{"id":2504856,"date":"2026-07-16T17:25:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2504856"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:25:33","slug":"julie-chen-moonves-slams-rick-devens-big-brother-gameplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/julie-chen-moonves-slams-rick-devens-big-brother-gameplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Chen Moonves Slams Rick Devens&#8217; Big Brother Gameplay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/julie-chen\/\">Julie Chen Moonves<\/a><\/span><\/strong> is not impressed with <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/survivors-rick-devens-will-compete-on-big-brother-28\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Rick Devens<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u2019 gameplay in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/big-brother\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Big Brother<\/i><\/span><\/a> house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI know people love Devens, and he was great at <i>Survivor<\/i>,\u201d Julie, 56, shared with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/julie-chen-moonves-blasts-rick-devens-big-brother-gameplay-12020271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Entertainment Weekly<\/i><\/span><\/a> in an interview published on Thursday, July 16. \u201cThis ain\u2019t <i>Survivor<\/i>, honey. This here [is] <i>Big Brother.\u201d<\/i><i\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For 28 seasons, the host of CBS\u2019 long-running reality show has seen her fair share of contestants and strategies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But before the current season kicked off earlier this month, Julie said she was hopeful Devens, 42, would wow her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m like: \u2018OK, I was rooting for you in the beginning because you\u2019re a former morning news anchor, as was I,\u2019\u201d she told the publication. \u201cBut then with his loose lips, he quickly lost me. I thought: \u2018No, dude.\u2019 And then when I saw <strong>Dee<\/strong> [<strong>Valladares<\/strong>] look at him like, \u2018You did what?!\u2019 I was like \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the first weeks of competition, Devens decided to tell fellow contestants <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/big-brother-28-cast-revealed-meet-the-new-houseguests\/\"><strong>Angela Murray<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Drew Campbell<\/strong> about another alliance he was in with Dee, 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cOh, it was terrible. I was like, \u2018Go back to the island, dude! I\u2019m gonna snuff out your flame,\u2019\u201d Julie said. \u201cI\u2019m surprised how little Rick Devens gets this game and how much Dee gets it and got it right away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Back in June, <i>Us Weekly<\/i> had the opportunity to catch up with Dee and Devens at the Newport Beach TV Festival. When asked what reality shows they would like to compete in after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/survivor\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Survivor<\/i><\/span><\/a>, both competitors kept fans guessing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYou know what? I would test my luck on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/the-traitors\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Traitors<\/i><\/span><\/a> and maybe <i>Big Brother<\/i>,\u201d Dee teased to <i>Us<\/i>. \u201cOn<i> Big Brother<\/i>, I\u2019m eating, so nothing would be worse than <i>Survivor<\/i> in terms of harshness on your body. Any game is so much fun. I test my luck in any game, just because it\u2019s so fun to play games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Devens didn\u2019t even mention <i>Big Brother<\/i> in his answer when he said, \u201cI\u2019d love to do <i>The Amazing Race<\/i> with [<i>Survivor<\/i> costar] C<strong>hristian Hubicki<\/strong>, or with my wife, Becca. That\u2019d be a fun one.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">While it\u2019s still very early on in the competition \u2014 the first eviction of the season is expected to happen Thursday night \u2014 Julie continues to have her eyes on the contestants who have some reality TV experience up their sleeves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYou know, I was kind of against two former <i>Survivors<\/i> coming in,\u201d she said, \u201cand now I find myself pulling for Dee because she gets it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Big Brother<\/i> airs on CBS Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julie Chen Moonves is not impressed with Rick Devens\u2019 gameplay in the Big Brother house. \u201cI know people love Devens, and he was great at Survivor,\u201d Julie, 56, shared with Entertainment Weekly in an interview published on Thursday, July 16. \u201cThis ain\u2019t Survivor, honey. 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