Morgan Pope was a contest beast on Huge Brother 27. She gained 5 Energy of Vetos and two Head of Family competitions. This gave her the document of most consecutive weeks immune with seven, which means she stored herself protected for seven weeks in a row.
She shaped many alliances that stored her protected all through the sport and gained when she wanted to. She additionally obtained near Vince Panaro in the home and stayed loyal him till the top. Though she grew to become the final juror of the season, Morgan nonetheless has so much to be happy with.
Morgan talked to TV Insider about maintaining her actual occupation a secret, Ashley reducing her, her relationship with Vince, and extra.
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You made it to the ultimate three, that’s nothing to cry about. You play a tremendous recreation.
Thanks.
So I’m going to start out off by saying, I don’t know if this, however you now maintain the document for probably the most consecutive rounds immune with seven. Which means you had been protected for seven weeks in a row. That’s the most since Ian Terry in season 14 with 5. Did you ever assume that you’d maintain a document like that going into the sport?
No, no. It’s humorous as a result of I bear in mind once I gained my vetoes in a row, and everybody’s like, “Oh, you’re on Kaycee [Clark] standing proper now. And I’m like, “You’re going to check me to Kaycee, like what?” After which once I couldn’t win that fourth veto, a minimum of I’ll, be in comparison with, not essentially in comparison with Kaycee, as a result of she gained the sport, however the truth that they even talked about her title subsequent to mine, I used to be like, “Wow.” However to assume that I’ve a document is — I didn’t even know that.
I’m simply studying this now. That’s wow. I’m shocked, honored, blessed, humbled. Like that’s madness. I don’t know what came to visit me. I simply stored going with momentum. I used to be simply unstoppable, and I’m so happy with myself.
Ashley determined to chop you within the ultimate three. Had been you shocked by that? Did you assume it was going to occur?
It’s onerous as a result of her and I’s conversations had been at all times us going to the ultimate two collectively. And I believe that was below the impression that she was not going to win the ultimate HOH, that I used to be going to. It’d be sensible for me to take her and never Vince, which was clearly a tactic for her, as a result of I really feel like I may have gained both approach. It most likely would have been extra of a landslide towards Vince than towards Ashley, which is why I used to be very torn. Even now, a part of me appears like I might have taken Ashley, as a result of I do know I might have beat her, however I may have taken Vince to beat him too. Nevertheless it was onerous, as a result of when she gained, and I used to be holding her hand on the best way out and telling her how proud I used to be of her and congratulating her, a part of me simply had this sense that I used to be going to be the final juror. And it’s like whenever you when issues are out of your management, you’ll be able to’t let it get one of the best of you.
I at all times stand by the actual fact, whenever you attempt to management one thing, it controls you. So I knew in that second that, I may look again and depart this home being happy with the sport that I performed, and even when I didn’t win this recreation, I do consider that persons are going to recollect the sport that I performed, and once they hear Huge Brother 27 they could even point out my title earlier than. Ashley. I imply, prefer it’s one thing that I do know that whereas I didn’t win the sport, I used to be one of the best within the recreation, and I’m very flattered by that, and I’m honored to carry that title, if you’ll.
Being a seventh juror, you bought to solid a vote, and also you had been the only vote for Vince. Was that regardless of Ashley or had been you simply being loyal to Vince?
Yeah, no, it was positively not regardless of Ashley. Ashley cooked in her speech. I stated it earlier than, I used to be like, she cooked him like a well-done steak. I used to be simply I used to be so happy with her, actually. And it was onerous, as a result of I bear in mind once I was jostling the keys within the bag, I stored going forwards and backwards between Ashley and Vince, and I used to be similar to, I performed this entire recreation with Vince. I’m one of many solely individuals who is aware of his story and is aware of how a lot this meant to him, and I do know that if roles had been reversed, he would have voted for have voted for me. So it was simply a kind of methods of claiming thanks for taking part in this recreation with me, and the truth that we didn’t go after one another after we had so many occasions the place we may have, and I do know he would have achieved the identical for me. So simply a kind of methods the place it’s similar to, he wasn’t gonna win. He knew he wasn’t going to win, and I might not take again the vote.
I imply, it was simply that was my greatest good friend in the home, and what one method to say thanks, then to ship him a vote, type of like what I did in week 10, the place I took Ava [Pearl] off the block. Ava was protected it doesn’t matter what; she wasn’t going to go dwelling. It was extra of the actual fact of me saying thanks to her for saving me in week seven, sitting subsequent to Rylie [Jeffries] on a five-to-four vote; it’s similar to the little gestures to me imply so much. And I had already informed Ashley earlier than leaving the home that I like her. I imply, I hugged her and informed her how proud I used to be of her and that she deserved to win. I hope she doesn’t assume any in another way about my vote. And she or he’s like, “Lady, I knew you had been gonna vote for Vince. That’s all good.” Like she didn’t care. So she understood my intention, and she or he even knew, even in the home, that I informed her if Vince was on the block finale evening, and many others, like, within the high two, would I be allowed to vote for him? No, however would anyone be stunned if I vote for him additionally? No.
You had been simply saying you had been loyal to Vince and greatest buddies with him in the home the entire time, however you informed Julie [Chen Moonves] that you’d have taken Ashley.
Sure, I used to be going to take Ashley as a result of the factor is I believe lots of people thought that I wouldn’t have it in me to do it, however I do know that if I actually needed to place the nail within the coffin, I earned this win, and I should win. As a result of if I had been going towards Ashley’s speech, individuals might need been like, “Oh, she’s cooking.” But when I had been to win and take out my primary ally and greatest good friend, that reveals that I got here to play a recreation, to not play a recreation of greatest buddies; we’re taking part in Huge Brother, not Huge Bestie.
What do you assume was your largest transfer of the season?
I believe my largest transfer this season might be what everybody already is aware of, however I’m going to say it anyway, was utilizing the veto on Ava. Vince had his three targets up on the block, however I solely had a pawn, or, properly, it was an ally, Ava was an ally. Kelley [Jorgenson] was the goal, and Keanu [Soto] was my protect, in order that block was not stacked the best way that I wanted to be stacked. And I do know Vince valued our recreation relationship so much, and he knew that if he didn’t make the choice that I needed him to make, that we most likely wouldn’t be working collectively, and he could be a good larger goal in the home, and he wasn’t actually keen to danger that, which was sensible, as a result of I might have had no selection however to go towards him if he was making an attempt to maintain Lauren in the home.
I do know, utilizing that veto and giving him all the absolute best, , professionals of why Lauren ought to contact that block, and she or he did, it was one of the best transfer that I had on the recreation, as a result of it’s instilled this mistrust between Lauren and Vince. In order that was simply examine quantity considered one of ensuring that Vince obtained nearer to me and to not Lauren, as a result of I do know he was type of working each of us as a result of he needed the ultimate three to be us three, as a result of he would have gone to the finals regardless. So, that approach, with that mistrust, like once I gained, HOH, it’s simply I knew what to do. Like, there was already sufficient distrust there. I had sufficient votes to ship her dwelling. And it simply type of labored as a one two checkpoint.
You simply stated that You knew that Vince was working with you and Lauren. You discovered he had a ultimate two with Lauren. Did you ever consider like placing him up or perhaps group up with Lauren and get Vince out as a result of he was taking part in each of you?
Form of. Lauren was not trusting of me due to the best way my early recreation was the place lots of people stated I couldn’t be trusted, and all this, though I proved that I used to be an sincere and constant participant, all you needed to do was have a dialog with me. I informed Lauren straight up, like, if Keanu was your goal, in your HOH, such as you type of stacked the block, like I used to be your goal, which I used to be, let’s name a spade a spade. We’re gonna have a woman-to-woman speak. So, for me, I knew working with Lauren was not within the playing cards. For me, neither of us was , as a result of I had prolonged so many alternatives for her to work with us. And I do really feel just like the sensible transfer for her would have been to work with Vince, and I. We’d have protected her, and she or he would have been in a position to type of skate beneath, similar to Ashley did.
Ashley principally took the opening that Lauren may have had. And so I really feel like there was by no means a time that I thought of placing him up, like there was a short second when it got here to Ava and Ashley, I used to be like “I may use the veto and Vince may go dwelling right here.” However the issue is, Ava was a really robust social competitor, and everybody liked her. To undergo a recreation the place an HoH is thrown to you and also you win a clutch maze the place Rachel Riley goes dwelling. I imply, she didn’t must win the remainder of the season. And if she was to go the complete season having an HoH thrown to her, and simply having a clutch maze and ending up within the finals, she may have gained the complete recreation. I imply, making it that far, it’s simply it was too dangerous to maintain Ava, the place Vince had already achieved a lot injury to his recreation and to so many individuals that, to me, making that transfer simply would have been foolish, as a result of then I might have had two those who I’ll not have beat, and I knew Ashley was going to be a competitor.
I even talked to Vince about it, the place I used to be like, “If Ashley wins this final stage of HOH, I’m going to have to ensure my speech is cooking, as a result of her social recreation was simply pretty much as good as mine, and we had very related strikes. So it’s like, it’s actually going to come back right down to who they felt was going to be one of the best participant.
Is there something you’ll have achieved in another way, or any regrets you had within the recreation?
That’s a great query. I don’t assume I remorse something, as a result of I performed one hell of a recreation. I believe the one factor I might have tried to do extra of is take extra time within the Diary Room to actually take into consideration what individuals stated to me, to actually take into consideration issues, as a result of I’m a naturally trusting particular person, and Ashley performed an important social recreation. Hers was among the best, and I even informed her that. Had been there occasions the place she may have informed little white lies to me? In fact, she was an lawyer. She lied to all of us, however I used to be a gamer. I lied to all of them. It’s simply humorous, as a result of it’s like I take a look at a youthful model of myself with regards to the social recreation, like we performed very related video games when it got here to the social recreation, mine was just a bit bit extra threatened than hers, which I felt would have been extra compelling in a speech, as a result of, I’m a social risk and a aggressive risk, and folks nonetheless can’t do away with me.
Do you assume in the event you informed the home company that you simply had been a gamer, it might have harm your recreation?
I do assume so. And I bear in mind one time I used to be speaking to Rachel, and she or he got here as much as me, and she or he’s like, “Keanu is a aggressive risk, and he’s a gamer.” She talked about that he was a gamer, and it simply re-solidified to me that if a Huge Brother legend can choose up on what a gamer means, I knew higher. That was the one secret that I knew I couldn’t share. And man, once I heard them speaking about video games and stuff, I used to be sitting there, like, I wish to speak about it so dangerous. I wish to speak and inform y’all, like, you guys understand you guys are taking part in with an expert aggressive gamer proper now, proper? However, I can’t. So, I believe considered one of my different greatest strikes was not speaking about that, and it was onerous. It was so onerous to not say that I had that deliberate in my ultimate speech to drop the bomb of who individuals had been truly taking part in with. And sadly, I didn’t get to make that speech. Didn’t get to make that speech, however now all of them know, and I can proudly speak about being a gamer.
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