Musician and social media personality Todrick Hall has once again addressed his behavior on the set of Celebrity Big Brother, and expressed regret for some of the things he said. Kinda.
A tidal wave of backlash engulfed Hall, 36, for his behavior and remarks while filming Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year.
Viewers criticized him for his personal attacks on some of his housemates. Following his loss on the show, the singer trended on Twitter as “America’s Worst Houseguest.”
Hall also canceled all interviews following the season finale, even as rumors circulated that he had personally called producers of the show to blame them for his loss.
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Now, he has spoken about his conduct during Celebrity Big Brother… conveniently at the same time as the release of his latest video.
“I’m happy with the game I played,” Hall told Entertainment Tonight. “I wish that the personal statements wouldn’t have been said. I wish I wouldn’t have crossed into a personal level. But I don’t regret being on the show and I’ve learned a lot from it.”
“That’s really not a part of my character,” he further insisted. “I don’t get into fights with my real friends like that and I just think that it showed me a lot about myself.”
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“I think my biggest regret is ever letting the lines of game and reality blur together, and ever saying anything negative to somebody,” he continued.
“I actually liked everybody in the house. There’s not anybody I didn’t like and I’ve seen people on Big Brother get into huge fights and then years later they’re at each other’s weddings. I hope that something similar could happen here because I feel like I really formed a great bond with certain people.”
Hall also expressed his love for fellow contestant Shanna Moakler, whose looks he made fun of during the season.
“There are things that got heated that were said,” he said. “My issue is that we were filmed 24/7 and I was under the impression that the live feeds would be on the entire time.”
“While I’m not saying that releases me from any responsibility of things that I did when there, there are open moments in the live feeds where sometimes on certain days, the live feeds were only on seven percent,” he continued. “The audience is forced to try to fill in the blanks of what happened during that time with information. There are certain parts of Shanna and I’s situation that are just completely not true.”
Note to Todrick: the 24/7 filming of the house is the entire gimmick of Big Brother.
In any case, Hall went on to say he did not “dislike [Moakler] at all” and hopes to one day be friends.
We’d also be remiss not to point out that Hall did not address any of the allegations against him that surfaced in the wake of his Big Brother appearance. A former videographer accused Hall of verbal abuse and withholding pay, while his former assistant claimed that Hall harassed him and threatened to out him as HIV-positive.
Hall’s regrets and kinda-sorta-not-really-apology for his Big Brother behavior also happens to coincide with the release of his new video, “Queen.” The video is a biopic of sorts, detailing how Hall was born gay and flamboyant, and the backlash he’s experienced for it.
Have a look, and decide if his timing is too convenient.
202gay.com
He is a hypocrite. There is no sincerity in his words. I don’t believe him
Mister P
People being nice and getting along would make terrible television.
Being nasty and not getting along is the formula for reality TV.
Davy
Excuses excuses. Save it, sister. This nasty vile human needs to go away. It took this long to come up with a comment from his BB debacle and it’s not even an apology?! 24/7 cameras did not do him any favors since he couldn’t fake being a decent human 24 hours a day 7 days a week. As long as people like him are given a platform, the f** word will always exist in society because Toddrick represents it so well and misrepresents the rest of us. SMH
Bosch
Yeah, I promise I don’t behave the way everyone sees me behave.
As Maya Angelou said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time,”
Ronbo
THIS!
linedrive
Putting this Maya Angelou quote in my back pocket. That’s fantastic.
radiooutmike
Sure, Jan.
BGreen1963
I’m not surprised. He’s made comments and pulled faces on Drag Race at people who were not good or not confidant dancers that were just plain mean and uncalled for. I’d never hire him on a show I was Directing.
MISTERJETT
if you don’t mean it, don’t say it.
cheks
He’s made the mistake of making a bitchy “mean” persona reserved for between close friends when you’re giving them a hard time, that’s supposed to be tongue in cheek and funny, and thinking he can act that way with strangers. Even worse, he’s seemed to have made it his entire personality.
Inspector 57
Yeah, I thought the song was catchy, but mostly in a well-produced and forgettable way. As for lyrics, well, both Donna Summer and Madonna, off the top of my head, beat him to that premise and sold it better. The visual aspect of the video is formulaic Todrick. Overall, two “meh”s.
Mr. Stadnick
I had never heard any of this guy’s “music” so I thought lets see what is is like. about 52 seconds in or there about I was bored. How is he so popular? The production value was great but the song was shite.
Jack
I think saying he’s “popular” is a big stretch. If you are really popular you aren’t on “celebrity” big brother.
SDR94103
She nasty. Go away.
Me2
He thought his nasty diva antics would win him fans. But there’s an art to shade, sarcasm, and one liners that he just doesn’t have. Nor does he have any talent to distract everyone from just how nasty he is. Now his career is null and void. Apologies be damned.
jackscott
He is pure trash…next!
riotqueer
Total trash.
Cozmo2
Don’t back pedal now bitch
Jim
Do not forget that what he said IS part of his character.
Words have affect.
dre23222
Certain people been praising him and giving him validation to which he took and ran with it and thought he he was somebody. His true colors came out and he is just a ugly inside and out hot mess.
Kangol2
The damage is done, Todricka! And for what? He could have stood with some of those other players he helped oust and even won the whole thing. Instead he was Mean Girl #1 and finished in second place, while also generating enmity among his fellow players and Big Brother Celebrity fans. Not a good look!
mf12345678
I want to comment that technically he is right about the live feeds. For example, the public usually cannot watch the live feed during a veto competition. It is certainly a convenient excuse to essentially say “stuff happened but you can’t see it unless the producers release it,” and I am by no means a Todrick apologist. However, it *is* conceivably possible that such a situation could occur.
ShiningSex
girl HUSH! No one cares. the only people that support him are fools
Inspector 57
Oops. Was that user error or Queerty? My comment above was in response to Mr. Stadnick’s.
oim12
Never a fan, he reminds me of Perez Hilton. NEXT!
cwaigy
If he didn’t mean it, why did he say it in the first place? This is bullshit! Celebrities refusing to take responsibilities for their actions and blaming it on someone or something else. No! Todrick Hall you’re an adult. Act like it. People are already coming forward and revealing your behaviour and CBB is just another place for you to behave like a spoilt idiot and claim you’re sorry and continue to behave that way! Get help, pay your staff, act your age, don’t forget you’re a supposedly famous person and the behaviour coming out of famous people these days is disgusting and disappointing and I’m over it. I don’t even want to watch anything they’re in! It’s beyond a joke! I’m done with this behaviour. If game is getting too much then quit it! There is no excuse for the behaviour some people are doing. None.