Dave: On Wednesday, for reasons that escape me, our next
guest was voted out the house on the "Big Brother" show on
CBS. Here to tell us what happened, the lovely Jordan.
Jordan, come on in.
(cheers and applause)
(band playing)
Dave: Welcome back. Do you need a place to stay?
(laughter)
Jordan: Cool.
(laughter)
Dave: There you go. Why don't you tell me and the rest of
the folks a little bit about yourself?
Jordan: A little bit about myself?
Dave: Where are you from?
Jordan: I'm from Minneapolis.
Dave: Minneapolis.
Jordan: Yes.
Dave: Born and reared there?
Jordan: Not born, but reared.
Dave: Where were you born?
Jordan: I was born in Virginia.
Dave: Oh, Virginia.
Jordan: Yeah.
Dave: And you like it up there?
Jordan: Not really.
(laughter)
Dave: You don't like Minneapolis?
Jordan: Not really.
Dave: Oh, Minneapolis...
Jordan: I'm thinking about moving.
Dave: Minneapolis is one of the twin cities, you know.
(laughter)
Jordan: Mm-hmm.
Dave: Do you know the other twin city?
Jordan: St. Paul.
(bell rings)
Dave: Yes.
Jordan: Yeah.
(applause)
Dave: You went to college up there?
Jordan: Mm-hmm.
Dave: And you worked as an exotic dancer while you were in
college?
Jordan: No. Where'd that come from?
Dave: That's what people told me.
Jordan: No, I did.
Dave: Oh, you did!
Jordan: I did. I did.
Dave: For a minute there, I thought we had the wrong girl.
(applause)
How do you get a job like that, exactly?
Jordan: You need to be highly qualified, Highly qualified.
(laughter)
Dave: Had you danced professionally before, and this was
just a different version of dancing?
Jordan: No, no.
Dave: How did you get the idea to become an exotic dancer?
Jordan: Seriously, I was dragged there by a boyfriend.
Dave: That's illegal. Now, that's illegal.
(laughter)
Jordan: And I was really intrigued with it. I
was wondering, what are these women's lives like?
Dave: Right. And what are their lives like?
(laughter)
Jordan: Well, I'm writing about it. It's fascinating.
Dave: You're writing, like, a book? You're writing a book?
Jordan: Mm-hmm, Yeah.
(laughter)
Dave: Pretty good.
(laughter and applause)
Dave: And what was it like the first time, you know, when
you... Probably, okay, you watch for a little bit, you had
to watch and see what you had to do, right? And then, the
first time you actually did it on your own, what was that
like?
Jordan: It was...
(laughter)
Jordan: I think you should try it. I think just try it.
(cheers and applause)
Jordan: I can't explain it.
Dave: Now, see, that's silly.
(laughter)
Dave: What... I mean, it must have been, you know, suddenly
you're not doing it and then suddenly you are doing it. It
must have been... were you frightened?
Jordan: I was frightened afterwards at what I had done.
Yeah.
Dave: And how long did you do that before you stopped doing
it?
(laughter)
Jordan: Two years.
Dave: Two years. And you used some of the money to help
yourself get through college.
Jordan: Yeah.
Dave: Yeah, Well, that's pretty good. And then, why did
you want to be part of the "Big Brother" show?
Jordan: I thought that I was going to go on television and
have this voice.
Dave: Mm-hmm.
Jordan: I thought that I was going to be able to talk about
my views, my opinions, and cause a positive change in
society.
(laughter)
Dave: Oh, come on. Really? It's CBS. You thought that was
going to happen on cbs?
Jordan: Really, yeah.
(applause)
Dave: You were...
Jordan: I was a little deluded.
Dave: You weren't dragged there by a boyfriend, were you?
Jordan: No.
(laughter)
Dave: All right, Well, stay right there, and when we come
back, we'll find out more about your experience in the "Big
Brother" house. We'll be right back here, kids.
(cheers and applause)
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Dave: So, now, did you have to audition to get in the "Big
Brother" house, or interviews and stuff?
Jordan: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Dave: What did they tell you when you went to the
interviews?
Jordan: They were very impressed with my articulation, the
fact that I was a well-rounded person. I was complex. I
was a triathlete. They didn't focus a whole lot on the
exotic dancing.
>> Dave: Now, when you got in the house, did all of that
change then?
(laughter)
Jordan: Yeah.
Dave: Yeah.
Jordan: Yeah, it did.
Dave: Now, how many people were in the house to begin with?
Jordan: Ten.
Dave: Ten people. And what was your impression of these
people? Did you have anything in common with them? Are
any of these people friends of yours now? Will you see
them again when it's all over?
Jordan: Some of them will be acquaintances, I believe,
but...
(laughter)
Jordan: I just... I thought, "Where did they find these
people?"
(laughter)
Dave: Yeah.
Jordan: You know? I just... I don't know. I don't know.
Dave: Like who? Was there somebody there that you were, I
mean, felt comfortable with at all, or were they all just
odd to you?
Jordan: I felt comfortable with the people, But they were
so guarded and so concerned about their images.
Dave: Right. Well, they're on television 24 hours a day,
and I think people would be nervous about that, you know.
Jordan: Right, but this is a reality television show, you
know? You don't go on the show to be guarded.
Dave: Right.
Jordan: And to protect yourself and to worry about getting
voted off.
Dave: You have to leave your egos at the door.
(laughter)
Paul: That's cute.
Dave: Now, but there was booze. How did you get the...
where did that come from?
Jordan: Oh, they fully wanted us to drink.
Dave: Really?
Jordan: Yeah.
Dave: That's irresponsible.
(laughter)
Dave: Now, could...
Jordan: They provided us with alcohol.
Dave: Now, did you have any contact with the outside world
at all?
Jordan: No, none.
Dave: Did you talk to the producers? Would they talk to
you or anything?
Jordan: They would talk to us in the red room.
Dave: And the red room, that was... What was that?
Jordan: It was a red room.
Dave: And you'd go in there and...
Jordan: And that was where we went in to kind of debrief
about the day, and they would ask us questions and get info.
Dave: But it really was a total blackout. You knew nothing
about anything.
Jordan: Absolutely.
Dave: You knew Nixon's dead, right?
(laughter)
Jordan: I did not know that.
Dave: And then, as the show progressed, they started trying
to give you suggestions of things to do on the show, Is
that true?
Jordan: Mm-hmm.
Dave: Now, these are the producers?
Jordan: Yeah.
Dave: What did they want you to do?
Jordan: The best thing was, two days before I was thrown
out, it was clear that I was going to be banished. They
knew I was going to be banished. It was a landslide vote.
Dave: Yeah.
(laughter)
Jordan: And I get this... you know, I was wandering around
the house one day, and they said, "Jordan to the red room,
please."
Dave: Oh, you hear that on like a speaker or something?
Jordan: Yeah, yeah. So I went to the red room. This
rarely happens, by the way. so I go to the red room, and
this voice comes on, and she says, "So, we're interested in
you dancing. Would you like us to accommodate you?"
Dave: Oh. Ooh, ooh.
Jordan: And I said, "You know, I may have made a bad
decision coming on this show, but I'm not a total idiot,
you know? I'm not going to do a striptease." I'm, like,
"Yeah, why don't you just roll in the mobile D.J. and the
collapsible disco ball, and I'll just do a lap dance right
here on national television." You know? I'm like...
(laughter and applause)
Dave: Yeah. They were manipulating you.
Jordan: I mean, you know, what are they thinking? Yeah, so...
Dave: See, they were trying to take advantage of you, you
know? Don't you think, a little bit? Not a little bit, a
lot.
Jordan: A little bit.
Dave: Yeah. What kind of things would people do during the
day to spend the time, you know? What would they do? What
were the activities?
Jordan: People were chore-happy. They'd just do chores,
play with the chickens, play cards.
(laughter)
Dave: Was it a nice house?
Jordan: It was a nice house.
Dave: Did it smell funny?
(laughter)
Jordan: Yeah.
Dave: It did, didn't it? It smelled like...
Jordan: Yeah, it did. It did.
Dave: But the chores-- now, were there chores that needed
to be done, or just activities?
Jordan: There were some chores that needed to be done, but
when people finished their chores, they would panic and
think, "I might have to interact with people now," And
they'd make up new chores.
Dave: Yeah, yeah.
Jordan: So then they'd keep doing chores all day.
Dave: And why did they... why did they vote you out of the
house? Why did they nominate you? what was that all about?
Jordan: I think they were afraid of me.
Dave: Yeah.
Jordan: Yeah.
Dave: But see, all kidding aside, if you're gone, what are
you left with? Who cares? You know what I'm saying?
(laughter)
Dave: Honestly. It's people feeding chickens.
(cheers and applause)
Jordan: That's funny you say that, because when I first got
out of the house, I was just mortified, and I was so upset
with how they had edited me. And then I watched one of the
shows, and I thought, you know, I don't really blame them
for trying to surround me with some drama, because watching
people be chore-happy and watching Karen longingly pet this
chicken in slow motion really blows. You know?
(laughter and applause)
Jordan: It just... it really blows. And so I'm like, I can
see why they tried to surround me with some drama.
Dave: Now, was there wild, out-of-control sexual activity?
Because they had everybody sleeping together.
Jordan: Yes, there was, there was. It was wild. And they
didn't show any of it.
Dave: Really?
(laughter)
Jordan: Yeah, yeah.
Dave: But they had to, because it was cameras 24 hours a
day. So was there or not?
Jordan: No.
Dave: There was not?
Jordan: No. No.
Dave: And in the beginning, your boyfriend-- what's his
name? Herb?
Jordan: Ben.
Dave: Ben.
Jordan: Ben.
(laughter)
Dave: He was nervous because, see, "Oh, there goes my
girlfriend into the house with all of these people," And he
was nervous. How's he doing now?
Jordan: He's doing fine.
Dave: Yeah.
Jordan: Yeah, yeah.
Dave: Did you have... was he upset about anything?
Jordan: There were some words, but he watched the internet
feeds.
Dave: Ah, that's the key.
Jordan: Which I think really helped him.
Dave: Yeah, sure.
Jordan: So, that's the key.
Dave: And who now wins? Who will be the big winner? Who
do you think will win?
Jordan: I think probably George or Cassandra are going to
win. Yeah.
(applause)
Dave: People are applauding. Honest to God, have you seen
this show?
(laughter and applause)
Dave: Did they make you eat rats?
(laughter)
Jordan: No, no.
Dave: So what will you do now? What's on the agenda for
you?
Jordan: I'm going to finish my book, and I thought... I
thought I was going to get on this...
(laughter and applause)
Dave: I don't know why they're laughing. I want to be in
the book. Will you put me in the book?
Jordan: I'll put you in the book.
Dave: Put me and Paul in the book.
Jordan: I thought I was going to get on this big campaign
to, you know, right myself, because there's all this
controversy surrounding what was I doing with Josh, and the
love triangle, and I was manipulative. and I thought, you
know, I really need to set the record straight. And then
the other day I thought, you know, who really gives a rat's
ass?
Dave: Exactly.
Jordan: You know?
(cheers and applause)
Dave: Exactly. Are you going to be in one of those
magazines-- "Playboy" or something like that?
Jordan: No.
Dave: You're not going to do that?
Jordan: No.
Dave: Well, good for you. Well, it's nice meeting you.
and when you get the book out, come on back, and we'll talk
more about it.
Jordan: Okay.
Dave: All right. Thanks for being here. It's Jordan,
ladies and gentlemen. We'll be right back.
(cheers and applause)
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