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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Monay, or Jerrica I should say, you had such a good game.
You were working so hard to keep people thrown off to protect yourself and your allies.
Monay/Jerrica and her dad J.B. Smoove.ABC/Gizelle Hernande, Kevin Winter/Getty
Are you happy with the way you played?
JERRICA BROOKS/MONAY:Oh, yeah, I had a blast.
I had a blastsomedays.
I’m super competitive so I felt really in my element.
I just tried to angle it that way.
It was a big risk, but I knew if he pulled it, he would show me.
Then I could strategize from there.
I made it to second place.
What did your dad say when you told him you were doing the show?
Day-to-day, we’re hanging out, emailing back and forth, doing calls together.
So when I said I was gonna go on the show, he got nervous.
He’s like, who’s gonna take care of everything?
I’m gonna miss you, blah, blah, blah.
But I made sure he was set up fine and then he was excited for me again.
He just gets nervous.
Has he been watching?
Every week [he’s] calling me [to say,] “This is so good.
Oh my God, I love this show.
This show is so good.”
What’d he think about some of those wrong guesses people had for who you were related to?
He claims that heknew that Chris was Donny Osmondfrom the first episode.
What about who people guessed for who he was?
Oh, the Steve Harvey thing?
He was cracking up.
He was like, “Steve Harvey?”
I was like, “Yeah, that’s my new dad.”
So it’s a running joke in my house now.
Have you met Steve Harvey?
Yes, I’ve met Steve Harvey.
My dad and him have a nice relationship.
Had you ever met before the show?
We instantly clicked, Shayne and I, that’s my girl, man.
We’re still close to this day.
We just went to dinner yesterday.
When all the eliminated players returned in the finale, is that when Hugo and Olivia found love?
I still don’t know when that connection was made to be honest with you.
I’m so happy for them.
They’re like my favorite people.
I just don’t know when that happened.
We were all surprised.
Were there any other love connections made on the show?
Were there vibes there?
No, Gabe and I just were like best friends, man.
He is [an] absolute gem and we’re still cool to this day.
We just spent so much time in the house together.
He was like my best friend.
The only people who do not call me Jerrica are Gabe and J.R.
I don’t know [why], they just won’t call me Jerrica.
I’ve tried to correct them plenty of times.
I say, “You know, guys, it’s Jerrica.”
They’re like, “No, Mo Mo, Mo-neezy.”
They give all these little nicknames, but refuse to say Jerrica.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
