“She comes in here all chippity-happity, motherf—ing skippy-doo-doo.” – Haley

Summary:

The Red Corner, plus Haley and Chuk, get the HOH room to themselves at 12:14 pm and settle the week. Haley recounts every one-on-one from her marathon morning — including her Barrett conversation going sideways when she accidentally described asking a pawn not to use the veto on themselves, and the moment she quoted Melody’s own trash talk back to her word for word and watched her realize whose words they were. Devens confirms he and Kamu landed in the same place: Drew can hurt them more than anybody. Yash, without prompting, has soured on Drew after learning about the Four Seasons. And then Angela, who still doesn’t know The Wolf Pack exists, designs the whole move: nominate Drew as a “pawn,” keep him wrapped in a pretty bow, tell whoever wins veto to leave nominations alone, and let him be blindsided. Haley’s answer is “thank God you’re in this game.” Mallory’s safety, it turns out, was only ever promised for nominations — nobody said anything about a backdoor. And sitting quietly through all of it is Devens, still holding the Diamond Power of Veto — the one card that can override every veto plan made in that room — with Dee the only person who knows it exists.

Nomination spoilers:

All signs point to Taylor, Melody and Drew as Haley’s nominations. Taylor and Melody have been her two locks since the night she won HOH — Taylor for having no alliance, Melody over the mean girl fallout. Drew looks set to take the third chair as a “pawn,” but the feeds tell a different story: Kamu, Devens, Dee, Angela and Chuk have all landed on Drew as the real target this week. Angela laid out the plan herself — keep Drew comfortable, keep the nominations the same if anyone wins the veto, and let him be blindsided. Lala is safe, Haley calling her a waste of a nominee. Lyric has been promised safety. Mallory is safe from initial nominations only — Haley has been careful to note she never promised anything about a backdoor. Kamu has also floated flipping the week entirely: evict Drew and bring Lyric into the Tool Shed as his replacement. And hanging over every contingency in that plan: Devens is still holding the Diamond Power of Veto, which can pull anyone off the block and let him name the replacement himself — no one but Dee knows he has it. Nominations are expected today — we’ll confirm as soon as the feeds show them.

11:50 am – Haley and Taylor, HOH room

Haley: “This is exhausting. I see you got called.”
Taylor: “Yeah, twice. Since nine.”
Haley: “Brutal. How are you feeling?”
Taylor: “Girl, not good. I’m not even going to sit here and lie to you.”
Taylor: “I would feel like I would be considered for nomination only because I’m guilty by association with Lala.”
Haley says her name came up again yesterday while she was out of the room, and that when she confronted the person about it, she told them there is a way to play Big Brother and there is another route that is just mean.

Haley: “And I said, that’s not somebody I even want to be friends with.”
Taylor: “I’ve told you everything that I’ve ever said about you.”
Haley: “Yeah, and I told you I appreciated the stuff that you had with Lala.”
Haley: “So what was said yesterday?”

Taylor lays it out.

Taylor: “So what was said was, when we came back, I was literally like, I feel like I’m a possibility just because I’m associated with Lala. That was the first thing. Boom.”
Taylor: “And then me and Chuk was talking, because that’s all I said when it came to that in general.”
Taylor: “Everybody was like, oh, what you think? And I was like, I just feel like I might be up just because I’m associated with Lala, and her and Lala don’t have a good relationship.”
Taylor: “And then later that night, I talked to Chuk, and I said the same thing. I just feel like I’m guilty by association.”
Taylor: “And it just seems like every time I try to talk game — I’ve been trying to make it my deal to disassociate myself from Lala.”
Taylor: “We talked about, like, our personal relationship should not have something to do with our game relationship, because obviously Lala’s reckless with her game and Lala doesn’t know what the hell is going on.”
Taylor: “So it just feels like these past week or two, I got pinned in on the Rome stuff because of Lala. I got pinned in on everything because of Lala.”
Taylor: “And then I told him, the only thing I can ever think about when it came to me and Haley having something — was when I was on the block and people were telling me that y’all were possibly conspiring on getting me out if I sat next to Ashley, because I was on Rome’s side.”
Taylor: “And I said, but me and her talked about that. And I was extremely honest with her when we talked about it.”
Taylor: “I’m very direct. I’m very honest.”
Haley: “And I think the first week you don’t really know how to play people.”
Taylor: “And then we later went and sat down and we talked it out. And I’ve been cool ever since.”

Haley explains where the nomination talk came from.

Haley: “I think then maybe whatever you said yesterday got really taken out of context.”
Haley: “The general question is, like, oh, who would you put up if you were in my spot? And a lot of it’s, like, oh, Taylor’s not in any alliance.”
Haley: “And then it’s, like, well, this person’s on both ends of the house.”
Haley: “And so it’s just kind of like, at this point, do we do what Jason says and do whatever, or do you play your own game?”
Taylor: “There’s plenty of options.”

Taylor on being left out.

Taylor: “That first week, I tried to kind of come sit at the table with you, Kamu and Chuk. And I was like, they’re not f—ing with me. I kind of felt left out.”
Taylor: “And then when the whole thing happened with me being associated with Lala because of Rome, it just kind of pushed me to feel like I’m being left out of something that I want to be a part of.”
Taylor: “And then that morning when we talked, you came and talked to me and you were like, me and Chuk would love to work with you. And I was like, hell yeah.”
Haley: “But I think nothing ever really came about it after that, where Chuk’s like, I don’t know where she’s at. And I’m like, I don’t really know if that was a yes or a no.”

On Jason:

Haley: “I still don’t know why for the second time he threw my name out, because I gave him that olive branch. I said, I’m not coming to you as a game player. I want you to know that if you need someone to just be there for you, I’m here.”
Haley: “I wasn’t gonna stop talking to him. That’s just not my person. But it did feel really weird to me.”
Haley: “Any time that I came out, it was you and him, or there was a situation in the bathroom, or you guys were in the hot tub room. It just felt awkward, because I’m like, is it me again?”
Taylor: “I was the same person who told Chuk, like, they’re talking about Haley.”
Taylor: “So I got played twice by Jason, basically.”
Taylor: “He just kept saying — I think he was honestly hurt. When you listen to him, he sound hurt.”
Taylor: “I think it was more so, like, every time I tell her something, it feels like she runs and uses it against me.”
Haley: “But nothing that he said at the tea party was anything I said.”
Taylor: “I’m just telling you what he said. Like I said, guilty by association. I’m sitting there.”
Haley: “It was just frustrating, because I don’t want to feel like I have to walk on eggshells. This is bulls—.”
Taylor: “He’s not here no more.”
Haley: “Even when he left, my biggest thing is I always want to make sure everyone’s cool.”
Haley: “Even if you and I weren’t cool and I still felt weird energy with you, with Jason being there, I still — hey, do you need anything? You need space? Because that’s just the person I am.”
Taylor: “But did you feel like I was being weird to you?”
Haley: “Yeah.”
Haley: “But again, it could be like association.”

On not connecting:

Taylor: “I literally told Chuk last night, I said, even last week when I came to try to talk game with you about nominations and stuff, I feel like she wasn’t giving me nothing.”
Taylor: “So then it made me feel like, does she really want to work with me?”
Haley: “I don’t remember that. I don’t remember you coming and talking about game-wise at all.”
Haley: “But I know that you talked to a couple other people that obviously I’m close with, and I was like, yeah, she hasn’t talked to me. Unless I just missed it.”
Taylor: “I literally came up to you, we were sitting outside, and I was like, what you think is going to happen with nominations? This is after we kind of talked out potentially working together.”
Taylor: “And I came and I sat, and I was like, what you think will happen with renoms? And you was like, I don’t know.”
Haley: “Yeah, I don’t remember that.”
Taylor: “So it’s just, once again, it’s just interactions for me, where it’s like, I’m trying to build trust with y’all, but it feels like y’all keep kicking me away.”
Haley: “Yeah, I think people just have to be a little bit more blunt, because I’d be like, wait, what?”
Haley: “I feel like the hot and cold with the Jason thing really threw me for a loop, and then again with the Lala. I’m like, I just can’t win.”
Haley: “It’s coming to the point where I’m like, I’m in my own spot.”
Haley: “Let’s talk about week two, for example. My shit was dragged when it was just Devens and I, and everyone on that bench was saying, I hope it’s not f—ing Haley.”
Haley: “And I didn’t even f—ing win it. And all that shit came right back to me.”
Haley: “It’s just a shit feeling, because I have not given anyone an actual legitimate reason to just sit there and talk. I think that’s just kind of where I was hurt.”
Haley: “But I do appreciate you just being honest. Because I’ve always been honest with you. And I want to hear your side, too.”
Taylor: “I’ve always told you when I didn’t like anything, though. Always.”
Taylor: “Me sitting here right now, I’m not telling you nothing I haven’t already told you.”
Taylor: “Like I told you, that hurt my feelings. That’s why — like the cool kids. I tried to sit at the table and it was like, don’t sit here. Why are you sitting here?”
Taylor: “It just keeps feeling like that every time I try to.”
Taylor: “I honestly cannot remember the time you and I were ever alone, minus — I was like, hey, you want to shit talk. We were at the pool.”
Taylor: “And then when you keep getting kicked in the face, it’s kind of like, well, I guess they do associate me with that side of the house. And when I do go to this side of the house, they don’t do that to me. So maybe I can just talk to them.”
Haley: “Yeah, no, I get that.”

On Lala:

Haley: “But when it comes to even Lala, I’m the one saying, Lala, stop.”
Haley: “Her and I had a conversation, and I was like, you can rub people the wrong way, but at the end of the day, there’s no reason. You don’t have to be f—ing mean.”
Haley: “And it’s not just me you’re being mean to. It’s other people, and they see it.”
Haley: “And I said, your biggest enemy is these motherf—ing windows, because they are looking at everything that you’re doing, and you can see people in other rooms. So if you think you’re safe, you’re not.”
Taylor: “Any reason that I’ve ever had reservations, I feel like they’re fair, and I never held them against you.”
Taylor: “If anything, I’ve always come to you and been like, what’s up? How can we fix it?”

Haley on the nominations:

Haley: “At the end of the day, it is a game. But I always want to hear people’s true selves and emotions, too. Because that goes a long way for me more than the f—ing game.”
Haley: “I feel like this week, after having such a hot week with everybody, I could be really ugly, or I could just be straight up to the point. And ugly is just not my character.”
Haley: “And I just want to be really fair. But I also don’t want to follow the narrative of just pick off the girls. Because that’s boring. That f—ing sucks.”
Haley: “My name has been thrown out with everybody in this house — which again, guilty by association, or you just don’t like whatever it is.”
Haley: “But I’m not just gonna sit and pick the girls. I’m not.”
Haley: “And I think everyone I’ve talked to, I’ve been very apparent about that.”
Taylor: “I’ll be honest, I love that. The whole girl, girl, girl thing.”
Haley: “Because you get down to it, there’s no f—ing girls left.”
Haley: “I’m a girl. And yeah, it was a girl, two boys. But after those two boys, where are the boys going now?”
Taylor: “You have to think about physical ability.”
Haley: “But if this narrative gets drawn out and it’s girl, girl, girl, girl, girl — I’m going to be this last girl.”
Haley: “And then the people you’re close with — how do you explain that to a man? Because they’re not going to see that. Like, oh no, you’re good. No, b—-, I’m not freaking good.”
Taylor: “I feel like it’s definitely some boys that you should be side-eyeing.”
Haley: “Well, I truly think that this nomination’s not personal.”
Haley: “I want to talk to everybody. I feel like — you’re the only person that hasn’t shit talked anybody. So I do respect that.”
Haley: “And that says a lot. Why would I shit talk to you?”
Haley: “Everyone’s came in and said, oh, this, this, this, this. And I’m like, I just don’t have the energy for it.”
Taylor: “That just shows my character. That’s not my character.”
Taylor: “Like I said, I’m the same person that’d be a counselor. I mean, don’t say that about her. That’s not nice. Be nice.”
Haley: “People are like, what do you want me to do for you? I’m like, I don’t want anyone to do anything for me. If you want to do something, just be my friend. Be true to who you are. Be true to the people you work with.”
Haley: “I think I got to — fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, Haley, you’re an idiot.”
Haley: “I told Jason, I said, don’t stick up for me. Do what’s best for your game.”
Haley: “At the end of the day, I’m always going to be good. I hold my emotions well.”
Haley: “I am a girl and I am a huge softie, but I don’t show people that. Because emotions, weakness — that’s been taught my whole life.”
Haley: “So if I need to take the shot, or somebody takes a shot at me multiple times, eventually I will crack a little bit, but I’m going to do it on my own time.”
Haley: “I wish I had a definitive answer of what I’m gonna do, but I’m just exhausted by the point of, you really can’t trust a whole bunch of people.”
Haley: “This game’s hard going about it alone.”
Taylor: “And if anybody knows that feeling, it’s me. I feel like I don’t fit in anywhere.”
Taylor: “It’s like I’m trying to find a home and nobody’s—”

On Chuk:

Haley: “If I didn’t have Chuk, I don’t know where I would have been. And I’m just talking about him just being a good-ass person.”
Haley: “And I’ve also been mean to him, out of frustration, where I was like, Chuk, shut the f— up, I don’t want to hear that right now. That was mean of me to say. But he has been that light.”
Haley: “I kind of catch myself getting a little bit more on edge — when I was feeling more anxious, I would kind of spout out, because he was my safe spot.”
Haley: “I clocked it, because I do that to my sister. My sister is my safest spot.”
Haley: “And there are times that I’ll just lash out and I’m like, wait, I’m so sorry.”
Haley: “It was more so he was talking about my cooking, and I was like, f— off.”
Haley: “He was like, don’t put me on the block, I’ll eat your sweet potato brownies. I said, tell that to Taylor over there.”
Taylor: “Once again, I wasn’t the one talking about your sweet potato brownies. I’m the one who ate the sweet potato brownies.”
Haley: “But I did piss him off when I said that. I was like, shut up, I don’t want to hear it. But I said it in a tone, and you know how he’s a little softie.”
Haley: “And then it just clocked for me in a second. I was like, I do that shit to my sister, and that’s supposed to be my rock, my person.”
Haley: “And again, not even game. He’s just personal. We’re humans first. That’s been my thing.”

Taylor: “There’s nothing for me to clear up, because everything I feel like I clear up in real time with you.”
Taylor: “I came to play a game that my students can watch and be proud of.”
Taylor: “I’m here to set an example and be a role model, and that’s my biggest thing being here.”
Taylor: “So that’s why I moved the way I do in the house. That’s why I’m not the person I am outside of here as much, because my students are going to see this. Not just my students I have now, but the students I have for the next 20 years.”
Taylor: “They’re going to remember that. That’s the first thing they’re going to do is try to find it. So I have to uphold that standard.”
Haley: “And I obviously do the same with you.”
Haley: “But I think I’m going to shower and kind of just chill.”

12:14 pm Haley, Devens and Chuk in the HOH room. Angela joins, then Dee. The five of them plan the week.

Haley recaps her Barrett conversation.

Haley: “The first thing I told Barrett, I said — because anyone that’s come in, I’m like, hey, I’ve been real with you, you’ve been real with me, I’m going to be real with you.”
Haley: “So I said, hey, there’s a lot of talk about you. And I was trying to get words out with him, and he didn’t give me shit.”
Haley: “And I said, hey, there’s a lot of word that you were the one telling Mallory that, you know, the votes look here, these people you shouldn’t trust, da da da.”
Haley: “And I said that in a way to see if he would say anything, but he already knew that it was wishy-washy.”
Haley: “And then we talked, talked, talked. And at the end, he was like, wait, no. Because he sat there and thought about what I said. He goes, no, I would have went with the whole house.”
Haley: “Our core alliance and the Tool Shed, we made that. I thought we were all good for each other.”
Haley: “So that’s how we ended it. It was weird.”
Haley: “And I was like, I don’t want to play Jason’s narrative, that I’m just going to go after the girls. I’ve been so straight up. I am not somebody that’s going to take the easy route.”
Haley: “And I said, so I think it would be smart to do the same thing as the Cookout. You have your ride or die. You have your people. You have to make a hard decision, but you’ve got to make sure that your narrative with that person is 1,000% correct.”
Haley: “And he’s like, I don’t feel comfortable being a pawn, if that’s what you’re saying. I think that we all made a pact and we should still do our thing.”
Haley: “And I was like, that’s not what I’m saying. I have not named a name.”

Where she fumbled it:

Haley: “Wait, okay. So this is where I f—ed up. Because this is where I didn’t watch a lot of Big Brother.”
Haley: “I said, the people that I pick as a pawn, and that I know are riding with me and we got you 100% — I wouldn’t want them to use the veto.”
Haley: “And he goes, so you’re saying that if you put them up as a pawn and they won the veto, they wouldn’t be able to take themselves off?”
Haley: “And then the whole conversation went downhill from there. I was like, no, no, no, that’s not what I’m saying.”
Haley: “So I didn’t word that right. And in my head, I was like, f—, I didn’t word it right.”
Haley: “He was like, well, I don’t want to be a pawn. I already sucked in those two vetoes.”
Haley: “It just was a very uneasy conversation.”

Drew has been floating names.

Haley: “He already talked to Drew. And Drew was like, it’s gotta be one of us. It’s gotta be one of us.”
Devens: “Yeah, Drew came to me and he’s like, Devens, it’s gonna be you, me, or Barrett. And I was like, oh, no.”
Haley: “Drew threw your name out. You are the only one he threw out.”
Devens: “What’d he say?”
Haley: “He just goes, you know, looking at this board, it would almost be, like, fake if you threw Chuk. But I could see Devens. And I think that would be the least amount of blood on your hands.”
Haley: “And I said, oh, okay. But I got other people on that board. Who else you think? And he just goes, no, I think that’d be the least amount.”

Devens tells her where he and Kamu landed.

Devens: “Well, I already talked with Kamu downstairs, and we were on the same page. He came to me and I was like, I think I know what you’re going to say, and I’m thinking the exact same thing.”
Devens: “Let’s get Drew out. He can hurt us more than anybody.”
Haley: “Okay. Can you talk me off the ledge, though? Because I just don’t like how Barrett was like, you solidified something and now you want to backtrack.”
Devens: “What’s your ledge with Barrett? Maybe you’re thinking Barrett?”
Haley: “No, no, no. I’m not going to throw Barrett at all. That conversation was just so f—ing weird.”
Devens: “I think Barrett feels like — because he did, at the last second, come around to, like, yes, I’ll vote Mallory out if it comes to it. He came around last minute.”
Chuk: “Very last second.”
Chuk: “Because he knew it was going to be 12-0.”
Devens: “He told me that, too. He told me he wants to keep Mallory safe. But then our final conversation, he told me, but I’m going to do what’s right with the Tool Shed.”
Devens: “If either of them is even a pawn, they’ll both feel burned. And use that as an excuse to turn on us.”
Devens: “So I feel like we’ve got to send one of them home, almost. Not be a pawn.”

Haley: “Yeah, and I don’t want it to come out that, like, oh, she is untrustworthy, because I already f—ed up with the Angela thing.”
Devens: “No, and what happened with Angela?”
Haley: “When I brought Angela in, when I thought we were on agreeance, and then it wasn’t.”
Devens: “No, I don’t feel that way at all. I want you to know, we don’t feel like your character is being diminished by, hey, I’m not going to look inward just yet. That was our goal. You’re my dog.”
Devens: “I feel like she’s the one who’s going to make shit happen and not be afraid of it.”

Haley pivots to Drew.

Haley: “We all know that Drew is hippity-hippity squatting away.”
Haley: “Taylor and I actually had a really good conversation, and I did call her out. I said, listen, you were talking some shit about me yesterday, and she goes, it’s guilty by association.”
Haley: “She doesn’t really give that much, but she is somebody that’s got a coast.”
Haley: “So if we want to switch it and go Drew, I’m okay with that being a target.”
Devens: “You know how I feel about Drew.”
Haley: “I also told Drew when he came in here, I said, dude, you’ve been a talk. You’re the one that’s going from person to person. And I said, I’m not saying what I’m going to do, but I want you to know that it’s not a good look.”
Haley: “And I smoothed it over with, but you know what, I’m taking it with a grain of salt, because people said that about me that first week. So I’m like, we’re good.”
Haley: “He’s like, we’re on the same tide. I said, we’re on the same tide.”
Devens: “I feel like even these conversations that we’ve had, him thinking he’s a pawn — he’s already like, if I win HOH next week, I’m turning on them. He’s left that door wide open for himself.”

Haley: “The only conversation I did not like was Barrett. But Barrett gave me no inch. No inch.”
Haley: “And again, I don’t know the game like he does. And I did f— myself saying it that way. But that’s not how I meant it. And I think I’m running on three hours of sleep.”
Haley: “And he called me on it twice. He made a weird comment about us in the hammock a couple days ago. He’s like, wait, so are you saying you jumped ship? I was like, no, I’m not saying I would jump ship.”
Devens: “Right now the house feels like whenever you see a beautiful ant pile and you just stomp it. It’s just all over the place.”

Devens reports on Yash.

Devens: “I had a conversation with Yash. Yash is like, he wants Drew and Melody. I looked at him — I had to stand up. I’m like, Yash, when the f— did you — did you say that from Drew? Because he’s never mentioned it to me.”
Devens: “His thing is now that he feels that he can’t trust Drew, because Yash just apparently learned about the Four Seasons this week.”
Devens: “He’s catching up. He’s like Instagram. He learned a little bit later.”
Devens: “He just found out Drew and Melody were in that alliance. So that trust is completely gone. And he’s seeing how Drew’s moving around the house. And I didn’t even have to say a word.”
Devens: “He said, Drew’s in every room. He can’t sit still. He was like, that’s where his immaturity is. He’s with every alliance. And I was like, this is music to my ears. Because that’s exactly what we’ve been saying.”
Devens: “Drew literally ran from here, down to the backyard, and is whispering with Melody and Mallory and Barrett — with Yash right there.”
Devens: “There’s just no way in hell people can believe that him and Melody are not talking game. And every time someone asks him about him and Melody, he’s like, we don’t really talk about it very much. I’m like, Drew, we weren’t born yesterday.”
Devens: “I can’t trust him at all. He’s just a liability.”

Haley: “I tried to get Kamu up here, but everyone wasn’t there.”
Devens: “Oh, okay. I thought you were just tired of us.”

Angela comes in, fresh from a shower, in her cheetah print.

Angela: “Look at those cheetahs. I was like, rawr, today, so I’m good.”
Devens: “You scared me. She has so much energy.”
Angela: “I’m hearing little things chirping down there. Drew is stressing.”
Haley: “Oh, I know.”
Angela: “He’s like, it’s going to be me, probably.”
Haley: “Barrett’s probably going to be, me or you. She wants to put up a guy.”
Haley: “Barrett and I’s conversation was f—ed.”
Angela: “Why? What happened?”

Haley tells the Barrett story again.

Haley: “So I was pretty straight honest, because him and I have been very connected, emotionally-wise, on little things.”
Haley: “And again, me not being the most educated Big Brother fan or Big Brother player, I did put my foot in my mouth for a second.”
Haley: “At the beginning I said, hey, you’ve been straight with me, I’ll be straight with you. A lot of people were talking about, you were going to flip.”
Haley: “Because this game goes a lot more than just a game. I’m somebody, if I promise you, I’m sticking to that f—ing promise. So I would have been proud of you if that would have happened. Because I was going to do it with Taylor. And we made that promise.”
Haley: “And then I was like, but for this week — I don’t want to follow Jason’s narrative.”
Haley: “You know how the Cookout did. Everyone knew what their job, what their role was.”
Haley: “Well, and then this is where I f—ed up. I said something along the lines of, I want my nominations to stay the same. So if I put somebody up there that’s on our side, I want a strong veto player up there, and I would want them to keep the nominations the same.”
Haley: “So you’re saying that if they won the veto, you wouldn’t want them to use it on themselves? And I was like, wait. Yes, but no, that’s not what I’m saying.”
Haley: “And he clocked that. He was like, well, if you think I want to be a pawn, I think I would not be the man for you, because of the fact that I’ve been so shitty my last two vetoes.”
Haley: “And he just immediately went cold.”
Haley: “He was like, well, I thought that alliance of the eight — and I was like, yeah, but Dee standing up at that tea party saying that wasn’t an alliance was huge for us. Because now we all have our individual game we can play.”
Haley: “Yes, we’re still so strong, but we need to move about it where it’s not just, pick off all the people. Yes, we want to pick them off, but it not be so f—ing obvious. Make this still a game.”
Haley: “And I said, but I’m not somebody that’s just going to sit here and be a weenie player. I’m not.”
Haley: “So he did not love it. And I was like, I love you. I think you’re obviously a great player. I think we connect well. But it was not fun at all.”
Angela: “You had no sleep.”
Angela: “But I don’t feel like what you said was really that bad. It’s not too bad. And obviously you had some reasoning.”

Angela reports from downstairs.

Angela: “They’re all kind of scrambling a little bit.”
Angela: “And Lala just keeps assuring me, coming up to me and assuring me that she’s solid with you guys, with us, with anybody. She keeps saying, that side of the house, that side of the house.”
Angela: “She knows nothing about anything on my life. Nothing.”
Angela: “I just told her that we’re friends. But she’s like, oh yeah, well, I hear everything in my pod. If I hear anything more coming out of Drew’s mouth, or this, that, the other, Haley’s gonna know about it. I said, make sure she does.”
Angela: “She tried to say, yeah, you know, our alliance — me, you, Angela, Dee and Taylor.”
Haley: “And I said, the alliance where you wanted to keep me at arm’s distance? I said, that ain’t no alliance. I don’t know what alliance means to you, but that ain’t f—ing alliance to me.”
Haley: “She goes, well, where’d you hear that from? And I said, come on. You didn’t need to hear it. And I said, Jason.”
Angela: “He’s gone. He can’t say nothing. You can almost say Jason told you anything right now.”
Chuk: “It’s fresh.”
Haley: “So she was hurt about that, and then I threw Taylor’s name out to Lala, too.”
Haley: “All I said was, listen, if it was you and him — I believe that she was trying to rally with Jason, because she questions your gameplay.”
Devens: “Taylor just told me out here, Lala has no game. She just told me the same thing, just here. She said Lala has no game.”
Devens: “Who do you think at this point presents the biggest danger?”
Angela: “Drew.”
Chuk: “Drew.”

Angela saw the middle bedroom.

Angela: “So it was Dee and Barrett kind of just sitting on the beds, chilling. I’m putting away my clothes and stuff, getting organized. Of course, Drew had to come in the room, see what’s being said.”
Angela: “And he’s like, it’s going to be one of us. It’s going to be one of us. She wants to put up a dude as a pawn. But I’m playing it cool.”
Angela: “And Barrett said to him — it was really funny — he goes, are you going to pull a Jason and get a teapot or something?”
Angela: “And he goes, I don’t play it like that. I’m gonna play it cool and play it cool.”
Angela: “I don’t know if that’s the truth, but that’s what he said out loud.”
Chuk: “The speculations we’ve already had with Drew — we knew, bringing him into the Tool Shed, right? Them coming out into fruition in front of everyone has caused us to prematurely look inward.”
Chuk: “That’s when I saw 5 am on the clock and I was like, f—.”
Angela: “I think keeping it wrapped up real pretty in a bow — you’re just a pawn. We’ll keep him calm, cool, and collected, because he’s expecting to come off.”

Dee arrives.

Devens: “Who the f— is that? Who are you?”
Dee: “I was waiting for you guys, you f—ers.”
Devens: “She peeks her head over the banister and she’s like, Angela — and Kamu was like, she needs you.”
Devens: “Oh, Drew’s gonna have a heart attack. He’s not up here.”
Dee: “Oh, he has been spazzing out. Guys, I babysat him all morning. I’m done. Somebody else take the shift, please.”
Angela: “Has Barrett talked to you yet?”
Dee: “Very little. Him and Drew are scared.”
Haley: “Barrett and I did not have the best conversation.”
Dee: “Really?”
Haley: “He just was very weird right off the bat.”
Dee: “I mean, he is naturally more like that, but—”

Haley runs it back one more time for Dee.

Haley: “I first started, I said, hey, I know we haven’t had a lot to chat about after the noms, but I just want to let you know that there’s some talk about you wanting to split the vote. And I was like, but you know what, I respect it. If you would have done that, I want you to know that I respect that, because I was ride or die for Taylor. That’s your person. So I get it.”
Haley: “And he was like, no, thank you, I appreciate that.”
Haley: “And then I was like, so here’s my side. I don’t want to follow Jason’s narrative. I’m not the person that’s just going to go girl, for girl, for girl. I think we have to do what’s best for obviously ourselves and my game. But if we play it like the Cookout — which, again, I’ve never watched the f—ing Cookout—”
Dee: “Me either.”
Devens: “It was great. Oh my god.”
Dee: “But Angela knows all about it.”
Angela: “I know all about it.”
Chuk: “I watched that season.”
Haley: “And we are so down for our people. It doesn’t matter if you don’t win the Blockbuster or whatever.”
Angela: “The votes are there.”
Haley: “This is where I f—ed up. I had said, not knowing really the game as it is — I want a strong player at the veto, so if they win it, then I want my nominations to be the same.”
Haley: “And he was like, so you’re saying if you put your pawn up and they win the veto, you wouldn’t want them to take it off? I was like, wait, no, that’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying that if it came down to us and it was one or the other, still stay and trust that I got your back. And I just want my noms to stay the same. Or, like, none of us win it and it goes to somebody else, so it’s blood off her hands.”
Haley: “And he immediately shut down. And he goes, I don’t feel comfortable with that. He goes, I think I’d be the worst person to be your—”
Dee: “This is your Barrett, okay.”
Haley: “I would be the worst person to be your pawn, because I’ve already shown that I couldn’t win anything. Which, I think you’re smarter than what you’re f—ing doing.”
Dee: “I think he could win stuff, which would be a good thing to keep him.”
Haley: “Yeah, but I tried to see if he would tell me anything else, and he didn’t. He completely shut down.”
Haley: “And then he was like, that whole alliance that we made — he goes, I thought we were supposed to rock with our people. And I was like, well, there’s some squeaky mouths in here. We’ve either got to tighten it up, or we’ve got to show.”
Haley: “He was not receptive. Nope.”
Haley: “And I was like, hey, I love you. I am tired. I got to talk to a couple more people. I still got you. You know that.”
Haley: “I’ve never named names to anyone about anything. I never gave anyone anything about who I’m putting up.”
Dee: “Girl, you’re doing such a good job.”
Chuk: “Apparently Drew threw my name out, too.”
Haley: “Isn’t that crazy?”

The Melody story, one more time, for the room.

Haley: “Out of all of it, can I just tell you what I did to Melody?”
Dee: “Yes, yes, yes.”
Haley: “She comes in here all chippity-happity, motherf—ing skippy-doo-doo.”
Dee: “Like she did to me, too, when I was HOH.”
Haley: “Sat her ass right there. And she goes, so how you feeling? Like, that was a big win. Good job. I know you could do it.”
Haley: “And I said, yeah, but who was the b—-? F—ing hate to be around. Annoying as f—. Everyone can’t stand her. And I said, yeah, who was saying that?”
Chuk: “I love this.”
Dee: “You told her that to her face?”
Haley: “Yeah. And she, like, looked at me, and I said, oh — it was you.”
Haley: “And I said, you know, there’s a way to play Big Brother. But I’m smiling. I said, there’s a way to play Big Brother. But, you know, to just be a freaking mean girl. And I was like, I don’t want to play with somebody like that. I’m sure you wouldn’t either.”
Angela: “Family dinner is going to have a whole new tone.”
Haley: “And then I told her, I said, and you know what? You’re not even the worst enemy of it. I said, your worst enemy is these f—ing mirrors. The mirrors tell on you more than anything.”
Dee: “That’s going to be a meme.”
Haley: “The mirrors is your biggest enemy. So I hit that one out of the park.”
Angela: “She rolls her eyes. I was literally—”
Chuk: “No, everyone hears all her side comments.”
Angela: “Drew and her were at the countertop. I was sitting at the table, and I said my stomach was kind of hurting, feeling bad for people. It was the day of the eviction. And I watched Melody go like this—”

Angela rolls her eyes to demonstrate.

Angela: “And Drew’s looking, right? I want to hear more about that. Stop rolling your eyes at me. If you have something to say to me, say it to me. Stop coming up to me being like, I love you. Yeah, no, you don’t.”
Haley: “So yeah, I let her have it. I smiled through the whole f—ing thing.”
Haley: “She goes, yeah, just being a have-not. And I said, girl, I was a have-not that first f—ing week, and my name — still trying to get to know people and everything. And I said, so what’s your other excuse? So you just are mean in general?”
Haley: “I hope this is aired, because I was straight to the point, flat with it, kept smiling.”
Angela: “Did she ever say sorry, or, like, I have remorse?”
Haley: “She said that she was having a bad week. And I said, use another excuse, because I had a tough week, and my name has been f—ing tough the last three weeks.”
Chuk: “I think we’re gonna agree, out of all the girls in the house, you probably got the most just called-for shit.”
Devens: “Oh, not even a doubt about it.”
Chuk: “For no reason. And I’m around you a lot, and I don’t ever see or hear that mean girl. You’re never mad at just a girl, just because it’s her.”
Dee: “I think that’s just the narrative thing — making someone else look bad makes them feel better.”
Angela: “I think I even said, I was like, does it make you feel good to say this stuff?”
Haley: “But I was nice about it, and I let her just say whatever.”
Haley: “And so she said she’d put Lala up too, but she didn’t know who else she’d put up.”
Haley: “And she goes, well, I would put you up. Because it just makes sense. Everyone talks about you.”
Chuk: “It seems like when people are with HOH, they just can’t stop. She doesn’t know the game either.”
Haley: “She told me that she felt like I was mean to Mallory. And I said, give me an example. She goes, well, you were going to toss the vote.”
Haley: “And I said, I quote — and you’ll watch back — I told Mallory, if I win it, I would give the veto to you. I never once said I would save you at the end.”
Haley: “And I was like, but what you don’t see is, I always constantly invite her anywhere I’m at. And I said, so for you to have this narrative of me, of just blank assumption of lying — it ties back to this mean girl thing. I don’t want any part of it. And I smiled through the whole thing.”

On Taylor:

Chuk: “Your HOH is so pivotal. Because the first ones, we all wanted Rome out. We knew we had to get Jason out. Ashley got out, however we feel about that. But yours is truly — you’re getting everyone’s truth bomb.”
Haley: “The best thing about Taylor: she didn’t talk shit about anyone.”
Dee: “That’s a really good sign.”
Dee: “She was crying just now, too. I just hugged her.”
Haley: “Well, because I didn’t give her a definitive whatever. And I said, you’re not working with anyone. It is what it is.”
Haley: “But I told her, I said, the whole weird shit — every time I walked in the room with you and Jason, it was f—ing weird, dude. And there’s no way around it. And the fact that you keep saying that we shut you out — what do you think that was?”
Haley: “I didn’t sugarcoat anything.”
Angela: “And honestly, you were so direct and honest, because no one can ever fault you for that. And they already know that you’re calling them out on it. They can’t make excuses for it.”
Haley: “And I’m not going to do a call-out when I do the nominations.”

Angela lays out the plan.

Haley: “Drew — I’m going to give him a heads up.”
Angela: “So here’s what I would suggest. And take it or leave it.”
Angela: “I think, make Drew feel as comfortable as possible. Because the bottom line is, we all see it. We’re very privy to the fact that on that side of the house, he’s their strongest leader right now.”
Angela: “He is not playing for our team. And that’s just a fact.”
Angela: “So make him feel as comfortable as possible. He’s not really performed very well, but I also think he’s been throwing everything. Let’s see how he does in veto. Hopefully he doesn’t get it. Hopefully none of his friends get it on that side, because they will pull him off.”
Angela: “Unless HOH says to that person, I want to leave it the same. I think we have enough presence in the house now that they’ll do what you want. So I think you’re good there.”
Devens: “Pull him off, and your other friend goes up.”
Angela: “Exactly. We have enough presence in the house. They know it. We don’t even have to say it. And you have a day to make sure that presence is known.”
Angela: “All you have to say is, I’d like to keep my noms the same.”
Angela: “Still reassuring Drew that he’s fine. He’s a Tool Shed member. He’s fine. He will be blindsided. And that’s the way to go.”
Chuk: “I know.”
Haley: “Thank God you’re in this game.”

The Mallory loophole:

Haley: “I told Mallory I wouldn’t put her up for nominations. I didn’t necessarily say backdoor.”
Angela: “Then you’re fine there.”
Haley: “I told her she was fine this week. But if it came down to it, I would try to be like, hey, you’re the only person that can win this Blockbuster.”
Angela: “I think you’re fine there. So keep it like that.”
Haley: “Because if it came down to Taylor and Melody, I would be cool with either of them going home.”
Angela: “Same.”
Haley: “In case Drew pulled them off.”
Angela: “But I think just keeping it cool, calm and collected with Drew — that strictly he’s just a pawn. If anybody wins veto that would potentially take him off, you just let them know: hey, I’m HOH, I’d really like the noms to stay where they are.”
Angela: “And I just don’t think they’d assume that it would be Drew that would be going home.”
Angela: “They’re gonna think it’s Taylor, or they’re gonna think it’s Melody.”

How to handle Taylor after:

Haley: “How do I make a little bit of amends with Taylor? If I even have to.”
Angela: “I think, do the same game. Like, I’m gonna do you as a pawn — you’re the only one that’s not in an alliance.”
Angela: “Her spirits might go up a little bit.”
Haley: “This makes the most sense. She voiced to me that she just may talk, and you don’t know what kind of thing she’s gonna say.”
Chuk: “Yeah — Drew, she told me I was a pawn too, so what’s the real deal? And then at the end of the week, when she doesn’t go home, that’s when it’s like, listen, I couldn’t tell you. This is action, showing you, like, I didn’t want you to go. And we can all verify that, and I will gladly vouch for Taylor on that.”
Haley: “So don’t say anything now, because we don’t know what she says to him.”

Wrapping up, Devens finally hears the pawn talk about himself.

Devens: “But I definitely think Drew’s the only one that can hurt us badly. He’s the one who can hurt us the most.”
Haley: “He did make a comment about you. He was at the board.”
Devens: “How dare he. Wait, I kind of need to hear what he said about me. For funsies.”
Haley: “I said, I need to throw a strong ally up there that could win the veto. And he was like, well, throwing Chuk — no one’s going to believe that that’s true.”
Haley: “And then he goes, out of everyone else, Devens would be the one. Because no one thinks you guys work together. These guys barely talk, or however he worded it.”
Haley: “And then he goes, it would be silly to throw Angela. Because her and Lala are, like, have-nots. Not a lot of energy from them. I played with that.”

4:06 pm Feeds go to pound