‘Big Brother’ Star Zae Frederich Reveals Strict Show Rules Imposed on Cast
Zae Frederich might have only lasted a week on Big Brother 27 after being the first houseguest evicted, but his journey with the show started weeks before setting foot in the house.
In a recent interview with The U.S. Sun, the salesperson from Paducah, Kentucky, revealed some interesting details of the show’s behind-the-scenes process, including how contestants are sequestered in a hotel room for two weeks before filming begins.
“The one thing that surprised me was the sequester was different from what I expected. It’s long,” Frederich told the outlet. “It’s almost two weeks… And you don’t have any contact with anybody. You’re just sitting in a hotel room.”
Frederich explained how he wasn’t allowed to leave the room, use a cellphone, or have contact with anyone. He couldn’t even use the hotel gym to work out. “You can work out inside the hotel room, but you’re just looking forward to the next time they bring you up food, basically,” he shared.
So what did he do for two weeks alone? Frederich explained that he spent the majority of his time watching movies. The production staff provided him with a “little DVD player” and he said he watched “like, 16 hours a day of movies. That’s all I did. It was just movie, movie, movie, movie. I would call in other movies, and then I would eat.”
The fitness fanatic did reveal he would work out “for 30 minutes a day” in the room, but most of the time he was just watching movies and waiting for his next meal. “You could request snacks or movies and stuff like that,” he added. “And then, yeah, it was just chilling, just sitting there doing nothing.”
While he admitted it was “nice” to be “separated from the world” and all its worries, he said the alone time could become stressful. “It was like, ‘Man, I want to talk to people. I want to see people.'”
Then, there was the added stress of knowing he was about to take part in one of the most iconic reality shows ever, with a bunch of strangers who were also going through the same thing as him in that moment.
“At one point, you know that the cast list is released, but you haven’t even gone on the show. You don’t know the other cast members, but everyone else does,” Frederich said, referencing how CBS reveals the cast to the public while the houseguests are still sequestered.
Summing up his sequester experience, Frederich noted, “I would say that was something that was a little unexpected for me, a little behind-the-scenes thing that was cool.”
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This has been the most boringly dreadful season yet.
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The houseguests need more to do. Get them board games (other than chess) to play. Promote the games to be played during show downtimes. It’s probably boring for them. I know I get bored from watching them whispering all the time. lol. I bet they’d play more volleyball if you give them a net and volleyball!
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A good game of twister on the live feeds would be hilarious
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Is the show scripted? Do they know whose being let go when? Because there are times it looks scripted. I'll still watch. But, curious
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Dickson Donato said it was not scripted but the producers will lead you to do what they want
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You can tell.
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The articles headline is clickbait. Reading this wasted minutes of my life that I will never get back.
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You wasted even more by commenting. 😂 But he didn't really tell us anything we didn't know, except even as a "fitness fanatic", he decided to watch 16 hours of movies per day and work out for 30 minutes.
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Why aren't the ladies getting their heads together, while the 2 men are at odds, and attack the guys while they're divided? It could be a powerhouse of ladies approaching the end together.
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They used to get in the pool and party a bit. Now, not...
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I guess the house guests have to acclimatize themselves to the lack of stimulation before entering the house.
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Skippy never cut houseguests talking about this during live feeds. Week two they would talk about how they hadn’t talked to family and isolated for a month already. Usually adding in the number of days in the house and the number of days isolated.
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Dont be a contestant. Shows been on years without your unsolicited advice.
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