Amy's hometown newspaper interview:
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Amy's hometown newspaper interview:
Grannygrunt | Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 06:23 am     Memphian didn't expect to reachBig Brother finals By Tom Walter walter@gomemphis.com September 21, 2002 Some of us learn lasting life lessons as we grow up, at home, at school, on the playground. Others learn them in the Big Brother house. "I learned that other people do lie to you every chance they get, that you can't trust people," said Amy Crews, the 24-year-old Memphian who made it to Big Brother 3's final four contestants, but was evicted Thursday night. "I also guess I learned I can be a nice person, not always be completely selfish. I can do things for other people and it doesn't hurt." In Big Brother, 12 people are confined to a house and yard for more than 10 weeks. Every movement is videotaped. For the most part, they have no contact with the outside world, and compete for rewards and for the right to decide who will be nominated for eviction from the house each week. Crews was evicted on Aug. 1, but two weeks later won a competition that allowed her to return to the house. "I was definitely surprised by being in the final four. I didn't think I'd make it past the third eviction, and I didn't. But then through a small miracle I returned. It was a complete surprise to me." Crews rubbed many of the the other "houseguests" the wrong way right off the bat. They thought her selfish. They considered her accent grating. They plain didn't seem to like her. "When I went into the house, I didn't expect people to like me, and I don't think anybody did. I make horrible first impressions," she said. "I think I probably came across as being a little obnoxious, a little loud, a little dramatic and over the top for a lot of people. I'm very set in my ways and I guess I'm pretty conservative in comparison to some of the houseguests." The discussions she refers to tended to center around clothing (or lack of it) and sexual practices. The one guest she bonded with almost immediately was Marcellas Reynolds, 34, a gay fashion stylist from Chicago. "We had so much in common. We'd talk about facials; we were gossip queens," she said. For the record, she said her worst experience in the house was forcing herself to eat the Scottish dish haggis (sheep's heart, liver and lungs stuffed into its own stomach lining). And while she said Thursday night she wanted Danielle Reyes, 30, to win, she's changed her mind. She now wants Jason Guy, 24, from Mobile, Ala., to win - the man many people think is too good to be true. "What you see is what you get. He really is that person," she said. Or as she said to him while still in the house, "I love you as much as I love my fingernails." The evicted houseguests will vote who wins the show's $500,000 prize in a live episode that airs at 8 p.m. Wednesday on WREG-TV Channel 3. |
Bernie | Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 06:32 am     Thank you Grannygrunt, for this article. Sounds as if Amy is okay :-) |
Angelbleu | Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 08:26 am     "I love you as much as I love my fingernails." LOL another Amyism!!!! thanks so much for the article... |
Ketchuplover | Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 03:29 pm     How much does she love her fingernails? |
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