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Toolhound
Member
06-22-2007
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 11:48 am
I do feel a little sorry for her as I would anyone that has spent a summer chasing a dream and had it crushed. 2 of the 3 left will feel what it is like when they don't win the $500,000.00 and find out that most of the viewers thing they are a joke.
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Just_gail
Member
08-25-2007
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 12:05 pm
I felt sorry for her last night. She was humiliated. Telling the boys that everyone knew about their alliance was a touch of face-saving. Her ego took a beating. I'm over it now. She just has to suck it up and resign herself to losing. Women in this game need to realize that men always stick together. If women did the same they'd fare better.
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Chippy
Member
08-16-2007
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 12:07 pm
Brit's been around the block- that's pretty obvious. She's traveled Europe, was a pageant princess, went to college, was in a sorority, and has mentioned numerous guys she's dated- not the least of which is a less than one year romance turned engagement so I'm not buying the poor widdle naive hometown girl thing. Nor do I think this experience will teach her anything or make her trust the real world less. She'll justify her actions and words like they all do, regret nothing, and at some point state those chalkboard screeching words... "it is what it is". As a self-proclaiming HUGE fan of the game, Britney should spend some time reflecting on just how badly she played it. Had she not won some comps (a very small part of the whole game IMO), she would have been out weeks ago. Or if Matt hadn't made his biggest mistake (uh, Kathy?) or if she would have seen passed her own catty emotions and alligned with people who could have helped her in the game, if, if, if... Nope, still not feeling sorry for her. And still wishing she'd experience not only the money out of her reach, but the "shunning" she put others through on their way out the door as she danced behind the wall.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 12:12 pm
Why do people think Lane betrayed Britney? He even told us (the viewers) that he wanted to go to the final two with her. LOL - Hardly guys sticking together.
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Justalittlebean
Member
08-15-2003
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 12:18 pm
I agree with Glenn and Loppes. I think she truly trusted Lane and he just used her. I'm really over the entire show now. Who wants to hear about how wonderful the Bra-gade is? Enzo is so annoying with his self love and Hayden never was one of my favorites. I would love to cut his hair. He said he doesn't like to be called a surfer dude, well get your hair cut and look like a big boy. I honestly don't care who wins. I can say my least favorite would be Hayden.

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Calimom3
Member
07-12-2007
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 12:20 pm
I don't buy into the 'eye-for-an-eye' thing... 2 wrongs do NOT make 1 right! I think Brit has had to bear the burden of her mother's warped sense of values: Brit was not allowed to get less than 'As' in school Brit was taught beauty=worth Brit's older brother was not raised by her/his mother, so Brit was her sole "project" for a while Brit's little brother was born with a learning disability, and that HAS to cause her mom to feel 'less than perfect,' thus putting MORE pressure on Brit to be the Golden Child... Brit is a product of her mother controlling/smothering/molding her---she's still young, hopefully she will mature and realize that all the surface stuff is not the most important thing. I don't 'feel sorry' for her, I am just willing to give her a break. I wish we could check back on her in about 10yrs!
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Chippy
Member
08-16-2007
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 12:26 pm
There is no right or wrong. It's a game. You know what you're signing up for when you take it on so no, no breaks here. And I doubt I'll care what happens in her life in 10 days much less 10 years. She needs to put on her big girl panties and be honest with herself. As far as speculating about her Mom's mothering skills, no thanks. Lordy, if we start doing that with all the hgs, Mrs. Palumbo's in real trouble. LOL
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Saguaro
Member
06-21-2005
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 12:43 pm
I wanted to see Brit get to the final two, but at this point of the game everyone has to win to secure their own position. Britney needed to win the veto to secure her spot at the end. I agree that the Brigade wasn't as loyal as they are trying to claim at the end. I think given the choice, Lane would want to be at the end with Britney.
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Chippy
Member
08-16-2007
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 12:50 pm
What's that old saying about loyalty among theives? I think it's called Big Brother now. lol
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 12:57 pm
Yes, I feel bad for her. The boys hurt her just for the fun of it. Their lack of sportsmanship just made them come across as mean...not smart or "historic". Obviously, she made deals and lied right to people's faces (just like everyone one else in the house did) but she never took joy in humiliating the person she lied to like the boys did to her last night. They were cruel to her for no reason. They just wanted to gang up on her and brag about how smart they were and how dumb she was for believing anything Lane, her best friend in the house, said to her over the last 3 months. That didn't highlight the boys' "great alliance" nor did it accomplish anything other than spotlight their lack of class and empathy. One can play this game AND be a gracious winner and good sport. The boys didn't do that....they chose to take the low road. Britney was always a gracious winner and a gracious loser....she never treated anyone like the boys treated her last night. The boys were just nasty and cruel to her, especially Enzo, the biggest whiner, poorest loser, and least gracious floater in the history of BB. He lost challenge after challenge and floated his way to final 3. Enzo's lack of class and accomplishment in the BB12 house was "historic". I'd love to see Enzo evicted after Britney and then all the jury members, led by Britney, gang up on him and laugh at him for being such a fool for trusting the brigade when he walks into the jury house....just like he did to her. Of course, she's a much better sport than he was so that won't happen. I'm not sorry that she lost or that she's being evicted...after all it is just a game. I am just sorry that she had to endure the humiliation of learning the people she trusted had such a fun time making her feel so bad for no reason other than boosting their own overinflated egos.
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Chippy
Member
08-16-2007
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 1:02 pm
I must be watching the other Britney, sanfran cause I saw her take great joy in humiliating people, saw her be cruel for no reasons dozens of times, brag incessently about how smart she was playing, and more. Plus, I actually think they did the best they could (look who were're talking about here) to tell her last night and really didn't want to hurt or humiliate her. I must live on another planet. lol
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Muffin
Member
08-29-2007
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 1:13 pm
I do not feel bad for Britney. There is only 1 winner in American Idol, Survivor and BB. They all went into the house with the dream of being the winner. She didn't play her cards right, she didn't listen when others talked about the boys being in an alliance. She thought she was the golden child and no one would do that to her. She is cruel the way she talks about other people. Karma is a . Yes, they gloated when they made the big reveal, but if she was in their shoes she would have gloated just as much or more. No, I do not feel sorry for her.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 1:19 pm
Chippy, you and I are on the same planet, it appears. LOL
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 1:23 pm
I guess I just have empathy for her, Chippy, unlike her current housemates and many of the viewers. I shouldn't have to defend having empathy for someone that was ganged up on and humiliated for no reason whatsoever, especially when it was led by the most useless player in the house. I think empathy is good thing to feel....right here on this planet. YMMV
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 1:33 pm
I have empathy for her. She just found out she has no chance of winning, and the fellas weren't very delicate (esp Enzo) in how she was told. However, I also didn't see a lynch mob either. I certainly didn't see them hurting her just for the fun of it. I saw them talk for quite a while about whether they should tell her or not; and whether it would be best for her if they did. Afterwards, I saw them question themselves about that decision. And then I saw Britney do exactly what they had hoped (in some way) and that was to not campaign and just relax and have fun. That was their hope, and they were right. I just fail to see how that was being mean for the fun of it. Somewhat insensitive, perhaps. But not *intentionally* mean.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 1:34 pm
Britney is saying that she is glad they told her, and now she can relax and enjoy the rest of her time there. It probably is a lot less stressful for her than if she was campaigning hard and then hit with it at the POV meeting.
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Calimom3
Member
07-12-2007
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 1:34 pm
Sanfran, I'm on YOUR planet! It's one thing to tell the truth about the Brigade, it was quite another what Enzo did---talking it up, reminding her she had NO chance, saying it was the BEST in BB history, blah blah <77> BLAH! She was okay with them telling her they were together, she saw that, but she was sad to hear they were STILL gonna stay together and boot her, no matter what argument she could present... then they spent the rest of the night justifying it to each other...
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Chippy
Member
08-16-2007
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 1:39 pm
Well said, Karuuna. And I guess I don't see Enzo as particularly useless and I didn't see any humiliation. Enzo glommed on to an alliance that got him to final 3, endeared himself to the jury, entertained in his yo-ish way, was the last guy not on the block this season, wasn't much of a target, won the one thing he needed to stay in the game, and was/is the most loyal member of the brigade to date. Useless to me is getting out who you "hate" and ignoring everything else around you to do it. Last girl in the house never them anything but that title... in small print. lol
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Onlyhuman
Member
08-04-2001
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 1:41 pm
I can see SFJF's point about empathy, and I have it for ALL of these players when they face disappointment. My family teases me because I'm super-competitive but at the same time I will feel bad for bad for an opponent when they lose, no matter how happy I am to win. OTOH, Brit had many opportunities to see how these guys operate. When they laughed themselves silly over the fact that Brendon actually thought he was SAFE during the fast forward live show, she should have gotten a clue. The 3 boys couldn't believe that Brendon believed their promises. Brit should have started questioning right then how reliable their promises are. Even earlier, when the boys took prizes instead of keeping Branden from the POV during her HOH, she should have gotten a clue. But over and over, she CHOSE to believe them. Now she's upset at her gullibility while she openly mocked the gullibility of others. One thing that Brit said in her little soliloquy this morning is that she thought Rachel had been the star of the show and she hated it but now she realizes it's the Brigade so she feels better. That kind of pettiness is exactly why she's in this position. They took advantage of her pettiness and played her right out of the house. She only has herself to blame.
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Chippy
Member
08-16-2007
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 1:52 pm
That is so true, Onlyhuman. You hit the nail ON the head. And she wasn't the only one to let her pettiness get in the way. The Brigade only succeeded because of that kind of play.
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Earthmother
Member
07-13-2002
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 1:58 pm
I don't feel sorry for her not winning the game, but I do feel sorry for her not reaching her dream. I feel that way about all the hgs now and in season's past except for Jessie and Natalie from last year. They didn't have much integrity.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 2:04 pm
"I certainly didn't see them hurting her just for the fun of it." I sure did. Brit left the HOH room crying after all the gloating. Immediately after the HOH door closed, the boys were all giggling like high school "mean girls" at her crying about being betrayed by her best friend in the house. They were definitely having fun. YMMV
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 2:13 pm
I don't like that she was humiliated by Enzo as I don't think that people should be humiliated like that. But on the whole, it wasn't nearly as bad as what she's said about the other HGs particularly Rachel and Brendon. On the other hand, I don't feel sorry for her as she's been on tv for 60+ days, she was featured on the Emmys, she won $10,000, she's attractive, has worked as a model, is engaged, is doing better financially than many Americans, and she said some amazingly cruel things about the other HGs for absolutely no reason other than her own amusement, even after they were long gone. I wish I had had it that badly at 23. And not, it's not jealously, it's simple fact. I give her all the respect and credit due her for where she is and what she's done. But, I'm not going to feel sorry for her for not winning $500,000 and for the way Enzo treated her to her face after she has done as bad or worse to others but usually behind their backs. I don't like that she was humiliated to her face, but I don't feel bad for her about it because of her prior behavior.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 2:18 pm
As I posted elsewhere, of course she was crying. She had invested a great deal of herself in this game - emotionally, mentally, physically and time. She was just told that she had no chance of winning. You could have told her that with chocolates and roses and she still would have cried. So that's not evidence that they were mean, in and of itself. I didn't see much giggling afterward, at least not AT her. I saw them discuss whether they should go after her and talk to her, because they were concerned. I also saw discussion about whether it was the right thing to do, and yes, Lane reiterated, knowing her best of all, that she would spent a night crying and be better in the morning. And guess what, he was right! And... today she agrees that she is *glad* to know. So, yes, they were right. Not the position of bullies at all. Yeah, they were gloating. Did you ever see guys in a locker room after they won the big game? They had a lot invested too. Sure, it was *insensitive* that they did it in front of her, esp the way Enzo carried on. But no, I did not see intentionally mean. I did see discussion about what would be best for her. Mean people don't do that.
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Jucylucy
Member
08-23-2005
| Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 2:22 pm
I feel sorry that she didnt leave earlier. JMO
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