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Charvie | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 06:38 pm     Copied it from the Joker's update site I hope that is legal) If not please delete! http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|83719|1|,00.html (Thursday, September 25 02:40 PM) By Daniel Fienberg LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Jun Song needed only four votes from her fellow "Big Brother 4" housemates to walk away with $500,000. While the 28-year-old New York investment manager got six, trouncing her fellow finalist Alison Irwin's lone supporter, Nathan, she is far from satisfied by her margin of victory. "I wanted the vote to be unanimous," Jun says, the morning after her triumph. "I had a feeling, though, that Nathan might not give me his vote, so it wasn't a huge surprise." As the millions of viewers who watched "Big Brother 4" this summer know, Jun was never shy about sharing her true feelings about her fellow contestants. Now, just hours removed from exiting the "Big Brother" house forever, Jun is hardly more reserved. "He's immature and he could not let go of hurt feelings," Jun says of the single vote against her. "I don't know what it is exactly that I did to Nathan during the game, but he obviously felt that someone who manipulated him that badly still deserved his vote, so it's too bad for him. He looked like the fool." Jun had a tough final week in the house, even having what she describes as a "mild breakdown" in the middle. Trapped in the claustrophobic house alone with Alison, Jun found ways to hide, often resorting to prolonged naps. While Alison was a gracious loser, smiling and suggesting that she'd like to continue her friendship with Jun outside of the house, the winner can only offer a snort of derision. "That means I'm not going to keep in contact with her," she says. "I think that Alison was under the impression that because we had some sort of bonding experience as the final two that I might want to keep in contact with her, but that's not happening." While Alison may have been the controlling force on the fourth installment of CBS' semi-popular reality series, she also made too many enemies. Jun certainly indulged in her share of backstabbing and name-calling, but she always managed to be just slightly less gregarious, just slightly less offensive and just slightly less alienating than Alison. In the end, the "Big Brother" jury was forced to agree that the enemy of their enemy was their friend. "It's because during my confrontations I did not let my emotions run away," Jun says of her relative popularity. "I remained calm during all of them and remained business-like instead of Ali -- you know, my voice cracking, screaming, tears here and there. I really maintained a lot of control." Interestingly, Jun's initial strategy was very different from the path that led her to the big prize. This year's "Big Brother" introduced a new wrinkle by placing several people in the house with a former flame. Jun found herself fatefully reunited with her ex-boyfriend Jee Choe, destroying her original plans. "I came into the house thinking I would be more of an 'Alison' as far as being a little more charming and using my seductive skills," Jun admits. "That just went out the window when Jee walked in, because my libido, sex-anything, went down the tubes as soon as I saw him, so I just scooted over to the kitchen and made myself home." It was in the kitchen that Jun made herself indispensable, taking the dirty chores that nobody wanted and working her way into the housemates' hearts through their stomachs. Jun calls herself a "master in the kitchen," but confesses that she didn't entirely abandon her first course of action. "The mesh top was supposed to be part of my strategy," Jun says of the much-maligned ubiquitous article of clothing which covered many a skimpy bikini. "The mesh top was supposed to sexy, damnit. Apparently it did not win favor from most of the males, so it was burnt." Jun knows that the way she played the game may have a backlash when she returns to the real world. While she has plans to use part of the money to buy an apartment in New York, she isn't convinced that she will still have the job that she left three months ago on a "personal leave of absence." She's also a little nervous about how people on the street will respond. "I'm sure people will still think I'm just an evil, evil person," she sighs. "But they don't know that I have a big mushy soft side to me." Strangers who see the self-confessed exhibitionist out and about may only have a limited window before her appreciation of her own celebrity runs dry. "I'm an attention junkie," Jun says. "Why wouldn't I love having people shout my name? I don't know if I want to live the rest of my life that way, but for a couple months, I'll take it and I'll take it graciously." |
Hamsterlady | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 06:49 pm     Oh my goodness! This is soooo illegal for you to do Charvie!!!!!! ::getting out the wet noodle:: JUST KIDDING! hehehehehe Thanks for the article Charvie. I liked reading it and know others will also. |
Whit4you | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 06:55 pm     Jun sounds way to smug in that but whateeever she's walkking home with a 300,000 check which is mroe than any of the other 12 who let her slide by can say. Jun - deserves herself. |
Wendo | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:09 pm     Let's see...she wanted the vote to be unanimous, so because it wasn't she isn't completely satisfied. (Gee Jun, you won! How about some graciousness and less smugness.) And, because Nathan DIDN'T vote for her to win, he's immature and a fool. (Gee Jun, you won the game. Is it necessary to continue calling your fellow HG's names now???) Well, I'm still going to approach it from a glass half full perspective and HOPE that when Jun reads the prevailing opinion out there about her, she takes the opportunity to evaluate herself. Whit, at this point, I agree, a bit too smug for my tastes and she deserves herself. Get the girl home and on her computer! LOL! |
Hamsterlady | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:11 pm     Here here Wendo! |
Crossfire | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:20 pm     Gosh, what an interview. There is a huge whopper of a nasty joke built right into it. I'm just not cruel enough to air it. |
Wendo | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:24 pm     Awwww Crossfire, I wanna hear the joke!!!!! Please! Pretty, pretty please?! LOL! |
Hamsterlady | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:24 pm     Me too!!!! Pretty please also???? |
Bob2112 | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:29 pm     Crossfire: Would it have anything to do with the quote: "But they don't know that I have a big mushy soft side to me." |
Crossfire | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:38 pm     I think I may have said too much already. I'd rather not go any further with it. Sorry folks. I'll just owe you all a good joke next time I come up with something. |
Hamsterlady | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:39 pm     You are such a bad bad boy. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:45 pm     So, the glass and the bikini are full.. Smug.. yeah but half a mil smug. GO JUN!! |
Elms | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 07:47 pm     Note to Jun: Get over yourself! You're no prize girl. You'll be lucky if more than 1 or 2 of your fellow houseguests want to stay in touch with YOU. |
Wendo | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 08:05 pm     Seamonkey said, "Smug.. yeah but half a mil smug." Good point! LOL! |
Scorpiomoon | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 08:18 pm     Jun said: "I came into the house thinking I would be more of an 'Alison' as far as being a little more charming and using my seductive skills," Jun admits. "That just went out the window when Jee walked in, because my libido, sex-anything, went down the tubes as soon as I saw him, so I just scooted over to the kitchen and made myself home." This pretty much confirms the theory some posters have about Jun believing she was going to walk into the house and be the hottest women in the group. |
Eliz87 | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 08:27 pm     Exactly, Scorpio. I was thinking last night when Jun commented on Ali's "strategy" of cozying up to the guys, that Jun would have gladly done the same thing had she been desirable to the men. |
Yoyo | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 08:47 pm     I still don't understand why Jun thinks she's so hot? Ummm, she's NOT pretty at all. And that black mesh thing was supposed to make her "de bomb"? I thought it was to cover up flab! I thought Nate needed a bop in the head when he voted for Ali but after reading this, I'm glad he did! If I see her walking the streets of NY she can be rest assured she won't even get a second glance! |
Eliz87 | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 08:53 pm     I thought Jun was quite cute. But, as they say (and this is the second time I'm saying this on this board in the same week)...beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
Crossfire | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 08:58 pm     Yeah, Jun is cute enough, but I'm voting with the others, the mesh had to go, that was not sexy. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 09:38 pm     I think Jun is adorable, but I suspect she had already gained weight before even getting to LA.. the breakup with Bob, then interviews for Bb, then the week or so in sequestration with little to do but eat, drink and so on.. then the stress of coming into the house and then there was JEE. But, someone who FEELS hot.. is hotter than if they don't feel hot. Personally I prefer Asian looks and a bit more meat on the bones.. so Jun appeals to me WAY more than Erika. I think Michelle and Ali have cute bodies. Dana is a bit hard-edged, though I can admire her tone. All a matter of preference. |
Scorpiomoon | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 09:44 pm     Reading these "is Jun hot or not" posts brings back a vague memory of the beginning of BB when, if I remember correctly, the guys in the house said they didn't find Jun attractive. I think Nate and/or Justin said they weren't into Korean women at all. So, maybe, it was better that things worked out the way they did. It would have been horrible for Jun to be rejected by every guy in the house. I can't remember though, was that on the show or was it a live feed convo the guys had one night? One more thing I just thought of: Remember how Jun told the jury she was more deserving because she played the game with more honor--she didn't stoop to the things Ali did. What a joke! All the "dishonorable" things Ali did Jun was planning on doing even before she got there! |
Monalisahi | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 11:01 pm     "I came into the house thinking I would be more of an 'Alison' as far as being a little more charming and using my seductive skills," Jun admits. "That just went out the window when Jee walked in, because my libido, sex-anything, went down the tubes as soon as I saw him, so I just scooted over to the kitchen and made myself home." OK, who all disagreed with me on this?????? |
Watching2 | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 11:25 pm     Wow, so much for the "softer side" of Jun we saw in the house at times. I'm sure it's there, but geeeeeze, she could at least TRY to be a gracious winner. |
Miggles | Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 11:31 pm     Considering that Jun would *most certainly* have lost to anyone other than Ali (or maybe Dana) in the F2, Jun ought to be a little more humble about the 6-1 win. An idea for a twist in a future BB would be for the jury members to be able to penalize finalists who do not earn their respect, say by lowering the dollar amount from $500k to $100k. Maybe have stringent conditions on this like a unanimous vote in favor of award reduction to prevent bitter feelings of a few jury members from having too much influence. And the unused money could go to some charity. |
Fabnsab | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 12:29 am     The first night Jun wanted to share a bed with Nate and he turned her down flat- IMO, that started Juns distaste for Nate and nate for her. She took it personal and he felt that. Remember when she thought she was turning Robert on with the massage? She thinks she has alot more sex appeal than she does, it seems. |
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