack worth watching. Barrett has now independently landed on Drew as the origin of the “Mallory doesn’t trust me” thread, at the same time Mallory can’t figure out who fed Kamu the story that she’d nominate half the house. She keeps circling the same defense — her only real targets are the Survivor players, Dee and Devens — and the same bafflement that the lie about her isn’t even accurate. Barrett spends the whole conversation reassuring her she’s safe and volunteering to campaign for her, and by the end she’s puzzled it out to the same place Kamu did in his own head: that the intel was manufactured to justify a nomination that was always coming.

4:00 pm Pound puppies.. Sounds like Deven won a power.. kraken.