Jerry O'Connell says Big Brother fans are now DMing wife Rebecca Romijn about live feeds #movie

the star of Sliders just did the ultimate slide sliding into the Big Brother hosting chair if only for an evening regular Big Brother host Julie Chin munves came down with a case of covid-19 meaning the MC of the show for 24 years had to miss her first ever live eviction episode and when producers needed to find a one night fill in they found it in oconnell the move made sense seeing as how oconnell is a big fan of the franchise has reality hosting experience on the real loveboat and has already followed chin munves once as a host on CBS daytime gabfest the talk and fans tuned in to see the switch with the episode averaging 3.31 million viewers up 12% from the season to date average watching from home chin munves was a fan of her substitute telling Entertainment Weekly that his personality really comes through in all he does cause he's a genuine and genuinely funny guy he made it his own and he did awesome when and where did oconnell get the call to fill in what sort of advice did Chun munves give him how did it feel saying Julie's famous but first line and what made him the most nervous about his one night stand we asked the Super Sub all that and more and found that big brother fans are now sliding into the DMS of his wife Rebecca Roma and you won't believe why where were you and when was it that you got the call to step in for Julie for a night as host of Big Brother just take me though the timing and circumstances of that call Jerry oconnell it was frightening I got a call from my agent at 8:00 a.m. yesterday and by the way when your agent calls you at 8:00 a.m. it's usually bad news so I was like oh gosh am I getting dropped by CAA here we go and they said Julie Chin munves has Co you think you can handle this I had just watched Wednesday night's episode and it was crazy I forgot that when they start to do the jury they don't reveal if the power of veto is used until Thursday so I was like hold on a second before I say yes to anything did McKenzie use the power of veto on anybody and he went well do you want to know and I was like yes I want to know I'm not doing this unless you tell me they said Angela got taken down and I was like I have to call you back and I hung up and I was like I cannot believe Angela made it another week you mentioned you and Julie communicated before you went on the air what did she tell you let me start by saying that I've been in this business for get ready for it three decades and Julie Chun munves is the kindest person I've met in my 30 plus years in this industry I don't even know an analogy to make other than being in an NFL game and a starting quarterback gets injured and then sitting down with a second string quarterback and saying this is how you should win this game I don't want to go into too much detail about what we were saying you have the relationship with her you can ask her but I will say she's the kindest person I only know as a fan watching the show it is a very intricate complicated production and after substitute hosting I was shocked to find out not only has the show never won an Emmy it's never been nominated for an Emmy and I right now it's Emmy weekend and I want to kick off the 2025 Emmy campaign for Big Brother that show needs to be nominated for an Emmy every member of that crew every member of that production Team every producer the director Tony they are so good at what they do they were able to take a schlub like me who had zero experience hosting that show and make me a passable host in 3 hours and that is a testament to how good they are and by the way it's not just the live show and being on that shiny floor there's a live aspect I'm not even getting into with the live feeds and all that stuff and how they Wrangle all the house guests we did a dress rehearsal where all the house guests were there and I couldn't believe how organized it was it was a humbling experience so I am personally kicking off their 2025 Emmy campaign get big brother and Emmy you're selling yourself short and being very modest but you're a pro and you know this franchise very well what were you most nervous about because it is live you are there without a net and there are a lot of moving Parts I was most worried About Big Brother fandom I always look at the # bb26 on X and I know I speak firsthand that Thursday nights I want my Julie Chun moonves I want my but first I want my love one another I want my coffee the exact same way every time when I go to a bar I want my drink the exact same way every time and I knew I had to be true to Julie Chin munves and true to the show I didn't want to go out there and ruin anybody's Thursday night especially Big Brother fandom who are quite vocal and not afraid to let let their opinions be known how did it feel saying Julie's famous line but first it's so funny when we did the dress rehearsal when I said but first I was laughing and I said I'm so sorry I got excited about that but first I couldn't believe I was saying it and they went you know what this is you if you get excited saying it that's okay everyone will understand it so that sort of loosened me up a little bit that I could react naturally to it and you know what I have a WhatsApp group chat with my big brother friends and my good buddy Matthew who's on there he's very opinionated About Big Brother I found out at 8:00 a.m. but it wasn't announced until 11:00 so at 11:00 it went out and I didn't tell my WhatsApp group that I was hosting tonight I just was too afraid of saying any information I didn't even tell my wife but immediately I got a text from Matthew saying dude whenever the evicted house guest sits down you have to do the Julie Chun moonves stay right there so when Quinn comes out and sits down right before the commercial break I said an emphatic Julie Chin munves stay right there and my buddy Matt wrote dude I felt like you were saying that to me speaking of Quinn what did you make of him throwing in some Kangaroo Jack and Sliders references when I was in the dress rehearsal I was talking about my personal feelings about how I feel the vote should go and I was reminded hey man you are Switzerland here as a fan we express dismay with who gets voted out or we express Joy with who gets voted out but that was a really good note that they gave me that's why Julie Chin moonves is so good at this job because Julie Chin munves is a journalist first and a terrific one at that that said I think they made a mistake voting Quinn out last night I would have broken up that treat Trio personally and that makes me think that that Trio is going to go far I agree I would have voted Kemo out of there I would have broken that Trio up and this is going to be a hot take and I don't care if everybody on # bb26 gets mad at this when I heard that Angela got taken down now I hope Angela wins the whole thing sorry not sorry I hope the tears start flowing and I hope Angela wins this whole thing the fact that Angela got taken down that's it let's go dot it's crazy it reminds me of Dr will back in season 2 where they're like oh we'll just get him next week we'll get him next week we'll get him next week and we all know how that went