Julie Chen-Moonves left apologizing after production gaffe on ‘Big Brother’ premiere
Season 22 of Big Brother premiered Wednesday night, after being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the show houseguests were made up of all-stars, production thought it would be fun to make the game even more challenging, starting with the rooms. However, production glitches marred the reveal of the very first room. Production took the current pandemic very seriously, as all the contestants were quarantined for 14 days and passed several tests for coronavirus. However, when it came time to separate the competitors they ran into trouble After competing to see who would be head of household and who would not, a group known as the “have-nots” were cast off to a new themed room. The room was supposed to be extremely uncomfortable to live in, however no one knows for sure because the room was locked. The room was supposed to be the big reveal at the end of the show. However, the glitch left host Julie Chen-Moonves hanging, as the contestant repeatedly tried to enter the room. “Just stay in the hall for seven days. I'm kidding. Well, as we work out our technical difficulties, I will say it's only going to be seven days you have to live in this room.” The gaffe did not go unnoticed, as many fans called out the mistake on Twitter.
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JULIE CHEN-MOONVES: As have-nots, these four will spend the week taking only cold showers, eating only Big Brother slop, and worst of all, they must live in the most uncomfortable bedroom in the house. And given this is "Big Brother All Stars," we have outfitted this room to the extreme.
KYLIE MAR: "Big Brother All Stars" finally premiered on live television Wednesday night after delaying the start of the season due to the coronavirus. And while production was well prepared to make a show during a pandemic--
JULIE CHEN-MOONVES: All of this season's houseguests have been individually quarantined for the last two weeks. You've all been tested multiple times for COVID-19, as have I.
KYLIE MAR: Someone apparently forgot to leave one of the new themed rooms for the house unlocked.
JULIE CHEN-MOONVES: It's still locked, you think. All right. Then just stay in the hall for seven days. I'm kidding. Do you--
- Big Brother, we're stuck.
- It's definitely locked.
JULIE CHEN-MOONVES: Well, as we work out our technical difficulties, I will say, it's only going to be seven days that you have to live in this room. And we promised you at home, we will show it. And no one ever said winning half a million dollars would be easy.
KYLIE MAR: Based on Twitter, the awkward production gaffe did not go unnoticed, as fans couldn't help but make fun of the anticlimactic moment. And while many viewers expected some poor assistant to take the blame, others imagined host Julie Chen-Moonves doling out repercussions.
But despite fans not seeing the new have-nots room, the players were assured that a locksmith was on its way.
JULIE CHEN-MOONVES: We have to apologize that you couldn't get into the have not room. But it doesn't get you out of having to live there, OK?
