‘Don’t bring that man to the end’

Ava Pearl knew that Vince Panaro was trouble, and in the end, it was Vinny the Lip who took her out.

Ava was evicted from the Big Brother house in fourth place on Thursday’s live episode after Head of Household Morgan Pope (who had nominated Ava and Ashley Hollis) declined to use her Veto powers to remove her from the block. Vince then cast the sole vote to evict, and the vote was for Ava.

But Ava went out swinging, calling a house meeting shortly before the Veto ceremony, announcing that Vince told her he wanted to vote for her to stay in the house and that he did not want to take Morgan to the final two. “Morgan, girl,” Ava told the frontrunner. “Do not do for a man what he won’t do for you.”

How does Ava hope that speech plays out moving forward? How does she feel about going down at the hand of Vince? Is she hurt she was not asked to join the Judges alliance? And would the entire game have changed if Rachel had not grabbed her arm during the hamster wheel competition? We asked the fourth-place finisher all that and more on her way to the jury house.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How does it feel to get taken out by the hand of Vinny the Lip?

AVA PEARL: Well, I could have seen that one coming. Honestly, at some point, it was either me or him. He just got to me first. What are you gonna do?

You called a house meeting and told Morgan that Vince wanted to bring Ashley to the end instead of her and “Do not do for a man what he won’t do for you.” It did not save you from eviction, but what is it you hope Morgan does with that information moving forward?

I hope Morgan would, if she was to win the final HOH, bring Ashley. Because she’ll win over Ashley. And I don’t know if the jury gets a little bit crazy and picks Vinny over her or something. I was just giving her a word to the wise, sister to sister: Don’t bring that man to the end. Don’t risk it for that biscuit.

What do you make of the Judges alliance that Ashley and Vince told you about with Morgan, Rachel, and Will, and the fact that you were not included in it?

Well, two of the members are gone, so obviously it wasn’t that great of an alliance. So I guess I’m not that upset I wasn’t in it.

You were very upset when Rachel grabbed your arm during your big hamster wheel competition decision. Had she not done that, do you think you would have picked her to go first instead of Vince, thereby perhaps keeping her in the game?

I don’t know. That’s actually a really good question. My assumption is there was a possibility that I could have picked Rachel first. There was a possibility. So don’t grab my arm next time. I’m sorry, Rachel.

Finally, what is your biggest regret from your time in the house — either in terms of personal or gameplay?

I don’t have very many regrets. I don’t think I have any regrets. Maybe just — I was pretty trusting in the house. Maybe I could have not been so trusting, but I think that if I wasn’t as trusting as I was, I wouldn’t have made it as far as I had. So no regrets, but maybe next time be a little bit more wary of people.

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