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Sam222

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 04:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey all, this is an interview with Marc from today, I just have to say that my jaw just dropped when I read his final statement! Enjoy!

After surprising everyone by not using the golden veto on himself, Marcellas Reynolds got the surprise of his own last night when he was kicked out of the ''Big Brother'' house. The 21-year-old single, gay stylist from Chicago, Ill., talks to EW.com about his crucial mistake to not save himself, along with Danielle's ugly side, and who should walk away with the $500,000.

Who have you talked to from the house since you’ve been out?
Roddy. We talked about the deal he thought we had. But I didn’t think we had one. I was waiting for him to come and firm it up because we never shook on it. He wanted to start an alliance [in the jacuzzi], but by that time I so distrusted him and knew he had so many other alliances…. He was looking amazing. I’m sitting there in my bathroom and pajamas. I got every single second of that [Roddy in his bathing suit]. It is burned onto my retina. I close my eyes and see it.

You know, there were nude shots of Roddy moving on the web.
He’d always call naked boy time! He would be undressing and call naked boy time. I’m thinking, Was it a ploy for me to look or was I supposed to NOT look. I’m going to look, because he was fabulous. I’m a boy. You call naked boy time, I want to see other boys naked.

Who did you have alliances with?
I thought Danielle, Jason, and I had something that was really strong. Then I thought Danielle and I had something stronger than she had with Jason. I did not know she had anything with Lisa.

Were you surprised Jason nominated you?
Jason, Danielle, and I were supposed to be in this block. I knew Jason had the option to put me on the block, but I thought he should have come to me directly and explained why he was putting me up.

Do the houseguests realize that what is said in the diary room can come back to haunt them when it comes time to pick the winner?
I don’t think Danielle realized it. But I know Roddy realized it from day one.

Were you aware that Danielle was constantly calling Roddy the devil?
I was aware of it. I’m sad about anything that was hurtful to anyone. I called Roddy diabolical early on and then Danielle said he was the devil. Then I likened Roddy to David Koresh at a couple points. Somebody called him Jim Jones. There was a whole riff of things that I thought were unfair. I would never make those references in the real world. But we all had to do what we had to do to get through it. There was a villification of each person to get them out. You have to absolutely positively hate that person to vote them out and to live with it afterwards.

Everyone thought you were mean to Amy in that nomination speech.
I wasn’t going to nominate Amy. I was going to nominate Danielle. But Amy behaved so badly during the pie competition. She had been on this massive roll of bad behavior since she came back to the house. The way she spoke about Chiara was insensitive to Jason and me because we liked Chiara. I nominated her as sort of a wake-up call. I never assumed for a moment that Amy would go.

What was with Gerry’s strange obsession with you toward the end?
I think that Gerry really truly wanted to be my friend. I think he made mistakes along the way that prohibited that. I think that Gerry found me charming and interesting. And that’s all I have to say about that.

The producers say an hour before the golden veto meeting you were leaning toward not using it on yourself.
I wasn’t leaning. I was not packing. I was free, black, and 21 -- and I was not leaving that house. Unfortunately, my not using the veto gave Jason the chance to eliminate me because I did not think for a second that Danielle would vote against me.

Why didn’t you use the golden veto on yourself?
Lisa wouldn’t look at me because she was shaking. Jason’s voice was cracking. Danielle gets very still when she feels out of control. When I came into this house I got a psychological test and they said I couldn’t do it because I have such empathy for people and that’s not what this game is about. But I felt their pain. I didn’t want them to be sad, and I thought if I didn’t hurt them they ultimately wouldn’t hurt me.

Did you give Danielle a dirty look on your way out of the house?
I stormed out of house because I was absolutely shocked that I sacrificed myself so none of them would be sad. But it wasn’t until I hit the door and practically collapsed that I realized Danielle had played me.

It seems obvious that Danielle will put up Lisa and Amy, and Lisa will be out. It seems like Jason and Danielle would rather go to the end with Amy because they think they can beat her.
That’s how I feel, too.

If it came down to Danielle and Amy, who do you think will win?
Amy will walk way with $500,000 and I would applaud it. She went balls-out in the game. She was herself; she never made any pretenses about being anyone other than who she was. Maybe it's personal about what she did to me, but Danielle was mean and I think that ultimately we all wanted to play nicely and to be kind. I don’t think Danielle was a nice girl.

Can you see Danielle betraying Jason at the end to make sure she’s up against Amy, even though she promised all along that he would go to the end with her?
She promised me all along that she’d take me to the end. She worked me with the two-black-people-at-the-end thing, which was immensely important to me. She wants to win the money and she is smart and she is cunning, and just like she cut me loose, she’ll cut Jason loose. I know she knows Jason has a better shot at it than her.

What about if Danielle does go up against Jason?
Jason will walk away with the money. If it’s Jason and Amy, then it will be like 'Amy was crazy and all’ [and Jason will therefore win]. Even though Jason was sort of duplicitous, it will definitely be a popularity contest with this group. I’m profoundly angry with myself because I think I could have beaten everybody at the end. I think I was the most popular person in the house.

Twnkltz425

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 05:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
21??? He keeps getting younger and younger

Blossumtree

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 05:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, Twnkltz425. maybe we should call the doctors, another few weeks and he'll be a fetus.

Lisad

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 05:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LLLLOOLLL Blossumtree! LOL You have hereby said the funniest da*n thing I've seen on these boards.

Itsallgood

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 06:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG LMAO Blossumtree....ya made me spit Dr Pepper everywhere...I need to quit drinking and reading at same time!!! Good 1.

Cameltoes

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 06:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Blossum. Marc stays true to form right to the bitter end. Meanwhile his real age is splashed across the official website where his popularity rating goes a long way in disproving his "most popular person in the house" assertion.

Jaysgal

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 06:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I actually find his interview interesting. And I figured he would speak to Roddy first once he was out.

Well, his interview revealed a lot. For one, he did sound mature and respectful. I have to wonder why Marcellas encouraged people to vote with their hearts, yet he had already decided that he was staying and didn't pack all of his property. It seems like absolute contradiction. It is also a contradiction that he was trying to be nice to people and not put them through intense quivering. That doesn't make any sense. If he was convinced that he would stay and Danielle, Jason and he had something going on, why would it matter who was put up against Amy? Amy was supposed to be leaving. If there was a tie vote, Jason would get to decide. So, it really didn't make sense what he did. It still doesn't make sense what he is saying.

Anyway, about his age: Well, he did lie about his age on the show. However, the "21" statement from what I read at another forum is some Black idiom used. I don't find that hard to believe. I think that it was some mistake on the part of the reporter.

I wish things could be reversed, but they cannot. And as I said, I think that Marcellas has plenty of chance to make more than half a million. I can see him working for a network like E! or MTV or VH1, etc. He's got fashion taste and skills. And he's a good drama like Anna Nicole. It just would have been nice if he spiced BB.... Such is life....

Avrey258

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 07:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Marcellas,
You were amusing...but the most popular person in the house? Not by a long shot.

Secretsmile

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 07:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, I took his I'm 21 comment as meaning he wasn't a minor, he was an adult. JMHO

Jaysgal

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 07:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think you're right, Secretsmile. I should use this chance to correct my statement: I meant to say earlier that I read elsewhere that his "21" statement is an old saying, which meant that he was mature (an adult, in other words). So, I apologise for stating that it's a Black idiom. I would be mistaken misstating someone else.

Wendo

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 08:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"I think I was the most popular person in the house."

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! LOL!

Another evicted HG with bitter feelings. Well, of all the evictees, he has no one to blame but himself for his bitterness. He can't blame Dani for this, he had the ONE opportunity NO ONE had to stay another week.

Cricket

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 08:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Um, he forgot to mention that Jason voted him out because of his tantrum upon being nominated by Jason. He went around the house saying "Jason is toast...wait until next week." It's time for that 'boy' (as he calls himself) to grow up and realize he is NOT the most popular and what you say and do will come back to haunt you.

Cindyluvsroddy

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 08:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And Dani wont be able to blame anybody except herself when she doesnt get any votes in the end and loses the game ...

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 09:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Blossumtree - " maybe we should call the doctors, another few weeks and he'll be a fetus."

Quick, somebody grab a condom....maybe we can keep him from ever being conceived!

:)

Jaysgal

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 10:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Uhmm ... Cricket, Jason had every intention already to evict Marcellas. Danielle also had the plan. Jason explained that Danielle (and himself indirectly included) had deals going with both Marcellas and Lisa for final three. He, Jason, felt that they had to resolve the final three issue now.

Hence, Jason was doing Danielle, his boss, a favour, lest she got into trouble.

So, the whole "I felt threatened" was just made up because he already had every intent to evict Marcellas. Had he no such intent, he would have nominated Lisa instead. The whole so-called threat probably verified his decision and reasoning, so he used it to cover up. It sounded very odd when Jason spoke of how he felt threatened. It reminded me of cases of hostile type of relationships....

Wendo

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 11:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, nevermind...LOL!

Earthmother

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 11:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I still don't get how he keeps saying he was kind..What is with this guy? Obviously kindness is something he is unfamiliar with and is in serious need of a dictionary...

Kyline

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 04:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't understand how all these houseguests can ignore their behavior towards people BEHIND THEIR BACKS when deciding whether they have been "kind" or not.

Was Marcellas kind to everyone to their face? For the most part.

Does that make up for the horrific, VILE words he spewed about almost every houseguest when they were not around him?

Not in my book. He should be ashamed of himself. I only wish there was some way to FORCE him to come to a site like this and make him read accounts of how people felt about his words toward Amy.

I understand he bashed everyone behind their back, but Amy was supposed to be his TRUE friend. I just can't fathom what kind of human could talk about a "friend" the way he talked about Amy.

Marcellas needs a good long period of being abandoned by those near and dear to him. He needs some repercussions for this behavior he finds "cute".

I also believe he considers himself the most popular houseguest because people spent more time laughing at his words, than at anyone else's...but IMO half of the laughter was of a "Oh he did NOT just go there" kind. That's a different kind of popularity than the "I love you because you're a wonderful person" type.

Trulyscrumtious

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 04:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP

Quote:

Originally posted by Blossumtree:
...maybe we should call the doctors, another few weeks and he'll be a fetus.


rotflmfao

Blossumtree

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 05:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
"Marcellas needs a good long period of being abandoned by those near and dear to him. He needs some repercussions for this behavior he finds "cute". "

kyline, marcellus may already have some abandonment issues, which may be the reason he turns on those who care about him.

also, it seems to me he did have "a good long period" while in that house. if you know what i mean. :)

Mollywood

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 06:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
sanfran...lolol...a red condom!! can you imagine how scary it would be to see him emerging from the shadows wearing a bright red condum...i am not suprised that he thinks hes popular. and thinks he is amy's friend..and im sure thought roddy was hot for him...and im sure he thinks hes 21.

Screeminmeemie

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 09:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Marcellus the Cowardly Donkey took cheap jabs at people behind their backs, never once stopping to wonder what the people who could hear him thought of him. I was very happy to see him dazedly stumble down the front steps and leave the house. No sympathy here.

Wcv63

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 10:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmmmm. Sounds like Roddy is making sure he meets with all the evicted houseguests. Wonder if some kind of voting block for the finals is being arranged? I certainly wouldn't put it past him to work his own agenda right till the bitter end.

Jasgirl...Dani is not even close to being Jason's "boss". Jason has been playing the game on an equal footing with Dani since the beginning. Additionally, Marc's attitude towards Jason after being nominated certainly did threaten Jason's continued presence in the game. Jason knew that if Marc stayed, he would do his best to get Jason evicted.

Topic. I have yet to read an interview with one of the evicted where anyone even comes close to admitting their own mistakes in the house. Marc actually came the closest by admitting to demonizing the nominees but still manages to gloss over the fact that he may not be as charming and popular in real life as he is in his mind.

Wendo

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 12:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wcv63, yeah, I found that interesting too. The first HG he spoke to was Roddy? How? Why? Who called who? LOL!

Roddy, playing the game until the bitter end. Gotta give that guy credit, he's going out fighting.

It will be interesting to see if Dani, when evicted or becomes a final two, will cop up to everything she said about the HG's. For some reason I think she will...but who knows.

Flier

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 01:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The groundwork for a Dani vs. Marcellas Sue Hawk-esque bloodbath is set. Prepare for the fireworks.