Celebrity Big Brother houseguests entered the house last weekend, and alliances are already beginning to form ahead of televised programming, according to spoiler account @realvegasbackup. The Twitter account revealed a handful of spoilers about how the new houseguests are adjusting to the house and each other.
The first alliance that seems to have formed is between Joey Lawrence and Jonathan Bennett. The two actors said they had similar "energy," according to Vegas. Their first clear target seems to be Olympian Lolo Jones.
The celebrities seemed to have their first full day in the house on Monday according to Vegas's accounts of their activities on Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday, the houseguests were allowed alcohol, and some were surprised when they were fully "locked in" to the reality show house for the evening.
Along with forming relationships, the houseguests have begun to reveal information about themselves or their jobs outside the house. Anthony Scaramucci, former White House communications director, reportedly spoke about his time as a member of the Trump administration.
The spoiler account claimed, "he never agreed with Trump, which is why he got fired because no one else was saying no to him but he was never afraid to say no." Scaramucci revealed he'd be open about Trump and his time in the position, which only lasted 10 days, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. He compared Big Brother to politics and said both are games of strategic elimination.
Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte also spoke in detail about why he decided to join the Big Brother house this season. He allegedly admitted his agent "forced him" into appearing on the reality show in hopes of making up for his former controversies, according to Vegas.
Lochte claimed he was robbed at gunpoint at the Rio Olympics in 2016. "And then the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, 'Get down,' and I put my hands up, I was like 'whatever,'" he told NBC News. "He took our money, he took my wallet—he left my cell phone, he left my credentials."
In August 2016, Lochte was charged for fabricating the story and reporting a false crime, according to Rolling Stone. Instead, the group of swimmers allegedly vandalized the gas station bathroom. It's unclear if Lochte will talk in detail about the gunpoint story.
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