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Daily Mail
17 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
CBS viewers left shocked by risqué moment between Julie Chen Moonves and Big Brother contestant - following husband's sex scandal
CBS viewers were left stunned on Thursday night after Big Brother host Julie Chen Moonves made a risqué, seemingly flirtatious comment to a male contestant during the live broadcast. The moment also triggered renewed scrutiny over her embattled legacy as the wife of disgraced former CBS chief Les Moonves, 75. The shocking exchange unfolded during just before a live vote and eviction on the reality TV show. It saw Chen Moonves check in with the house guests including black contestant Will Williams, a 50-year-old retired Army captain, who wanted to say hi to his wife on air. 'Shout out to my family and shout out to my babe and my chocolate drop, Gwen,' Will said. Chen Moonves, 55, smiling playfully, leaned into the moment - and then crossed a line that many viewers couldn't believe they'd just heard. 'Will, am I your lemon drop then?', Chen Moonves asked without missing a beat. The comment immediately set off pandemonium inside the Big Brother house. Williams stood up in shock while the gathered house guests all erupted with laughter. Chen Moonves appeared to recoil in embarrassment realizing what she'd just said. 'I'm just kidding. Settle down,' she said moments later, attempting to regain control as the contestants continued to howl with laughter. 'Tell your wife it was a joke! Now we have business…' Viewers on social media exploded with many stunned that Chen Moonves would have make such a remark to a married contestant on national television. Others questioned the racial implications of the 'lemon drop' comment, especially in the context of her husband's very public fall from grace following multiple sexual misconduct allegations. 'She said that on national TV!!! Someone's about to get real offended,' one user wrote on TikTok. 'The immediate regret in her voice and trying to walk it back - this is incredible,' another posted to X. 'My. Jaw. Dropped. It was so good,' wrote a third. 'Is this literally not racist cause lemon drops are yellow and…' a fourth asked bluntly. The retired Army Captain initially seemed to laugh off the comment made by Chen Moonves The viral moment, though just seconds long, immediately brought renewed attention to Chen Moonves's controversial past - and the scandal that forced her husband out of the network she still represents and broadcasts. Although she has attempted to distance herself from her husband's public disgrace, Chen Moonves remains inseparable in the public imagination from Les Moonves, the disgraced former CEO and chairman of CBS Corporation who was forced out in 2018, after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct spanning three decades. Moonves, once one of the most powerful executives in Hollywood, allegedly subjected women to groping, forced oral sex, and retaliation - charges he vehemently denies. At the time, Chen Moonves publicly backed her husband and even adopted her full married name - Julie Chen Moonves - on-air, in a move widely viewed as a symbolic declaration of loyalty while the CBS network distanced itself from the scandal. Behind the scenes, the fallout was personal with Chen Moonves ousted from The Talk chat show, a position she later said she didn't leave voluntarily. 'That was a hard time,' Chen told ABC News. 'I felt stabbed in the back. I was, you know? I don't know if I could've reconciled if I didn't have God in my life.' Les Moonves, the disgraced former CEO and chairman of CBS Corporation was forced out in 2018 after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct spanning three decades Chen Moonves has since turned to religion, publishing an audio memoir titled But First, God and leaning heavily into her faith as a way to reframe her public identity. 'Julie Chen before she found God was a self-absorbed, career-minded, vain, gossipy, fun to be with, but probably kind of a shallow person,' she confessed. 'Julie Chen Moonves, who now knows the Lord, is someone who wants to help others, who wants to look at everyone with a soft heart.' But Thursday night's lemon-drop flirtation seemed to break from that rebranded image - and reignited questions about her role as a public figure on a major network. Despite his ouster and years of legal wrangling, Moonves and CBS remain linked. In 2021, he gave up a $120 million severance package in a settlement with ViacomCBS. The company then declared the matter 'resolved.' Married in 2004, Julie and Les have remained together, raising their son Charlie. 'We leaned on each other and we knew that nothing could break us,' Chen Moonves told People while promoting her memoir last year. 'It was our love and our foundation that got us through.' Still, critics say Chen Moonves presence on Big Brother continues to raise ethical questions for CBS.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'You need to get it before you need it': Julie Chen Moonves on the plastic surgery tip she got at 27 — and how she's learned to embrace aging
"You don't want to look different. You want to look rested." It feels like Julie Chen Moonves has always been on our screens, starting out as a news anchor before helming CBS series like The Talk and Big Brother, the latter of which made its debut 25 years ago. As a woman in TV, that high profile has meant being targeted by critics. As we chat for Yahoo's Unapologetically series, Chen Moonves tells me that she has "developed a thicker skin" over the years, but that wasn't always the case. 'With Season 1 of Big Brother — even before digital social media, where everyone could be your critic — I dealt with critics,' Chen Moonves says. 'That cut deep, but it was a scar that healed, and that battle scar — I feel like I grew from it. It made me stronger. It made me work harder to prove them wrong. So I'm proud of those battle scars.' And she's still here, currently hosting the just-launched 27th season of Big Brother. Chen Moonves was just 30 when the reality TV series first premiered; she's now 55, and credits aging and her career longevity with helping her find "wisdom and security." 'By the time you're in your 50s, you know who you are, and you don't care so much about what other people think,' she notes. 'So the wisdom that has come with aging, I love that. The security, the sense of not being insecure anymore. Because, guess what: [Critics] were never thinking about you to begin with; they're worrying about themselves.' What else has Chen Moonves learned? Here's how a makeup artist's facelift tip helped her make peace with aging — and why she's happier in sweats than the glam outfits she wears on television. You mentioned that aging has allowed you to let go of what other people think. Was there a particular turning point that empowered you to do that? When I turned 40, a few things happened at the same time: Three months earlier, I had just had a child. So when your focus shifts to another human being and their well-being, it takes it off of you. Turning 40, you start thinking, Am I going to lose my vibrancy and what makes me feel attractive or look attractive? Am I going to be viewed as someone who is still youthful? And I began to [take] better care of myself. In your 20s, you take things for granted, and in your 40s, you have to work more at it. I have to move it or I'm going to lose it. So I'd say when I became a mom and turned 40, things started to shift to having a better, healthier approach. What's your general approach to aging these days? My general approach is avoiding the sun, eating right, movement every day, even if it's just a walk. It's not just being rigid with diet and exercise. You have to have a balance and have friends and love and relationships in your life. [I'm also] not depriving myself of things that are a guilty pleasure, like a whole sleeve of Pringles. How has your approach to beauty shifted over time? My general approach to beauty has completely shifted from when I was in my 20s. It was all about, like, I need a full face of makeup to go out to feel good about myself. As I've gotten older, it's more about — first of all, when you put on makeup and powder, it falls into the little cracks, and it ages you. Now I'm more about good, clean, natural skin with no makeup on and just a little nice lipstick. I have a very pretty, powerful, deep magenta color that I'll wear year-round; it's not just for winter. And glowy skin. Taking care of your skin is the most important aspect. And [when] you feel beautiful, you look beautiful. Given your beauty philosophy evolving, I'm curious how you feel when looking back at old episodes of? What do you find yourself focusing on when you see yourself? I feel very positive about it, and it's funny, because as you do get older, and you look back, [you think] I was so critical of myself back then. [Now] I'm like, Hey, you know, it's not so bad. It's actually pretty good. You learn how to be more forgiving. I like the archive. I like the history of it all. There might be some hairstyles or a fashion choice I made that I go, Maybe that wasn't the best. But I always look back with fondness. I know you've been open about plastic surgery. What words of wisdom would you share with anyone who's debating whether it's for them? I'd say don't get carried away, because I have been there — where you feel so transformed, and you're like, What else can I do? That's when it gets out of control. When I was 27, I worked with a makeup artist who was 47, and she told me she was getting a lower facelift. And I'm like, "You're crazy. You don't need it." She said, "You need to get it before you need it." And that stuck with me, because when she came back, I was amazed at how incredible she looked. And it wasn't obvious. She just looked fresh as a daisy. So when I got to be around 47 and started researching, that was something I wanted to do psychologically before turning 50. The two years leading up, when I would wake up in the morning, I would feel like, Oh my gosh, gravity is winning this battle, but I have a secret plan. So that was helpful — little tweaks here and there. And you don't want to look different. You want to look rested. I'm curious about that psychological piece ahead of turning 50. What did doing the work do for you mentally? The number may have been 50 on the piece of paper, but I didn't feel it, and I didn't feel like I looked like it. And I guess [the plastic surgery] did help me embrace that age. But 50, 60, even 70, I don't think is a big deal, because my mom is 92, and she doesn't have a wrinkle on her face, and she's still spry. She still travels the world. She doesn't wear makeup going out — maybe earrings and lipstick, and she looks so elegant to me. That's kind of a window into what is in my future. So I feel good. That kind of ties into another topic I'd love to explore, which is self-image and identity. How do you feel these days versus, say, your 20s? I have always been that girl who wears the sweat socks while putting on flip-flops. I was that person in sweatpants in college. I'm still that person, and that person will never go away. That's who I am at my core. For work, I look at the beautiful clothes that are [picked out] for me as a uniform. That is my professional obligation to represent and to look polished. But [when] I get home like that, makeup, the hair extensions, the false lashes, any fake hair that's attached to me, that comes off first. I'm scrubbing off the makeup, and then come out in sweatpants, elastic waistbands. I am that person who wants to live in 100% cotton with elasticity around the waist and have on sweatpants and then no heels, something flat: flip-flop with a sweatpant and hair in a bun, a big sweatshirt, and maybe, like a hoodie. Thank God after COVID, athleisure wear became everyday wear. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'You need to get it before you need it': Julie Chen Moonves on the plastic surgery tip she got at 27 — and how she's learned to embrace aging
"You don't want to look different. You want to look rested." It feels like Julie Chen Moonves has always been on our screens, starting out as a news anchor before helming CBS series like The Talk and Big Brother, the latter of which made its debut 25 years ago. As a woman in TV, that high profile has meant being targeted by critics. As we chat for Yahoo's Unapologetically series, Chen Moonves tells me that she has "developed a thicker skin" over the years, but that wasn't always the case. 'With Season 1 of Big Brother — even before digital social media, where everyone could be your critic — I dealt with critics,' Chen Moonves says. 'That cut deep, but it was a scar that healed, and that battle scar — I feel like I grew from it. It made me stronger. It made me work harder to prove them wrong. So I'm proud of those battle scars.' And she's still here, currently hosting the just-launched 27th season of Big Brother. Chen Moonves was just 30 when the reality TV series first premiered; she's now 55, and credits aging and her career longevity with helping her find "wisdom and security." 'By the time you're in your 50s, you know who you are, and you don't care so much about what other people think,' she notes. 'So the wisdom that has come with aging, I love that. The security, the sense of not being insecure anymore. Because, guess what: [Critics] were never thinking about you to begin with; they're worrying about themselves.' What else has Chen Moonves learned? Here's how a makeup artist's facelift tip helped her make peace with aging — and why she's happier in sweats than the glam outfits she wears on television. You mentioned that aging has allowed you to let go of what other people think. Was there a particular turning point that empowered you to do that? When I turned 40, a few things happened at the same time: Three months earlier, I had just had a child. So when your focus shifts to another human being and their well-being, it takes it off of you. Turning 40, you start thinking, Am I going to lose my vibrancy and what makes me feel attractive or look attractive? Am I going to be viewed as someone who is still youthful? And I began to [take] better care of myself. In your 20s, you take things for granted, and in your 40s, you have to work more at it. I have to move it or I'm going to lose it. So I'd say when I became a mom and turned 40, things started to shift to having a better, healthier approach. What's your general approach to aging these days? My general approach is avoiding the sun, eating right, movement every day, even if it's just a walk. It's not just being rigid with diet and exercise. You have to have a balance and have friends and love and relationships in your life. [I'm also] not depriving myself of things that are a guilty pleasure, like a whole sleeve of Pringles. How has your approach to beauty shifted over time? My general approach to beauty has completely shifted from when I was in my 20s. It was all about, like, I need a full face of makeup to go out to feel good about myself. As I've gotten older, it's more about — first of all, when you put on makeup and powder, it falls into the little cracks, and it ages you. Now I'm more about good, clean, natural skin with no makeup on and just a little nice lipstick. I have a very pretty, powerful, deep magenta color that I'll wear year-round; it's not just for winter. And glowy skin. Taking care of your skin is the most important aspect. And [when] you feel beautiful, you look beautiful. Given your beauty philosophy evolving, I'm curious how you feel when looking back at old episodes of? What do you find yourself focusing on when you see yourself? I feel very positive about it, and it's funny, because as you do get older, and you look back, [you think] I was so critical of myself back then. [Now] I'm like, Hey, you know, it's not so bad. It's actually pretty good. You learn how to be more forgiving. I like the archive. I like the history of it all. There might be some hairstyles or a fashion choice I made that I go, Maybe that wasn't the best. But I always look back with fondness. I know you've been open about plastic surgery. What words of wisdom would you share with anyone who's debating whether it's for them? I'd say don't get carried away, because I have been there — where you feel so transformed, and you're like, What else can I do? That's when it gets out of control. When I was 27, I worked with a makeup artist who was 47, and she told me she was getting a lower facelift. And I'm like, "You're crazy. You don't need it." She said, "You need to get it before you need it." And that stuck with me, because when she came back, I was amazed at how incredible she looked. And it wasn't obvious. She just looked fresh as a daisy. So when I got to be around 47 and started researching, that was something I wanted to do psychologically before turning 50. The two years leading up, when I would wake up in the morning, I would feel like, Oh my gosh, gravity is winning this battle, but I have a secret plan. So that was helpful — little tweaks here and there. And you don't want to look different. You want to look rested. I'm curious about that psychological piece ahead of turning 50. What did doing the work do for you mentally? The number may have been 50 on the piece of paper, but I didn't feel it, and I didn't feel like I looked like it. And I guess [the plastic surgery] did help me embrace that age. But 50, 60, even 70, I don't think is a big deal, because my mom is 92, and she doesn't have a wrinkle on her face, and she's still spry. She still travels the world. She doesn't wear makeup going out — maybe earrings and lipstick, and she looks so elegant to me. That's kind of a window into what is in my future. So I feel good. That kind of ties into another topic I'd love to explore, which is self-image and identity. How do you feel these days versus, say, your 20s? I have always been that girl who wears the sweat socks while putting on flip-flops. I was that person in sweatpants in college. I'm still that person, and that person will never go away. That's who I am at my core. For work, I look at the beautiful clothes that are [picked out] for me as a uniform. That is my professional obligation to represent and to look polished. But [when] I get home like that, makeup, the hair extensions, the false lashes, any fake hair that's attached to me, that comes off first. I'm scrubbing off the makeup, and then come out in sweatpants, elastic waistbands. I am that person who wants to live in 100% cotton with elasticity around the waist and have on sweatpants and then no heels, something flat: flip-flop with a sweatpant and hair in a bun, a big sweatshirt, and maybe, like a hoodie. Thank God after COVID, athleisure wear became everyday wear. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What time does 'Big Brother' come on tonight? How to stream 'Big Brother' live?
Get ready for a summer of deception as "Big Brother" returns. The reality-competition series is back with host Julie Chen Moonves and 16 new Houseguests. The contestants will have cameras and microphones on them 24/7. The theme for this season will be "Big Brother: A Summer of Mystery." To celebrate "Big Brother's" silver anniversary, Paramount has stated that this season will offer more twists and turns in each episode. There will also be a "masked visitor, a secret accomplice and the shocking arrival of a 'Mystery Houseguest' whose identity will remain under wraps … at least for now," according to CBS. There will also be a new show called "Big Brother: Unlocked" premiering July 25 with three "Big Brother" fan favorites. "Big Brother: Unlocked" will feature surprise guests, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. Here's what to know about the "Big Brother" 27 premiere. Where is 'Big Brother' filmed? The "Big Brother" 27 house is on Sound Stage 18 in the CBS Studios Center in Los Angeles. Who won 'Big Brother' last year? The winner of "Big Brother" Season 26 was Chelsie Baham, a 28-year-old nonprofit director from Rancho Cucamonga, California. 'Big Brother' 27 premiere date "Big Brother" 2025 airs on Thursday, July 10. Is 'Big Brother' on tonight? Yes, the "Big Brother" Season 27 premiere is tonight, July 10. What time does 'Big Brother' come on tonight? "Big Brother" 2025 premieres Thursday, July 10 at 8 p.m. ET, PT and MT (including Arizona). How long is the 'Big Brother' premiere tonight? "Big Brother" Season 27 kicks off with a 90-minute premiere from 8 to 9:30 p.m. 'Big Brother' 27 cast 'Big Brother' Season 27 is here: Meet the new houseguests 'Big Brother' schedule "Big Brother" 2025 premieres Thursday, July 10 at 8 p.m. ET, PT and MT (including Arizona). The second episode will air Sunday, July 13, at 8 p.m. Both episodes will be 90 minutes long. Following those two episodes, "Big Brother" will have 90-minute episodes on Wednesdays and hourlong episodes on Thursdays and Sundays until the season finale. Thursday episodes will include Houseguest evictions. When do the live feeds start for 'Big Brother'? According to Paramount, live feeds start Sunday, July 13, at 9:30 p.m. PT on Paramount+ and Pluto TV. How to stream 'Big Brother' live? You can watch "Big Brother" on CBS/Channel 5 in Phoenix or on your local CBS network. You can also stream the show live or on-demand on Paramount+. There are two Paramount+ subscriptions available for purchase. The Paramount+ Essential plan costs $7.99/month or $59.99/year and includes limited ads. The Paramount+ with Showtime costs $12.99/month or $119.99/year with no ads except live TV & a few shows. There is also an offer running where you can select a monthly plan for 99¢/mo for your first 2 months. This offer ends on Sunday, July 13. Reach the reporter at Follow @dina_kaur on X, formerly known as Twitter, and on Bluesky @ Subscribe to today. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: When do the live feeds start for 'Big Brother'? Where to watch BB27
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Julie Chen Moonves on Rachel Reilly's ‘epic' return to ‘Big Brother,' and what was mouthed to the camera after being ‘kidnapped'
Welcome to , Gold Derby's weekly deep dive into all things reality TV, hosted by senior editors Marcus James Dixon and Denton Davidson. Watch the latest episode above. As Big Brother celebrates its landmark 25th anniversary this year, host Julie Chen Moonves sits down for an exclusive interview in which she reflects on her journey with CBS' iconic reality TV show and why she thinks Rachel Reilly is still the "queen." More from Gold Derby 'Big Brother 27' spoilers: Rachel's plan to flip the house sparks epic showdown ahead of Week 1 eviction 'Big Brother 27' recap: Did the Week 1 Veto save Zae, Amy, or Ashley? "I have learned that I can show my personal side," Chen Moonves shares about what she's learned about hosting over the past two and a half decades. She has "really evolved" from a strictly news personality to the often playful host that fans see today. "Moderating The Talk for eight years helped me also learn that I can show my personality on the show, and just to have fun with it and not take myself so seriously, or the game, or any unexpected glitches that happen on live television." With Season 27 underway, Chen Moonves says her favorite moment of the summer so far is Rachel's return. "Her entrance was just epic," the host beams. "After 14 years, she may be a wife and a mother now, but she's still that girl who won against all odds." Rachel is playing for the first time without her husband Brendon Villegas, which the host sees as an advantage. "It's going to be better that she's playing without Brendon," she asserts, recalling how their relationship "interfered" with Rachel's drive early on. The real test for Rachel, however, will be adapting to the "evolved" competitions of modern Big Brother. "We saw that with Janelle Pierzina, who was a comp beast," she notes about the former all star. In an unprecedented twist, Chen Moonves was "kidnapped" by the Mastermind's Accomplice, leading her into the Big Brother backyard where she interacted directly with the houseguests for the first time ever. "Suddenly to be in their quarters and part of a game, I loved it, but it was strange," she readily admits. She recalls challenge winner Zach Cornell's excited reaction to her presence, which created "a moment." As for her brief captivity in the tiny closet, she divulges, "They had a camera on me, so at one point as they were playing the game, I turned the camera and I [mouthed], 'Help me.' I knew eyes were on me, and I could get out if I needed to." A mainstay on the program is Zingbot, a wise-cracking robot who roasts the players each summer. Gold Derby tells Chen Moonves that we'd love to see Zingbot interact with a "Chenbot" robot one day, alluding to her infamous nickname. "I like it," she responds. "I would love a face-off between me and Zingbot. But I can't compete with it. We would have to do something else. We could be in some sort of competition, or be dynamic duo visitors in the house." The beloved AI Arena, now known as the BB Blockbuster, has made a significant return, breathing new life into the eviction episodes. "It really has put the element of surprise back into the live show," Chen Moonves explains. Earlier seasons often saw predictable, landslide eviction votes, with houseguests even shying away from sympathy votes to avoid becoming targets. "Now, with this element of BB Blockbuster ... you see the live campaigning happening in real time," which makes for truly surprising outcomes. Chen Moonves is "so proud" seeing Big Brother alumni flourish on other reality shows like The Amazing Race, House of Villains, and The Traitors. "It really is such a nice acknowledgement and tip of the hat to our show that knows how to pick people," she says. Is it nice to have someone like Rachel back in the Big Brother house after appearing on so many rival shows? "Absolutely. I mean, she is a queen," the host declares. The first eviction episode of Season 27 takes place Thursday, July 17 on CBS. "I am excited to see who goes home first," Chen Moonves concludes while acknowledging that early evictees are often "forgotten about" by finale night. Best of Gold Derby From 'Housewives' overload to the 'shadiest queens' alliance: The dish on 'The Traitors' Season 4 lineup The 25 best 'Survivor' villains of the past 25 years 'Survivor' winners list: All seasons Click here to read the full article. Solve the daily Crossword
