Brittany asks Taylor if they can sweeten the deal with Monte. That if one of them win HOH next week, they would put the other one up next to Alyssa and let him be the deciding vote
Taylor says that's too much to offer
Brittany says that's the only thing she could think of. It would have to come down to the veto anyway
She tells him she feels like she's probably the target now after Brittany and Taylor spent two hours in the bubble room talking, and she thinks they're avoiding her
Monte tells her it's either Turner or Taylor for the replacement nom, and she knows how he feels about both
Alyssa says she loves them both so much. From her point of view, she thinks Brittany and her are together through and through. Best for her game would be Taylor probably. If Taylor left this week then probably the HOH comp would be endurance, and then that's her and Turner and Brittany, and her and Turner have a better shot at winning HOH. She would make sure that Brittany leaves. Going into final three, she loves Turner so much, but he has three HOHs and thinking through her plan, she would love to take Monte. She says Taylor and Brittany study together, and Taylor would probably take Brittany over him.
Monte tells her it's hard for him to see himself putting Turner on the block. Putting Taylor up gives the most perspective on things, and also the most opportunity for her. Because at least she has Turner. And he's really gonna be gut checking Taylor this week, because if she's gonna be trying to protect Brittany's image, then he's gonna consider all options. He thinks she has a point about Taylor with Brittany. If Turner's HOH and he's on the block with Brittany, which is possible, he doesn't know what Taylor would do. He says Brittany already came in here threatening him
Alyssa says Taylor is a strong beautiful woman and if she survives the block five times, she is the underdog of the season
Monte asks if Alyssa knows if Taylor's up
Alyssa says her and Brittany are chatting, that's how she woke up. Brittany came and they went to the bubble room to chat
Monte says that's helpful because from his perspective, he trusts Taylor but he also has to judge things based off how much she's been protective of Brittany in a lot of different scenarios. Now he's just a little bit suspicious.
Alyssa says after the veto they talked in the bubble room for like two hours. And she asked Taylor how her conversation with Brittany went and Taylor said she was making sure her friend was still there after everything that happened.
Monte asks Alyssa to grab Taylor so he can chat with her
Monte talks to the cams after his conversation with Alyssa
Monte says I don't know. I'm starting to come around to believe that Alyssa may just be a sweetheart. Although I feel like she's probably playing the game. It's just a little bit hard to read how hard she's been involved in things so... Cause even that whole thing right there might've been made up. Might've been real, but... Judging by what everybody's said about her and what I've seen I think that's genuine. She looks like she's stressed out. And the fact that she said that she'd rather sit next to Taylor makes me feel like the whole girls thing isn't real, or at least maybe isn't something that she plans on following through with cause if it was then she would've threw Turner under the bus immediately. Would've said yeah, I'll sit next to Turner. I feel like that's my best chance, cause then the girls would vote him out. So the fact that she didn't say that has me feeling a lot better about her. But the question now is Taylor. What the hell is she doing with Brittany these days... cause she could've been playing... She could be playing Brittany right now, or she could've been playing me this whole time. Let us see. She comes up and we shall speak
Monte says ah well, ya know. It f***ing sucks because I definitely wish I could've prevented this, but um, I just gotta take responsibility fo rall that happened this morning and all that.
Taylor says not waking up?
Monte says yeah yeah, just that part. I've been beating myself up about it, but it's whatever. It is what it is. But here we are. Brittany's gonna take herself down, so now I'm left between a rock and a hard place with this whole decision. She came up here and had a conversation with me and uh... it was testing my patience to have that conversation with her. Just because of the fact that she was lying so much. Like I literally had two hands full of things that she was saying and I addressed and she just made up some fluff in order to make it sound good
Taylor says geez
Monte says it was just really bad. I'm just not good with being told a certain thing and knowing it's not true. She also indirectly threatened me. Saying if I don't do something this week then she's gonna have to consider that in her vote if she's not on the block next week. It's just so bad. You know? It's just so bad. I don't feel good about her. And she continued to question me about myself and Turner, which to me is showing that it don't matter how many times I have to f***ing say it, but you don't believe me and you're not trusting me, so I know that if the situation presents itself next week she would vote me out in a heartbeat, and that's just how I feel. And especially if Turner's not here. So that is just the God honest truth. That conversation with her did not help her cause at all with me, and it just made it ten times worth, but at the same time, oh she also brought up the fact
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Monte says ...saying that she learned so much from your conversation that she wasn't aware of and she was upset that you or me didn't approach her initially when we heard about these things
Taylor says she said that you said no I did tell you these things
Monte says yes. Which I did. Which was just a bold faced lie. What more information did you tell her than I told her the night before. I literally laid out everything. BS #55. It's just hard for me to take into consideration what she's saying as fact, and again I feel good about you, and I feel good about the conversations we've had being transparent, but with her I do not feel good at all. I almost feel like since she's talked about a final two with you, talked about a final two with Turner, that she don't want anything to do with me in this game, and if I'm sitting next to anybody, she's voting me out in a heartbeat, because whatever she may feel that Turner, she has a better chance with because she's burned bridges or whatever but I mean
Taylor says she's saying til she's blue in the face that she does not want Turner to go any farther than this week
Monte says that's what she says, yes. She's adamant about Turner going up. She was very clear about that. She said that. And that was her threat, that if I do not do that then next week if she's the one who has to decide, she's gonna take that into consideration
Taylor says she did say that
Monte says so you know, in order to establish "trust". I'm like what about the trust that you've disrupted this past week where you could've been telling us all this "false" information that people have been presenting to you as "fluff", and ya didn't. You didn't tell Michael. You didn't tell me. You didn't tell Taylor. Unless she did tell you, but I'm assuming she didn't
Taylor shakes her head no
Monte says but that didn't happen so how can I... and then she even said like yeah, even the fact that you put me up. It was just so bad, Taylor, it was just so bad. It was hard for me, like I just had to smile, like just sitting here and hoping she would stop talking cause it was like just digging herself a further and further hole. So I do not feel great about Brittany to say the least. Anyway, how was your conversation with her cause I feel like I'm just talking til I'm blue
Taylor says no, it um... I mean I wanted to know if I still had a friend or not with Brittany, and I knew that she would be upset if I hadn't shared all the stuff immediately >Once you told me about the conversation you had with Turner lats Saturday maybe? I didn't tell her when Turner told me directly. I didn't say anything when Alyssa told me stuff. So... I knew that would be upsetting for her. I knew that it looked really f***ing convenient after she won veto, and I didn't tell her every single thing. I didn't tell her that you were the first one that told me. That Turner came to you
Monte says well that's good, yeah
Taylor says yeah. I just said Turner told me directly all these things. I said Turner told me you went to him after coming out of the DR at 5 something in the morning, trying to make a final two with him. She said she thought she was having a normal conversation with him sitting out by the bathroom staring at the memory wall saying who they both thought they would have a shot sitting next to, stuff like that. Then she's like that conversation was clearly misconstrued and he's using that to spin spin spin to pin everything on her. I was like well look I've been in that position in this game before so I know what that looks and feels like, and I made it very clear to her how hard it has been for me to believe all of it. You know how hard it's been for me to believe all of it
Monte says yep, yep
Taylor says and frankly, sh** the first thing I said to you was I thought Terrance made that sh** up and told Turner to tell you to tell me. That is how hard it has been for me. And even with all that said, I have still said to you and Michael separately, even if all those lies about Brittany are true, I'm still not gonna abandon our three. And I told her that. And she did tell me that you confirmed that I still had her back. So I appreciate that because I have. She didn't talk about Steven and having a baby. She didn't talk about threatening you. She talked about just wanting to rebuild trust with you and wanting to go to the end, the three of us. So I don't know. I mean, she's made it clear to me. She wants Turner this week, and then Alyssa next week, then it's the three of us. I mean, it's funny, she was like I have four vetoes now, Monte's got two HOHs and a veto, you just have one HOH, if anything he should be more threatened by me as a strong player in the end, like that's a fair final three. I was like yeah okay. I just... I'm still with you. Please don't put me up, but also like... I guess I'm... if you and I still want to move forward in the game, what does that look like for you now? Because now it's a matter of either me, Turner, or Alyssa going home this week. And obviously I'm gonna do whatever it takes to stay another week. Brittany's gonna stay another week. Where's your head at for next week
Monte says yeah I mean, here's my thing
Taylor says you don't trust her, but she's still gonna be here
Monte says yeah no 100%. That's fine. I'm just looking at probabilities. When it comes to Alyssa, I have really no benefit in her staying, because at the end of the day, if she hasn't won a competition, or she hasn't shown to win a competition, whether it be mental, physical, endurance, or whatever have you. Then she can't win HOH over Brittany. And on top of that, I know if I'm sitting next to Turner, she's probably gonna be picking Turner. You see what I'm saying? So that situation just doesn't behoove me, right? I'm also thinking about the competitions for next week. Whether they be some sort of spinning or endurance or whatever, I feel like I have a much better chance of you winning HOH over Brittany, than Alyssa.
Taylor says yup
Monte says and I feel like I have a better chance if I'm sitting on the block next to Turner that you would pick me to stay
Taylor says in a heartbeat
Monte says so that is the situation. Is I feel like it is way better for my game for you to stay this week
Monte says the only issue is, if i were to put up Turner, I know in a heartbeat that Brittany and you guys would relish at the opportunity to take him out this week. But if we take him out this week, I am almost assured that Brittany would be 100% fine with me going the next week. Because of the fact that she has conversations with Turner about final two. She has conversations with you about final two. She hasn't said jack sh** to me about a final two.
Taylor nods and says yeah, because she told me that she's been so afraid of you working with Turner
Monte says right. So what does that lead me to believe? That next week I'm for sure her target, because she continues to lie to me even til this day. And it's just like. I need as much of a army to make sure she doesn't win and she doesn't win veto so that she goes next week. Because I can't trust her anymore. It's just clear and abundantly clear that there's no game relationship I can have with her at this point. Um... I didn't want to be too blunt and direct in saying that in the moment because I just wanted to process everything, but after processing it, it was just like... yeah like that was... I was trying to give her grace, you know in that conversation? But there was no room for any. Like if I could've shown... if you could've been a fly on the wall, you would've been like Brittany what the hell are you doing?
Taylor says yeah
Monte says it was just so bad... so
Taylor says I just don't get why she would do that. Only because the conversation that she and I had was so not the conversation that you're telling me she had with you. And that's a bummer because if the conversation that you and I had could've been the conversation that you could've had with her, I think it would be clear to you that she wants us to be three in the end, and it just seems it doesn't sound like that's what she conveyed in this message
Monte says no, it wasn't. It was more of a threat than a conversation of anything
Taylor says oh my God
Monte says she literally told me... she said if you put up Taylor, next week I'd have to take that into consideration if I were to vote, or be the sole vote, or if Taylor were to be the sole vote
Taylor says oh my God, she said that and I said that she... she didn't say that she said that to you. She said she had that thought. I was like well that doesn't make sense. And then another thought that she told me she had was that, to sweeten the deal and show you more how committed the two of us are to a three, that she would say in an effort to show trust, one of us sits to you next week, or was it next to Turner, no, Turner would be gone this week. One of us sits next to you instead of you and Alyssa, and I was like I don't like the thought of us offering ourselves up next to somebody, but I was like I get where you're coming from. That's what she told me
Monte says but still they're all words that mean nothing. I can't trust anything she says right now. She can tell me everything that I want to hear for next week, but the reality is, is that last week she didn't communicate anything about all of this fluff that was happening, because she was saying these things
Taylor says I know
Monte says she didn't communicate it because she didn't want us to know. Like we've had so many conversations where we've gone into this room like oh yeah, this person said this, that, and the third. And just thrown it out there, like oh yeah, Jasmine's trying to start an alliance with me, Indy, and Terrance, and Joe. I share that information because I can't take it seriously.
Taylor says yeah
Monte says it's fluff. But that doesn't mean I just hold back because I'm trying to "fact check". And this is the same thing... and I hate to bring it up, but the whole thing with the Kyle situation. Like
Taylor says holding onto information
Monte says holding onto information and sharing it when it's convenient. She even told me today. She even was like oh yeah I also had some more things that i wanted to share with you. I'm like why are you sharing more with me today, after you've won the veto? You should've just shared this with me last night. So like it's just so bad Taylor, like, and that's my honest opinion about it, so, in my head, I need as much firepower to beat Brittany next week as possible, and I know that Turner would put her up in a heartbeat, and if I'm the vote between you and Brittany, I'm keeping you 100% because I don't want Brittany to continue to go in this game. Especially after that stunt she tried to pull about needing 40k for a childbirth or whatever have you. I'd much rather that situation than okay, Turner's not here, say Brittany does win, or even if she doesn't win. She wins the veto because of the fact that Alyssa's a non-contributor, or whatever have you, then I'm in the position where my fate for my game is in her hands. And I can't have that happen. Like I won't allow that to happen. And to me, it's very obvious that she has to be the one to go next week after all of this. To me, in my opinion. That whole final three. I was wholeheartedly down with it, until last week. And then even worse now that she's continuing to lie to me about it and then threatened me for next week. Like my God, I can't. I had to talk to the camera for a second to see if, you know America could hear me out on this, but it's just I can't. That's my issue. And I hate the fact that I have to now choose between you and Turner on what happens next, but the reality is is that, I've even had conversations with Turner, I was like we need Taylor for next week cause at the end of the day like if there's a spinning comp that you can't win, Taylor can. So we can beat out Brittany and make sure she's the one to go home next week. He was like 100%, totally down. He was like even this week, if I were to vote out Alyssa. I told him you can pin it on me. You can say that I was gonna split the vote anyway and vote her out, and you don't have to take that to your jury with you, you know what I mean? At the end of the day, you're covered. You did because I told you to do so and Alyssa can feel that situation. To me I'd much rather that than, okay, Turner goes home this week, and now Brittany has a higher likelihood winning because Alyssa's here, and now it's dependent upon you to win HOH solely
Taylor chuckles
Monte says solely to win HOH by yourself, and if not, then Brittany wins HOH, she puts me and probably Alyssa up, and then at that point, like, it's a matter of me winning a veto, or hoping that Brittany doesn't win a veto to take down Alyssa or whatever have you and my fate is in her hands. I just. I can't... that's the situation I gotta avoid right now. And it seems like the likelihood of her winning mental comps continues to grow as I see her perform well in these comps, which concerns me
Taylor says mmhm
Monte says so that's where I'm at, and again like, this is all, just happening so quickly because everybody wants to talk immediately after the veto so I'm just like okay...
Taylor says literally I was like this is not gonna be a chill day. And it's early
Monte says the only thing that I'll say is, is that, and this would be a huge thing to ask but I know I don't want to put you in that position, but even if I did put Turner up, I would ask for the vote to be split so I could at least keep him for next week so that we could have firepower next week for Brittany, because I just do not see a world where I can keep Brittany in this game and believe that she has my best interests, like she's literally just lied this week up and down when she didn't have to. And then even more conveniently after she won the veto and she wants me to do something from her benefit. So I'm just... I don't know. I'm just not feeling good about Brittany to be honest with you
Taylor nods
Monte says I know you've been cool with her since week... one or two or whatever but like, again like I'm just a person that looks at actions. You know like, whenever you've had something that you've heard, or whatever have you. We've talked about it, communicated, it's been all out there on the table. Same thing with Turner, especially after Dyre Fest and after that whole thing with Kyle. I think he realized that his game was in the sh***er, so now he's been very open and transparent with me about his game, and been wanting to clue me in on these things that have been happening. Now I feel like I can trust him and know that he's not coming after me. Brittany is the only person that i just feel like is blatant. Alyssa even to an extent, I don't trust, but Brittany is like even getting worse now because of all this stuff. She's like literally talking herself into a hole. So, I just don' tknow what to do about that situation with such limited options. Especially after her winning the power of veto, so...
Taylor says oh my God. That three... that's gonna be a really... rough final three
Monte says what, between the three of us?
Taylor says yeah
Monte says I hear you I mean and like I told you this week. If you got a shot at Turner next week, like... take it, you know? I'm not gonna be offended by that. It's just in my situation it's very uncomfortable for me to feel like next week I have to win a veto in order to win my safety
Taylor says mmhm
Monte says as opposed to knowing that I have two people who have my best interest at heart as opposed to just one, and you next week. That's just. That's my game. that's it. If that's not the situation next week then there's a lot of pressure to win a veto competition, and then alright so, say final three. You win HOH next week, and sh**, say you put up Brittany and Turner or whatever have you and it stays the same. At that point we can have a conversation around what makes the most sense.
Taylor says mmhm
Monte says but at this point like I just can't help but think that I've gotta prevent Brittany from getting a position of power as much as possible next week, and the fire power needs to be necessary for me to do that. And if it's not then I gotta just depend on my own strength for it to happen, which feels very uncomfortable, so that... that's the God's honest truth. And I know that when it comes down to a final three, if it me, Turner, and you, definitely I'm picking you because my God, like especially if he wins another HOH
Taylor says it's Turner's game
Monte says yeah
Taylor says as long as you understand that. That is my fear in all of this. I feel like, if it's me, you, Brittany, even if you don't trust her, it feels like
Monte says Turner's taking the cake
Taylor says yeah if it's you, me and Turner, it feels like Turner has a skip to the end. It's you, me, Brittany, sure she has two and a half vetoes
Monte says that's fair, and that's yes
Taylor says that's how I'm looking at it
Monte says that's very fair
Taylor says I mean even when I was somewhat believing all of this stuff, I still said even if I can't trust her
Monte says going up against her is way better. Yeah. No that's fair
Taylor says but I do get what you're saying when you say you need to get to that three
Monte says yeah I mean I think
Taylor says need to get to a three
Monte says yeah, like, and yeah. I guess the final three situation, I haven't thought all of that through. I'm just thinking about next week honestly. I'm taking it week by week. So yeah the whole idea of it being me, you, and Turner. I'm not hell bent on that, okay? Trust and believe when I say that. I'm not hell bent on that
Taylor says you're open to things being somewhat fluid next week
Monte says somewhat fluid next week for sure. Especially depending on what happens with who wins HOH all that sort of stuff, we very much have options at that point. And plus, I don't think that Turner's like Michael where I feel like he's unbeatable. Like... you beat him in a competition, fair and square. I just recently beat him in a competition. You know, like, we have evidence to prove that we can
Taylor says pull it out
Monte says pull it out, you know? My only thing with uh Brittany is just the fact that like yeah like I think if we get to a final three, that's obviously a very ideal situation right? but like, I'm just looking at it from
Taylor says you have to get to that three
Monte says I have to get to that three, and if my fate is in her hands, because I didn't choose the right people to stay in the house ,then, I'm screwed, and I won't make it to final three. You can trust her as much as you want
Taylor says I get it
Monte says and she's gonna protect you of course, but I'm not making it to final three if it's up to her, so. And I just see that by the evidence I have thus far, like, neglecting to tell me all that information last week, and you
Taylor says she just told me that Alyssa was saying she's gunning for you, She just told me that downstairs
Monte says that Alyssa said she was gunning for me. Yeah she told me that two days ago before too. Which I can believe or not, it doesn't matter because Alyssa's not gonna win anything. Or hasn't shown that she will win anything so that's where I'm at but know wholeheartedly that even if... and that's the thing is that like, I'm really concerned more about Brittany. Like I feel pretty convinced if Brittany was on board to vote for you, that it could be a unanimous vote for Alyssa to go home this week. Because Turner really assured me that by not putting him up on the block, he would do you that favor for me to make sure that you stay, and he also understands the logic behind next week. If there's any sort of spinning comp, he'd much rather have somebody that can be good at that to beat Brittany than somebody who's gonna be just as flimsy
Taylor says you gotta understand how scary it is for me to trust Turner when it comes to going on the block. That man has not touched the block on an eviction night. I've done it four times. He has put me up twice
Monte says I know. He's put Brittany up three times. He's lied to my face about me touching the block before, and what happens
Monte says yup, yup, yeah, no he has. He has. And I understand what that does for your trust in him 100%
Taylor says we both have wavering trust in
Monte says different people
Taylor says yeah
Monte says but this is a matter of what people have done most recently, right? I think, I don't know based off of what you told me, it sounds like Turner's talked more game to you than Brittany has to an extent, until this damn vet competition. So it's like, I don't know. I'm not saying you should trust Turner wholeheartedly with your game. I'm not saying that at all. What I'm saying is is that, Brittany has done things without you knowing, and your guys' relationship is so much closer than you and Turner's. Turner lying to you about something, I can almost understand because you guys maybe didn't have that game conversation and that game relationship
Taylor says yeah
Monte says but for Brittany to do it and you guys have been so close. That to me is a red flag than anything else. And that's why like... even with Alyssa. I know she and I never worked together but at least she's been somewhat... she hasn't thrown anybody under the bus to me. She's not trying to make a pitch or anything to manipulate. Brittany just did all of that, like why. I just don't get it. So um, yeah. Just know that I don't have any intentions of not having you here next week. I need you here next week. I do
Monte says for my game, you and Turner here next week to make sure one of you guys win HOH, and then from that point we also win veto to make sure that Brittany stays up on the block or that she goes up or whatever the hell and that we move forward from there. Because even say if Brittany's not on the block or whatever. Say if you win HOH, and I'm sitting next to Turner and Brittany has to decide. I still think at that point she would pick me over Turner
Taylor says yeah
Monte says so it still feels like a pretty ideal situation if you were to win HOH and if I don' twin the power of veto, or whatever the hell. In that situation, we move on from there, but that to me is way more ideal than me having to depend on Alyssa to... poor thing, but. Anyway. Yeah. But I do hate the fact where like, this now puts you in a position where yet again you're on the block, but it's just, in my reassurance with Turner, knowing that he would vote Alyssa out this week, and even if he didn't that Brittany would vote for you to stay, and I can come through with a split. Because if you trust Brittany, you would trust that she would keep you this week right? If you went on the block?
Taylor says mmhm
Monte says so if that's the case, then I'm the decision maker on who stays, and I'm keeping you cause I need you 100%. I cannot look at next week and feel comfortable if you're not here
Taylor says mmhm
Monte says that's 100% where I'm at. I'm not telling Alyssa that. Alyssa I told her, I'm not gonna lie to her face
Taylor says you talked to her?
Monte says yeah she came up here crying and sobbing and all that, alright, already
Taylor says yeah
Monte says so umm that's how I'm feeling. Now again, this could all change, given if there's something else that happens
Taylor says lot of time between now and...
Monte says yeah
Taylor says then, a lot of time between Monday and Thursday
Monte says yeah
Taylor says I know how it goes
Monte says you know how it goes. So things could very much change where, I don't know, maybe Turner does go up instead, but that's where I'm at right now, just based off of what I'm hearing from Brittany more than anything, and knowing that if Turner's up on the block, I know y'all want him out like grass immediately and it would benefit y'all game
Taylor says mmhm
Monte says but for my game next week it would not. It wouldn't
Taylor says you're very confident that Brittany would do that next week
Monte says yeah. I have no option but to think that. Like, why am I the only person that she's not talked about a final two with? and is doing it now because it's convenient, because she won veto. You know? like. Why all of sudden are we having game talks and she's opening up about all this stuff. Like.... why, when she comes into me with these conversations, what do you know as opposed to just telling me what the happened. So like, she's making up stuff on the fly to cover up her lies. I just read her like a book and she's so bad at it now, that's it's just not good to sit there and tolerate so... But let's just say next week, if there is an opportunity for Turner to go, I'm completely open to that idea. I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that I need him to go to three or final two, cause that just don't make no damn sense. But I'm just more
Taylor says okay. As long as you can acknowledge that then
Monte says yes
Taylor says I feel better. I swear to God if you don't get me next week, get me the next week
Monte says oh, no, I need you. Like the only way that I won't is if Brittany doesn't vote for you, and that says enough. So if you trust Brittany then you should be fine, but to me, I don't even want it to get to that point. Because like I told Turner already. i was like I don't want this to be a split vote. I don't want to have to drop the hammer down on Alyssa in that way, and I'd much rather it be unanimous. You cover your bases just by saying you voted that way cause you knew Monte was gonna, you know, throw the hammer down regardless, whatever have you, and didn't want to put him in that situation. Like we literally talked about that already and I'll make sure to confirm that throughout the week so that it's not coming down to that point, but if you trust Brittany, you're fine, because I will drop the hammer down and vote Alyssa out. I have every reason to vote Alyssa out more than you. So like to me, I just don't see what purpose Alyssa's gonna serve in my game by keeping her, but unless Turner and Brittany decide to do something funny, you're staying this week. That's the only way that I can see... that's the only way possible that you're not staying after this week is if both Turner and Brittany decide that they want to keep Alyssa. Why would Brittany do that? I have no idea. Turner I can see why from a friendship standpoint, but I think he would know better than to go back on a deal we just made. I keep you off the block, would you vote out Alyssa, and he was 100% down with that
Taylor says and you promised that you wouldn't put him up
Monte says I didn't promise him
Taylor says coming into this week
Monte says no no no, no no. We didn't even have that conversation at all because at the end of the day we didn't know who was gonna win HOH. And everything happened so fast, like we had the double eviction
Taylor says I know
Monte says and then we had the HOH comp which until 2 AM, and then we get back and I think at that point nominations were coming up and Brittany and Alyssa were the obvious options. And honestly if Brittany hadn't done all that sh** last week or hadn't not communicated all last week then maybe I would've put up Turner in that standpoint, or been open to backdooring him because I had trust with Brittany. But I have no trust with Brittany anymore, so... now I feel like Turner's much more a necessity than he is a liability in the game because I need to make it past next week which is the most important, so to me it's just like. Brittany just, she just went off the rails and I don't get why
Taylor says yeah
Monte says and like even the fact that she was lying so much in this conversation confirms that she definitely said those things to Turner and whatnot. And even her tactics it kept on adding to oh wow, this is really your game now, you know, like, I don't know, but... Sorry I'm just a little emotionally charged about this
Taylor says you're allowed to be. You're allowed to be. It's a lot of sh**
Monte says yeah, but, you know, I would suspect that... I would suspect that... what was I just about to say... I feel like I'm talking myself in circles, but you know how I feel, so... This is just like nothing but reason in my head, and logic on why things have to be done a certain way in my opinion but things can very well change throughout the week, so.
Taylor says oh my God I just hate that you think Brittany is really gunning for you next week. I get why. I get why
Monte says if you gave me another option to believe otherwise, please tell me, but my God Taylor, I would have to be a fool to sit here and feel good after she threatened me
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Monte ...we should work together. She said that she didn't tell me all this stuff because it was fluff. Just so much lies
Taylor says what else did she not tell you?
Monte says sorry?
Taylor says what other stuff did she not tell you?
Monte says everything we talked about last week. Just the stuff about Turner and throwing you under the bus. Throwing you under the bus for the girls. Even to the extent
Taylor says she confirmed that those things did happen?
Monte says she didn't even make a comment about yours. She didn't address it which makes me believe she did actually say it because she could've just irrefutably said no, I did not say those things. The only thing she did was wave around that part and talk about how Turner approached her about the final two, and about the jury situation. I explicitly said Turner said that you threw Taylor under the bus, and even this morning when I brought it up, she still didn't address it. So that's how I know that it was real, like... cause she could be very very accountable to those things if we were to put her and Turner in a room and be like why would Turner make that up? Like... you clearly said this. So... I don't know. And then even yesterday when she comes in here and tries to reestablish trust with me, she's like... what did she say... oh, she was like "even before I came in here, Taylor was talking to Alyssa and really"
Taylor says on the couch yeah
Monte says yeah on the couch, and this, that, and the third, and I was like, and she was like yeah, cause I'm not... this is what happened, she was like I"m not the type of person to bring stuff to people if I don't thoroughly think it through, whatever have you. I was like well you brought that thing about Taylor immediately after you heard about it. She was like "oh yeah, you know". I was like yo, you just keep lying like... I don't know, so... sorry, I'm just a little frustrated
Taylor says I get it, I don't like being lied to either. She did downstairs own up to saying that I was trying to rally the girl together, and then walking in here and saying that. I just... when you say stuff like why would Turner make that up when you clearly said it, it's like well, of course there's a reason why Turner could make it up so like, he was on the outs, he needed to get back in with us. It makes sense to try to drive a wedge between me and Brittany. So I trust her less and less and that sets up an easier path for him against us two, but I can't change... unless something happens within the upcoming week, I can't change the fact that you don't trust Brittany anymore, and...
Monte says did you not feel she was acting weird last week? Did you not feel there was distance?
Taylor says yeah I told you that
Monte says I mean I just. I just look at her actions. It's not a matter of like... Because it would be one thing if we heard this info and she told us about it like shortly after Turner did or whatever have you, and we were talking about game moves, and we were working through everything. We had that moment where we were sitting out there on the couch, when Michael was outside, and we talked about sitting down the four of us and chatting and she was like "uhh, no, I don't wanna", then we had that moment in the hammock when we were sitting there talking about options and she brings up yet again like "did you know that me and Taylor were gonna come up?" Clearly just distrusting me, and then she keeps telling you that me and Turner have a thing, so in my opinion it's, she's shown more evidence without knowing that all of that information was out there, that she does not trust me. She's already shown that.
Taylor says I told you that last week. I told you she was... yeah
Monte says so that's... to me, that's what makes it hard for me to think. It's hard for me to trust her because she's blurting out all this stuff, and doing things so odd last week, and even this week coming into my room and saying that she doesn't share fluff. Like that is just hard for me to believe, after all the time that we've worked together in the Leftovers. Whenever Michael, whenever you, whenever me, whenever anybody got approached for anything. We always came right in this room in the fridge, cause we always won, and joked and laughed about all the sh** that we heard from people outside our alliance. What changed last week? Like, what changed
Taylor says I have no idea
Monte says and then compound the fact that she threatened me for next week, it just... I can't. I can't really take her seriously right now
Taylor says okay. Okay, well if, from what you said, about you, me, Turner, three, you'd pick me over Turner
Monte says 100%
Taylor says if you trust me that much, why put me in a position this week, where I could be in danger? If you're telling me that Brittany is telling me one thing and telling you another thing or telling me half truths and telling you whole truths and vice versa, and I have to rely on her to keep me safe, why not put Turner up instead and trust me to keep true to you?
Monte says on the vote?
Taylor says yeah
Monte says I mean that's a good point. I'm not gonna is there and refute that. The only thing is is that I've heard more on your end that you've wanted Turner out this week specifically, than I heard Turner saying... he never mentioned that he wanted you out. He wanted Brittany out this week more than anything. And even to the extent of our conversation between, alright if Taylor goes up, Taylor and Alyssa, of course from a relationship standpiont he said he wanted Alyssa, but when I talked about the situation that is next week, he was like facts bro, like honesrtly I might be f***ed for a spinning competition. We literally... this is very detailed conversations
Taylor says I hear you
Monte says like I"m not making this stuff up. This is what we talked about, and we had that gentleman's agreement to go through with it that way. Whereas I know how you feel about Turner and I know that it's like putting a juicy steak in front of a hungry man that like, it's easy to just want to take a bite at that, and that's where I was coming from initially. Now, the whole conversatio nwith putting up Turner and you following through with that aspect of things. That also requires a lot of trus ton my end, you know, to you, the only thing is is that, it's just... I think about the likelihood of what sounds more appealing to somebody in that vote? It sounds more appealing for you to want to vote out Turner than it would for Turner to want to vote you out, and even with that. Brittany seems to have a stronger relationship with you than with Alyssa, so I think she would wanna keep you anyway
Taylor says okay
Monte says at least from my opinion, but if that's not the case then... you know, now we have... f***, I don't know
Taylor says yeah. The only action that I can show you at this point, because f*** like... I was giving you my whole game when I was givign Brittany my game lastweek. It has been the two of you. AndI can't get to one place without the other. I hope that's the same for each of you as well
Monte says yeah
Taylor says Brittany is already there. I can't get to where I want to get without you. I wouldn't do something stupid just to go home the next week
Monte says yeah but I mean, you know that like next week, I mean my situation is... even if you were to vote out Turner or whatever have you, I can't win HOH. I have no power next week. So there's nothing that I could do to you next week. There's nothing that would be a payback or anything, unless I made it to final three, but I don't even know if I'll make it to final three. So that's my conundrum, is that like...
Taylor says cause if Brittany wins HOH, you don'tthink you'll make it to final three
Monte says right, right, and to me the logic is, I'd rather have more firepower on, I would hope to be my side in making sure that Brittany stays up on the block and that whoever has to make that decision votes out Brittany, you know? If it's me sitting there or if it's Turner, and you win HOH? Then that's a a different conversation, which I'm very much open to. I'm not sitting here telling you that Turner needs to make it to final three, but... I'm just saying that
Taylor says you'd prefer it to be that way
Monte says prefer it to be that way because at least at that point I would feel like I could survive. That is just the raw reality. I don't feel like I can survive if... I feel like the less, the lower chance of survival if Turner's gone this week and I just have to rely on solely you beating Brittany next week, which I believe in you 100%, but you know
Taylor says record shows it depends on the comp
Monte says depends on the comp, and it also would be better to have two oopportunities to beat someone than to just one, cause Alyssa is...
Taylor says it's like mm? Well, probably somewhere outside Detroit, Michigan, I was like... he was like but I'm from the south side of Chicago. I was like... uh uh. I just sat there and let him talk cause I was like I'm not doing this... it was so ugly Monte
Monte says yeah. That's why I was like. Cause he never said that sh** to me, cause he knew I don't know if he knew better, but it just, I don't know why he thinks he can get away with like... using race in these situations where he feels like he needs it for his game
Taylor says mmhm
Monte says to me, like not just as bad as Kyle, but you're using things that could be used as bait, yeah bait people in to a vote or to a certain decision. Yeah that's... It's disappointing honestly, especially him being at that age like you would think he would know better
Taylor says I hope that there's honest discourse outside this house
Monte says yeah I'm sure he's gonna get his fair share of... he even told me that he was worried about it with the whole Kyle thing. He was like... there was one morning where we were getting coffee. He was like "yeah man...". I was like you good? He was just like "yeah man, I'm just a little bit worried" I"m like what are you worried about? He's like just the situation with Kyle and you know what I said about maybe wanting to keep him or something. In my head, I was like "you should"
Taylor says you told me that, yeah
Monte says so like, he's just, ahh. I think people, when they get in this game, they just get so adamant about doing things that's just not necessary, or just too much, so I think eh was doing a little bit too much
Taylor says Brittany thinks that Michael outing everything
Monte says was to benefit her. She told me that. That's bullsh**. And she also told me that she told Michael all these things beforehand. That's bullsh** cause she did. I'm sorry, I hate to say it
Taylor says no no no, we were in the HOH. It was me and Michael... me and Michael were up here. It was after all of us were up here talking about what Brittany had been saying. Cleared out HOH after the lockdown, and he goes "real quick, just want to make sure we're on the same page" and I siad the same thing I said to you, even if it's, even if she's been lying this past week, out of the four of us, what good does it do for the four of us to get rid of her? He was like "cool, we're on the same page" Same sh** I said to you. I just said three, but given what you're saying just went down, it's beyond for you. It's beyond repair for you
Monte says yeah, yeah. That's all. Yeah, and I get from like a game standpoint why keeping her makes sense, it's just, and I also don't think that she's horrible, or she's gonna be horrible at competitions either, you know
Taylor says she's shown otherwise
Monte says she may mess around and win something, you know what I mena? Which is umm... scary to think about now knowing that she's been lying to me this whole time, but like... you never know, right? Like she's not just gonna be somebody who lays down and gets second. I think she's gonna wanna fight until the end for it so... there is an HOH next week. There's a veto next week. There's then another HOH competition
Taylor says that everyone plays in
Monte says that everyone plays in, and the final three. She can add three more things to her resume if she goes and runs the table. Maybe even four because of the last competition. Yeah four more things. Because of the first HOH, and then if she wins that she HOH
Taylor says yeah
Monte says those things can add up quick. I got two things in a day apparently. I don't think she's out of the running like how she wants to make it seem for first place. Although her jury management is probably horrible. I don't think she has the best relationshps with the people
Taylor says that's what she was saying she was telling Turner. That's apparentlyw hat they were up all night laughing about. How all this started. mmkay. Well, I'll just make sure that my relationship with Brittany is extra solid this week so that she doesn't do any funny sh**, and I'll talk to Turner obviously. If anything else presents itself this week, you know I will tell you (laughs)
Monte says yeah, I'd very much hope so... yeah. I think that makes sense, and again, as your friend, as somebody that we've been working together, I hate that I have to do this, or I Feel like I have to, I don'thave to, but I feel like I have to. And you know that if I'm looking you in the eyes and I'm telling you something, this is where I'm at. I do not want you to go home this week. If you go home this week, and I'm telling you this, I don't think I'm gonna feel good about that, first of all on my conscience, but then also with you going to jury feeling like I bamboozled you. You know? I don't want that at all. Like, I'm telling you ahead of time because I feel like you deserve that and it now give syou a heads up of what the scenario may be, so that you can do exactly what you said around making sure things are solid with Brittany, and with Turner, and I know that if one of them doesn't, you know where I'm at, because we've always been locked in, and I think even last week, we were more locked in than we've probably been any other week. and feel like we continue to do that, so I don't want this to stop that at all, because I really feel like I value trusting people in the game, and knowing that if I'm compromised by winning a comp, people will have my back and my best interest, and I hope this doesn't change any of that. I hope that me being transparent with you, is better than me just doing it, and then explaining later. Like, Im' not... I'm just gonna. But anyway things can change.
Taylor says I know. I... the game that you have played throughout this entire time here, has been this. And if this is what you are telling me. I do trust. I don't like it. But I do trust it. You told Michael before you used the veto. The only time you, to my knowledge, lied, was for the Leftovers. You're loyal to who you choose to be loyal to. You're telling me you're choosing to be loyal to me
Monte says mmhm
Taylor says you've shown that you actively will be loyal to me. I have no choice, literally no power, no choice, but to trust you
Monte says have you ever heard anything from anybody saying Monte wants to do something to Taylor or Monte wants Taylor out, have you ever heard anything like that?
Taylor says I feel like the first week (laughs)
Monte says alright forget that one, but I mean we were both goin gback and forth, but yeah like whatever. Let bygones be byonges. It was the girls that was, you know, whatever. But, that's just not been, like, to me I think it makes our story even more cool. The fact that we were like
Taylor says at each other
Monte says at each other like for a few weeks
(feeds switch)
Monte says yeah but... it's just so weird now that there's only five people in the house. Now you're forced into certain things. Whereas there's more people, you can fiddle around with more options or whatever and all that sort of stuff, but even next week is gonna be worse, cause it's like, whoever wins veto is going into the next week. Whoever wins HOH is going into the next week. Those are two people who are gonna be guaranteed safety, but I only have a 50% chance of being guaranteed safety on my own doing. SO... which, you know is kind of scary, but at the same time it is what it is. So I think in either scenario, you are pretty golden, because Brittany... if you sit next to me, if you si tnext to Turner, I'm pretty sure Brittany's keeping you regardless
Monte says so ... your opinion on taking her there may be very different because I do have morals as well. You know what I mean? and like... for her to be running you amok like that and then making you feel good about the relationship and then
Taylor says doing some bullsh** like that
Monte says doing some bullsh** like that is, you know, an evictable offense, so I'd very much be okay with her going at that point if that's the case but... but yeah that's where I'm at
Taylor says alright
Monte says would it be too much to ask you to apply lotion to the back I can't reach?
(they laugh)
Monte says too soon
Taylor says stand up. Honestly I saw you putting the lotion on and I was like he's gonna ask me to do this first
Monte says yeah I appreciate it
...
Taylor says literally scratching your back right now, you better f***ing scratch my back next week, okay?
Monte laughs and says no, that's gonna happen
Taylor laughs and says "would it be too much to ask you to apply this lotion?" f*** you
Monte laughs and says I know, the timing was horrible, but... appreciate you. Go get your you time and
Taylor says my me time
Monte says yeah, chill out. Like I said if you wanna hang out here, feel free
Taylor says no I'm gonna go get in my bed. You go outside, enjoy the sun
Monte says there's no sun right now. Sadly it's very cloudy
Taylor says is outside so bad?
Monte says outside... nice breeze whoo, feel it, just breezing through you rhair. You're laying on a comfy chair
Taylor says wet
Monte says hopefully not wet. Damp... dry? but, you can only hope
Taylor says Monte done put me on the block
Monte says alright, alright. Don't be like Indy pelase
Taylor says what was Indy doing?
Monte says she was like, she just kept bringing uip the fact that I put her on the block, even after she was taken down, like
Taylor says mm mm
Monte says it's not happened yet. It may not happen
Taylor says look, I know more than anybody that anything can happen. Things can change
Monte says very quickly. Brittany may not even use the veto on herself, she may keep herself (laughs)
Taylor says don't play in my face now
Monte says too soon? too soon? sorry
Taylor says alright. okay. We will continue to remain in contact
Taylor tells Brittany that she's going up (4:32 BBT)
Taylor says he made it very clear that he wants me to stay... the vote's gonna come down to you ... things can change but
Brittany asks if he said why
Taylor says he wants to rebuild trust with you. I think he kind of wants to see if you go and have conversations with Turner after I go up about flipping the vote, and voting me out and keeping Alyssa. But I will sit there comfortably, because I trust you
Brittany says that does not equal trust to me. She asks if they should go talk to him together
Taylor says she thinks they give it a little bit of time today, but they have time until Monday
Brittany says if he's set on this as a final three, why would he even risk it? It's basically an oxymoron. He's basically saying I want to trust that you're good with final three by testing if I'm gonna vote out you. That's not demonstrating trust. Why are we even in this mess is because he's believing lies that Turner said. I feel like I shouldn't even have to be tested
Taylor says he's nervous that you'll go after him next week. he said that if I go up or if I leave this week, you'd take that into your consideration next week or in jury or something like that? It's the same thing you told me in the back room, I can't remember how you phrased it
Brittany says oh that if he's putting you up then that clearly shows he's not got us being a final three
Taylor says yeah and something like I would take that into consideration in my vote
Brittany says yeah because if you aren't in the final three, then that's showing you would target me. I'm probably gonna end up in jury and I would not respect that because you screwed me over, yeah
Taylor says he didn't like that. That was like a little bit of a threat?
Brittany says what? I think that's just kind of facts. If you screw people over, they don't like it...
Taylor says yeah, so...
Brittany says I wouldn't expect anything less from other people for me
Taylor says it's not set in stone
Brittany says he's just not ?? doing this
Taylor says he's scared you're gonna come after him next week, regardless
Brittany says that's why I told him, I said what do I have to say or do?
Taylor says keep me. That's what you have to do
Brittany says but then there's... then Turner's here. He's gonna come after both of us. He's willing to sacrifice at least one of us for him. Why wouldn't you ensure a final three with us? We can beat Alyssa. It's not so sure that we can beat Turner
Taylor says that's our game. Our game is this. Monte or Alyssa. Monte's options. We had options A, B, C. Monte has options A and B. Monte gets to a final three with both of us, and him, or one of us and Turner
Brittany says but what I'm saying is, if he is not with us, then he's not with us. You erase that option
Taylor says you are here next week. Monte's here next week
Brittany says that's why it makes sense to work together. I don't understand
Taylor says I know. That's why you or me has to win veto and or HOH next week. It's a harder road but we can do it
Brittany says do you see him doing this as picking Turner over us? It just doesn't make sense. If they get to the end, Turner beats him. Turner's gonna take a shot at him. Maybe take a shot at me first, but he'll take a shot at him. He's basically saying he believed what Turner said over me. ... Turner was the one who came back from Dyre Fest. Turne rwa sthe one who was going to backdoor him
Taylor says yes... He acknowledged all those things. I said how am i supposed to trust somebody that put me on the block twice. Put you on the block three times. He said I know, I know, I know, but he's so afraid that you are going to gun for him next week, and get him out, and then he won't be in final three
Brittany says I will literally pull Alyssa up in front of him and say Alyssa you are on your own. Your only option is to win HOH. I don't get how we outline all these things that Turner's done to betray trust, but then Turner lies baout me and then ath severs the trust from me. Even though all my actions have shown. How do I make sense of it? It doesn't make any sense
Taylor says I know
Brittany says that just seems like such a double standard
Taylor says Brittany...
Brittany says a quadruple standard, like what the heck
Taylor says he just wants to get to final three. I know, we have such an easy way. We have such an easy way to get there. I know
Brittany says he's gonna make the same mistake that Michael made in trusting Turner
Turner told Michael that he wouldn't put up anybody in the LGBT community up, and he did. Turner lies. Turner lies
Taylor says I think Monte's making the biggest mistake in the game, but I also still need to be here next week... and there's still a lot of time between now and Monday. I'm still trying to lean into the argument of, okay fine, you don't trust Brittany, put up Turner, and test me. Make me vote out Alyssa. Turner goes up. I vote out Alyssa this week. We go to four with Turner. Brittany you know I do not want him
Brittany says the likelihood of us beating both Monte and Turner at HOH and veto is very unlikely. Very very unlikely. And if Monte doesn't trust me this much, I am for sure going. They're sealing my fate. And if you win, I know you would try to do what you could to protect me but ultimately
Taylor says it comes down to veto
Brittany says it comes down to veto, and it comes odwn to whoever's the one not on the block is the vote. The one who's not on the block has the vote. It's gonna be a situation where you win HOH. You put both of them up. One of them wins veto. I don't win veto. We'd hadve to win twice in a row to make sure we're both okay.
Taylor says yeah.
Brittany says I have to go up then the other one's gonna vote me up. In my eyes, you are not with me if you are doing this because I'm pretty much guaranteed I'd have to win twice in a row, HOH and veto to be here. After that. And that's not a final three ... doesn't he think he'd have a better shot of beating me than Turner?
...
Taylor says we gotta lay low ... there's a lot of time between now and Monday. There is so much time. We can't go running around the house talking to Monte. We've gotta give him space
Brittany says but Monte's the one who decides... it just doesn't make sense someone who lies repeatedly is being given the benefit of the doubt ... I just don't understand. There has to be something I'm missing here, it just doesn't make sense.
Taylor says the only thing that we can do that's good for all of us is to find a way for Monte to trust you before Monday.
Brittany says I don't know what to do
Taylor says I'll figure it out. You've just got to chill
Brittany says I just don't understand. He's trusted us before with Jasmine. We were the final two votes and we went through. I was in so many conversations with Michael when Jasmine and Terrance were pitching for Monte to go up the week of Otev. Michael stuck with the plan. I don't... Michael trusted so much. I trust Monte too, and I understood why he went back on Michael because he had told me that was going to happen, but to not trust me now and I haven't done anything to go against that, I just don't understand. There has to be something I'm not seeing. There has to be, or something I don't know cause this makes no sense. This feels like such a no brainer
Brittany says this almost seems like such a no brainer that even if you don't trust me it still seems like the right move
Taylor says that's what I told him
Brittany says he doesn't have to trust me. He should, and I swear I will. I told him up there what I told you way back when. I just want to get to final two. Of course I'd love to win, but I had a goal when I came here. It's a set amount of money. Of course I'd love to win, but I can either win America's Favorite or first or second, those are the options that would help me do what I need to do. I thought htat would show him like hey dude, I'm not even trying to... I'm just trying to get there, and if we get to final three, whoever wins those comps fine. And if I get therapy because I lost that.. I wasn't taken then fine. But shouldn't that tell him like...