Julie Chen Moonves Shares Her Most Shocking 'Big Brother' Moments Ever (Exclusive)

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has seen some truly wild moments, shocking twists and simply inspired, unexpected gameplay. Now, stalwart host Julie Chen Moonves is breaking down some of the show's most memorable and surprising moments.Julie recently spoke with ET, ahead of the forthcoming and shared a few of her favorite shocking moments — starting with Dan Gheesling throwing himself a symbolic funeral.«Season 14, Dan staging his own funeral.

This guy was dead man walking,» Julie recalled. «He had some sort of punishment where he was in solitary confinement, and he had to be by himself for 24 hours… That punishment was a blessing in disguise, because he had time alone to think and have no other voices in his head.»In what is considered by many to be one of the greatest gameplay and strategy moments in the show's history, Dan — who many felt was a done deal to get voted off — held a house meeting, in which he delivered a eulogy for himself, shared kind words with his housemates and threw one of his allies under the bus.«As we're watching Dan conduct his own funeral, we're thinking, 'This guy is either totally Looney Tunes and has sealed his own fate or he's going all the way,» Julie said. «It was genius...

Watching the other houseguests and their reactions said it all. It was more fascinating to watch how it was working on the others in the house.»The gambit paid off, too.