Morgan Pope

To start, tell us a little bit about yourself

Give us your name, where you're from, and what you do. Hey guys, what's up

I'm Morgan. I am a Palm Springs girl at heart, but I am located in Los Angeles, California, and I'm

a model and gamer. What's your reaction to getting to play Big Brother

I mean, I'm not gonna lie, I feel like I need to pinch myself because I'm actually in THE

diary room. Like, hello, we all know the iconic diary room. It is very comfortable. I will have you know. That's crazy. That is actually nuts. Wow. I can't

wait to turn this house upside down. Oh, this would be so freaking cool. Y'all just wait. We're

in for it. I'm going to come in here. Make sure you guys are ready. Bring your teacups. I'm going

to bring the hot and steaming tea. Serve it up. I hope you guys are ready for it. Why will you win

Big Brother. I'm going to win Big Brother because these house guests are going to have no idea that

this gamer girl is here to rock their world. I'm keeping that secret because, hello, if I tell them

that I'm a gamer, they're going to boot me right out. So I'm just going to keep this little model-esque

persona to go on and hopefully sneak by and take the whole thing home. What are you bringing to the

show that nobody has seen before? Well, I don't know if you guys have had a gamer girl yet, so I'm

really excited to represent for the gamer girls out there. But I also just think that my just like

natural bubbly personality is going to be really fun to see in the house. I'm a goofball and I'm a

nerd. I mean, come on, like, I just think that's really fun. And I think last but not least

I'll probably bring my humor, which I think is hilarious. Maybe people like to laugh at me

but that's fine. I mean, as long as we're both laughing, right? Tell us a little bit about your life in the outside world and how that has prepared you

for Big Brother? So I'm a former Division One track athlete. I was raised to be determined

to be strong-willed, to be resilient, and to keep fighting no matter what. And I feel like Big

Brother is that. You have to keep fighting no matter if you're on the block. Even if you're

HOH, we have seen people win HOHs and go home the next week. It does not matter how high up you are

You can be at the bottom the next week. So no matter what, I'm going to come in, fight as long as I possibly can And if I have to take some people down with me I going to do it What your fan level with Big Brother So I am not a super fan but my mom loves Big Brother Her and I had watched seasons five and six when I was in high school

That's going to age me a little bit. It's okay. Proud to be 33, first of all

But I just want to do this for my family. They do everything for me

We do everything for each other. We're a very small-knit family, and I wouldn't be where I am without them

So I want to win this whole thing to be able to buy a house for my family and get them out of just what they've been fighting so hard to escape from, which is just, you know, not being able to own their own home or other things like that

There's just so much that I want to give to them. And I want to prove to myself that I can do this

Like I, like I said, I've watched a couple of seasons when I was growing up, thought it was cool

I mean, for me as an athlete, I'm like, oh, I see these comps. Like, get me out there in the wall comp

Get me out there in BB Comics. Like, let me show these people that just because I'm not an athlete anymore doesn't mean I can't compete and win these games

What's your strategy going into the game? Okay, so strategy-wise, and before you guys come for me, hear me out

I am not going to come out guns blazing trying to win everything. As much as my competitive heart wants to do that, I have not seen a success story where someone just comes in and wins everything and wins the whole game

It would be nice if I could do that. But I honestly feel like for me, creating the smallest amount of target is just going to be what's best for me

So I'm going to lean on my social game and just keep in my back pocket that I'm a gamer girl that has a lot of strategies coming their way

So I'll pull those out when I need to. What makes Big Brother such a successful show after 25 years

I think Big Brother has been such a success because just like they say, expect the unexpected

Every year, season after season, something's always been different. And I feel like from a viewer standpoint, that's something that we all look forward to

from the different house guests to just like the age range where everyone comes from. And I think

the coolest part about Big Brother is they bring together people that would probably never hang out

in real life and they end up bonding together or maybe not bonding, but they end up living under

one roof and duking it out and seeing who is like the last one standing. So I think that's incredible

And I also feel like the fact that they pull in America to get their votes or to get their intake

on things really allows for the viewer to just be engulfed in this season and I think it's great

And hello we have Julie Chen the best host ever Come on How will you crush your enemies I feel like I going to crush my enemies in the game through my social game Now I a former Division I track athlete so I feel like naturally I competitive

I'm going to want to win every physical competition, but the whole thing of this game is not to win everything

It's to win when you have to. So I'm going to take that gamer knowledge and decide when I'm going to win and just rely on my social game to take me along the way

What are your biggest strengths? So, Gamer Girl here. My main game is a first-person shooter game, but I also love playing survival games

So for me, when it comes to my first-person shooter games, I play a battle royale, and essentially that is the final team standing wins

So you have to decide what angles you're going to take, maybe what transitions, what legends you're going to play

So for me, I'm going to take that into the house and decide when I'm going to pull out, you know, maybe what personality

Maybe I'm being a little flirty today or maybe I'm being a little devious today or maybe I'm just being, you know, myself

But we'll see. But I think being a gamer is going to be super helpful in the house to navigate, you know, what angle I want to take

What are your biggest weaknesses? I feel like the one thing I'm a little nervous about going to Big Brother house is I'm an empath

I feel for a lot of people and I feel like that is an easy way to, you know, be kind of like

manipulated. But don't worry, guys, I'm an older sister and usually older sisters are the ones

doing the manipulating to the little brothers. So I think I can handle it. Do you plan on keeping any secrets about yourself from the other house guests

So I'm not going to tell the house guests that I'm a gamer because I just feel like that's going

to already create a huge target. I mean, come on, this is the best and biggest game that we all know

So if they find out that a gamer girl's in the house, they're going to get me right out. And I

just can't have that happen. Would you be open for a showmance? Ooh, showmance. I mean, look

I'm standing in front of like a bunch of books. If one of these books that I just so happened to

read ends up being a book involved with a showmance, I'm kind of open for it. I mean

hey, what's the worst thing that could happen? I can look at a cute guy all summer

Doesn't seem so bad to me. Will you be more of a hero or a villain in the house

Oh honestly as much as I think villains are really cool like one of my favorites is Scar You know he just iconic I honestly would love to be more of a hero girl I mean as much as I play games where I go against

villains, there's something about like defeating a villain and being the hero that is just so

worthwhile. So I feel like as much as I would love to be a villain, I feel like naturally I

would love to be the hero. Why will you be the player to watch this season? I feel like I'll be

the one to watch because I feel like people are not going to expect the fact that little

Omi will actually be like the craziest gamer girl you've ever seen. Now I know a lot of people are like, okay, big deal, whatever you play games

Yeah. I don't just play games. I've competed in some of the biggest competitions against some of the biggest pros in the world

and I've stood my ground and hung with them. So not only have I competed against them, I've also competed alongside them

So I've taken a lot of tips and tools from the games that I play every day

Like I'm talking about I wake up, my PC is on, I am gaming till the sun down

Right. And I and I just take that into this game. And I feel like people are going to want to see what I can do and how I can pick up on

little things that maybe some other house guests won't be able to. So listen, we all know, big brother, you are gaming 24-7

So I feel like I was like born and raised for this game, you could say. I mean, I'm a gamer who plays every single day all day long

Come on. This is made for me. What will be the easiest and hardest parts of being a house guest

Great question. I think the easiest part about being a house guest for me is just to like be

myself. That's like my whole plan is just to go in and be myself naturally. And that's probably a

silly answer, but that's just the only thing that feels right to me. And I feel like the hardest part

is going to determine who's really with who, who's really with me more so, and how I can navigate

when to take those big moves. Because I feel like a lot of times people are very

shy or timid to take big moves too early. To me, it is never too early to take a big move

What are some standout moments for you from the past 25 years of Big Brother

Um, I feel like a couple. One of them was when Janelle won HOH and she told Jenny

give me that key I loved that line only because she if she didn't win that

she would have went home and I just think like her resilience in the game was just incredible and she was not afraid

to let people know how she felt and I admire that so much