The Epitome of Bat-Poo Insane: Big Brother 11’s Chima

When we first met Chima on the season premiere of Big Brother 11, we knew she’d be the opinionated one. As soon as the house was divided into cliques, she commented to us that she belonged with the Populars instead of “the dorks,” her Brains clique. From there, it just got worse.

Over the course of her six weeks in the house, Chima was a self-centered brat. When she was on the block, she said any votes to keep Braden would be votes in favor of racism and misogyny. When she became the first Have Not of the season, she claimed she was “way too diva” for such punishment. When America supplemented the Have-Not diet with cocktail wieners and cabbage, she proudly declared that we, as a country, suck, never knowing that what we gave her was the most appetizing of the choices.

She always claimed she was outspoken, but wanted to dictate the rules of speaking. She would constantly make jokes about Russell and her hooking up, at one point even jokingly offering him oral sex. When he started hanging out with Michele, she raised a stink which started a huge fight. When Russell apologized (though he didn’t need to, as it was Chima’s fault), she had the unmitigated gall to say that she’s allowed to make all the jokes she wants, but if others make derogatory comments about her, they are automatically not jokes, and she will pounce.

Chima was also the requisite female this season who had the intent of starting an all-female alliance and ousting the men one by one. Her motive was that she wanted a “strong” woman to win, which, based on the way she bashed Lydia, Jordan, and Michele, basically meant herself or Natalie. She also vowed that if she went to the jury house, her vote would go to a woman no matter what.

Still, none of these previous behaviors warrant her induction into the Hall of Shame. They just make her a bitch. They also made her a prime candidate for my annual Bat-Poo Insane Show, which is a running joke I’ve done for three seasons. Her self-centered nature, complete lack of social awareness, and overall delusion that the show was going to make her famous earned her that enshrinement.

What seals her spot in this Hall is the slow self-destruction of her game and manipulation of the house rules. When she started her fight with Russell, she made it clear that she only had one goal – to get Russell to strike her, which would result in his expulsion by the producers. The fight consisted of her constantly trying to provoke him into hitting her. When he wouldn’t bite, she threw water at him, then threw the actual glass at him.

From that moment on, Chima was a target. She became Head of Household (HOH) after Jeff was awarded the Coup D’Etat power by the audience. While she didn’t know what the power was, she knew it existed. Throughout her week as HOH, she made it clear her target was Russell. She also declared to anyone who would listen that if the power was used, if her nominations were changed in any way, or if Russell somehow survived the vote, she would go off on the live show, forcing the producers to censor the entire show.

The producers already had to censor her once, because in the first live show, she brought up Braden’s racist comments as part of her plea speech. The words were muted, and she was informed afterward about it. She was also told that further racist remarks would not be tolerated, even if it was in reference to Braden.

After Chima made her insane intentions known, the producers decided to nip it in the bud and pre-tape the eviction show in case Jeff used the Coup. Chima, sensing danger, tried once more to provoke Russell into hitting her by calling him a terrorist. Initially, Russell accused her of being the “real racist,” even though it appeared her context was that Russell was terrorizing the house with his intimidation tactics (which paled in comparison to Hall of Shame inductee Evel Dick). Later on, however, she made it clear that she thought Russell, who is of Lebanese descent, was “an extremist Muslim terrorist.” That’s one rule violation right there.

During the eviction show, Jeff did use his Coup power, Chima was overthrown, and Russell was saved as Jessie was evicted. Throughout the show (at least the parts we were allowed to see), Chima was seething, but the promised blow-up never happened.

After the show, her self-destruction began in full force. She took Russell’s suitcase from the storage room and dumped its contents all over his bedroom. She then overturned Jeff’s bed in retaliation. Finally, she stole Russell’s rosary, claiming that he wouldn’t need it, as he couldn’t actually be a Catholic. She then once again stated her feelings that Russell was an Islamic extremist.