RIP Candice

After the first episode, I picked Candice to win Big Brother 15. My approach has always been to pick a quiet, unassuming character who can float to the end. Someone who isn’t easily identifiable as a competition threat (muscles are a curse in the Big Brother house), and someone who won’t shoot their mouth off and make enemies. Candice seemed to fit the profile. Sweet. Quiet. Even tempered. And then last nights eviction ceremony happened. I can’t blame Candice for losing her cool. She was the target of racial attacks from multiple house guests, and as if that wasn’t enough, she seemed to get into a personal battle with Gina Marie during her last week.

Part of me was disappointed in Candice near the end. I was worried that she was sinking to Amanda’s level during the veto competition. I was worried that she was sacrificing her dignity when she was exchanging insults with Gina Marie on her way out the door. But you know what? I would have lost it a lot worse, a lot sooner. She endured a lot. And she knew she was going out. So she spoke her mind while she had a chance. And I can’t possibly hold that against her.

You have to adjust to the unique makeup of your season's house. Sometimes that means being an aggressive strategist; sometimes that means staying out of the limelight. This year, apparently, it means being an insufferable, intolerant, lowlife. And she just didn't have it in her. Julie alluded to the possibility that players evicted to the jury could possibly return to the game. Part of me hopes Candice gets another shot in the house. Part of me thinks she’s just too good for it.

R.I.P. Candice "My Boo" Stewart

Wearer of clownitard

Reclaimer of beds
Survived by the most despicable Big Brother cast of all time