Our sixth entry is with the season 4 winner.
(Also confirm to check out our Q&As withEddie McGeeandDerrick Levasseur.)
Jun Songmade history when she won season 4 ofBig Brotherback in 2003.
Jun Song on ‘Big Brother’.Tony Esparza/CBS
That was an experience I’ll never forget!
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Besides winning, what is your proudest moment from playingBig Brother?
Jun Song and Alison Irwin on ‘Big Brother’.Tony Esparza/CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
I never appreciated the fact that I was the first “Asian” person to winBig Brother.
It’s now a crown I wear proudly.
What is your biggest regret from yourBig Brotherexperience in terms of anything that happened in the house?
Jun Song winning ‘Big Brother’.Doug Benc/Getty Images
To this day, my biggest regret remains the same.
It was in the last few days remaining in the house.
Only AIison Irwin and I remained in the house.
Jun Song of ‘Big Brother’ today.courtesy of Jun Song
The hours dragged on and all I wanted was to go home already.
During our downtime, Ali and I loved to s—-talk about the other Houseguests.
It made me sick to my stomach that I stooped so low.
I apologized to Robert for that.
What are your thoughts about how you were portrayed on the connection episodes of the show?
Going into the show, I understood that everyone was cast for a reason.
I knew that I fit a certain “typecast” and I played it up.
I didn’t mind.
It’s a television show after all.
I had fun with it.
I knew it would help me as well.
I don’t think that was very cool.
And I don’t think that would fly nowadays.
But it is what it is.
What are your feelings on the Diary Room and the interviews you would do in there?
I enjoyed the Diary Rooms immensely.
This swayed a lot of votes, unfortunately.
Everyone knew about it.
So I used my Diary Room sessions as therapeutic brain-dumps.
I had no filter and said anything and everything I wanted in there.
I enjoyed the Diary Room immensely.
Back on my season, we weren’t really spoon-fed lines to regurgitate.
We had much more freedom to express ourselves and be spontaneous.
What was it like coming back to regular society after being in the house?
Was there culture shock or an adjustment coming back?
For me, the culture shock was immense.
I almost didn’t know how to act or what to do first.
Going back to my apartment, it felt so foreign to me.
I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was being monitored 24/7.
I felt like I was still being watched.
It felt scary going grocery shopping, surrounded by people everywhere after having been isolated for so long.
I truly underestimated how difficult it would be adjusting back to my old life.
I didn’t go out for a long time.
My priorities had shifted.
The producers will remember this, because all I wanted to do was sleep and shut everything out.
I felt an overwhelming sense of sadness and grief out of nowhere.
Only on finale night did I find out that my dad had been in a coma for a week.
It’s like my body had tried to tell me that something was terribly wrong.
It was kidney failure and diabetes that killed my dad a year later.
I always wondered what would have happened if I’d not gone on the show.
Would my dad still be alive?
But I try not to dwell on that question.
Whom do you still talk, text, or email with the most from your season?
Jack is my role model.
He’s full of wisdom and grit.
That combination, plus his writing skills, makes him the coolest author I know.
I didn’t go into theBig Brotherhouse wanting to make friends.
But the true friend I made is the one I have in Jack.
Even before I went on my season, I’d never actually watched the previous seasons.
Who’s one player from anotherBig Brotherseason you wish you could have played with or against and why?
I would LOVE to play with some of the fierce femmes ofBig Brother.
If you could make one change to any aspect ofBig Brother, what would it be and why?
I truly believe that we need to stop rewarding toxic and dangerous behavior.
It’s a symptom of the systemic problems we have as a society.
But CBS couldn’t get their priorities straight for a very long time.
I hope they’re on the right path now.
I understand that human behavior is sometime unpredictable, and production must be more often reactive than proactive.
What did you do with your prize money from winning the game?
I bought a condo in Manhattan!
After taxes, I basically got half the $500K payout.
The smartest thing to do was to invest it in real estate.
I wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Finally, would you play again if asked?
I would only play in an All-Winners season, to be honest.
Nothing else would be worth it.
I don’t want to play against just anyone.
We’ve had winners try their luck a second time and fail.
We’ve had plenty of never-got-close(rs) clamor for chance after chance and come up short.
Give me an All-Winners season and I’ll drop everything for one last summer of mayhem and mischief.
I’ve still got it in me.
