Aug. 16 (Day 43)

The ClubHouse: Big Brother 2000: Daily Updates: Aug. 16 (Day 43)

Lisa

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August 16 - Day 43

The live show opened with Julie Chen advising the house guests that a TV has been brought into their living room to provide a great surprise. If the house guests wanted to get the surprise, which apparently they will all love, they must first watch the Red Room nominations from last week. They were given 3 minutes to decide as a group what they wanted to do (majority rules). Immediately, all of them, except Eddie said they did not want to watch the Red Room tape because there is already too much conflict, and that would add to it. Eddie said, for the record, that he would like to watch the tape, but majority overruled, and they declined the surprise.

Julie then focussed on Karen and played clips of the past 43 days, showing Karen discussing her bad marriage, her work around the house, being a Mom to the house guests, conflicts with George and some others, the letters from her kids and her last week in the house. Back in the BB house, the three up for banishment, Josh, Cassandra and Karen, were each given 30 seconds to express their feelings about leaving the house. Josh went first, telling everyone that he will have a good time whether in the house, or back at home, and that he has family in both places. Cass said she hopes to stay and will be sad to go. She will miss everyone and cares about them all. Karen cried and said she loves everyone, but wants to be banished. She said she is excited to leave and watch them when she is out.

Julie then showed clips of Cassandra, focussing on her withdrawal from the group. Cassandra's Red Room clip was shown where she told BB that she is not comfortable with the touchy/feely thing, the love bed and the drinking parties. Julie then interviewed Dr. Drew Pinsky and asked him what he thought of Cass. Dr. Pinsky said that he believes Cass is honest, and has set great boundaries. She is very direct and mature. He was also not surprised the house guests declined watching the Red Room nominations, since it would be too destructive. He said he was moved by the 30 second speeches and it provides closure to the three nominees. Julie pointed out that all four women nominated Josh for banishment, and then showed clips of Josh in the house focussing on his inconsistency with Brit, Jordan and Jamie.

Julie then spoke with the Internet spokeswoman who advised everyone that the Internet has been very busy this past week, and that most of the talk has been about Karen. A poll was ran regarding who would be the most affected by the new dog, Chiquita, and Brit ran away with the prize at 41%. Jamie came in last at 3%

Julie went live to the house guests to inform them of the public's decision on who should be banished. Julie began with Josh, saying his name, then pausing for 10 seconds. Josh looked around in confusion, thinking he was the one chosen to leave, and began to stand up. Julie finished her sentence, saying "Josh, you received 9% of the votes". Josh looked relieved. Julie then went on to say that it was a landslide in Cass' favor, and that Karen received 76% of the votes leaving Cass with only 15%. Karen cried, and hugged everyone one at a time. She looked happy that she was the chosen one. All escorted her out the door, and after more hugging and crying, Karen walked down the path and ran into the arms of her two daughters. Jamie was very busy waving to the very large crowd gathered in the parking lot, to pay much attention to Karen, however, the others seemed quite pleased that Karen finally got to hug her kids. When the guests went back inside, they all hugged Cass and Josh and talked about how huge the crowd had become outside.

Karen entered the studio, and hugged her two sons. She then told Julie she is ecstatic to see her kids and just wants to be a mom. Julie asked her if the house was what she was expecting, and Karen replied that she thought it would be fun, but it was quite stressful and boring at times. She could never get away from the people in there and the Red Room was a nightmare. She never knew how the public was going to view her. Julie then showed her clips of the past 43 days as Karen watched, both crying and laughing. Julie then brought up the issue of the three nominations Karen received and how Karen believed one of them came from Curtis. Karen immediately said she knows it was Jamie that nominated her because of her missing her kids so badly. She feels bad about accusing Curtis. Karen was then shown the Red Room clip of Curtis saying how he felt about Karen accusing him. Karen said that she thinks she appeared harsher and cruder on TV than she usually is, and that by the end she could not deal with being in the house anymore. Lack of cigarettes and sleep, plus no more dawn BBQs added to that feeling.

Julie then told Karen that her husband, Tom, was in the studio, and asked Karen if she wanted to see him. Karen immediately said yes, and Tom came out to greet her. They hugged and kissed many times and genuinely looked happy to see each other. Karen was then given the opportunity to say goodbye to the house guests again. She told them Tom was there, and George said "I told you so", and Brit and Jamie did not look impressed. Karen apologized to Curtis for accusing him of nominating her, and then told Jamie she knows she was the one and is okay with it.

The show ended with the house guests talking about how the dynamics of the house will now change again. Eddie asked for everyones attention, and then told them that four people had come to him over the past week to ask if he nominated them for banishment. He said they then declined to see the nominations tape... They all made an agreement that they would not share who they nominated for, and therefore, should not ask each other the question. Curtis agreed, saying that as the group gets smaller, it will become harder to nominate two people. Nominations should not be taken personally and should not be discussed. Everyone will find out who nominated them when they are voted out of the house. They are there to enjoy each others company and have fun.

BB will not be on TV Thursday night, and the one-hour live episode next week will be on Thursday night rather than Wednesday night due to the two-hour finale of Survivor.