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JEN ''[Dick was] just really up close and personal and in my face. I don't think that it was right.''
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''One thing led to another and I just got mad — it was not a good night for me,'' understates last night's Big Brother evictee Jen, explaining why she destroyed rival Dick's cigarettes and then openly flouted the show's rules by wolfing down a turkey burger (she was supposed to stick to slop). We checked in with the 23-year-old Beverly Hills nanny about her explosive fights with Dick, Eric's harsh goodbye, and what she calls her ''worst play in the game.''

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you get cast on Big Brother?
JEN:
[Pause] Uh...

Did you apply? Did someone approach you?
[Pause] Um, I think that I was recommended by somebody for the show. [Laughs] I'm not quite sure.

Why did you want to do it?
I'm always up for trying new things and the opportunity came for me to try it out, so I thought that it would be a cool thing to do, and an experience that I'll have for a lifetime, and that I'll be able to learn things about others and myself. Why not? I'm always up for having some fun.

Do you hope to have an acting career?
Um, I did before the show — I'm not sure if the show, um, I don't know if the show helps or hurts you... I don't know. We'll see... I'm still pursuing it.

Do you have an agent?
I have a modeling agent, so I'll have to get an acting agent.

You're friends with Dr. Will?
I'm not friends with Dr. Will — I'm friends with Boogie.

Did Boogie give you advice before you went in the house?
He didn't. I actually know him from a mutual friend of ours... I had just actually hung out with him a couple of times out in the Bahamas right before I had even known I was going to be on the show. I would have [asked him for advice]. Obviously their strategies worked all right. But it's not me how they did it anyways, so that's okay.

Are you going to the sequester house?
I am.

You don't sound happy about that.
At first I wasn't happy about it, but now that I'm here I'm happier about it. And it'll be a weaning period for me, because I think if I got thrown into my home life right now it might be a little weird, after being in the house for 55 days.

Did you try to get out of going?
No. I said I wasn't going to go, but I never tried... I really didn't want to go when I said it. I wasn't, like, making it up. I really was like, ''I wanna go home!'' But I think it'll be fun, and after seeing people while doing interviews and seeing everyone after I got out, it was like, ''Oh my gosh — all these people!'' So I'm kind of happy to let it die down a little and go to a peaceful place for a little bit. I'm going to learn some Spanish on my iPod.

Is it in Mexico?
No. I don't know where the sequester house is, but no, I don't think so.

Dick said really disgusting things to you but it seemed that he was never penalized. Do you think that was fair?
Um, no, I don't think that it was fair. I think that it obviously made good television and that's why it was used. I don't know what to say is fair, I'm definitely normally a fair person — I do think Dick crossed the line several times with physical [acts] and with his words.

Did he touch you?
No — I mean, like, just really up close and personal and in my face. I don't think that it was right, and I prefer not to ever have to be cast with anyone or know anyone like that again.

You were spotted reading the BB rule book — were you looking for rules that said he should be penalized or ejected?
No, that's Dick's theory. I actually was really bored in the Big Brother house, believe it or not, and I found reading the Big Brother rules, the Bowflex manual, the Bible, whatever I could get my hands on, was entertaining.

Did you ask the producers to reprimand Dick or do something about his behavior?
I never asked anyone to do anything about it — I just stated my own concerns about it, that I was actually fearing for my life and that I was hoping that my family wasn't going to hurt him when he got out. And saying that for his own sake he should probably have to stop doing that or he is going to be very hated and need a lot of bodyguards for a while.

What did Big Brother say to you when you told them you were fearing for your life?
They said that everything is always under control and that nothing would happen to me and so not to be scared.

NEXT PAGE: ''I think that was my worst play in the game, not evicting Dick out of the house that week.''