Why Did Megan Lowder Leave the Big Brother 19 House?
|We have been racking our brain on why Megan Lowder would leave the Big Brother house, after all, it’s an opportunity of a lifetime. Last we saw of Megan she was being nominated for eviction on Big Brother 19 on Thursday night. When the Big Brother 2017 Live Feeds started streaming, she wasn’t there anymore. So, what happened? Find out here.
For a few days we have all heard different sides of this story and none of the stories actually came from Megan, until now. Megan did an interview with The Desert Sun and explained why she chose to leave the Big Brother house early. Keep reading to get the details here with my Big Brother 2017 spoilers!
Shortly after Megan’s departure, we started hearing some rumors around the house. One of them was that she got caught in a web of lies and got verbally attacked by a couple of the male HGs because of it. We saw on Thursday night that Josh was one of those culprits when he lashed out verbally at her after the first round of the HOH comp.
She had no idea why Josh was so upset. All she did was ask who grabbed the Golden Apple during the comp and Josh started screaming at her. He told her that he didn’t want anything to do with her and the way she plays the game is disgusting. He accused her of going after him and trying to have him evicted and that’s why he took the Golden Apple, which saved him but got him and his team eliminated from the comp.
Later when they got back to the house, he approached her and continued the conversation, but this time it was in front of the entire house. Cody, this week’s HOH later ended up putting her up for eviction at the Nomination Ceremony. The only reason he gave her was that he didn’t “like her much.”
When the live feeds started streaming Thursday night, we heard a conversation between Christmas and Raven which pointed out that Megan got caught in a web of lies. It also brought up an accusation of a racist comment that was made. Apparently, Megan went to Alex and told Alex that she overheard Jessica call Alex a “panda.” Alex accused Megan of lying about this which added to the tension in the house.
In the interview with The Desert Sun, Megan says that by the time the rumors of the racist comment started, she had already started telling HGs that she wanted to leave. After the confrontation with Alex, Megan went into the DR where she started “having a panic attack and they wound up taking me to the hospital a couple hours later.”
Megan opened up in the interview about suffering from PTSD after being sexually assaulted while stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. As Megan shared with us before, she is a Navy veteran and due to the PTSD she began having severe anxiety which caused her to be “physically ill.”
She closed the interview by saying that it was because of her own issues and that no one else is to blame. She also said without the stuff she had going on she “probably could have handled things very, very differently and been fine, but I just couldn’t.” You can read Megan’s entire interview with The Desert Sun here.
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I seriously believe that Megan is proof positive that BB’s psychological evaluation of hgs is a joke. Un-frickin’-believable! THAT is what i got from the whole situation. BB is mentally stressful enough without adding preexisting conditions. A Navy veteran with PTSD?!….what could go wrong? I hope Megan gets the help she needs and the perpetrator is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. All that aside, i don’t like Paul’s hand in the downfall of this hg.
Unfortunately even with proper counseling and treatment, PTSD is never really under control. I know, I suffer from it. It’s one of those things where you think you’re ok and then something or someone triggers something inside you. I think that when they cast people for the show they don’t really take PTSD into consideration because they hope that people will treat others with respect and not verbally attack them the way they did Megan. Either way, I think the ball was dropped by someone and this all could have been avoided. I do feel for her though, but as I said, I suffer from PTSD as well so I’m a little bias.
You’re not biased. You’re the voice of experience. Thanks for your insight.
It really is an unpredictable condition and I really feel bad that it prevented her from being able to compete in the show. I was diagnosed 17 years ago and still have days where my anxiety is through the roof because of certain situations I find myself in.
I watched the first two shows and I’m still trying to sort out names and figure out the HG. There are a few I like so far but this could change as their personalities come forth. At this point I don’t think I will ever like Cody, Josh, Alex and Kevin. UGH! I didn’t like Cameron so I’m not unhappy he’s already gone. All I can say at this point is…what a bunch of misfits!
Thanks for your thoughtful insight on this, Tammie! I’m torn. I HATE this happened to Megan. But I wouldn’t want former soldiers (heck, or victims of a crime, for example) from being on BB just because of the PTSD. On the other hands the BB house is a very unique tribulation. TRAPPED in a house with strangers, physical challenges, and other stressful requirements (like limits on smoking, for example) for THREE months…. it’s a predicament. And I don’t want hgs to start self evicting. I also am a believer in letting the hgs be themselves, even if they are jerks (and hopefully have to pay a price later from other hgs or fans because of it). No perfect answer, I’m afraid. This is actually what I love most about the BB social experiment. I just want to avoid putting people in situations that unnecessarily damage them and perhaps could have been foreseen. That, to me, is no different than protecting hgs from PHYSICAL threats in the house.
It is very unpredictable! It’s like any other anxiety disorder intensified. It comes on without rhythm or reason. I have a few ex-military friends and they can be laughing and talking one minute and angry, sad or scared the next. It’s similar to being bipolar but the things that trigger it are much deeper. They need to be in a controlled environment where people are aware of their disorder so they can be talked to in a certain way to help get them through the attack. It’s frustrating for them and sad to see them struggle with it but I love them just the same!
It’s a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation.
It is an everyday struggle, that’s for sure.