Taylor and Janelle Discuss ‘Big Brother’ Tactic They Want to See More Of: ‘Everyone’s So Fearful’

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Big Brother legends Taylor Hale and Janelle Pierzina are weighing in on a strategy they think houseguests should use more often.While discussing how the fear of being attacked online has changed the game, Hale, 28, exclusively gave Us Weekly her advice for players who want to be villainous without getting lambasted on social media.“I think people play with social media in mind, but they forget that you can talk to the cameras,” said Hale, who became the first Black woman to win the reality competition during season 24 in 2022. “I think we have lost the idea that … you can still say bad things and manipulate people.

But I think if you just went to the camera and said, ‘I know what I’m doing. I’m doing this intentionally and I’m owning this bad behavior.

This is not who I actually am.’ It might not be fun to watch, but I think it would at least be respected. I just think we need to get away from tiptoeing.”Unlike other reality competition contestants, Big Brother houseguests have the luxury of directly addressing viewers via the 24/7 live feeds.

Pierzina, 43 — who competed on seasons 6, 7, 14 and 22 of the CBS series — noted that she hasn’t seen houseguests employing the tactic in recent seasons. “I don’t think anyone’s done that recently because everyone’s so fearful,” she said.Pierzina, who first appeared on Big Brother in 2005, also pointed out that the prospect of being “canceled or fired from your job” for something you said on the show was less of a threat back in the day.“When I first did the show, the only thing that was around was Myspace, so we didn’t have any of that to worry about,” said the real estate agent, before adding that she did have an experience where fans used the social media platform against her.