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Host Julie Chen Moonves has taken to testing out Big Brother competitions, but might she take it to the next level?
Survivor host Jeff Probst recently competed against players on an actual episode. Would the Chenbot consider doing the same?
JCM reveals there is a side of herself she doesn’t want viewers to see.
Julie Chen Moonves takes her job as Big Brother master of ceremonies very seriously… except when she doesn’t. The host started having serious fun last season by testing out the Thursday night BB Block Bluster competitions on her Instagram account before they were performed live on the air by the contestants.
She was rolling things down planks, she was solving a giant, colored puzzle, she was guiding a ball to land in a jewelry case, she was unraveling herself from a luggage cart. She was doing all sorts of absurd games for our social media viewing pleasure — while also giving fans a key early look at that night’s competition.
But Survivor host Jeff Probst took performing challenges to a whole new level when he competed not in a rehearsal, but on air in an actual episode against actual contestants on the recently completed Survivor 50. In that instance, Probst told the players to select four representatives, and if they could all outlast him on a grip strength challenge, they would get a big bag of rice. Which they did. Easily.
Jeff Probst on ‘Survivor 50’
Credit: CBS
Considering how much fun Chen Moonves had last season testing out BB Block Buster competitions, would she consider taking a page from the book of Probst this season (which premieres tonight on CBS) and actually compete against players — perhaps with a week of slop on the line?
“I would do it,” the host tells Entertainment Weekly, before adding a qualifier. “It depends on the competition.”
While Chen Moovnes says that “I’m a born competitor,” she also is self-aware enough to note: “I know my weaknesses.”
And what weakness might that be? “I wouldn’t even try the Wall,” the Chenbot says of what just might be the show’s most famous contest. “Maybe back in season 2, Julie would do it. But not season 28 Julie.”
The bottom line? “If it’s something that I think I could win, I would do it.”
However, the host notes that even a victory in such a setting would lead to an unwelcome display. “The bad side about doing it and winning is people are gonna see I’m a terrible winner!” she says while laughing. “I’m a pretty good loser, but I’m a terrible winner. And I don’t think I want anyone to see that.”
Julie Chen Moonves, the host of God 101, a terrible winner? We find that difficult to believe, but she insists it’s true.
‘Big Brother’ host Julie Chen Moonves
Credit: Julie Chen Moonves/Instagram
“I’m trying to get better, but I’m very much like, ‘Hey, in your face! Ha ha!’ I’m terrible, but I’m working on it. And as I get older, I’m not winning as many things. I think that’s what’s gonna make me a better, more gracious winner.”
The host reasons that there is only one surefire way to make sure nobody sees the dark, ultra-competitive side of the notorious JCM: “I guess I’d have to throw it.”
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