Big Brother 18 spoilers show that Bridgette being on the chopping block may not be the worst ordeal she’s suffering in the BB18 house. Bridgette has been subjected to some shocking bullying at the hands of mean girls in the house, yet none of this has made it into any of the Big Brother 18 episodes. What’s up with this? Is CBS selectively editing to whitewash the awful behavior of the other houseguests?
A Reddit feed devoted to chronicling what looks like systematic torment, belittling and bullying of Bridgette at the hands of many BB18 houseguests has drawn attention online. The feed spills all the evidence of bullying including dates and times. Here’s a look at some of the outrageous behavior against Bridgette.
Michelle’s jealousy fuels attacks on Bridgette
Michelle had a major crush on Frank – so big that she’s still talking about it even though he’s been gone for days. Frank’s friendship with Bridgette was what inspired Michelle to lash out at Bridgette at every opportunity. Michelle spoke to the cameras and said viewers should call Bridgette’s employer and ask them to fire her. Michelle said Bridgette should never work as a nurse again – that’s not “game play” – that’s life-wrecking meanness.
Mean girls throw out food Bridgette makes
Bridgette spends a lot of time baking – it’s her thing. But it turns out Michelle and Zakiyah have been throwing out batches of cookies Bridgette made for everyone in the house. Nicole mentioned that Big Brother might do a montage of them throwing out her food and Michelle and Zakiyah discussed that BB18 viewers would find it amusing, not mean. FYI – BB18 fans on Twitter think it’s mean.
Zakiyah steals Bridgett’s birthday cake
When houseguests have a birthday, Big Brother leaves a cake mix in the pantry. On Zakiyah’s birthday, Bridgette was nice enough to include Z in the Outback dinner she won plus Zakiyah got a cake and celebration in the house. But then on Bridgette’s birthday, Zakiyah stole her cake mix and made a cake for her stuffed giraffe toy then lied to Bridgette’s face about it.
To make this insult worse, Big Brother did a special video hosted by Jeff Schroeder on the cute birthday party for the stuffed animal and completely ignored that Bridgette’s birthday was robbed from her!
Outright shunning
Michelle, Zakiyah, Nicole and others have made it a consistent practice to walk out of a room when Bridgette walks into the room. They stop talking, they deliberately turn their faces and bodies away from her. Plus, when anyone is kind to Bridgette (or even dares speak to her), the girls lash out at them like when Paulie offered to wrap Bridgette’s sore ankle before a competition.
The constant name calling
The roster of names the mean girls (and Paul) call Bridgette is shocking and it’s ongoing. Some of the names and insults they sling about Bridgette include: fake, sneaky, sly, fake, dishonest, jealous, two-faced, emotionless, little tramp, psycho a** b*tch and so much more. To her face, Paul called her narcissistic, egotistical and snooty. The harassment just goes on.
Threats of physical violence
Granted it’s been just talk so far, but it seems like Big Brother should intervene and tell the HGs that they can’t threaten Bridgette – and perhaps they have and we just haven’t seen it. After Bridgette injured her ankle in a comp, Zakiyah said she was going to hurt her and knock her other ankle out of place. Paul said he wanted to punch Bridgette in the face and Zakiyah told Paulie she wants to hit her.
Ignoring Bridgette’s pleas for them to stop
Bridgette experiences the bullying in her face and also hears what happens behind her back from others. But when she tried to talk to the girls about the harsh treatment, Natalie told Bridgette she must have done something to cause it. Zakiyah told her it’s all in her head. Essentially, the girls tried to brainwash Bridgette into believing that these events didn’t happen by rewriting history.
Will Bridgette have to endure more awfulness in BB18 jury house?
With all of this going on in the BB18 house with cameras recording 24/7, it’s bad enough. But with NO cameras or live feeds in the jury house, will Bridgette be subjected to even more rampant cruelty after BB18 eviction? The mean girls might feel like they can do and say what they want to Bridgette with no devices to document their awful behavior.
Is this Big Brother business as usual – or something worse?
What do you think Big Brother fans? Is this the usual behavior HGs engage in or has it gone too far? Do you agree that Bridgette has been bullied by the girls (and Paul)? Have they crossed a line? Why is CBS editing all of this out of the network episodes? The only time they showed any of this is a discussion where Michelle admitted her jealousy to Bridgette but it was chopped down significantly.
Why is Big Brother excluding this bad behavior from episodes?
Big Brother and CBS faced backlash over racial comments by houseguests in prior seasons – are they trying to avoid any negative comments by editing this behavior out? Or are BB18 showrunners trying to rig the game to some extent by protecting the bullying houseguests and allowing the abuse to persist? What is CBS’s motivation for protecting those engaged in the bullying?
What do you think about how Bridgette Dunning has been treated by Michelle Meyer, Zakiyah Everette, Da’Vonne Rogers, Natalie Negrotti, Nicole Franzel, and Paul Abrahamian thus far in BB18?
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