So I’m sure you’ve heard all the rumors that are swirling around, and Chima and CBS are attempting to save face by stating completely contradictory facts in regards to Big Brother’s Chima being evicted from the show. In Chima’s own defense, she released a statement to the public that says quote:

” Hi Thomas. Yes, I did in fact quit the show, although there are reports on EW from CBS to the contrary. Big Brother would like everyone to believe I was kicked off for not following the rules, but I went to the producers repeatedly over the past couple of days wanting to leave….wanting out of that house!

As crazy as that house is, the producers NEVER want the world to think or know that we houseguests DO LEAVE when it becomes futile to stay. I lost faith in the show & my ability to remain committed to this game. All of the remaining housemates know I wanted to leave and that is why any conversation concerning me is cut in the live feed because they don’t want America to hear the truth about my voluntary departure.

Do you really believe that I would be expelled for tossing my microphone when past houseguests have only been kicked off for violence & threats of violence? You know better, as do I.

It’s better that I left. I did what was best for me in this game and that was to leave. When I chose to play & play hard the power I did earn was completely usurped by a game piece never used before in this game and my HOH reign was rendered useless. I have no regrets. As cliche’ as it sounds, until the public is a part of a human pressure cooker, then the judgements should cease.

I find it interesting that my personal attacks on Russell have been highlighted, but his attacks on me pushed under a rug. Selective portrayals? I think so. Russell did terrorize the house, especially the women in the house. Why America constantly finds men attacking women okay, yet vilifies the woman defending herself, will always confound me. But what’s done is done, now BB fans can find a new woman to hate. I didn’t sign up for what I was exposed to & I left gladly. It was the principle of the matter, the $500,000 prize be damned. That’s all for now! Take Care…”

This was sourced from backseatcuddler . com /2009/ 08/15/ big-brother-11-chima-gives-exclusive-statement-on-her-sudden-eviction/

What do you all think? Was Chima indeed a racist who picked on the person from Lebanon and deserved to get kicked out or is Chima yet another victim of vicious political backstabbing for the ever so important goal of winning five hundred grand. Please tell us your thoughts about Big Brother’s Chima being evicted.

Arlington Bathtub Killer

Big Brother 11 Houseguest *Chima Benson* was Final Victim of Bathtub Rapist

On February, 10, 2009, Dale Devon Scheanette, the Arlington Bathtub Killer, dubbed the “Bathtub Rapist,” or the Arlington Bathtub Killer was executed by the State of Texas for the rape and murder of Wendie Prescott on December 24, 1996. He was charged, but never tried for the identical rape and murder of Christine Vu on September 17 of the same year.

The women were raped, strangled, bound with duct tape and found in half-filled bathtubs. The two women lived in the same apartment complex. Dale Devon Scheanette, the Arlington Bathtub Killer was suspected of five other rapes within the same area. Read the full story

It’s official Big Brother 11 Chima Quit. Without any indicators or advance warning female contestant Chima has called it quits and stormed off the set. Due to the fears of direct confrontational violence between Chima and certain guests that are probably responsible for this event, producers have taped the normally live show in advance.

Since a tv show’s basic sole purpose is to entertain us audiences (and therefore rake in advertising dollars to make big money) there is a lot of expectations and pressure placed on these people, naturally. When bad things happen between the stars and / or producers, the most professional way to handle it, if compromises or agreements cannot be reached is to resign from the post or show / movie or be asked to leave. It’s done this way so everybody saves face and nobody gets publicly damaged from all the negative press this almost always generates.

Now because Big Brother 11 Chima quit abruptly, suddenly, and with absolutely no other explanations, this probably means (in my humble opinion) that Chima was very angry and was ridiculously wronged, or at least her point of view is that she was wronged. The fact that Chima has not said a word yet, as of this writing, indicates great strength and enormous restraint on her part. The producers of the show are cognizant of Chima’s emotions and anger and whatever reasons for her leaving and do not want her near certain people for fear that they will get into a public fist fight that will just turn very ugly and be bad press for everyone. Based on these facts and opinions I think it is safe to say that Chima stormed off Big Brother 11 for the possible reasons:

1. She was cheated out of money promised to her in some way or fame and glory.
2. She was disrespected and wasn’t treated properly.
3. She is African American / Black (or looks like it) so racism may be a big factor.
4. Some side deals Chima made with other companies were messed up or interrupted by the Big Brother 11 producers

While such fallout may be fun to watch to the outside world, a lot of people do get hurt, and news media certainly has no problem capitalizing on it. Picture the tv crews, the website news updating blog posts about the latest updates on the Big Brother 11 Chima quit story, and of course, the cable and newspaper stations. “It’ll be the biggest story since Monica Lewinski” some would think, and everybody has to get 24/7 coverage of the Big Brother 11 Chima quit story all of a sudden. I would even venture further into suggesting that sometimes media actually hypes and accelerates the issue, hoping to inflame the situation even more so that there is more “story” to report.

I once was taught by an ex-NBC producer who I’ll refer to as Mr. Stein (not his real name). He taught a media relations class and he told me that one time he went out to cover a story on the CUNY baruch student protests in New York City, that the camera crew that was already there told him “Man [Mr. Stein], this @#$ sure is boring, when are these kids going to flip over a car and start a riot?” Mr. Stein told me he was taken aback but he proved the point that some people look out for horrible or potentially horrible stuff to report. Of course Mr. Stein pointed out that NBC does explicitly (and I hope they still do) tells the crews not to inflame the situation, because well that would be illegal or at least is going to piss off a lot of people and government oversight media officials (namely the Federal Communications Commission or FCC). Thankfully, there was no inflammation of the situation and nobody was hurt, and the protest went on to be ignored completely as usual. The Big Brother 11 Chima quit story may amount to nothing more than the usual hoopla and hype of some media outlets (not nbc of course) and if the usual thing occurs, there will be a lawsuit at worse case scenario, and best case scenario everybody forgets about this whole Big Brother 11 Chima quit story ever happening.

Chima Simone, a contestant Big Brother season 11, has quit the show.

Chima is truly an exotic beauty. She is a smart and savvy woman who works as an independant journalist. Being an army brat who has learned over the years to adapt to different environments and different situations, I thought she was going to go all the way.

She was a very strong competitor and I thought she had a real shot at winning the whole deal but last night, during a black-out in the live feeds, Chima had a melt-down and decided to give up her shot at the grand prize.

Now it could just be that Chima is concerned about her Mom. Chima’s mother has not been in the best of health and this is an issue that has been preying on her mind during her stay in the Big Brother house.

Now controversy is no stranger in the Big Brother house. After all, that’s the entire point of the show is to put people from disparate backgrounds together in a claustrophobic situation and watch what happens! Chima Simone, has been a controversial contestant from the beginning. Being a journalist, Chima applied her investigative skills to her situation and came up with the idea that the show . . . get this . . .is rigged! She accused the producers of rigging the competition. She deliberately threatened to disrupt the entire show and called out the network as having the audacity to pre-select the winner of the competition and rigging the shows ultimate outcome.

In addition, she has allegedly made some racist comments toward another cast member, a Lebanese gentleman by the name of Russell, who she repeatedly called a terrorist during the broadcast.

So what exactly went down? Chima was nominated alongside her ally Natalie by Michelle, the current HOH. Producers suspected that Chima might react badly and were pre-recording the episode in case of some issue arising.

So Chima, Kevin, Lydia and Natalie were in the backyard practicing for the upcoming Veto competition when the producers informed Chima that she needed to put her microphone on. Of course this is standard practice in the Big Brother House because if the contestants don’t keep their microphones on at all times, we can’t hear them, can we? Well, apparently Chima had a difference of opinion with the producers and popped the the finger. She was essentially telling the Big Brother producers to go to hell. Kevin, trying to be helpful, brought Chima over her microphone, so what does she do? She tossed the damn thing in the jacuzzi! Now as we all know, electronics and water are not a good mix. The microphone was kaput!

Shortly after the microphone incident, the live feeds blacked out. Now this is not during the regular time when the show is on the prime-time networks, this was during the time when Showtime broadcasts their extremely popular “Big Brother After Dark” which they have slotted for three hours every night while the show is in progress.

At any rate, there are live feeds watching the people in the Big Brother house 24/7 and there are millions of subscribers who actually watch the show 24/7 during these live feeds! So the live feed was interrupted for 90 minutes while Big Brothers producers tried to reason with Chima.

The producers told Chima that the cost of the microphone she destroyed would be deducted from the stiped each of the contestants receive during their stay at the Big Brother house. According to Twitter user Tracy Ellis (‘ladyace67’), Chima exploded! She flipped out and told the Big Brother producers where they could stick their microphones and summarily quit the show! Tracy also reported that Natalie and Lydia almost left the show with Chima but the producers were able to successfully calm the situation down.

So what’s next at the Big Brother house? Well, apparently, the next episode was supposed to be a double elimination show but now that Chima has quit, that will be up in the air. Chima will also not be allowed to participate in the Jury sessions so her spot will have to be filled with a previously evicted contestant or perhaps the producers will allow America to vote for her slot.

The episode on August 16th will end with Chima being nominated so people who don’t subscribe to the live feeds will have to wait until the August 18th episode to find out what exactly transpired.