Since Sunday night Audrey Middleton has been slowly withdrawing herself from Big Brother 17 in preparation of her seemingly inevitable eviction later this week. So what’s been going with Audrey?
Update: Get the latest on Audrey’s behavior inside the Big Brother house.
Audrey has not quit Big Brother. Twice now there’s been speculation that her vanishing acts in to the Diary Room would result in her permanent disappearance, but as of now she is inside the BB17 house and avoiding the other Houseguests.
Starting back on Sunday near midnight the Houseguests noticed Audrey had gone missing which meant she had to be in the DR. After a few hours she returned to the house and went back to bed. It wasn’t until Monday the real activity arrived.
The Veto Ceremony is typically held late morning or early afternoon but this week things got held up. A lot. Just before the expected arrival of the meeting Audrey went to the DR where she remained for between five and six hours. Feedsters were able to confirm when another HG left the DR to determine the most likely time she entered, but it’s not exact.
Houseguests had gathered in the living room for the PoV meeting but after much delay and a brief appearance of Fish, typically used to cover production talking to the HGs, they all dispersed as though told it wouldn’t be happening for awhile. The HGs were left wondering if Audrey had quit the game.
At 3:51PM BBT (Flashback on your Live Feeds) Audrey emerged from the Diary Room and made a beeline for the Have-Not room. I do not know what she was carrying in the brown paper bag when she returned. Vanessa brought her Advil and water but was Audrey told her production already gave her something in there. Feeds cut away and soon the Veto Meeting was held, minus one Houseguest.
Audrey did not attend the Power of Veto meeting where she was renom’d by Shelli in absentia. Instead of participating in the game, as all Houseguest are paid to do, she was curled up in the Have-Not room with the lights out. This did not prevent her from going up on the Block.
Houseguests later speculated if she was the first to not show up for a Veto meeting. Jason suggested Jocasta missed it last year, but Jocasta did attend the PoV meeting in Week 4 after being too sick to participate in the Veto comp. I don’t recall anyone skipping the Ceremony before, but if it’s happened I’m sure someone can remind me.
After the meeting Houseguests kept their distance so Audrey could rest. Becky later prepared a pizza, Flashback to 12:14AM BBT, and told the other HGs it was for Audrey and that production had decided she could have regular food despite being a Have-Not. I did not see if Audrey ate the pizza or if any other Have-Nots were allowed to shed the food rules as well. Big Brother cut away from Becky discussing the pizza for Audrey and I couldn’t find her again for 30 minutes.
At this point the live eviction show is two and a half days away. Clearly Big Brother wants to keep Audrey around, as they should, and it appears they’re willing to make concessions for that to happen, which I don’t agree with but it’s not my show to run.
Some fans have suggested Audrey was too sick to attend the meeting. Perhaps. Houseguests have mentioned Audrey began having these issues soon after her game officially blew up with Clay, Shelli, and Vanessa on Sunday. It’d be quite the coincidence, but anything is possible.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Audrey decided to remain hidden away in the HN room for two days and then emerge only to get herself ready for the show. I really hope she doesn’t go out like that.
It’s very disappointing to see someone close out their stay in the game this way. I would much prefer two more days of her playing the pot-stirrer Houseguest that we enjoyed so much the past four weeks for all the great drama she created. We’ll keep watching to see what happens next.