EW.com interview with Amy
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EW.com interview with Amy
Yankee_In_Ca | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 02:02 pm     http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,353541~3~0~amydishesondanielle,00.html Say Cheese! Amy dishes on Danielle the devil and Jason the sweetie. The blond belle explains how the show misrepresented her drinking behavior and why she can't stand Chiara by Lynette Rice She was nominated for expulsion six times and was the only houseguest to be voted out and return. After her ouster on Thursday night, EW.com sat down with cheese-loving, big-drinking Amy to find out why she's disappointed by Danielle, displeased by Chiara, and forever a fan of her sweetie Jason. You screened seven episodes of ''Big Brother'' after soon as you were evicted. What did you think? --Certain things were magnified as to what happened and what didn't. I thought there were misconceptions about me in the house. Like, your drinking? --I was blown away. The houseguests magnified it. They turned into a big deal. It was one night! They needed something negative and they just ran with it. When you have limits on things, and you've never had limits, it makes you want it more. Roddy thought you just drank out of boredom. --I did. I didn't have the opportunity very often. And when we did, we weren't allowed very much. Was the show accurate in its portrayal, then, about how much you liked cheese? --Very much so. I love cheese. I just had cheese, actually. How did all the gals manage to maintain their weight? --Some of them didn't. Amy will be having a personal trainer as soon as she gets home. My mother was the first to point it out. I knew that she was going to just let me have it. She's my worst critic, she always has been. What did you learn about Marcellas when you screened those past episodes? --It bothers me, some of the things he said. ''She has to go. She's getting on my nerves.'' Just the fact that we were so close. And that speech (when Marcellas nominated her for eviction) was harsh. That speech ripped me to shreds. I was so shocked. I expected to be on the block. I sort of asked him to nominate me all week. But I thought it was really uncalled for. Why did you make nice with him afterwards then? --Roddy asked me that so many times, wanting to know why I was making things easier for Marcellas. But I can't be in the house if he's mad at me. He just made me uncomfortable. You were quite broken up when you were Head of Household. --I knew if walked back in the house, I would nominate Roddy and Chiara. However, when I went back in, everybody was so nice. I had no idea they had this total plan to kick me out. But even when I got back, Chiara was so nice, so I really felt bad about nominating her and I worried about the outcome of it. What was your overall opinion of Chiara? --It started very early on in the house. She and Tonya came into my room one night on this attempt to get to know Amy. And she started asking me a lot of very deep, personal questions, and I'd only been in the house a week. I'm just a very private person. And I felt as if she was mocking me. Do not make fun of me! A few days later with the whole shower incident (when Amy declined after Chiara and Lisa asked her to join them bathing), as I started to walk down the hall, Chiara said, ''Don't say I didn't try to connect.'' It really made me mad. At that point on, it was like, ''I don't like you.'' Did you ever make a romantic play for Roddy? --No. What did you think about the way Roddy addressed you after you didn't use the veto to save him? --I don't think he was too mean to me. He honestly expected me to use it. He was so good with trying to talk me into it. He would sit there, and by the end of the conversation I would be debating whether I would do it. Danielle had the whole ''He's the devil,'' but I didn't think that. I felt bad. He is a good person and he has been honest in this game. He's played it, but he's been honest, and I felt bad that I was the one who ultimately kicked him out. Why do you think Danielle called Roddy the devil? --I think that Danielle was ultimately the devil in the house, and she had to take the attention off herself. She had to have someone pass as the villian, someone to point the finger at. Basically she made it look like he was playing the game the way she was playing the game. But you were sold on her. --I was very sold on her. She can read people very well and she would find areas that were your soft part, pull these Oprah moments. She was very smart. She's done a good job. But some of the things she said about me in diary room, that floored me. You were nominated six times. Why? --I was an easy nominee and I didn't hold grudges. Who was the biggest disappointment for you? --Danielle, because I expected more from her. I thought she was a better person. I can sympathize about your getting sick on the boat during that day trip with Jason. --I've been on boats. I've never had a problem. I hadn't eaten anything that day. I wanted to go on that trip so bad. Yes, Jason held my hair (when she vomited), and he gave me a napkin. Oh my god! So many people said he's too good to be true but he is that person. He is magnificient. What would you like to do with this experience. Is Hollywood in your future? --I don't really know. I'm really big on whatever happens, happens. I'm going to sit back, take my time and just see. One thing I definitely want to do, no matter what, is be a pageant judge. (Posted:09/22/02) |
Alegria | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 07:28 pm     Yeah Amy! |
Loppes | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 08:37 pm     Good interview Amy. A job well done. Lon |
Letmeinthere | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 09:11 pm     Good interview. Thanks for posting it! |
Ginger | Monday, September 23, 2002 - 06:52 am     That's a good interview. Amy seems balanced and fair and intelligent in a way that I haven't seen from most of the other former houseguests. She does seem to be in a touch of denial about her relationship with alcohol, but all in all, she seems to be doing okay with what she's learned from the tapes. It must have been very painful for her to see and hear all that Danielle said behind her back (and also Marcellas). Congrats Amy! |
Dixiebelle31 | Monday, September 23, 2002 - 08:34 am     I wonder how long it took her mom before she told Amy she had gained weight. Her mom is her worst critic? Geez |
Max | Monday, September 23, 2002 - 08:51 am     From things Amy has said about her relationship with her mom, it sounds sort of like my mom. So, if I put me and my mom in that same scenario, I'd guess that it would have taken my mom about 1 minute before she said something negative about me, especially in regards to weight. I know first-hand what it's like to have your mom be the worst critic in your life and to never be able to do anything that is good enough to suit her. I can totally undertand Amy if I put that perspective on it. Took me until my 40s before I realized I would NEVER be able to please my mom (no one can) and that it really doesn't matter. Hope it doesn't take Amy that long. This is a good interview. Amy is very polished and presentable. I hope one day her inside feelings match the outside poise she projects. |
Fabnsab | Tuesday, September 24, 2002 - 02:24 am     I would have hugged my dog first too. He didn't tell her she was fat. |
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